This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 21 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 21 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What play is seldom referred to in theatre by its own name but called instead "the Scottish play" ? A) Light Thickens. B) Macduff. C) Macbeth. D) Maria Stuarda. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Macbeth. 2. A galley, in relation to a book, is something to ..... ? A) Discard as faulty. B) Use to prop the book up for reading. C) Use to transport books from one part of a warehouse to another. D) Proofread. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Proofread. 3. A hit single for Queen was "Radio ..... What?" A) Tataa. B) Doo doo. C) Ha ha. D) Gaga. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gaga. 4. In the expression "spill the beans" what are the "beans" ? A) Promises. B) Excitement. C) Information. D) Answers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Information. 5. Who was the first Englishman to lead an expedition to circumnavigate the earth by sea, and died of dysentery in the West Indies 16 years later? A) Charles Darwin. B) James Cook. C) Walter Raleigh. D) Francis Drake. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Francis Drake. 6. Sangha Trinational park, home to important populations of forest elephants, critically endangered western lowland gorilla, and endangered chimpanzee, is on land in the territories of which three countries? A) Botswana, Namibia and Zambi. B) Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. C) Libya, Sudan and Chad. D) Cameroon, Central African Republic and Congo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cameroon, Central African Republic and Congo. 7. "Devil" was the pet wolf of which comic strip character? A) Aquaman. B) Mandrake the Magician. C) Green Arrow. D) The Phantom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Phantom. 8. In a 1545 book Roger Ascham invented a word, "toxophily", meaning what? A) Interest in infections. B) Use of poison. C) Love of or expertise in archery. D) Collecting weapons of war. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Love of or expertise in archery. 9. The autonomous region of Catalunya is in which country? A) Portugal. B) Italy. C) Spain. D) Greece. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spain. 10. Which of these capital cities is not on the River Danube? A) Belgrade. B) Budapest. C) Bratislava. D) Rome. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rome. 11. Grytviken is a settlement on which very cold island, or group of islands? A) Prince Edward Island, Canada. B) Faroe Islands, Denmark. C) South Georgia, a British Overseas Territory. D) Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) South Georgia, a British Overseas Territory. 12. What is the English chalk plain crossed by the Avon that includes the prehistoric monuments of Stonehenge and Amesbury? A) Wimbledon Common. B) Salisbury Plain. C) Greenham Common. D) Hampstead Heath. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Salisbury Plain. 13. Where would you find the mosques of El Hakim, Amru, Hason, El Maayyad and El Sunkur? A) Jerusalem. B) Mecca. C) Cairo. D) Baghdad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cairo. 14. "Rolling Stone" described the song "Dancing On My Own" by which artist as the best of the 2010s? A) BeyoncΓ©. B) Kendrick Lamar. C) Adele. D) Robyn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Robyn. 15. The American fantasy drama television series featuring the characters Shadow Moon and Mr. Wednesday is based on and named after which book? A) The Sandman. B) American Gods. C) Coraline. D) Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) American Gods. 16. In "The Terminator", a 1984 film directed and co-written by James Cameron, Arnold Schwarzenegger had the famous line: "I'll be ..... '' what? A) In the bar. B) In the attic. C) Home for dinner. D) Back. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Back. 17. Which state of the USA has a 389-mile (626 km) international border with the states of Sonora and Baja California in Mexico, and despite being the largest fully landlocked US State by population is sometimes considered part of the West Coast region? A) Ohio. B) Arizona. C) Michigan. D) Georgia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arizona. 18. Marked what in Iceland? A) End of the Danish-Icelandic Act of Union and election of the first President of the new republic. B) Allied occupation forces took over the country. C) The banking sector was nationalised. D) The island of Surtsey erupted above sea level. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) End of the Danish-Icelandic Act of Union and election of the first President of the new republic. 19. Where was the 2008 Ryder Cup competition held? A) Avalon Golf Club. B) Valhalla Golf Club. C) Valkyrie Golf Club. D) Mountain King Golf Club. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Valhalla Golf Club. 20. Which 1998 film, directed by Peter Weir and starring Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Ed Harris, Noah Emmerich and Natascha McElhone, depicts a man discovering that his day to day life is actually a television show? A) The Truman Show. B) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. C) There's Something About Mary. D) Meet Joe Black. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Truman Show. β PreviousNext βRelated 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 π Back to Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books