This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 1174 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1174 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is unusual about the dwelling of Baba Yaga, a fearsome character in Slavic folklore? A) It is built of skulls. B) It is edible. C) It sits on bird's legs. D) It can only be seen when she permits. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It sits on bird's legs. 2. Which of these words came into English from a play by a Czechoslovakian? A) Sari. B) Verandah. C) Robot. D) Eclat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Robot. 3. What is sometimes known as the "sport of kings" ? A) Cricket. B) Polo. C) Croquet. D) Horseracing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Horseracing. 4. Who created the comic strip "Garfield" ? A) Brant Parker and Johnny Hart. B) Jim Davis. C) Garry Trudeau. D) Gary Larson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jim Davis. 5. Which of these landlocked countries nevertheless has a navy? A) Transnistria. B) Tajikistan. C) Switzerland. D) Vatican City. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Switzerland. 6. Which small island in the Straits of Bab-el-Mandeb at the south end of the Red Sea was administered as part of Aden during British occupation until 1967, when it was given to the Democratic People's Republic of Yemen? A) Mukawwa Island. B) Farasan Island. C) St. John's Island. D) Perim. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Perim. 7. Which 1953 film, starring Lesley Caron and Mel Ferrer and scored by Academy Award winner BronisΕaw Kaper, was based on a Paul Gallico short story titled "The Seven Souls of Clement O'Reilly" ? A) Assignment-Paris!. B) Lili. C) The Three Lives of Thomasina. D) Merry Andrew. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lili. 8. On air, in September 2010, David Letterman asked whom during an interview for $ US1 million for the use of a section of his programme in a film? A) Joaquin Phoenix. B) Brad Pitt. C) Leonardo DiCaprio. D) Peter Fonda. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joaquin Phoenix. 9. In the SI system, what is the basic unit for the measurement of electric current? A) Volt. B) Ohm. C) Watt. D) Ampere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ampere. 10. Which album by Lily Allen contained the tracks "The Fear", "Not Fair" and "22" ? A) Me, Me, Me. B) It's Not Me, It's You. C) You, Yourself and You. D) Back in Black. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It's Not Me, It's You. 11. These are the last lines of which play: "All right. Not guilty." "We're ready." "All right gentlemen. Bring your coats and come along." A) "Twelve Angry Men" by Reginald Rose. B) "A Man For All Seasons" by Robert Bolt. C) "Enemy of the People" by Henrik Ibsen. D) "Death of a Salesman" by Arthur Miller. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Twelve Angry Men" by Reginald Rose. 12. According to the English nursery rhyme, what did the Grand Old Duke of York have? A) 10 Lords a-leaping. B) 5, 000 concubines. C) 10, 000 men. D) 10 commandments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 10, 000 men. 13. What range of hills runs 50 miles from the Worcestershire border through Gloucestershire to the Avon? A) Caucasus Mountains. B) Pennines. C) Carpathian Mountains. D) Cotswolds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cotswolds. 14. In 1993, Eritrea became independent from which country? A) Ecuador. B) Egypt. C) Estonia. D) Ethiopia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ethiopia. 15. Futuna and Alofi are the two islands of what group? A) Hoorn Islands. B) New Hebrides. C) Tuvalu. D) Marquesas Islands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hoorn Islands. 16. Which of these is one of the twelve boroughs of Berlin? A) Luger. B) Sten. C) Bren. D) Spandau. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spandau. 17. Who entitled his autobiography "Memoirs of a Professional Cad" ? A) Errol Flynn. B) George Sanders. C) David Niven. D) Cary Grant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) George Sanders. 18. Where is Davos? A) In the Canadian Rockies. B) In Qatar. C) In southern Norway. D) In the Swiss Alps. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the Swiss Alps. 19. The first women's Olympic competition for gymnastics, at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam, involved only which type of activity? A) Synchronized calisthenics. B) Weightlifting. C) Handstands. D) Standing still. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synchronized calisthenics. 20. Which of these is the Norse god of thunder? A) Hoover. B) Thor. C) Aga. D) Sugar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thor. 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