This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1191 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1191 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The 2010 Six Nations Championship, the 11th series of an annual rugby union competition contested by the six major Northern Hemisphere rugby union national teams, was won by France. Which nation won it in 2009 and came second in 2010 and 2011? A) Scotland. B) England. C) Ireland. D) Wales. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ireland. 2. A famous opera by Rossini is about the barber of where? A) Sydney. B) Cheltenham. C) Seville. D) Chicago. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Seville. 3. In mid 2017 Saudi Arabia severed diplomatic relations with Qatar and imposed trade and travel bans on the country. Thirteen countries and three other administrations joined Saudi in cutting relations. Which of these was not one? A) Maldives. B) Eritrea. C) Djibouti. D) Gabon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eritrea. 4. Who said, at a march in London organised by the Vietnam Solidarity Campaign on 17 March 1968 in Trafalgar Square, "A Vietcong victory is the only way to peace" ? A) Vanessa Redgrave. B) Jane Fonda. C) Mick Jagger. D) John Lennon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vanessa Redgrave. 5. What shape is the course used for snail racing championships? A) A 4m square. B) Circle, radius approximately 14 inches (35 cm). C) Spiral. D) Oblong with at least one 6m side. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Circle, radius approximately 14 inches (35 cm). 6. In 1994, the "National Sports of Canada Act" declared which two sports as the national sports of Canada? A) Ice hockey (winter) and lacrosse (summer). B) Ice hockey (winter) and tennis (summer). C) Rugby League (winter) and lacrosse (summer). D) Rugby League (winter) and tennis (summer). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ice hockey (winter) and lacrosse (summer). 7. Which of these songs is from "My Fair Lady" ? A) Tomorrow. B) Getting to Know You. C) Summertime. D) Get Me To The Church On Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Get Me To The Church On Time. 8. Belgian priest, Georges Lemaître (1894-1966), was well-known as a what? A) Maker of violins. B) Researcher in virus vaccines. C) Mathematician, astronomer, and professor of astrophysics. D) Sculptor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mathematician, astronomer, and professor of astrophysics. 9. Which of these films was released first? A) Jailhouse Rock. B) The Great Escape. C) The Birdman of Alcatraz. D) THX 1138. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jailhouse Rock. 10. A relic that is claimed to be Jesus Christ's burial sheet is associated with which city? A) Marabello. B) Turin. C) Philadelphia. D) Glasgow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Turin. 11. What does the documentary "Year of the Dogs" (1997) deal with? A) The life of an Australian sheepfarmer. B) A veterinary surgeon's life in the outback of Australia. C) Decades in a Chinese family's life in Australia. D) Australian rules football (AFL). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Australian rules football (AFL). 12. What reddish-brown bean-shaped organs lies in the abdomen just under the diaphragm, one on each side of the backbone? A) Spleen. B) Kidneys. C) Liver. D) Lung. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kidneys. 13. What do the films "The Danish Girl" and "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" have in common? A) Director Tom Hooper. B) Actor Eddie Redmayne. C) Screenplay writer Lucinda Coxon. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Actor Eddie Redmayne. 14. FITA was founded in 1931 in Lwow in Poland to promote and regulate what sport worldwide? A) Archery. B) Aviation. C) Trainspotting. D) Racing touring automobiles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Archery. 15. Which financial system was rolled out in 1982, a year after it was developed and finalised? A) Online banking. B) PayPal. C) EFTPOS (Electronic funds transfer at point of sale). D) Bitcoins. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) EFTPOS (Electronic funds transfer at point of sale). 16. What is a florin? A) A mediaeval German musical instrument. B) A discrete part of a composite flower. C) A coin used in various countries in Europe and some of their colonies. D) A young citizen of Florence, Italy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A coin used in various countries in Europe and some of their colonies. 17. 31 March, the birthday of César Chávez, is recognised as a holiday in the US states of California, Texas, Arizona and Colorado. What role did he play in the history of the USA? A) Animal conservationist. B) Military leader at the Battle of the Alamo. C) Setting up reservations for American Indians. D) Labour unionist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Labour unionist. 18. Which Nobel prize-winning British playwright died in December 2008? A) Tennessee Williams. B) Harold Pinter. C) William Shakespeare. D) Tom Stoppard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harold Pinter. 19. What was the Roman name for Ireland? A) Cambria. B) Caledonia. C) Hibernia. D) Gaul. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hibernia. 20. What is a link between tomatoes, potatoes, and aubergines or eggplants? A) Their roots contain lycopene. B) Sanskrit. C) The Aztec language. D) Apple. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Apple. ← 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