This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1188 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1188 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What describes the numbers stated by Swiss mathematician Jacob Bernoulli (1654-1705) and named the Bernoulli Numbers? A) Composite numbers known as pseudoprimes. B) A sequence of rational numbers which occur frequently in number theory. C) P-adic numbers. D) The empty set. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A sequence of rational numbers which occur frequently in number theory. 2. In March 1836, The Alamo was overrun by what? A) Cockroaches. B) Mexican army. C) A plague of frogs. D) Fleas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mexican army. 3. Which of these is the greatest angle? A) Obtuse. B) Reflex. C) Right angle. D) Acute. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reflex. 4. On 12 July 1856, US citizen William Walker declared himself president of where? A) Nicaragua. B) Honduras. C) Mexico. D) Costa Rica. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nicaragua. 5. Which of these was not the name of one of the three stars of the first in the TV series "Charlie's Angels", first broadcast in 1976 / 1977? A) Kate Jackson. B) Jaclyn Smith. C) Tanya Roberts. D) Farrah Fawcett-Majors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tanya Roberts. 6. Who are the two main characters in the TV series "The Big Bang Theory" ? A) Hale and Pace. B) Sheldon and Leonard. C) Emma Peel and John Steed. D) Bill and Ben. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sheldon and Leonard. 7. Why did the British parliament pass Acts such as the Dress Act (1746), the Act of Proscription (1746), and the Heritable Jurisdictions Act (1746)? A) To improve the moral tenor of society. B) To destroy the Scottish clan system. C) To regulate commercial transactions. D) To restore the authority of parliament over the king. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To destroy the Scottish clan system. 8. To what is Lake Erie connected by the Erie canal? A) Hudson River. B) Rio Grande. C) Lake Ontario. D) Lake Michigan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hudson River. 9. Which city is "that toddlin' town" where "on State Street that great street ..... They do things that they don't do on Broadway. They have the time the time of their life:I saw a man and he danced with his wife" ? A) St Louis. B) Minneapolis. C) Denver. D) Chicago. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chicago. 10. The passport of what lawyer, sportsman, singer, actor and civil rights activist was withdrawn by the US State Department in 1950 because of his alleged affiliation with the Communist Party? A) Paul Robeson. B) Al Jolson. C) Harry Belafonte. D) Ricky Nelson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paul Robeson. 11. The satirical TV series called "The Games", about the preparations for the Sydney 2000 Games, featured original theme music by whom? A) Greg Sneddon. B) Joe Dolce. C) Peter Garrett. D) Jeremy Smith. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jeremy Smith. 12. Which architect died after being hit by a tram in the streets of Barcelona? A) Lluis Domènech i Montaner. B) Antoni Gaudi. C) Antonio Palacios. D) Secundino Zuazo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antoni Gaudi. 13. In mathematical terms what is a digit? A) Fingers used to count. B) Single symbols which represent a number on its own or within a combination. C) Understanding the answer. D) A short Australian musical instrument. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Single symbols which represent a number on its own or within a combination. 14. Who was an English record producer for The Animals, Herman's Hermits, Donovan, Lulu, Nancy Sinatra, The Yardbirds, Suzi Quatro, Kim Wilde and the Jeff Beck Group? A) Mickey Rooney. B) Mickey Mantle. C) Mickey Mouse. D) Mickie Most. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mickie Most. 15. At the 55th Annual Grammy Awards Show in February 2013 New Zealand singer Kimbra won two Grammies for her part in an album with Gotye. What were they? A) Best Pop Solo Performance, and Best Dance Recording. B) Album of the Year, and Best New Artist. C) Record of the Year, and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. D) Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album, and Best R & B Performance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Record of the Year, and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. 16. In 2012 Dave Stimson invented what game, involving a bell and a thrown implement? A) Paddle pop. B) Bandy. C) Earthing. D) Hammerfield. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hammerfield. 17. What subregion of Oceania includes Fiji, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Norfolk Island, the Solomon Islands, the Torres Strait Islands and Vanuatu? A) Polynesia. B) Micronesia. C) Melanesia. D) Australasia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Melanesia. 18. What does the saying "medicus curat, natura sanat" imply? A) Physicians are healers by nature. B) Doctors can only cure if a patient is mentally healthy. C) Nature and physicians are partners. D) Nature is what accomplishes the cure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nature is what accomplishes the cure. 19. What is the name of the lighthouse off the coast of Angus at the mouth of the Firth of Tay, which is also called Bell Rock? A) St Patricks. B) Fastnet. C) Eddystone. D) Inchcape. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inchcape. 20. Which of these is one of the accepted descriptions of the shape of the Seal of Solomon? A) Menorah. B) Maltese cross. C) Star of David. D) Circle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Star of David. ← 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