This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge โ Quiz 137 ๐ Homepage ๐ Download PDF Books ๐ Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 137 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Ravel's "Bolero", pop music riffs and (often) suspense music in film soundtracks are examples of what? A) Repeated obbligato. B) Sostenuto. C) Persistent cadence. D) Ostinato. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ostinato. 2. What do the Imaginarium Studios specialise in? A) Digital performance and motion capture for visual moving media. B) Wallpaper design. C) Augmented reality games. D) Animated sculpture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Digital performance and motion capture for visual moving media. 3. Which of these is a unit of area? A) Joule. B) Litre. C) Hectare. D) Pascal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hectare. 4. What are bullion knot, lazy daisy and whipped spider web? A) Climbing plants. B) Embroidery stitches. C) Paving slabs. D) Styles of painting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Embroidery stitches. 5. What is the next in this series:Philemon, Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter ..... ? A) 1 Thessalonians. B) 1 John. C) Titus. D) Philemon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1 John. 6. Who wrote the music for the award-winning 1961 musical film for which Steven Spielberg directed a re-make in 2021? A) Leonard Bernstein. B) Stephen Sondheim. C) George Gershwin. D) Aaron Copland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leonard Bernstein. 7. Whose fictionalised account of a interview by Harold Bloom with Benzion Netanyahu and his family, including his son, Benjamin Netanyahu, at an upstate New York college in the late 1950s won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for fiction? A) Michael Chabon. B) Louise Erdrich. C) Isaac Bashevis Singer. D) Joshua Cohen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joshua Cohen. 8. In 1950 a competition was held to build St Michael's Cathedral, Coventry, UK, after it was destroyed in WWII, and was won by which architect? A) Antony Gormley. B) Jรธrn Utzon. C) Basil Spence. D) Norman Foster. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Basil Spence. 9. Who wrote the music for the musical "Mamma Mia!" ? A) Benny Andersson & Bjรถrn Ulvaeus. B) Andrew Lloyd Webber. C) George Gershwin. D) Elton John. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Benny Andersson & Bjรถrn Ulvaeus. 10. In 1980, Nikolai Andrianov (USSR/RUS) broke the record for being awarded the most Olympic medals (15) ever. What was his sport? A) Golf. B) Soccer. C) Gymnastics. D) La crosse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gymnastics. 11. What instruments were used by the Haydn Quartet one of the most popular recording quartets, originally formed in 1896? A) Accordions. B) Ocarinas. C) Voice. D) Tin drums. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Voice. 12. Which country launched an attack against the US naval base at Pearl Harbour in 1941? A) Vietnam. B) Korea. C) Japan. D) Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Japan. 13. What animals are the only characters in a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber? A) Walruses. B) Dogs. C) Bears. D) Cats. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cats. 14. In Norway, in December 2010, it was announced that 2, 000 of what animal had been fitted wth reflective collars or tags to reduce the chances of their being hit by cars? A) Rabbits. B) Reindeer. C) Horses. D) Cows. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reindeer. 15. Which country on the east coast of the Bay of Bengal is bordered by China, Laos, Thailand, India and Bangladesh? A) Pakistan. B) South Korea. C) Sri Lanka. D) Burma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Burma. 16. What was the codename for the invasion of Sicily by the allied forces in World War II? A) Operation Husky. B) Operation Sealion. C) Operation Dynamo. D) Operation Barbarossa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Operation Husky. 17. How many days are there in the last three months of the Western calendar year? A) 90. B) 92. C) 93. D) 91. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 92. 18. Where is TAB a part of the betting scene? A) Australia and New Zealand. B) Wales. C) Germany and France. D) Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Australia and New Zealand. 19. What character was played by Bill Cosby in his long running TV series? A) Cliff Huxtable. B) Cozzo. C) Him Inside. D) Al Bundy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cliff Huxtable. 20. Who is most likely to wear a kilt? A) Pregnant woman. B) Bishop. C) Policeman. D) Scotsman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scotsman. โ PreviousNext โRelated 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 ๐ Back to Homepage ๐ Download PDF Books ๐ Premium PDF Books