This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 139 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 139 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. At which Summer Olympics was women's football, or soccer, first included in the programme? A) 1988. B) 1992. C) 2000. D) 1996. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1996. 2. Who wrote the songs for the film version of "The Wizard of Oz" ? A) Harold Arlen and E Y Harburg. B) Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. C) Fred Ebb and John Kander. D) Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harold Arlen and E Y Harburg. 3. Which UK webisode series, first aired in 2011, was created by actor, stand-up comedian and screenwriter Toby Whithouse? A) No Angels. B) Becoming Human. C) I Heart Vampires. D) JustSaying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Becoming Human. 4. Which state in North America has the oldest known currently living tree, age confirmed, in the world? A) Florida, USA. B) Alaska, USA. C) Ontario, Canada. D) California, USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) California, USA. 5. Which country is now, with the declaration of South Sudan as a separate country in 2011, the second largest country by land area in Africa? A) South Africa. B) Algeria. C) Niger. D) Democratic Republic of the Congo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Democratic Republic of the Congo. 6. Why was the Iron Age called that? A) The people were staunch warriors. B) The people liked crease-free clothes. C) Paintings and inscriptions show a wry sense of humour. D) It was characterised by the use of iron for tools and weapons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was characterised by the use of iron for tools and weapons. 7. Michael Billington was a well-known English critic in what field? A) Classical music. B) Poetry. C) Theatre. D) Film. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theatre. 8. Where was the US television series "Picket Fences" set? A) Chicago, Illinois. B) Cincinnati, Ohio. C) Bon Temps, Louisiana. D) Rome, Wisconsin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rome, Wisconsin. 9. When giant sea anemones which housed the anemone-toxin-resistant clownfish (also known as anemonefish) were deprived of their partners what was the result? A) No observable difference. B) The anemones were attacked by butterflyfish and retreated into reef holes. C) They fed less often and their growth rate slowed. D) They moved to another location where they could attract other clownfish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The anemones were attacked by butterflyfish and retreated into reef holes. 10. What city, also known as Hogbonou and Adjacé, was the capital of Dahomey and is now the capital of The People's Republic of Benin? A) Ouagadougou. B) Mogadishu. C) Porto-Novo. D) Abomey. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Porto-Novo. 11. What or who are Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi? A) The three wise men recorded in the Christian Bible as being at Christ's birth. B) The names of the last three books of the Christian Bible's Old Testament. C) Types of soup. D) The three tallest sequoias in Yosemite National Park. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The names of the last three books of the Christian Bible's Old Testament. 12. What name was given to the fossils, discovered in 2004, of humans with large feet, that stood about a metre high? A) Peking man. B) Homo hobbitus. C) Homo floresiensis. D) Piltdown man. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Homo floresiensis. 13. Why did Lindy Chamberlain attract international media attention in 1988? A) She was enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. B) Her conviction for killing her baby Azaria in 1980 was finally quashed. C) She won an Oscar for best director. D) She took the office of chamberlain to King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her conviction for killing her baby Azaria in 1980 was finally quashed. 14. Why were the football matches-between AC Milan and Roma in May 2013, the FA Cup fourth qualifying round match between Haringey Borough and Yeovil Town in October 2019, and between MSV Duisburg and VfL Osnabrück December 2021-suspended or called off? A) Fans in the stands chanted racial abuse and/or spat at players. B) Earthquakes. C) Not enough uninjured players were left to continue. D) Stands collapsed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fans in the stands chanted racial abuse and/or spat at players. 15. "Pomp and Circumstance" is the title of 5 marches by which composer? A) John Philip Sousa. B) Benjamin Britten. C) Frederick Delius. D) Edward Elgar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Edward Elgar. 16. Which ocean current flows along the west coast of South America? A) Malvinas. B) Canary. C) Gulf Stream. D) Humboldt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Humboldt. 17. Which of these is a criminal fraternity based in Japan? A) Budokan. B) Shinkansen. C) Fujita. D) Yakuza. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yakuza. 18. In the 1950s, which country on the east coast of the Bay of Bengal was bordered by Pakistan, India, Tibet, China, French Indo China and Siam? A) Ceylon. B) Persia. C) Ottoman Empire. D) Burma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Burma. 19. What is the only major US City (which was founded in 1701 by Frenchman Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac), that looks south to Canada? A) Detroit. B) Rochester. C) Philadelphia. D) Allentown. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Detroit. 20. Which of these sports uses an oval ball? A) Tennis. B) Polo. C) American Football. D) Petanque. 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