This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1179 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1179 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A 2002 feature-length documentary film directed by David C. Thomas, that includes US government surveillance footage of a performance at the protests outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, is about which Detroit-based rock band? A) MC5. B) R E M. C) O M D. D) Fifty cent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) MC5. 2. Which of these lakes is not one of the 4 that borders the state of Michigan in the USA? A) Michigan. B) Superior. C) Ontario. D) Huron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ontario. 3. What rating indicates the anti-engine knocking properties of a fuel? A) Octane. B) Boron. C) Michelin. D) Star. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Octane. 4. Which of these is a way to lose a point in tennis? A) Stumped. B) Caught. C) Knocked on. D) Double faulted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Double faulted. 5. Which Czech composer studied his native folk music and incorporated it into his work, including the opera "Jenufa" ? A) Arnold Walter. B) Bedřich Smetana. C) Antonín Dvořák. D) Leoš Janáček. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Leoš Janáček. 6. In the 12th century, who was the lover and then husband of Héloïse, celebrated as a writer and scholar and, later, a nun and abbess? A) Johnny Appleseed. B) Pierre Abelard. C) Jason Argonaut. D) Peter Piper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pierre Abelard. 7. In which of these chemical formulae is oxygen NOT a part? A) Methane. B) Water. C) Sulphuric acid. D) Glass. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Methane. 8. When world ranked No.2 Li Na retired from professional playing in 2014 what sport was she retiring from? A) Curling. B) Formula One motor sport. C) Dragon boat racing. D) Tennis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tennis. 9. What can be inserted to provide for delivery or drawing off liquid into or from a blood vessel, or inserting a surgical instrument? A) Cannoli. B) Catheter. C) Cannelloni. D) Cannula. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cannula. 10. On 12 September 1995, the Belarusian air force shot down a gas balloon, killing two Americans, during a race for which trophy? A) Ranfurly Shield. B) Admiral's Cup. C) Borg-Warner Trophy. D) Gordon Bennett Cup. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gordon Bennett Cup. 11. Aten, Ra, Amun and Ptah are what? A) Computer languages. B) Egyptian gods. C) Man made fibres. D) Telephone companies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Egyptian gods. 12. What is not true of a millipede, which distinguishes it from a centipede? A) Fast moving. B) Having 4 legs on most segments of its body. C) Primarily vegetarian. D) Relatively inflexible arthropod. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fast moving. 13. "Death of a Naturalist" (1966) is the first major published collection of poetry of what Nobel Prize-winning poet? A) Seamus Heaney. B) Pablo Neruda. C) Octavia Paz. D) Wislawa Szymborska. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seamus Heaney. 14. Who originated the "Mr. Men" series of books? A) Michael Bond. B) Roger Hargreaves. C) Elisabeth Beresford. D) Enid Blyton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Roger Hargreaves. 15. Who, the highest paid of any performer in music hall in the early 20th century and knighted in 1919, wrote "I Love A Lassie", "Stop Yer Ticklin' Jock" and "Roamin' in the Gloamin" '? A) Stanley Holloway. B) Charlie Chaplin. C) Stan Laurel. D) Harry Lauder. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Harry Lauder. 16. Mozart wrote an opera about what kind of flute? A) Strange. B) Golden. C) Magic. D) Magnificent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Magic. 17. What is the name of the golf club at St Andrews, Scotland, founded in 1754, whose motto is "Far and Sure" ? A) The Golf Club of Scotland. B) Royal St Andrews Golf Club. C) St Andrews Golf Club. D) Royal and Ancient Golf Club. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Royal and Ancient Golf Club. 18. Which city, which hosted the Summer Olympics in 2008 and the Winter Olympics in 2022, is the first city to host both the Summer and the Winter Olympic Games? A) Tokyo. B) Beijing. C) Montreal. D) Sochi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beijing. 19. Which of these deserts is in the USA? A) Atacama. B) Mojave. C) Gobi. D) Kalahari. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mojave. 20. In geographical terms what does Fretilin relate to? A) West Papua. B) Noumea. C) The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste. D) The Cordilleras in the Philippines. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste. ← 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