This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 181 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 181 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Antananarivo is the capital of which country? A) Crete. B) Madagascar. C) Somalia. D) Bogota. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Madagascar. 2. The top five longest entries in the Oxford English Dictionary in 2013 were "red", "put", "run", "be" and which other? A) Make. B) Board. C) Black. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Time. 3. Which army besieged Paris from 18 September 1870 for 4 months? A) Prussian. B) English. C) Russian. D) Italian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prussian. 4. The British version of the TV series "The Office", is set where? A) Cheltenham. B) Scranton. C) Slough. D) Manchester. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slough. 5. When was "The Great Fire of Rome" that spread quickly and burned for five and a half days A) 64AD. B) 1666. C) 55BC. D) 1, 000BC. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 64AD. 6. A strong smell of what was reported by players at the 2023 US Open? A) Fireworks. B) Cow dung. C) Marijuana. D) Jellybeans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marijuana. 7. According to a series of novels published by Random House in the 1960s, what is the full name of Barbie, the doll manufactured by Mattel, Inc. launched in March 1959? A) Barbara Bach. B) Barbara Bush. C) Barbra Streisand. D) Barbara Millicent Roberts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Barbara Millicent Roberts. 8. In ancient Rome, what was the title of a magistrate who was next in importance to a consul? A) Praefect. B) Praetor. C) Monitor. D) Warden. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Praetor. 9. Which author, who wrote "Portrait Of A Lady", "The American" and "Roderick Hudson", was born in New York in 1843 and became a naturalised Englishman in 1915? A) Henry James. B) A A Milne. C) Arthur Miller. D) James Joyce. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Henry James. 10. What is another name for the plant known as "deadly nightshade" ? A) Foxglove. B) Belladonna. C) Gladioli. D) Beauxartes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Belladonna. 11. Which of these is a fortified wine that comes from the valley of the river Douro in Portugal? A) Sherry. B) Port. C) Madeira. D) Chardonnay. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Port. 12. What weight is the ball used in international shotput competition? A) 3.5kg/7.7lb. B) 7.26kg/16lb for men, 4kg/8.8lb for women. C) 8.6kg/19lb. D) 8.6kg/19lb for men, 7kg/15.4 lb for women. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 7.26kg/16lb for men, 4kg/8.8lb for women. 13. In scrabble, which of these letters has the highest value? A) J. B) K. C) L. D) M. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) J. 14. What is the name for an area used for mooring boats? A) Marina. B) Tempest. C) Atlanta. D) Fisher. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marina. 15. Who recorded the British song writer Florrie Palmer's "9 to 5", or "Morning Train", in 1980 A) Sheena Easton. B) Dolly Parton. C) Kim Carnes. D) Juice Newton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sheena Easton. 16. The rumba was originally danced where? A) Canada. B) Spain. C) Cuba. D) Greece. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cuba. 17. Which film starring Reese Witherspoon had the same title as a hit by Lynyrd Skynyrd? A) I'm Not There. B) Every Day Is A Winding Road. C) Sweet Home Alabama. D) Big. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sweet Home Alabama. 18. What part of the body is affected by conjunctivitis? A) Toe. B) Finger. C) Knee. D) Eye. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eye. 19. What fully-fledged fictional language, which has a number of typologically uncommon features, was deliberately designed to be "non-human" by Marc Okrand? A) Klingon. B) Lapine. C) Qenya. D) Newspeak. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Klingon. 20. Initially family pressure sent Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), later seen as among the most important and influential composers of the 20th century, to study what? A) Piano-tuning. B) Business administration. C) Psychology. D) Law. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Law. ← 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