This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge â Quiz 1176 đ Homepage đ Download PDF Books đ Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1176 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The name of the Accademia della Crusca, formed in Florence in 1583, refers to what? A) Winnowing grain. B) Core societal values. C) Renaissance in cooking methods. D) Crucial language developments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Winnowing grain. 2. Tornadoes typically consist of ..... ? A) Fish. B) Rain. C) Snow. D) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wind. 3. Where did the Norwegian ethnographer Thor Heyerdahl, known for his adventures to examine his theories of cultural diffusion and popularising an interest in the area, carry out his first formal scientific study? A) The Maldives. B) The Marquesas. C) Azerbaijan. D) Tenerife. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Marquesas. 4. What was a significance of the 1969 Battle of Hamburger Hill, or Ap Bia Mountain, in Vietnam? A) There was 100% loss of Vietnamese lives involved. B) It was the last before the armistice agreement. C) It was the bloodiest fight of the Vietnam war, in terms of American dead. D) It was the last of the major American ground combat operations in the country. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was the last of the major American ground combat operations in the country. 5. Who had a positive drug test for excessive levels of testosterone after initially being declared the winner of the 2006 Tour de France? A) Floyd Landis. B) Floyd Scruggs. C) Martin Landau. D) Martin Landis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Floyd Landis. 6. What is the country of origin of the cheese called "caerphilly" ? A) Greece. B) Netherlands. C) USA. D) Wales. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wales. 7. The Edo Period, 1603-1867, refers to what country's history? A) Japan. B) China. C) Vietnam. D) Mongolia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Japan. 8. Which branch of astronomy studies radiation with wavelengths greater than approximately one millimetre? A) Infrared astronomy. B) Radio astronomy. C) Optical astronomy. D) Ultraviolet astronomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Radio astronomy. 9. The Richter Scale used for measuring the energy released by earthquakes, mostly replaced since 1979 by the MMS (moment magnitude scale), was developed by Charles Richter and which other scientist? A) Beno Gutenberg. B) Giuseppe Mercalli. C) Robert Millikan. D) John Rayleigh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beno Gutenberg. 10. Which of the Gibb brothers is the oldest? A) Maurice. B) Barry. C) Robin. D) Andy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Barry. 11. In terms of world tennis what is considered a complete Grand Slam? A) Winning the French Open, the Australian Open and Wimbledon. B) Winning all four of the Majors. C) Winning both Wimbledon and the US Open. D) Winning all four of the Majors in one calendar year. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Winning all four of the Majors in one calendar year. 12. Who invented an early form of fragmentation shell that was first used by the British army in 1803? A) Henry Shrapnel. B) George Grenade. C) Peter Pompom. D) Andrew Bartle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Henry Shrapnel. 13. Who married actress TÊa Leoni on 6 May 1997, announced their separation on 15 October 2008, and in September 2009 announced that they had reconciled? A) Brad Pitt. B) Daniel Day Lewis. C) Anthony Hopkins. D) David Duchovny. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) David Duchovny. 14. Which famous English model of the 1960s was once romantically linked to '60s photographer David Bailey and actor Terence Stamp, but married photographer Michael Cox, with whom she bought a small hotel in Penzance, Cornwall? A) Jean Shrimpton. B) Twiggy. C) Sandie Shaw. D) Dusty Springfield. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jean Shrimpton. 15. What is the best-known English blue cheese? A) Salop. B) Badminton. C) Stilton. D) Queensberry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stilton. 16. The eleventh studio album by Irish rock band U2, released in November 2004, was called How to Dismantle ..... " what? A) A Deck Chair. B) An Atomic Bomb. C) Scaffolding. D) Furniture from IKEA. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An Atomic Bomb. 17. What international scientific effort encompassing eleven Earth sciences that lasted from 1 July 1957 to 31 December 1958 was supported by both the USA and the USSR, who each launched a satellite? A) Green Day Every Day. B) The International Geophysical Year. C) The Whole Earth Movement. D) The Age of Aquarius. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The International Geophysical Year. 18. Who said "Pressure, I'll tell you what pressure is. Pressure is a Messerschmitt up your backside. Playing cricket is not" ? A) Shane Warne. B) Don Bradman. C) Kerry Packer. D) Keith Miller. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Keith Miller. 19. Between 1979 and 2016 the Dakar Rally registered 28 known fatalities among competitors on and around the Rally. How many deaths were there among the spectators? A) 45. B) None. C) 102. D) 28. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 45. 20. Oculus Story Studio, formed employing a handful of Pixar Animation Studios veterans, released their first interactive Virtual Reality short at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. What was it? A) Riven. B) Henry. C) EVE:Valkyrie. D) Lost. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lost. â PreviousNext âRelated 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 đ Back to Homepage đ Download PDF Books đ Premium PDF Books