This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1212 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1212 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are the main ingredients of a traditional Caesar salad? A) Raw apples, celery, grapes & walnuts in mayonnaise. B) Croutons, romaine lettuce, parmesan, egg yolk, olive oil, lime juice & anchovies or Worcestershire. C) Iceberg lettuce, tomato, bacon, chicken breast, hard-boiled egg, avocado & Roquefort cheese. D) Tomatoes, cucumber, green bell peppers, red onion, feta cheese & kalamata olives, with olive oil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Croutons, romaine lettuce, parmesan, egg yolk, olive oil, lime juice & anchovies or Worcestershire. 2. Which of these films is not one of Oliver Stone's "Vietnam War trilogy" ? A) The Deer Hunter. B) Born on the Fourth of July. C) Platoon. D) Heaven & Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Deer Hunter. 3. Which 31 minute documentary made in 1938, which asked for better housing, farm techniques and flood control and more electrical power, showed a great flood in the Mississippi River? A) Nanook Of The North. B) The River. C) The Mississippi. D) I'm Going Back To Swannee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The River. 4. What ship, less than a month after her maiden voyage in 1907, had the record for crossing the Atlantic eastbound, and in 1909 had a record time for the westbound crossing that stood for 20 years? A) Olympic. B) Lusitania. C) Mauretania. D) Gigantic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mauretania. 5. Where was Chiang Kai-Shek leader until 1949? A) Japan. B) China. C) Cambodia. D) The Philippines. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) China. 6. "It's still the same old story, the fight for love and glory" are lines from the theme song for which film? A) Four Weddings and a Funeral. B) All Quiet on the Western Front. C) Casablanca. D) The African Queen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Casablanca. 7. In which decade was Horatio Nelson born? A) 1750s. B) 1650s. C) 1810s. D) 1700s. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1750s. 8. What transport artery runs for 13 miles between Brig, Switzerland and Domodossola, Italy? A) Stairway to Heaven. B) Route 66. C) Simplon Tunnel. D) Col de Suisse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simplon Tunnel. 9. What was the first pop video directed by John Landis, whose directing credits include "National Lampoon's Animal House" and "The Blues Brothers" ? A) Michael Jackson's "Black or White". B) Michael Jackson's "Thriller". C) Paul McCartney's "Spies Like Us". D) The Buggles' "Video Killed The Radio Star". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Michael Jackson's "Thriller". 10. From 2010 to 2012 a series of major earthquakes devastated areas in the South Island of which country? A) England. B) New Zealand. C) India. D) Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) New Zealand. 11. Labor Day is celebrated in what month in the USA and Canada? A) June. B) May. C) October. D) September. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) September. 12. The 24 hour endurance race, one of seven races in an annual championship, run at Shenington Airfield in Banbury, UK, features what vehicle? A) Segway. B) Formula 4 car. C) Mountain bike. D) Pedal car. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pedal car. 13. Who established "Shady Records" ? A) Snoop Dogg. B) Jay Z. C) Puff Daddy. D) Eminem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eminem. 14. Against what forces were the French fighting at the 1803 Battle of Vertières? A) Liberated former slaves and their allies in Haiti. B) British, Prussian, German and Dutch. C) Russian and Austrian. D) USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Liberated former slaves and their allies in Haiti. 15. Who was responsible for drafting the first (in 1275) Statute of Westminster, which codified the existing law in England into 51 chapters? A) Edmund Rich, Archbishop of Canterbury. B) Bishop Robert Burnell. C) John Marmion, 3rd Baron Marmion of Winteringham. D) Gervase of Tilbury. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bishop Robert Burnell. 16. Where are Akrotiri and Dhekelia, allocated by treaty to the UK as sovereign military bases? A) Cyprus. B) Crete. C) Corsica. D) Sicily. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cyprus. 17. Which Hungarian wrote light operas including "The Land of Smiles", "Frederica" and "The Merry Widow" ? A) Béla Bartók. B) Franz Liszt. C) Franz Lehar. D) Gustav Mahler. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Franz Lehar. 18. Which model of car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company was introduced in April 1964 and created the "pony car" class of American automobile? A) Filly. B) Colt. C) Gelding. D) Mustang. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mustang. 19. What geographical feature lies between the cities of Buenos Aires and Montevideo? A) River. B) Mountain range. C) Volcano. D) Wetlands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) River. 20. In the United Arab Emirates (UAE) which of these fruits is most likely to be available in the streets? A) Dates. B) Watermelons. C) Apples. D) Strawberries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dates. ← 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