This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 159 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 159 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In Greek legend, which of these was the mother of the other three? A) Clytemnestra. B) Iphigenia. C) Electra. D) Orestes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clytemnestra. 2. Who owned the flat at No.12, 9 Curzon Place, Shepherd Market, Mayfair where both Cass Elliot (Mama Cass) died in 1974 and Keith Moon died in 1978? A) Andy Warhol. B) Mick Jagger. C) Robert Stigwood. D) Harry Nilsson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Harry Nilsson. 3. What is the longest river on the island of New Guinea? A) Fly. B) Sepik. C) Digul. D) Mamberamo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sepik. 4. According to the Guinness Book of World Records this song is the second most popular in the English language; it is sung to a tune allegedly composed in France in 1709 and later popularised by Marie Antoinette, and is sung in multiple language versions including Klingon. Which song is it? A) For He's a Jolly Good Fellow. B) In an English Country Garden. C) Eeny Meeny Miny Moe. D) It Was a Little Sailor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For He's a Jolly Good Fellow. 5. Where is the Tablazo Strait? A) Between three of the islands of the Galápagos archipelago. B) Between the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. C) Connecting Lake Maracaibo to the Gulf of Venezuela. D) Connecting Lagoa dos Portos to Lagoa Mirrim. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Connecting Lake Maracaibo to the Gulf of Venezuela. 6. The Kermadec Islands are closest to and northeast of which land mass? A) Tasmania. B) The North Island of Aotearoa New Zealand. C) The Cook Islands. D) Antarctica. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The North Island of Aotearoa New Zealand. 7. In Greek mythology, what was the name for the deepest part of hell, for those who had committed really bad crimes? A) Lethe. B) Ixion. C) Charon. D) Tartarus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tartarus. 8. Which UK TV series based around the fictional Holby City Hospital, focuses on the staff and patients of the hospital's Accident and Emergency Department? A) Dr Finlay's Casebook. B) Silent Witness. C) Casualty. D) General Hospital. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Casualty. 9. The panama hat originated in which country? A) Spain. B) Panama. C) Ecuador. D) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecuador. 10. Which was NOT a site of any of the three Punic Wars fought between Rome and Carthage? A) Sicily. B) Cyprus. C) Italy. D) Carthage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cyprus. 11. Conventionally, Lent, the period of the Christian calendar leading up to Easter, is how long (excluding Sundays)? A) 1 week. B) 1 month. C) 40 days. D) 15 days. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 40 days. 12. In what Chinese dynasty is gunpowder thought to have been invented? A) Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127 CE). B) Western Jin Dynasty (265-317 CE). C) Tang Dynasty (618-906 CE). D) Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 CE). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tang Dynasty (618-906 CE). 13. What is the Silver Fissure in Iceland known for? A) Diving. B) Abundance of uranium ore. C) Mountaineering. D) Unique indigenous goat species. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diving. 14. What does the "T" stand for in the boxing expression "TKO" ? A) Technical. B) Timed. C) Total. D) Terminal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Technical. 15. With which basketball team is Magic Johnson mostly associated? A) Sacramento Kings. B) Los Angeles Lakers. C) New York Knicks. D) Philadelphia 76ers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Los Angeles Lakers. 16. Which capital city sits at the lowest level (related to sea level)? A) Tunis, Tunisia. B) Amsterdam, the Netherlands. C) Baku, Azerbaijan. D) Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Baku, Azerbaijan. 17. Which of these is in the Indian Ocean? A) Haiti. B) Sardinia. C) Mauritius. D) Norfolk Island. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mauritius. 18. What is a traditional dance of Hawaii? A) Haka. B) Hula. C) Minuet. D) Rhumba. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hula. 19. In snooker, what is usually the maximum that can be scored in a single break? A) 156. B) 147. C) 204. D) 190. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 147. 20. What is the name of the leg action used in breaststroke? A) Salamander wave. B) Alligator slither. C) Shark wriggle. D) Frog kick. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frog kick. ← 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