This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 1152 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1152 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is shown in one of the paintings from at least 8, 000 years ago in the Cuevas de la AraΓ±a in Valencia, Spain? A) Cultivation of grain-bearing plants. B) Honey harvesting. C) Milking fish of roe. D) Flowers for a funeral. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Honey harvesting. 2. Poteen, an illegally distilled alcoholic drink, is made in which country? A) Iceland. B) Ireland. C) India. D) Italy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ireland. 3. The Dalmatian has a number of other names. Which of these is not one of them? A) Plum pudding dog. B) Carriage dog. C) Firehouse dog. D) Ticked hound. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ticked hound. 4. Which is the course on which the first Tourist Trophy race on the Isle of Man was run? A) Snaefell Mountain Road. B) St John's Short Course. C) Clypse Course. D) Mountain Course. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) St John's Short Course. 5. Who is credited with overseeing the development of the computer mouse? A) Steve Jobs. B) William English. C) Douglas Engelbart. D) Bill Gates. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Douglas Engelbart. 6. Which of these cities is on the Firth of Forth? A) Thurso. B) Glasgow. C) Aberdeen. D) Edinburgh. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Edinburgh. 7. Some forms of anaemia can be described by which term? A) Hyperchromic. B) Hypochromic. C) Hypoglycaemic. D) Hyperglycaemic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypochromic. 8. Which city is generally accepted as the birthplace of Grunge, a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged during the mid-1980s? A) Seattle. B) Memphis. C) New Orleans. D) Detroit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seattle. 9. Who was the first Prime Minister of Ceylon when it became independent on 14 October 1947? A) Dudley Shelton Senanayake. B) Sirimavo Bandaranaike. C) Don Stephen Senanayake. D) Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Don Stephen Senanayake. 10. Which of these numbers is closest to the number of hours in a leap year? A) 2196. B) 8784. C) 8760. D) 4392. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 8784. 11. "The Iliad" was originally written in what language? A) Gaelic. B) Latin. C) Hebrew. D) Greek. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Greek. 12. When was the SΓ»retΓ©, initially the criminal investigative bureau of the Paris police, founded? A) 1880. B) 1827. C) 1829. D) 1812. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1812. 13. International Workers' Day is observed in many countries of the world on 1 May. What does it commemorate? A) The achievements of the international labour movement. B) The formation of the first Communist Party. C) The first General Strike, in the UK. D) The sentencing of the Tolpuddle martyrs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The achievements of the international labour movement. 14. Before performing with "The Grease Band" and "Mad Dogs and Englishmen", Joe Cocker performed under what name between 1961 and 1966? A) Perkin Warbeck. B) Matt Damon. C) Lance Gallant. D) Vance Arnold. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vance Arnold. 15. Which of these were affected by the US federal law called The Amnesty Act of 22 May 1872? A) Native Americans. B) Ex-Confederate troops. C) Slaves. D) Chinese labourers in the California goldfields. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ex-Confederate troops. 16. Mountain ranges run down most of the eastern coast of southern Africa. In which country is the most coastal flat land? A) Swaziland. B) Mozambique. C) Tanzania. D) South Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mozambique. 17. What is the subject of the 2020 film "Quo Vadis, Aida?", nominated for Best International Feature Film at the 2021 Academy Awards and winning Best Film at the 2021 European Film Awards? A) Events leading up to Montenegro's declaration of independence in 2006. B) The Bosnian War from 1992 to 1995. C) The 1995 Srebrenica Massacre in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. D) The break up of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The 1995 Srebrenica Massacre in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. 18. When the watchmaker Rolex introduced "oyster" into its advertising, what did the term refer to? A) A new closing pocket watch. B) Pearl inserts in the watch face. C) A sumptuous appeal. D) A new waterproof wristwatch case. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A new waterproof wristwatch case. 19. Where was the Battle of Hastings, which took place on 14 October 1066 between the Norman army of Duke William II of Normandy and the English army of King Harold II? A) Epping Forest. B) The woods of Tramecourt. C) Senlac Hill. D) Hamburger Hill. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Senlac Hill. 20. Where is khuru a traditional and popular sport? A) Nigeria. B) Bhutan. C) Finland. D) Vietnam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bhutan. β PreviousNext βRelated QuizzesGeneral QuizzesGeneral Knowledge Quiz 1General Knowledge Quiz 2General Knowledge Quiz 3General Knowledge Quiz 4General Knowledge Quiz 5General Knowledge Quiz 6General Knowledge Quiz 7General Knowledge Quiz 8General Knowledge Quiz 9 π Back to Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books