This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 135 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 135 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. John Turner, Brian Mulroney, Kim Campbell, Jean Chrétien, Paul Martin and Stephen Harper figure in the political history of which country? A) India. B) Australia. C) South Africa. D) Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Canada. 2. As at 2021, which of these European countries has won football's World Cup the most times? A) Spain. B) England. C) Italy. D) France. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Italy. 3. When did the people who created the Uffington White Horse live? A) About 6, 000 years ago. B) The 15th century. C) Between 1380 and 550 BCE. D) In the time of King Arthur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Between 1380 and 550 BCE. 4. King James VI of Scotland was also King James I of where? A) Aquitaine. B) Sweden. C) Calais. D) England. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) England. 5. Early in 2010 which telescope was used to discover 5 new planets and 2 objects circling stars that were too hot to be planets and too small to be stars? A) Kepler Telescope. B) Hubble Telescope. C) Kevlar Telescope. D) Nelson's Telescope. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kepler Telescope. 6. By what name did ancient Greeks know the area in the steppes of Central Asia and parts of Eastern Europe east of the Vistula River? A) Persia. B) Parthia. C) Paratethys. D) Scythia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scythia. 7. The German island of Rugen, the chief town of which is Bergen, is in which stretch of water? A) Tasman Sea. B) Indian Ocean. C) Pacific Ocean. D) Baltic Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Baltic Sea. 8. Which house on the Mall was the residence of Elizabeth the Queen Mother from 1953 to 2002? A) Clarence House. B) Highgrove. C) Holyrood House. D) Kensington Palace. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clarence House. 9. What is the minimum equipment needed to play Nought and Croses, or Tic-Tac-Toe? A) String. B) The right app and a screen. C) Counters and a board marked in squares. D) Pencil and paper. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pencil and paper. 10. The Tour Down Under and World Road Championship are contests in what? A) Cycling. B) Running. C) Go-karting. D) Power walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cycling. 11. The law "anything that can possibly go wrong, does" was first attributed in recent times to which of these? A) Nevil Maskelyne. B) Alfred Holt. C) Reilly. D) Ed Murphy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alfred Holt. 12. "Le Chanson de Roland" sings of a Frankish knight fighting under the command of the ruler commonly known under which name? A) Vercingétorix. B) Clovis. C) Ferdinand and Isabella. D) Charlemagne. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Charlemagne. 13. What is the estimated length of the year of the newly-discovered earth-like planet KOI-172.02? A) 576 Earth days. B) 359 Earth days. C) 242 Earth days. D) 384 Earth days. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 242 Earth days. 14. For what do Manceaux and Mancelles close off some of the streets of their city every June? A) A camel race round Shibam and to its 16th-century Walled City known as the "Manhattan of the Desert". B) Manchester Food and Drink Festival. C) The endurance car race, 24 Hours of Le Mans. D) Europa Jazz Festival. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The endurance car race, 24 Hours of Le Mans. 15. The Khoikhoi (including the Namaqua), Korana and the Saan are pre-European peoples of what area? A) Southern Africa. B) Australia. C) Northern Alaska and Canada. D) The Arctic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Southern Africa. 16. Former American football quarterback Michael Vick was signed to play with Eagles in 2009 despite having just served a sentence in prison for what? A) Running a brothel. B) Operating an unlawful interstate dog fighting ring. C) Manslaughter. D) Supplying steroids to teammates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Operating an unlawful interstate dog fighting ring. 17. Which production company is behind the UK TV comedy series "Whose Line Is It Anyway" (1988-1999) and "Have I Got News for You" (1990-present)? A) Hartswood Films. B) All3Media. C) Hat Trick Productions. D) Shed Media. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hat Trick Productions. 18. Which English poet and dramatist wrote "The What D'ye Call It" (1715), "The Beggar's Opera" (1728) and "Polly" (1729)? A) John Arbuthnot. B) Jonathan Swift. C) Alexander Pope. D) John Gay. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) John Gay. 19. Where were the 2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships held? A) Melbourne, Australia. B) Minsk, Belarus. C) London, UK. D) Cali, Columbia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cali, Columbia. 20. Which of these is a series of sketches outlining the scenes of a film? A) Running board. B) Skirting board. C) Storyboard. D) Alla board. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Storyboard. ← 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