This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1209 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1209 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The main technical advance in the diving bell, following its development and use in about the 4th century BCE, was by whom? A) Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1726/7). B) Dr Edmond Halley (1656-1742). C) John Flamsteed (1646-1719). D) Dr Robert Hooke (1635-1703). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dr Edmond Halley (1656-1742). 2. Where is the short novel "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" (1962) set? A) The Bolshoi Ballet. B) A Soviet labour camp in the early 1950s. C) A submarine. D) A research laboratory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A Soviet labour camp in the early 1950s. 3. How does the character played by Johnny Depp die at the end of the musical film "Sweeney Todd" (2007)? A) His throat is cut. B) He is hanged. C) He is transported to Australia. D) He is thrown from the roof of a building. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His throat is cut. 4. Which of these is a strongly alcoholic Japanese drink made from rice? A) Shinto. B) Obi. C) Kamikaze. D) Saké. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saké. 5. Which character is at the centre of the 1949 American film "Pinky" ? A) A clergyman who is tempted to follow the teachings of Karl Marx. B) A pedigree horse. C) A New York socialite. D) A light-skinned black woman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A light-skinned black woman. 6. Which of these is best described as savoury? A) Onion jam. B) Sweet and sour cabbage. C) Honeyed broccoli. D) Cauliflower cheese. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cauliflower cheese. 7. What name was given by Barbarossa to his empire in 1156 that was applied to various territories until it was dissolved in 1806 by the resignation of Francis II of Austria? A) Solute States. B) Barbarossan Empire. C) Austrian Empire. D) Holy Roman Empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Holy Roman Empire. 8. What is the minimum age for contestants in the World Irish Dancing Championships? A) 10. B) 18. C) 16. D) 14. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10. 9. What was Victoria Beckham's nickname when she was in the Spice Girls? A) Posh. B) Swank. C) Side. D) Posey. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Posh. 10. From what language did the English word "yacht" derive? A) Urdu. B) German. C) Dutch. D) Swedish. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dutch. 11. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) rejected in 2017 by the USA was proposed between 12 Pacific Rim countries:Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States and which other? A) The Philippines. B) People's Republic of China. C) Fiji. D) Vietnam. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vietnam. 12. At which of these places does the US-Canadian border not run East-West? A) Directly south of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. B) The northern-most border of the state of Montana, USA. C) The western-most border of the state of Maine, USA. D) Directly north of Rochester, NY. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The western-most border of the state of Maine, USA. 13. August 23 1991 saw what? A) The first stone thrown down from the Berlin Wall. B) Sergei Bubka breaks the world record for men's pole vault. C) Debut of the World Wide Web as a publicly available service on the internet. D) The raising of the Russian flag over the Kremlin signalling the end of the Soviet Union. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Debut of the World Wide Web as a publicly available service on the internet. 14. In tiddlywinks, what might the players aim to do? A) Squop. B) Boondock. C) Use a squidger. D) Any or all of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Any or all of these. 15. In London, where are the trials of the pyx held? A) Tower of London. B) Palace of Westminster. C) Hall of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths. D) Old Bailey. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hall of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths. 16. According to Roman legend, which son of Ceres was turned into a river in Tartarus which supplied the Titans with water in their battle with the gods? A) Hermes. B) Charon. C) Acheron. D) Orpheus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acheron. 17. What is a "muscle cuirass" ? A) Bandage. B) Spasm. C) Armour. D) An exercise. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Armour. 18. When and where did the Austro-Hungarian Schutzkorps first operate? A) 1908, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. B) 1912, in Hungary. C) 1914, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. D) 1933, in Austria. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1908, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 19. Which were the first Olympic Games to be held in the Balkans after the 1896 Games in Athens, Greece? A) 2004 Summer Olympics. B) 1984 Winter Olympics. C) 1988 Winter Paralympics. D) 1984 Winter Paralympics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1984 Winter Olympics. 20. Which of these terms means a seemingly absurd or contradictory statement, even if actually well-founded? A) Anagram. B) Palindrome. C) Pun. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paradox. ← 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