This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 136 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 136 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How fast does the Earth at its equator spin round its axis? A) About 1, 040 miles per hour (1, 670 km/h). B) About 1, 040 miles per second (1, 670 km/s). C) About 1, 040 miles a day (1, 670 km/d). D) About 100 miles per hour (161 km/h). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) About 1, 040 miles per hour (1, 670 km/h). 2. Pertussis is the technical name for which of these? A) Mumps. B) Measles. C) Whooping cough. D) Chickenpox. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Whooping cough. 3. Which of these is a slang word meaning "steal" ? A) Hagrid. B) Filch. C) Quirrell. D) Snape. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Filch. 4. In Israel in 2009, what did they call the world outbreak of swine flu? A) Mexico flu. B) Cat scratch fever. C) SARS. D) The English Disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mexico flu. 5. Which Welsh mountain system runs from the Black Mountains to Snowdon? A) Cambrian. B) Caledonian. C) Black country. D) Pennines. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cambrian. 6. There is debate as to when the first roller coaster was in operation; which of these is not one of the dates? A) 1884 Brooklyn, USA. B) 17th century, St Petersburg, Russia. C) 1784, St Petersburg, Russia. D) 1817, Paris, France. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1884 Brooklyn, USA. 7. Where was the Congress held in 1814-15, chiefly between Britain, France, Russia, Austria and Prussia, that adjusted frontiers after the fall of Napoleon? A) The Hague. B) Geneva. C) Vienna. D) London. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vienna. 8. When was the first live, international, satellite television production broadcast? A) 1990. B) 1973. C) 1981. D) 1967. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1967. 9. Table Mountain in South Africa is between Lion's Head to the west and what Peak to the east? A) Devil's. B) Widow's. C) Napkin. D) K2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Devil's. 10. In the original meaning of "decimate", who is killed? A) Every tenth person. B) All but a tenth of the people. C) All of the people. D) Most of the people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Every tenth person. 11. When was the football club now known as Manchester United first formed, and what was it called? A) 1880, St Marks. B) 1878, Newton Heath LYR. C) 1887, Ardwick Association Football Club. D) 1879, The Saints. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1878, Newton Heath LYR. 12. Which album by Fleetwood Mac including the single releases "Go Your Own Way", "Don't Stop", "Dreams" and "You Make Loving Fun" was #1 on album charts in Australia, Canada, Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa, the UK & the USA? A) Pious Bird of Good Omen. B) Fleetwood Mac. C) Rumours. D) Rhinoceros. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rumours. 13. What name is used by native North Americans for a house made of blocks of ice? A) Igloo. B) Saskwatch. C) Iroquois. D) Didgeridoo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Igloo. 14. What kind of film is director/writer Jacques Tati known for? A) Comedy. B) Film noir. C) Westerns. D) Musicals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comedy. 15. The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), a free trade agreement to liberalise trade and investment between 12 Pacific-rim countries, signed in 2016 was then renegotiated and re-signed in 2018 under a new name. Why? A) One of the countries-the USA under its newly elected president-withdrew in January 2017. B) Two of the countries united. C) One of the countries stopped trading with the others. D) None of the countries ratified it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One of the countries-the USA under its newly elected president-withdrew in January 2017. 16. Which typically characterises a seamount? A) Rolling, low elevation ranges. B) Frequent volcanic eruptions. C) They are barren of sea life. D) Abruptly rising slopes, sometimes to about 4000 m (13, 100 ft). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abruptly rising slopes, sometimes to about 4000 m (13, 100 ft). 17. In America, as what was Bill Shoemaker famous? A) Motor racing driver. B) Jockey. C) Baseball pitcher. D) Ice hockey goalie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jockey. 18. In the Christian calendar, Maundy falls on which day of Holy Week? A) Friday. B) Wednesday. C) Monday. D) Thursday. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thursday. 19. Which of these is an antelope? A) Springbok. B) Topkapi. C) Iceni. D) Kraal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Springbok. 20. What does the annual Merrie Monarch Festival promote? A) Morris dancing. B) The perpetuation of Hula Kahili, and Hawaiian history and culture. C) Playwriting. D) Discoveries in the sciences, particularly astronomy and botany. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The perpetuation of Hula Kahili, and Hawaiian history and culture. ← 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