This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 153 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 153 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these places is furthest from New Orleans, Louisiana? A) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. B) Memphis, Tennessee. C) Houston, Texas. D) Dallas, Texas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 2. What thin, circular structure in the eye controls the diameter and size of the pupil and the amount of light reaching through it? A) Cornea. B) Retina. C) Lens. D) Iris. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Iris. 3. What did the British nickname the V1 rocket during the London bombing in 1944 World War II? A) Bumblebee. B) Ladybird. C) Doodlebug. D) Firefly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Doodlebug. 4. Which battle is most usually associated with the command to the soldiers of the defending force, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes" ? A) Battle of Rorke's Drift, Africa, 1879. B) Battle of Bunker Hill, USA, 1775. C) Battle of Agincourt, France, 1415. D) Battle of Waterloo, Belgium, 1815. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Battle of Bunker Hill, USA, 1775. 5. What light-sensitive tissue lines the inner surface of the eye? A) Iris. B) Lens. C) Cornea. D) Retina. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Retina. 6. What is an Afrikaans and South African English word for a roughly circular enclosure for livestock, surrounded by fencing? A) Kraal. B) Igloo. C) Boma. D) Tepee. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kraal. 7. Which group released the song "I Just Shot John Lennon" on their album "To the Faithful Departed" in 1996? A) The Smashing Pumpkins. B) The Cranberries. C) The Rolling Stones. D) The Arctic Monkeys. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Cranberries. 8. What unusual event marked the opening ceremony at the 1984 Winter Olympics? A) An arrow was lighted at the Olympic torch and fired to light the Olympic cauldron. B) The Olympic flag was hoisted upside down. C) The cauldron did not light. D) One of five snowflakes which was supposed to expand into an Olympic ring malfunctioned. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Olympic flag was hoisted upside down. 9. Which US TV series, premiering in 2014, won its lead actor the 2015 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series A) Scorpion. B) Black-ish. C) Jane the Virgin. D) How to Get Away with Murder. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) How to Get Away with Murder. 10. In the English nursery rhyme, who fell down and broke his crown? A) Jack. B) Humpty. C) The Duke of Gloucester. D) Mary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jack. 11. What was the name of the first nuclear-powered submarine, launched on 21 January 1954? A) Explorer. B) Nautilus. C) Endeavour. D) Enterprise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nautilus. 12. Which Lithuanian sport uses a hard rubber puck or discus called a Rypka? A) Ritinis. B) Rogaine. C) Jurgelis. D) Straw boots. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ritinis. 13. Where is the world's widest street? A) London. B) Buenos Aires. C) New York. D) Sydney. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buenos Aires. 14. In which drink is tannin most often found? A) Coffee. B) Milk. C) Tea. D) Sparkling water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tea. 15. What is the only breed of dog to be named after a character in fiction? A) Tenterfield Terrier. B) The Dandie Dinmont Terrier. C) Basenji. D) Bedlington Terrier. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Dandie Dinmont Terrier. 16. In 1984 singer, songwriter, and musician Marvin Gaye was shot. Who shot him? A) His record producer. B) A fan. C) His father. D) Someone employed by a drug syndicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His father. 17. Matt Groening is the creator of which of these TV series? A) The Simpsons. B) Beavis and Butthead. C) South Park. D) Family Guy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Simpsons. 18. What country, including land from subtropical plains to sub-alpine peaks of over 7, 000m (23, 000 ft), and currently a monarchy, was rated in 2006 as the eighth happiest country in the world? A) Monaco. B) Denmark. C) UK. D) Bhutan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bhutan. 19. In geographic terms, what is Elmo? A) A weather phenomenon showing as a glow accompanied by buzzing. B) Short period of global warming about 53.7 million years ago. C) A red bloom in some salt lakes. D) A small but actively moving storm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Short period of global warming about 53.7 million years ago. 20. What is one of the keystones of current biological theory, concerned with heritable change in successive generations of animals, plants and other living things? A) Gene theory. B) Anthropology. C) Demography. D) Evolution. 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