This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 163 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 163 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the name of the traditional character in Commedia dell' Arte who is a braggart with a rough country wit, a black mask and large nose? A) Columbine. B) Pierrot. C) Punchinello. D) Harlequin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Punchinello. 2. Who was the leader of the Peasant's Revolt in England in 1381? A) Wat Tyler. B) Jethro Tull. C) Perkin Warbeck. D) Henry Tolpuddle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wat Tyler. 3. What expression is used to signify the obligations of the aristocracy to those less privileged? A) Noblesse oblige. B) Bobsie-die. C) Ad Augusta. D) Sine Qua Non. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noblesse oblige. 4. This is an extract from the lyrics of which song written by Lily Allen and Gregory Kurstin: "It's sad but it's true how society says her life is already over, There's nothing to do and there's nothing to say, 'Til the man of her dreams comes along, Picks her up and puts her over his shoulder, It seems so unlikely in this day and age" ? A) 42. B) 22. C) 32. D) 52. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 22. 5. Where is the opera house "La Fenice" that reopened in 2003 after its second fire in just under 200 years? A) Turin. B) Florence. C) Padua. D) Venice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Venice. 6. When does Chinese New Year's Day fall, in the Gregorian calendar? A) On the first full moon after 1 January. B) 13 February. C) On the new moon between 21 January and 20 February. D) When the Draco constellation rises. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On the new moon between 21 January and 20 February. 7. The names of Maradona, Platini and Cruyff are associated with what World Championships? A) Tennis. B) Football (soccer). C) Cricket. D) Swimming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Football (soccer). 8. Tsvetana Pironkova is involved in which sport? A) Cycling. B) Soccer. C) Tennis. D) Gymnastics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tennis. 9. What does the Beagle Channel in the southern part of South America separate? A) Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego from various smaller islands. B) Mainland South America from Tierra del Fuego. C) Cape Horn from the South Shetland Islands. D) Puerto Montt from mainland Chile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego from various smaller islands. 10. The following people died from what cause:singers Karen Carpenter (1983) & Lena Zavaroni (1999), dancer Heidi Guenther (1997), artistic gymnast Christy Henrich (1994) and models Ana Carolina Reston (2006), Luisel Ramos (2006) & Eliana Ramos (2007)? A) Anorexia nervosa. B) Cyanide poisoning. C) Gunshot wounds. D) Drowning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anorexia nervosa. 11. Who is the central human female character in "The Nutcracker" ballet? A) Mother Gigogne. B) Drosselmeyer. C) Sugar Plum Fairy. D) Clara. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clara. 12. Which of these TV series (1984-1996, 2020 on) features only satirical puppet caricatures? A) ALF. B) Spitting Image. C) D.C. Follies. D) Madame's Place. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spitting Image. 13. In 1848, Mexico ratified the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, officially ceding what to the USA? A) Sovereignty. B) Land. C) Fishing rights. D) Intellectual property rights to Mariachi music. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Land. 14. Which US government official is the equivalent of the British Foreign Secretary? A) Secretary of State. B) Attorney General. C) Defence Secretary. D) Secretary General. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Secretary of State. 15. SailGP 2022-23 sailed in Bermuda, USA, England, Denmark, France, Spain, UAE, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and, finally, where? A) Japan. B) Bolivia. C) Back in the USA. D) Burkina Faso. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Back in the USA. 16. The 1492 voyages of Christopher Columbus which ended in the New World were taken under the auspices of which country? A) Portugal. B) Spain. C) England. D) Venice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spain. 17. Which bird, that breeds in northern Europe in pine and beech forests, has a chestnut brown back, grey head, dark tail, buff breast and a striped black throat? A) Fieldfare. B) Swallow. C) Puffin. D) Godwit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fieldfare. 18. Complete the title of this James Bond film: "The World Is Not ..... '' A) Venus. B) Flat. C) Enough. D) At War. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enough. 19. The Trans-Siberian Railway is the third longest continuous rail service and spans how many time zones? A) 5. B) 8. C) 4. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 8. 20. Which war, from 1853 to 1856, was between Turkey and Sardinia together with (from 1854) Britain and France, on one side and Russia on the other? A) Crimean War. B) Seven Years' War. C) The Wars of the Roses. D) The Hundred Years' War. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crimean War. ← 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