This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1199 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1199 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Eminent physician and author Dr Benjamin Rush (1745-1813) was a pioneer in what became known as what? A) Bacteriology. B) Anaesthesiology. C) Occupational therapy. D) Immunology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Occupational therapy. 2. Which of these countries is north of the equator? A) Fiji. B) Zambia. C) Vanuatu. D) Venezuela. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Venezuela. 3. What year were the films "Eyes Wide Shut", "Sixth Sense", "Toy Story 2", and "Fight Club" released? A) 1999. B) 1989. C) 1980. D) 1985. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1999. 4. Where are the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago and the Rocas Atoll? A) Just north of Bermuda. B) Off the coast of Brazil. C) Between the Canary Islands and the West African mainland. D) Off the coast of Portugal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Off the coast of Brazil. 5. With what is the American inventor Philo Taylor Farnsworth particularly associated? A) A method of learning Morse Code. B) Pulp magazine "Weird Tales". C) Farnsworth Art Museum, Maine, USA. D) Invention of the first fully electronic TV. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Invention of the first fully electronic TV. 6. A lodestone or loadstone is a piece of the mineral magnetite which has what property? A) It crumbles easily. B) It is naturally magnetised. C) It absorbs water. D) It dissolves in water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is naturally magnetised. 7. What is a specialised stem, leaf or petiole with a threadlike shape that is used by climbing plants for support and attachment, usually by twining around whatever it touches? A) Pantogram. B) Klingon. C) Tentacle. D) Tendril. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tendril. 8. Which 2019 Netflix creation is centred on bloody machinations in a high school? A) The Politician. B) Brightburn Horror. C) Ready or Not. D) Where'd You Go, Bernadette. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Politician. 9. In ancient China what was year 1 of the calendar? A) The first year of the reign of Emperor Huangdi. B) The first year of the reign of Emperor Han Wudi. C) The first year of the reign of each new emperor, or when the current emperor declared a new era. D) The first year of the reign of King Wu of Zhou. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The first year of the reign of each new emperor, or when the current emperor declared a new era. 10. Where are Prince Edward Island and the Iles de la Madeleine? A) English Channel. B) Gulfe de St Malo, France. C) Gulf of St Lawrence, Canada. D) Hudson Bay, Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gulf of St Lawrence, Canada. 11. What does the Statute of Anne 1709 in Great Britain provide for? A) Copyright of written work to be regulated by the government and courts rather than private parties. B) Regulation of privateers. C) Censorship of theatre performances. D) Freedom of the press. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Copyright of written work to be regulated by the government and courts rather than private parties. 12. When a man was jousting in a medieval contest what did he use? A) Bow and arrow. B) Sword. C) Lance and horse. D) Net and trident. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lance and horse. 13. Which of these countries has the lowest population density? A) Russia. B) Finland. C) Iceland. D) Latvia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iceland. 14. What name is given to the period of British history between 1901 and 1910? A) Georgian. B) Edwardian. C) Jacobean. D) Victorian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Edwardian. 15. When is Halley's comet due to reappear in Earth's skies? A) 3012. B) 2061. C) 2098. D) 2084. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2061. 16. Alveoli are found in which part of the body? A) Kidneys. B) Liver. C) Heart. D) Lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lungs. 17. Dr. Benjamin Spock, the American pediatrician who wrote "Baby and Child Care", published in 1946, won an Olympic gold medal in what type of event? A) Wrestling. B) High jump. C) Marathon. D) Rowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rowing. 18. Football athlete, broadcaster and actor, O.J. Simpson, ran in the Torch Relay for which Olympic Games? A) 1976 Winter Olympics. B) 1986 Winter Olympics. C) 1996 Summer Olympics. D) 1984 Summer Olympics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1984 Summer Olympics. 19. For the 2016 Paralympics and Summer Olympics, held in and around Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which was the largest venue and the one where the opening and closing ceremonies for the Summer games were held? A) Olympic Stadium (Engenhão). B) Maracanã Stadium. C) Riocentro. D) Copacabana Stadium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maracanã Stadium. 20. Where was Geoff Ogilvie, the 2006 US Open golf tournament winner, born? A) New Zealand. B) Canada. C) South Africa. D) Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Australia. ← 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