This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 176 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 176 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In 1829 a 20 year old already accomplished composer made his first visit to Scotland and was so struck by the mists and the power of the seas that he wrote what piece? A) Dialogue of the Wind and Sea by Benjamin Britten. B) Fingal's Cave by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. C) Karelia Suite by Jean Sibelius. D) La Mer by Claude Debussy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fingal's Cave by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. 2. The yellowish pigment made during the normal breakdown of red blood cells is excreted through what? A) Spleen. B) Liver. C) Pancreas. D) Kidneys. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Liver. 3. By which of these names is the former Southern Rhodesia now known? A) Zimbabwe. B) Namibia. C) Zaire. D) Zanzibar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zimbabwe. 4. For what sport is the Cresta Run, built in Switzerland in 1884, used? A) Skiing. B) Sled racing. C) Luge racing. D) Ice body surfing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sled racing. 5. In the 1960s, who renounced his peerage to become British prime minister? A) Alec Douglas Home. B) James Callaghan. C) Harold Wilson. D) William Pitt, the Younger. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alec Douglas Home. 6. In 1818 Bernadotte became King Charles XIV of Sweden due to the influence of whom? A) Rasputin. B) Napoleon I. C) George III. D) James Monroe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Napoleon I. 7. What science is concerned with the development of an embryo from the fertilization of the ovum to the foetus stage? A) Ethnology. B) Entomology. C) Etymology. D) Embryology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Embryology. 8. What is the name of the engraved stone, discovered in 1799, that provided a key to deciphering the languages of ancient Egypt? A) Babel Stone. B) Blarney Stone. C) Rosetta Stone. D) Talking Stone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rosetta Stone. 9. The Netflix basketball drama, "Hustle" (2022), stars Queen Latifah, Robert Duvall and ..... ? A) Chris Hemsworth. B) Tom Hanks. C) Kevin Costner. D) Adam Sandler. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adam Sandler. 10. Who wrote the song "My Funny Valentine" ? A) Cole Porter. B) Roy Harris. C) Rodgers and Hart. D) Quincy Porter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rodgers and Hart. 11. Which British TV comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s (74 episodes) was co-created and co-written by and co-starred Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie? A) Only Fools and Horses. B) Absolutely Fabulous. C) The Goodies. D) The Good Life. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Goodies. 12. What nationality was Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1982 Nobel laureate in literature, celebrated novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and journalist? A) Colombian. B) Spanish. C) Venezuelan. D) Chilean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Colombian. 13. Which US President was assassinated by Charles J. Guiteau in the Sixth Street Station of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad in Washington, D.C.? A) James Garfield. B) Abraham Lincoln. C) William Henry Harrison. D) John F Kennedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) James Garfield. 14. According to Greek legend, who was the muse of history? A) Urania. B) Calliope. C) Clio. D) Polymnia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clio. 15. In what cartoon series would Paddi, Beauty, Wolnie, Weslie, Cool Bro, Big Guy and Daisy be characters? A) Mickey Mouse, USA. B) Hello Kitty, Japan. C) Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf, China. D) Kid vs Kat, Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf, China. 16. What colour are female Hainan gibbons? A) Strawberry. B) Silver. C) White. D) Dark blue black. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Strawberry. 17. Which of these wedding anniversaries is the latest? A) Sapphire. B) Tin. C) Cotton. D) Pearl. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sapphire. 18. Which 19th century English author wrote "The Book of Snobs", "Pendennis" and "The History of Henry Esmond" ? A) William Makepeace Thackeray. B) Charles Lamb. C) Charles Dickens. D) Geoffrey Chaucer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) William Makepeace Thackeray. 19. Which of these was a ruler of the Aztec empire? A) Alexander the Great. B) Franz Joseph. C) Montezuma II. D) Acapulco. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Montezuma II. 20. If an oblong field is 5 metres by 12 metres, what is the distance of the diagonal? A) .5 kilometre. B) 13 metres. C) 17 metres. D) 1 centimetre. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 13 metres. ← 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