This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 173 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 173 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 15 monarchs from the House of Plantagenet, including those belonging to cadet branches, ruled England from 1154 until 1485. Why were they called "Plantagenets" ? A) They were admirers of French writer Jean Genet. B) They all liked gardening. C) They were a family of schemers. D) The name is derived from the latin name of the common broom plant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The name is derived from the latin name of the common broom plant. 2. The World Croquet Federation, founded in 1986, has 11 full members-Canada, the USA, England, Ireland, Scotland, Sweden, New Zealand, Australia and which other countries? A) The Czech Republic, Wales and Belgium. B) Austria, Germany and Japan. C) Latvia, Norway and Switzerland. D) Egypt, Spain and South Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Egypt, Spain and South Africa. 3. What was the first British picture to win an Academy Award for Best Picture? A) Gandhi. B) Henry V. C) Hamlet. D) Lawrence of Arabia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hamlet. 4. Which of these countries does not have a coastline on the Mediterranean Sea? A) Egypt. B) Afghanistan. C) France. D) Italy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Afghanistan. 5. What is a soft cheese made from skimmed milk curds? A) Manor house cheese. B) Apartment cheese. C) Bungalow cheese. D) Cottage cheese. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cottage cheese. 6. The popular character Doraemon figures in the fiction of which country? A) Greece. B) Japan. C) Wales. D) Egypt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Japan. 7. In 1956, British and French forces invaded a country in North Africa due to a dispute over which engineering work? A) Ethiopian oil refinery complez. B) Aswan Dam. C) Sphinx. D) Suez Canal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suez Canal. 8. Who "ran through the town, upstairs and downstairs, in his nightgown" ? A) The Grand Old Duke of York. B) Little Boy Blue. C) Little Jack Horner. D) Wee Willie Winkie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wee Willie Winkie. 9. What character has been played by Howard Marion Crawford, Jude Law, Nigel Bruce and, in 2012, Martin Freeman? A) Lord Alfred "Bosie" Douglas. B) Tim Canterbury. C) Dr Watson. D) Michael. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dr Watson. 10. What is the name of a famous concerto by Vivaldi? A) The One Year. B) The Twelve Months. C) The Four Seasons. D) The Third Trimester. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Four Seasons. 11. What is the name of the office of someone who acts as a trusted intermediary between an organisation such as a corporation, professional regulatory body, or a branch of government and those outside it, to represent those outside interests? A) Call centre. B) Ombudsman. C) Assistant to the Managing Director. D) Receptionist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ombudsman. 12. What is the prevailing climate in French Guiana? A) Variable. B) Temperate. C) Dry. D) Tropical, hot and permanently humid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tropical, hot and permanently humid. 13. In medieval times, what was a chapman? A) Horse groomer. B) Rat catcher. C) Hat maker. D) Peddler. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peddler. 14. What design did William Fife III adopt as an icon, which he carved on the yachts he designed and built? A) The Nike swoosh. B) A golf ball. C) A dragon. D) A winged horse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A dragon. 15. In astronomical terms, what is a conjunction? A) An apparent meeting or passing of two or more bodies in space. B) When two stars pass within 10 parsecs of one another. C) Collision of two planets. D) When two or more bodies in space are lined up behind one another when seen from Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An apparent meeting or passing of two or more bodies in space. 16. What is the most popular sports competition in Australia? A) Horse racing. B) Dry boat racing. C) AFL Football. D) Archery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) AFL Football. 17. Which of these puzzles was the most recently invented? A) Kendoku. B) Cryptic crossword. C) Sudoku. D) Rubik's Cube. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kendoku. 18. What word is given to the association of dissimilar organisms for mutual benefit? A) Symbiosis. B) Sympathy. C) Dependency. D) Parasitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbiosis. 19. Which 19th century novelist wrote "Westward Ho" and "Hereward The Wake" ? A) Charles Kingsley. B) Rudyard Kipling. C) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. D) Evelyn Waugh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Charles Kingsley. 20. Which album contained the song which, when it was released as a single in 2005, reached No.1 in the UK, Canada, Spain, the Netherlands and the US? A) Late Registration. B) The Emancipation of Mimi. C) Back to Bedlam. D) Loyal to the Game. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Back to Bedlam. ← 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