This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 220 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 220 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which game uses the smallest balls? A) Tennis. B) Snooker. C) Billiards. D) Golf. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Golf. 2. Who in his last two years at ballet school choreographed the pas de deux "La Nuit" (1920), and the following year the duet, "Enigma", for bare feet rather than ballet shoes? A) Jerome Robbins. B) George Balanchine. C) Gene Kelly. D) Sergei Diaghilev. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) George Balanchine. 3. What is the sum of the even numbers between 1 and 9? A) 39. B) 30. C) 45. D) 20. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 20. 4. During World War II, in north Africa, who was known as "The Desert Fox" ? A) Erwin Rommel. B) Joseph Goebbels. C) Heinrich Himmler. D) Hermann Goering. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Erwin Rommel. 5. What item of headwear is associated with Sherlock Holmes? A) Homburg. B) Baseball cap. C) Motorcycle helmet. D) Deerstalker hat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deerstalker hat. 6. Which US TV series, airing originally from 1990 to 1996, was developed using a 22 year old rapper who performed the series theme song and went on to star in the show? A) A Different World. B) Growing Pains. C) The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. D) Full House. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. 7. On 30 January 2006, which album was certified at 29× Multi Platinum, tying with Michael Jackson's "Thriller" as the biggest selling album in the US market? A) "Abba Gold" by Abba. B) "Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975)" by the Eagles. C) "Born in the U.S.A." by Bruce Springsteen. D) "The Sound of Music" film soundtrack album. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975)" by the Eagles. 8. What relation was Marlin to Nemo in the film "Finding Nemo" ? A) Father. B) Uncle. C) Son. D) Brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Father. 9. Who was known in the 1991 Gulf War as "Stormin' Norman" ? A) General Schwarzkopf. B) George H W Bush. C) Colin Powell. D) Mohamed Hussein Tantawi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) General Schwarzkopf. 10. The 1963 American comedy film "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World", centring on pursuit of stolen cash, starred which actor well-known for drama but not necessarily for comedy? A) Richard Burton. B) Humphrey Bogart. C) Cary Grant. D) Spencer Tracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spencer Tracy. 11. What are Boron, Silicon, Germanium, Arsenic and Antimony? A) Metals. B) Metalloids. C) Halogens. D) Inert gases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metalloids. 12. Art Garfunkel performed which tune as part of the soundtrack of the film "Watership Down" ? A) Bright Eyes. B) Run, Rabbit, Run. C) My Heart Will Go On. D) A Total Eclipse Of The Heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bright Eyes. 13. Launched on 4 March 2001 as the largest ship operated by the U S Navy, this aircraft carrier is named after which past U S president? A) Jimmy Carter. B) Bill Clinton. C) Richard Nixon. D) Ronald Reagan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ronald Reagan. 14. At what Olympic Games was the Olympic cauldron first lit by a woman? A) 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. B) 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. C) 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. D) 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico. 15. Which of these became prima ballerina of the Marianski Theatre, St Petersburg in 1901 and appeared with her own company at the Covent Garden Opera House between 1923 and 1925? A) Jocelyn Vollmar. B) Margot Fonteyn. C) Anna Pavlova. D) Rowena Jackson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anna Pavlova. 16. Which of these cities has hosted the Winter Olympics twice? A) Lake Placid, United States. B) Oslo, Norway. C) Squaw Valley, United States. D) Grenoble, France. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lake Placid, United States. 17. Which Spaniard, from 1518, overcame Montezuma, captured Mexico City and became Governor-General of much of Mexico? A) Vasco Da Gama. B) Bartholomew Diaz. C) Hernando Cortes. D) Ferdinand Magellan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hernando Cortes. 18. Temujin (1162-1227), who made his capital in Karakorum was better known as who? A) Bonny Prince Charlie. B) Charlemagne. C) Genghis Khan. D) Hernando Cortes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Genghis Khan. 19. Which of these is part of a golf course? A) Smooth. B) Rough. C) Wavy. D) Curly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rough. 20. Trivial Pursuit was invented in which country? A) England. B) USA. C) Canada. D) Mexico. 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