This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1163 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1163 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these is an informal name for a tornado? A) Whirler. B) Twirler. C) Spinner. D) Twister. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Twister. 2. What is the Hebrew word for the holocaust? A) Porajmos. B) Hanukkah. C) Shoah. D) Meds Yeghern. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shoah. 3. Which of these branches of zoology is to do with the study of animal behaviour? A) Molecular genetics. B) Comparative anatomy. C) Physiology. D) Ethology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ethology. 4. What did the Festival International du Film become in 2002? A) Fribourg International Film Festival. B) Festival de Cannes. C) Raindance Film Festival. D) Film France. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Festival de Cannes. 5. Until the introduction of the Euro on 1 January 2002, which country had the guilder as its basic currency unit? A) Luxembourg. B) Belgium. C) Italy. D) The Netherlands. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Netherlands. 6. What type of animal was Nikica, who made the international news in January 2010 when it escaped from a zoo and went to the Plavnica motel in Montenegro? A) Wombat. B) Chipmunk. C) Elephant. D) Hippopotamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hippopotamus. 7. Which of these concepts encompasses "The Butterfly Effect" ? A) Chaos Theory. B) Set Theory. C) Game Theory. D) Copernican Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chaos Theory. 8. First developed from 1531 onwards in Paris, what is Garamond? A) A branch of commedia dell'arte relying on clown techniques. B) A type of nougat. C) A rose cultivar. D) A family of typefaces. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A family of typefaces. 9. Who married tennis player John McEnroe in 1986? A) Vanessa Redgrave. B) Ingrid Bergman. C) Tatum O'Neal. D) Maggie Smith. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tatum O'Neal. 10. Traditionally, mozzarella cheese is made from milk from which animal? A) Deer. B) Buffalo. C) Goat. D) Sheep. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buffalo. 11. Emmitt Douglas was an African-American businessman from Louisiana, who served as president of the state's NAACP from 1966 until 1981. Why was he arrested in 1970? A) Trying to attend a Ku Klux Klan meeting. B) He had unpaid traffic fines of over $ 1, 000. C) Disrupting a court case. D) He attempted to eat at an all-white restaurant in Baton Rouge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He attempted to eat at an all-white restaurant in Baton Rouge. 12. According to Greek mythology, "Hope" was the only thing left in what container after it had been opened? A) Jason's cabinet. B) Hera's chest. C) Hero's trunk. D) Pandora's box. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pandora's box. 13. Which of these is a word for an Arab head-dress? A) Lassi. B) Homburg. C) Couscous. D) Keffiyeh. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Keffiyeh. 14. What is the name for a hare's nest? A) Style. B) Sett. C) Form. D) Elan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Form. 15. In the far past it has been a very large lake but is currently a brackish lagoon, the neck leading to the sea being bridged by the General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge and carrying the second-largest city in its country. What is it called? A) Blue Lagoon, Turkey. B) Lagoa dos Patos, Brazil. C) Glenrock Lagoon, Australia. D) Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela. 16. What is the first name of Agatha Christie's character Miss Marple? A) Janet. B) Jane. C) Margaret. D) Marjorie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jane. 17. Who was the last Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to serve as leader of the House of Lords as well? A) Field Marshal His Grace Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. B) The Right Honourable Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield. C) The Right Honourable William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne. D) The Most Honourable Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Most Honourable Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury. 18. How many toes does a llama have? A) 10. B) 12. C) 8. D) 16. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 8. 19. Which of these countries is on the continent of Africa? A) Jordan. B) Laos. C) Bolivia. D) Nigeria. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nigeria. 20. In the 20th century, what year did Estonia first declare independence? A) 1930. B) 1918. C) 1800. D) 1860. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1918. ← 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