This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 125 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 125 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The final of which sport at the 1900 Olympics in Paris attracted 6, 000 spectators, the largest crowd at any event at that Olympics? A) Rugby Union. B) 1, 000 metres. C) Marathon. D) High jump. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rugby Union. 2. Which music dance band founded (in 2004) and fronted by Natalie Horler represented their country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in MalmΓΆ, Sweden? A) Mrs. Greenbird. B) Zedd. C) Rammstein. D) Cascada. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cascada. 3. If a Greek person calls "Eureka" what are they saying? A) Out of the way. B) No brakes!!. C) I have found it. D) I am dripping on your shoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I have found it. 4. Who signed and issued the Emancipation Proclamation in the USA on New Year's day 1863? A) George Washington. B) Thomas Jefferson. C) Abraham Lincoln. D) Ulysses S. Grant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abraham Lincoln. 5. Which sport that started in physical education classes for young children, where the main objective is to eliminate all members of the opposing team by hitting them with thrown balls, catching a ball thrown by one of them, or forcing them outside the court boundaries, has had an International Federation since 1994? A) Gateball. B) Airsoft. C) Dodgeball. D) Kabaddi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dodgeball. 6. Complete the title of a book by Doctor Benjamin Spock: "The Common Sense Book of ..... "? A) Surviving in the Wild. B) Health and Fitness. C) Speaking Vulcan. D) Baby and Child Care. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Baby and Child Care. 7. Tom Jones sang the theme song to which James Bond film, released in 1965? A) You Only Live Twice. B) Live and Let Die. C) Thunderball. D) Casino Royale. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thunderball. 8. Which doctor first explained the circulation of the blood in 1628? A) Peter. B) Bugs. C) Roger. D) Harvey. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Harvey. 9. Which is a close synonym for "egregious" ? A) Cowardly. B) Standing out from the crowd. C) Friendly. D) Illegal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Standing out from the crowd. 10. Which of these men is associated with the make of car Aston Martin? A) Donald Healey. B) David Brown. C) Herbert Austin. D) William Morris. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) David Brown. 11. What is the name of a popular technique for rescuing someone from severe choking? A) Tourniquet. B) CPR. C) FAST. D) Heimlich Manoeuvre. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heimlich Manoeuvre. 12. What is an essential ingredient of a game of water polo? A) A mallet. B) A horse. C) Water. D) A pole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water. 13. What exceptional object/s was or were found in 1891, estimated to date from between 200 and 300 BCE, in a peat bog near Gundestrup in Denmark? A) Votive statuettes of Egyptian gods. B) A precursor to a printing press. C) A large, richly decorated silver cauldron. D) A fragment of a meteorite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A large, richly decorated silver cauldron. 14. Which of these is known as the accent for someone born within the sound of London's Bow bells, particularly from London's East End? A) Cockney. B) Doric. C) Brummie. D) Estuary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cockney. 15. Which of these wedding anniversaries is the earliest? A) Cotton. B) Tin. C) Sapphire. D) Pearl. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cotton. 16. What is the country of origin of the cheese called "feta" ? A) USA. B) Netherlands. C) Greece. D) Wales. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Greece. 17. Who is behind the title of R.E.M.'s 1993 hit song "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" A) Dan Rather. B) Kenny Loggins. C) Tom Brokaw. D) Ken Starr. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dan Rather. 18. Which 19th century Russian novelist wrote "Crime and Punishment", "The Idiot", "The Possessed", "The Brothers Karamazov" and "The House of the Dead" ? A) Fyodor Dostoyevsky. B) Constantin Stanislavski. C) Anton Chekhov. D) Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fyodor Dostoyevsky. 19. In 1690 Jacob Bernoulli became the first European to do what? A) Solve separable differential equations. B) Work in infinitesimal calculus. C) Observe Jupiter's moons in orbit. D) Work with logarithms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Solve separable differential equations. 20. Who was the first of these to become US President? A) Martin van Buren. B) James Madison. C) James Monroe. D) Millard Fillmore. 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