This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1155 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1155 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. On 26 December 2004 Aceh in Sumatra, Indonesia, was devastated by what? A) A forest fire. B) A mid-air low-level collision of three planes. C) 90% of the people died in an explosion at a nuclear power plant. D) A tsunami. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A tsunami. 2. Eunice Mary Kennedy Shriver (1921-2009), a sister to ex-USA President John F. Kennedy, is widely known for work in what? A) Broadcasting. B) Designing drones. C) Founding the Special Olympics. D) Yacht design. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Founding the Special Olympics. 3. Which of these is a secular humanitarian-aid non-governmental organisation, created in 1971, best known for its projects in war-torn regions and developing countries facing endemic disease? A) World Health Organisation. B) Médecins Sans Frontières. C) Global AIDS and Health Fund. D) Red Crescent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Médecins Sans Frontières. 4. When did the USA officially enter World War II? A) 1943. B) 1939. C) 1944. D) 1941. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1941. 5. Which of these dramas bear no relation to Scotland? A) Macbeth. B) McLeod's Daughters. C) Black Watch. D) Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) McLeod's Daughters. 6. Which of the Corrs plays the violin? A) Andrea. B) Sharon. C) Caroline. D) Jim. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sharon. 7. In which sport might a competitor perform a half Axel? A) Figure skating. B) Wrestling. C) Chess. D) Luge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figure skating. 8. In the James Bond film who played Bond girl Anya Amasova? A) Jane Seymour. B) Britt Ekland. C) Barbara Bach. D) Jill St. John. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Barbara Bach. 9. A Soviet film adaptation of which Shakespearean play, directed by Grigori Kozintsev, with black-and-white photography, a score by Shostakovich and a script based on a translation by Boris Pasternak, was made by Mosfilm in 1971? A) Macbeth. B) The Merchant of Venice. C) Titus Andronicus. D) King Lear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) King Lear. 10. According to legend, what was the name of Lady Godiva's horse? A) Black Beauty. B) Bucephalus. C) Aethenoth. D) Trigger. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aethenoth. 11. Where do jelly-like beroe ctenophora live? A) Sewer systems. B) Deep sea. C) In the gills of fungi. D) Still bodies of fresh water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deep sea. 12. Which of these was an Irish-born figurative painter of English descent known for his bold, austere, graphic and often tortured imagery such as is found in his paintings called "Head" and the "Screaming Popes" series? A) Joshua Reynolds. B) Thomas Gainsborough. C) Francis Bacon. D) Ronald Searle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Francis Bacon. 13. Immediately prior to the United States Congress, activated in 1789, the governing body was called what? A) Continental Congress of the United Colonies. B) United States in Congress Assembled. C) Parliament of America. D) The Witenagemot of the United States. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) United States in Congress Assembled. 14. Audrey Hepburn appeared in which of these classic films? A) Casablanca. B) Gigi. C) Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. D) Breakfast at Tiffany's. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Breakfast at Tiffany's. 15. When did the reign of the last king of Greece end? A) 1973. B) 1967. C) 1936. D) 1924. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1973. 16. Cricketer W G Grace, a first-class cricketer from 1865 to 1908, was a member of what profession? A) Accountant. B) Surveyor. C) Doctor. D) Architect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Doctor. 17. What is Neil Diamond's real name? A) Nico Diamante. B) Neil Diamond. C) Herb Gardener. D) Arnold George Dorsey. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neil Diamond. 18. Who is associated with the make of car that was used to travel in time in the film "Back To The Future" ? A) Cecil Kimber. B) Alec Issigonis. C) Colin Chapman. D) John DeLorean. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) John DeLorean. 19. A point chisel, mallet and rasp are tools which are used to create which of these? A) Sculptures. B) Paving stones. C) Stained glass windows. D) Rafters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sculptures. 20. In North America one species of what, called Magicicada septendecim, lives for 17 years all but a few weeks of which are spent underground? A) Millipede. B) Weta. C) Mole. D) Cicada. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cicada. ← 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