This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1181 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1181 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was the immediate cause for the May 1980 Kwangju (or Gwangju) Uprising in South Korea? A) A young street trader was killed by police for stealing an apple. B) Steep rises in the price of rice. C) Use of methamphetamine was criminalised. D) Martial law imposed following student union demonstrations for civil reform. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Martial law imposed following student union demonstrations for civil reform. 2. Which poet wrote "The Song of Hiawatha" ? A) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. B) Alfred, Lord Tennyson. C) William Wordsworth. D) Walt Whitman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 3. A play, first performed in 1933, whose writer died in 1936, continues to attract powerful international interpretations, including film, TV, and dance; what is the play? A) Mandarine by Jean Anouilh. B) Ah Wilderness! by Eugene O'Neill. C) Blood Wedding by Federico Garcia Lorca. D) Drama at Inish by Esmé Stuart Lennox Robinson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blood Wedding by Federico Garcia Lorca. 4. Which of these was a British Prime Minister? A) Robert Chambermaid. B) Neville Chamberlain. C) Edward Chamberpot. D) Rupert Chamberlayne. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neville Chamberlain. 5. Which of these sports starts with a run of up to 50m? A) Alpine skiing. B) Snowboarding. C) Luge. D) Bobsleigh. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bobsleigh. 6. What is the literal meaning of the name of the 14th century peasant trickster who was written about as "Till" or "Tyl" ? A) Owl mirror. B) Lumberjack. C) Thigh armour. D) Heal, peace. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Owl mirror. 7. What can describe the phrase "The Big Friendly Giant" ? A) Pleonasm. B) Laconic. C) Oxymoron. D) Aphorism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pleonasm. 8. Where is the highest mountain in Brazil? A) Mantiqueira Mountains. B) Serra do Imeri. C) Serra do Mar. D) Guiana Shield. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Serra do Imeri. 9. Which of these is made from apples? A) Whisky. B) Vodka. C) Gin. D) Cider. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cider. 10. Which of these was a famous US basketball player? A) David Beckham. B) Dennis Rodman. C) Brett Favre. D) O J Simpson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dennis Rodman. 11. What former First Lady of the USA said that "no-one can make you feel inferior without your consent" ? A) Eleanor Roosevelt. B) Jackie Kennedy. C) Lady Bird Johnson. D) Frances Cleveland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eleanor Roosevelt. 12. Jonathan Rhys Meyers, who played Elvis Presley in the TV series "Elvis", went on to play Henry VIII in what British TV series? A) The Tudors. B) The Other Boleyn Girl. C) Six Mothers-in-Law. D) Rescue Me. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Tudors. 13. When the United States Anti-Doping Agency in 2012 stripped Lance Armstrong of all his cycling achievements since August 1998 how many Tour de France titles did he lose? A) 7. B) 12. C) 5. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 7. 14. How many rings make up the Olympic symbol? A) 5. B) 3. C) 25. D) 100. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5. 15. According to a survey carried out by Deloittes early in 2009, which was the world's richest football club at that time? A) Manchester United. B) L.A. Galaxy. C) Real Madrid. D) Everton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Real Madrid. 16. Whispering Ted Lowe is best known as a commentator for which sport? A) Snooker. B) Tennis. C) Cricket. D) Golf. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Snooker. 17. Who is Warren Beatty's actress sister? A) Shirley MacLaine. B) Meryl Streep. C) Grace Kelly. D) Jean Harlow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shirley MacLaine. 18. In mid 2022 dust stretching more than 3, 500 miles (5, 630 km) and covering more than 2.2 million sq miles (5.7 million sq km) reached Florida, Texas, Mexico, Venezuela and the Caribbean. What was the source of the dust? A) The Sahara Desert. B) The Gobi Desert. C) The Mojave Desert. D) The Namib Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Sahara Desert. 19. Which book won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 2013? A) The Narrow Road to the Deep North. B) The Luminaries. C) Bring Up the Bodies. D) Life of Pi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Luminaries. 20. The US TV series "Bones" is loosely based on the works of which novelist and forensic anthropologist? A) Alexandra Zarowny. B) Patricia Cornwell. C) Anthony E. Zuiker. D) Kathy Reichs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kathy Reichs. ← 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