Global MCQ Practice

🌐 Total MCQ
🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books

General Knowledge Quiz 1208 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

Select an option to see the correct answer instantly.

1. When Winston Churchill said "Now this is not the end, nor is it even the beginning of the end, but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning", which event was he talking about?
2. Which of these is a 1948 novel by Alan Paton which is set in South Africa?
3. How many orbits of the earth did John Glenn make in Mercury-Atlas 6 in 1962?
4. Which 17th century English musician composed "Dido and Aeneas", "The Faery Queen", "King Arthur" and "The Tempest" ?
5. Juan Manuel Fangio, Mario Andretti, James Hunt and Niki Lauda were world champions in which sport?
6. James and Lily are the parents of which of these characters?
7. In 1984 Anne Wood founded a company to produce children's shows for TV, the early shows from which included Pob's Programme, Playbox and Teletubbies. What was it called?
8. The 1934 British Empire Games, now the Commonwealth Games, were originally scheduled for Johannesburg, South Africa, but were changed to London, UK. Why?
9. Whose last compositions, written in 1948 when the composer was 84, were called "Four Last Songs" ?
10. Olefin, Vinyon, Saran, Vinalon, Aramids, Lyocell, Orlon, Zylon, Vectran & Derclon are types of what?
11. He was an American dancer, choreographer, actor and also singer; his awards include an honorary Academy Award, three Emmys, a BAFTA, two Golden Globes and a Grammy, and he was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. Who was he?
12. Liberia is a country on which continent?
13. In 2004, who left the band Westlife?
14. The process of producing wootz steel, used in many famous early and mediaeval European swords, is ascribed to a method developed where?
15. Donald Trump addressed a crowd on 6 January 2021 down the road from the US Capitol in Washington, D.C. What was the overall drift of what he said?
16. On 1 July 1967, what was the first official colour broadcast transmitted on television in the UK?
17. What is the name of the garden created in the 1930s by Vita Sackville-West and her husband Harold Nicolson that is designed as a series of "rooms", each with a different character of colour and/or theme, divided by high clipped hedges and pink brick walls?
18. In his 1947 voyage by balsa raft Thor Heyerdahl set out from Peru in South America and landed where?
19. Dr Miguel de Unamuno (1864-1936) was removed as rector of the University of Salamanca in 1917 and again, having been re-elected, in 1936 for what reason?
20. Which country trained eagles in 2016 to intercept and take down drones which are believed to be posing a danger to the public?
🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books