This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 128 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 128 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When was the Company of Scottish Archers, thought to be one of the oldest sporting bodies in the world, formed? A) 1740. B) 1528. C) 1676. D) 1810. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1676. 2. Which Saint's Day is 17 March? A) St David. B) St Andrew. C) St George. D) St Patrick. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) St Patrick. 3. Official Tug o War competitions use specially engineered rope to avoid what? A) Using ropes which are not eco-friendly. B) Blisters on the contestants' hands. C) Too much weight to pull properly. D) Damage to contestants from breakage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Damage to contestants from breakage. 4. Which of these are from the musical film "High Society" ? A) "My Favourite Things" and "I Whistle a Happy Tune". B) "Shall We Dance" and "Getting to Know You". C) "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" and "True Love". D) "Poor Judd is Dead" and "Oh What a Beautiful Mornin" '. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" and "True Love". 5. In February 2010, Joseph Stack, a 53 year old software engineer, crashed his light plane into Internal Revenue Service offices in which city? A) Austin, Texas. B) Chicago, Illinois. C) Buffalo, New York. D) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Austin, Texas. 6. Which of these is displayed in Florence? A) Andy Warhol's "100 Soup Cans". B) Leonardo da Vinci's "The Mona Lisa". C) Pablo Picasso's "Guernica". D) Michelangelo's statue of David. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Michelangelo's statue of David. 7. What scale measures the hotness or piquancy of a chili pepper, as defined by the amount of capsaicin it contains? A) Torino Scale. B) Scoville scale. C) Richter scale. D) Beaufort scale. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scoville scale. 8. The internal angles of a triangle add up to how many degrees? A) 180. B) 360. C) 1080. D) 540. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 180. 9. French sculptor Frédéric Bartholdi (1834-1904) is best known for what work? A) Liberty Enlightening the World. B) The Age of Bronze. C) Family of Man. D) West Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Liberty Enlightening the World. 10. Which of these forms part of the southern border of the US state of Texas? A) Florida. B) Mississippi River. C) The Red River. D) Rio Grande. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rio Grande. 11. Which of these is NOT a virus or disease carried by mosquitoes? A) Malaria. B) Dengue fever. C) Sleeping sickness. D) Zika. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sleeping sickness. 12. What type of instrument is a lute? A) Woodwind. B) String. C) Brass. D) Percussion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) String. 13. Yale University is in which state of the USA? A) Massachusetts. B) Connecticut. C) California. D) Maine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connecticut. 14. In 1936 Austrian Josef Bradl did what, and christened a new sport which had World Championships by 1972? A) Jumped successfully in a wingsuit from the Eiffel Tower. B) Did an ollie on a narrow plank on wheels. C) Landed a ski jump of more than 100 m. D) Crossed the English Channel in a canvas boat powered by a kite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Landed a ski jump of more than 100 m. 15. Which of these countries is closest to Japan? A) China. B) Denmark. C) Zimbabwe. D) Pakistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) China. 16. The geography of Afghanistan is varied but most of it is what? A) Mountains and valleys. B) Plateau. C) Coastal plains. D) Forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mountains and valleys. 17. What is the name for the study of the advent and evolution of biological systems in the universe, with particular emphasis on the possibility of non-terrestrial life? A) Bioastrology. B) Ufology. C) Astrobiology. D) Alientology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Astrobiology. 18. What does the Little Abbay river flow into? A) Lake Victoria, Uganda / Kenya / Tanzania. B) Lake Tana, Ethiopia. C) Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania / Democratic Republic of the Congo / Burundi / Zambia. D) The White Nile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lake Tana, Ethiopia. 19. What is the name for the cloud formation which is suggested as a source of some sightings of UFOs (unidentified flying objects)? A) Lenticular. B) Cirrocumulus. C) Mackerel sky. D) Jellyfish cloud. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lenticular. 20. The War of the Triple Alliance (1864-1870) was fought between the allied countries of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay and which other country? A) Venezuela. B) Paraguay. C) Panama. D) Chile. 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