This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1166 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1166 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In 1961 an entire American sports team was lost in a plane crash when travelling to the World Championships in its sport; which sport was it? A) Figure skating. B) Basketball. C) Swimming. D) Athletics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figure skating. 2. What are the joints in the fingers called? A) Knuckles. B) Knees. C) Elbows. D) Ankles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Knuckles. 3. Which of these is a European stringed keyboard instrument known from the late Medieval, through the Renaissance, Baroque and Classical eras? A) Clavichord. B) Shawm. C) Sackbut. D) Clarion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clavichord. 4. In the 2023 World Darts Championship, Raymond van Barneveld and Steve Beaton did what? A) Registered their 30th or more World Championship appearances. B) Danced a jig. C) Decided to join the "INSULATE BRITAIN" protest instead of competing. D) Brought their pet otter to the competition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Registered their 30th or more World Championship appearances. 5. A proof of what major mathematics problem was given by Grigori Perelman in 2003, resulting in his being selected to receive the Fields Medal and being awarded the Millennium prize in March 2010? A) Poincaré conjecture. B) P versus NP problem. C) Hodge's theorem. D) Riemann hypothesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poincaré conjecture. 6. This American TV black comedy and crime drama was inspired by a Coen Brothers film and has won Emmy Awards for Miniseries, Directing and Casting plus numerous other awards. Which is it? A) Grimm (2011-). B) True Detective (2014-). C) Mike and Molly (2010-2016). D) Fargo (2014-). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fargo (2014-). 7. What is a steam packet? A) A ship sailing a regular service between two ports. B) A sack of coal. C) An extra engine attached to a train. D) The amount of vapour moved by three 1 inch fan blades at 500 r.p.m. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A ship sailing a regular service between two ports. 8. What's the next city in this series:Salt Lake City, Turin, Vancouver, ..... ? A) Calgary. B) Nagano. C) Sochi. D) Lillehammer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sochi. 9. Where was the annual G8 leaders summit held in the year 2000? A) Italy. B) France. C) Japan. D) Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Japan. 10. In April 2010 Britain announced that it would create the world's largest marine reserve (650, 000 square kilometres) around the Chagos Islands. Where are they? A) North Sea. B) Irish Sea. C) Indian Ocean. D) Pacific Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indian Ocean. 11. A standard early reader in English schools was "Janet and ..... "? A) July. B) Jim. C) John. D) Joe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John. 12. Where is the world's most populous metropolitan area? A) Shanghai. B) Tokyo. C) Singapore. D) Kuala Lumpur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tokyo. 13. Who is a saxophone player from Slaton, Texas, who has performed with musicians such as Bobby Vee, Buddy Holly, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton and Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs and Englishmen? A) Mike Bloomfield. B) Elvin Bishop. C) Bobby Keys. D) Michael Stipe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bobby Keys. 14. When was the first men's World Cup cricket contest held? A) 1983. B) 1979. C) 1975. D) 1971. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1975. 15. What is cupping used for in medicine? A) To form a mortar for pounding herbs. B) To deliver blood. C) To create suction on parts of the skin. D) To heat patches of skin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To create suction on parts of the skin. 16. Marat, Robespierre, Danton are names associated with what event at the end of the 18th century? A) The French Revolution. B) Founding of the Académie Française. C) The Boston Tea Party. D) The Tulip Era in the Ottoman Empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The French Revolution. 17. What is the name of the vertical groove above the upper lip that connects the top lip to the bottom of the nose? A) Philtrum. B) Lymph. C) Dozier. D) Phylum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Philtrum. 18. What is the next city in the series Beijing, London, Rio de Janeiro ..... ? A) Paris. B) PyeongChang. C) Tokyo. D) Sydney. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tokyo. 19. In 1898 New Zealand passed what, the first of its kind in the British Empire? A) An Act proclaiming New Zealand a Dominion within the British Empire. B) An Act giving women the right to vote in parliamentary elections. C) An Act authorising compulsory arbitration between employers and unions. D) The Old-age Pensions Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Old-age Pensions Act. 20. Six holes from the end of the first LPGA Major in 2017, Lexi Thompson who was 2 shots in the lead was given a 4 shot penalty. Why? A) Replacing her ball for a putt in a different spot. B) Slow play. C) Incorrectly marking her ball. D) Grazing sand in her backswing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Replacing her ball for a putt in a different spot. ← 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