This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1197 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1197 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Sesame Street's Elmo posted what message on social media on 29 January 2024, which within 3 days had 183.8 million views on one site alone and an outpouring of distress in response? A) Hi folks, Elmo is here for you. B) Elmo is just checking in! How is everybody doing?. C) Just Elmo wishing Happy New Year!. D) Open Sesame, Elmo here. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elmo is just checking in! How is everybody doing?. 2. Eleven Israelis, five Palestinians and a West German police officer sadly hit headlines during what event in 1972? A) Summer Olympics in Munich. B) A protest march against internment in Bogside, Ireland. C) Eurovision Song Contest. D) Boston Marathon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Summer Olympics in Munich. 3. Who appeared in her first film for 15 years, "Monster In Law", in 2005? A) Ellen Burstyn. B) Vanessa Redgrave. C) Julie Christie. D) Jane Fonda. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jane Fonda. 4. What is the currency of Trinidad and Tobago? A) Trinidad and Tobago dollar (TTD). B) Quetzal. C) Pound. D) Euro. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trinidad and Tobago dollar (TTD). 5. The Pearl biscuit first marketed in 1865, was characterised by what? A) A 3-D ovoid shape. B) Chunks of chocolate inside the biscuit. C) Jam filling. D) A soft texture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A soft texture. 6. From 1895 to 1952 the island of Taiwan was under the sovereignty of which country? A) China. B) Japan. C) The Netherlands. D) France. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Japan. 7. What is the closest living relative of the pronghorn from North America? A) Giraffe and okapi. B) Antelope. C) Goat. D) Himalayan tahr. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Giraffe and okapi. 8. What is the name for a piece of exercise equipment consisting of a metal bar, one or more sets of weight plates, and a set of collars? A) Caffhoop. B) Pubring. C) Barbell. D) Dinerchime. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Barbell. 9. The Paschal Lamb figures in Judaism and Christianity at what time? A) Hanukkah or Christmas respectively. B) Passover or Easter respectively. C) Rosh Hashanah or Feast of the Circumcision of Christ respectively. D) Yom Kippur or Ash Wednesday respectively. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Passover or Easter respectively. 10. Marabi, a form of South African music popular 1920s-1940s, was characterised by restless, rebellious energy; where was it most practised? A) The plains. B) Townships. C) Dockyards. D) Urban slums. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Urban slums. 11. Which of these is not one of meanings of the word "scotch" ? A) To cut. B) To quash. C) A wedge. D) A tax. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A tax. 12. Which of these is true of the Republic of Uzbekistan? A) It has never been part of the Russian Empire or its successor, the USSR. B) Its predominant religion is Buddhist. C) It is double-landlocked. D) 90% of the country is below sea level. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is double-landlocked. 13. A polyandrous person has more than one what? A) Husband. B) Thumb. C) Academic qualification. D) Father. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Husband. 14. Luge and skeleton racing were developed in the late 19th century in which country? A) Switzerland. B) England. C) India. D) Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Switzerland. 15. French chemist Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794) is particularly known for work in chemistry and biology including discoveries that, although matter may change its form or shape, its mass always remains the same, and what? A) The function of the heart in circulating blood. B) Heat treatment of milk to kill bacteria. C) The role of oxygen in combustion. D) The existence of neutrons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The role of oxygen in combustion. 16. What are known as the Albuquerque Isotopes? A) A break dance group. B) Special material used in the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Ohio. C) Isotopes of oxygen. D) A minor league baseball team in New Mexico. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A minor league baseball team in New Mexico. 17. Which of these was an Irish professional football player, one of the first celebrity footballers (whose extravagant lifestyle led to problems with alcoholism which curtailed his playing career), best known for his years with Manchester United? A) Henry Beston. B) Georgie-Porgie. C) George Best. D) George Harrison. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) George Best. 18. In the early 21st century formal multi-million dollar speed contests were established in the United Arab Emirates for what animal? A) Miniature horses. B) Camels. C) Falcons. D) Gazelles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Falcons. 19. Which "Bond girl" met Ringo Starr when they starred in the 1981 film "Caveman", and later married him? A) Barbara Bach. B) Ursula Andress. C) Patti Boyd. D) Raquel Welch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Barbara Bach. 20. For what activity is Jasper Conran famous? A) Ballet. B) Fashion design. C) Architecture. D) Sculpture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fashion design. ← 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