This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1154 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1154 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why was the bougainvillea plant given that name? A) The flower was fashionable wear when dancing. B) The botanist who described it was on a ship commanded by Admiral de Bougainville. C) It was a favourite plant of pirates. D) It was unattractive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The botanist who described it was on a ship commanded by Admiral de Bougainville. 2. What is the next number in the series 1, 8, 27, 64, 125? A) 218. B) 343. C) 512. D) 216. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 216. 3. Which of these would not be a type of music clef? A) Neutral. B) Sub-bass. C) Tablature. D) Harmonic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Harmonic. 4. What word refers to a note whose pitch is not a member of the scale indicated by the key signature? A) Accidental. B) Oddment. C) Unnatural. D) Squawk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Accidental. 5. Which school is associated with the High School Musical? A) Rydell High School. B) East High School. C) North Manual High School. D) Brookfield Public School. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) East High School. 6. What was the dolphin that accompanied vessels near French Pass, a channel used by ships sailing between Wellington and Nelson, New Zealand between 1888 and 1912? A) Davina. B) Opo. C) Pelorus Jack. D) Taniwha Blue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pelorus Jack. 7. What book introduced "the Thought Police" ? A) 1984. B) Brave New World. C) The Naked Lunch. D) Logan's Run. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1984. 8. What is a polynya? A) An abnormal skin growth located at the tailbone that contains hair and skin. B) The solution of a polynomial equation. C) An area of open water surrounded by sea ice. D) One of the isotopes of polonium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An area of open water surrounded by sea ice. 9. Who co-wrote the film "Jesus Christ Superstar" (1973) with its director, Norman Jewison? A) Leonard Bernstein. B) Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber. C) Stephen Schwartz. D) Melvyn Bragg, Baron Bragg. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Melvyn Bragg, Baron Bragg. 10. Who was rumoured to be reunited with ex-husband Brad Pitt in June 2009? A) Katie Holmes. B) Courtney Cox-Arquette. C) Beyonce. D) Jennifer Aniston. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jennifer Aniston. 11. Ornette Coleman, Louis Armstrong and Charles Mingus are associated with what style of music? A) Jazz. B) Country. C) Heavy metal. D) Opera. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jazz. 12. In water skiing as a competitive sport who, apart from the skier and a person to pull them, is needed? A) Spare person available to drive whatever is pulling. B) Boat technician. C) Spotter. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spotter. 13. What is next in the series:Katherine, Anne, Jane, Anne, Catherine? A) Anne. B) Catherine. C) Jane. D) Mary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Catherine. 14. In the 1967 film "Belle de Jour", based on a 1928 novel by Joseph Kessel and directed by Luis Buñuel, what part-time work is carried out by the main character played by Catherine Deneuve? A) Telephone sale. B) Waitress. C) Prostitute. D) Nanny. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prostitute. 15. Which of these is native to the southern hemisphere? A) Magyars. B) Lapps. C) Cherokees. D) Maori. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maori. 16. Which of these words means "fate" or "destiny" ? A) Kutikal. B) Karmann. C) Kimono. D) Kismet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kismet. 17. What is Munk's Roll? A) A move in pole vaulting. B) A series of medical biographies. C) Published Canadian governmental foreign policy papers. D) An escape tactic used by chipmunks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A series of medical biographies. 18. Which French artist joined a Post-Impressionist group, started the Synthetist movement and worked in Tahiti from 1891 to 1893, and 1895 to 1901? A) Louis Anquetin. B) Émile Bernard. C) Paul Gauguin. D) Cuno Amiet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paul Gauguin. 19. The rank insignia of Swiss generals has representations of what flower instead of stars? A) Rose. B) Edelweiss. C) Daisy. D) Gladioli. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Edelweiss. 20. Agnes Baltsa and Alfredo Kraus were involved in the opening ceremony of what Summer Olympics? A) 1992. B) 1926. C) 1984. D) 2004. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1992. ← PreviousNext →Related 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 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books