This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 134 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 134 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What term was popularized in the books "The Gutenberg Galaxy:The Making of Typographic Man" (1962) and "Understanding Media" (1964) by Marshall McLuhan to describe how the instantaneous movement of information from every quarter to every point at the same time has heightened human awareness of responsibility? A) Earth town. B) Global village. C) World city. D) Moon unit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Global village. 2. What are setts, lodges, nides and forms? A) Classroom tools. B) Printing fonts. C) Architectural features. D) Animal or bird nests. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Animal or bird nests. 3. The American Landrace, Australian Yorkshire, British Landrace, Bulgarian White, Gascon, Hereford, Krskopolje, Mangalitsa, Moody Woody, Red Wattle, Tamworth and Wuzishan are all types of what? A) Pigs. B) Sheep. C) Cattle. D) Cheese. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pigs. 4. When Coubertin moved to establish a revived and international Olympic Games at the end of the 19th century his work had forerunners in the UK and in Greece and France. When was the earliest in the UK and what was it called? A) 1612, Cotswold Olympick Games. B) 1850, Wenlock Olympian Games. C) 1862, Grand Olympic Festival, Liverpool. D) 1859, Olympic Games. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1612, Cotswold Olympick Games. 5. Which of these was engaged in the ground-breaking study and understanding of genetics? A) Dmitri Mendeleev. B) Gregor Johann Mendel. C) Felix Mendelssohn Bartoldy. D) Mendele Mocher Sforim. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gregor Johann Mendel. 6. What is the chemical symbol for Helium? A) H. B) He. C) Hg. D) Hm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He. 7. What becomes less dense as it solidifies? A) Mercury. B) Lead. C) Water. D) Helium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water. 8. Where are vast grassland plains known as the Pampas? A) Mexico. B) Argentina. C) Chile. D) Venezuela. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Argentina. 9. Which is the main language spoken by the Suriani, a minority religious group in the Turkey-Syria-Iraq area? A) Aramaic. B) Arabic. C) Persian. D) Kurdish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aramaic. 10. What is the stage name of Alecia Beth Moore, whose hits include "There You Go", "Stupid Girls", "Who Knew", "Funhouse"and "So What" ? A) Pink. B) Red. C) Scarlet. D) Cardinal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pink. 11. In 1983 the official length of one metre was established as what? A) The length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during 1/299 792 458 of a second. B) The length of a pendulum having a half-period of one second. C) One ten-millionth of the length of the earth's meridian along a quadrant through Paris. D) 1 650 763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red emission line in the spectrum of krypton-86 in a vacuum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during 1/299 792 458 of a second. 12. What links these countries:Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Sao Tome & Principe, the Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, the Maldives, Indonesia and Kiribati? A) They have all been colonised by Portugal. B) The equator passes through each of them. C) They use the same units of currency. D) They all have populations of between 4 and 5 million. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The equator passes through each of them. 13. Novosibirsk, the third most populous city in its country, is where? A) Azerbaijan. B) Northeastern Mongolia. C) Estonia. D) Southwestern Siberia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Southwestern Siberia. 14. How many US states share a land border with the state of Maine? A) 2. B) 1. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1. 15. Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot was the "real" name of which Batman villain? A) Penguin. B) Joker. C) Riddler. D) Two Face. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Penguin. 16. What is Spike Milligan's first name? A) Michael. B) Roger. C) Peter. D) Terence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Terence. 17. From 1946 to 1970, the Jules Rimet Trophy was awarded to the winner of what competition? A) World Polo Championship. B) The FIFA World Cup (Soccer). C) Rowing World Cup. D) FINA (Swimming) World Cup. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The FIFA World Cup (Soccer). 18. What is a doppelgΓ€nger? A) A lookalike. B) A noisy party. C) A German railway worker. D) A group of motorcyclists. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A lookalike. 19. Andy White and Jimmy Nicol were both what? A) Drummers for The Beatles. B) Goalkeepers for Manchester United. C) Olympic gold medallists representing the USA. D) Europeans held at Guantanamo Bay prison in 2008. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drummers for The Beatles. 20. What does the title of the romantic musical '52Hz, I Love You' refer to? A) A DJ. B) A whale. C) A bat. D) A tattoo artist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A whale. β PreviousNext βRelated 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 π Back to Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books