This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 124 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 124 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who won the most of the first ten tournaments called the Women's Hockey World Cup (the field hockey World Cup competition for women), which was inaugurated in 1974? A) Germany. B) Netherlands. C) Australia. D) Argentina. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Netherlands. 2. John F Kennedy suffered from chronic back complaints and what other medical problem? A) Lassa fever. B) Addison's disease. C) Malaria. D) Tuberculosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Addison's disease. 3. In which country was mountaineer and explorer Edmund Hillary born? A) India. B) South Africa. C) Australia. D) New Zealand. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) New Zealand. 4. What are a hedgehog's or porcupine's quills made of? A) Calcium. B) Chitin. C) Keratin. D) Carotene. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Keratin. 5. Who was Chief Justice of the USA from 1969 to 1986, the longest serving of any other appointed in the 20th century, who delivered controversial decisions on abortion, capital punishment, religious establishment, and school desegregation? A) Warren Burger. B) Kenneth Starr. C) Earl Warren. D) William Rehnquist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Warren Burger. 6. What is the first line of the hymn "Jerusalem" ? A) Good King Wenceslas looked out. B) Oh come all ye faithful. C) Once in royal David's city. D) And did those feet in ancient time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) And did those feet in ancient time. 7. What is the 18th century Frenchman Antoine Louis known for? A) Organising a military alliance between Louis XV and Charles Stuart against George II (UK). B) Being second in command to Napoleon Bonaparte. C) Writing the play "Cyrano de Bergerac". D) Inventing the guillotine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inventing the guillotine. 8. Cambridge Circus is in which city? A) Oxford. B) Cambridge. C) London. D) Leeds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) London. 9. What is the highest point in Wales? A) Llanelly. B) Snowdon. C) Portmeirion. D) Devil's Bridge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Snowdon. 10. Where were the 2018 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games held? A) South Korea. B) North Korea. C) USA. D) New Zealand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) South Korea. 11. Commercial extraction is being explored of an important large-scale source of natural gas, called what? A) Fire ice. B) Butane hydrate. C) Methanesulfonic acid. D) Methanogens. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fire ice. 12. The word "Newspeak" was coined in which novel? A) Nineteen Eighty-Four. B) A Clockwork Orange. C) Brave New World. D) The Time Machine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nineteen Eighty-Four. 13. Kandahar is in what continent? A) Asia. B) Australia. C) Africa. D) South America. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asia. 14. What colour or colours predominate in Aubrey Beardsley's works? A) Pale blue, green and gold. B) Red and gold. C) White and dark sepia. D) Black and white. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Black and white. 15. For which artistic medium was Albrecht Dürer first known, and is still well-known? A) Cut paper work. B) Pastels. C) Murals. D) Woodcuts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Woodcuts. 16. In marine or naval terminology, what is special about dog watches? A) They are over 6 hours long. B) They are 2 hours long. C) They are really early in the morning. D) They take place at night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are 2 hours long. 17. Who is the director for "Star Wars Episode VII:The Force Awakens" ? A) George Lucas. B) J.J.Abrams. C) The Coen Brothers. D) Peter Jackson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) J.J.Abrams. 18. Which French city near the Mediterranean Sea, was an embarcation point for the 7th and 8th Crusades, and is now a tourist destination because of its well-preserved city walls? A) Montpellier. B) Aigues-Mortes. C) Nîmes. D) Lyons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aigues-Mortes. 19. What country lies between Venezuela and Peru? A) Colombia. B) Ecuador. C) Guyana. D) Bolivia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Colombia. 20. Dean Martin starred in 4 films as which fictional US government counter-agent, created by Donald Hamilton? A) Sam Spade. B) Johnny English. C) Matt Helm. D) Frank Horrigan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Matt Helm. ← 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