This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 228 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 228 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. NFL in the USA terminated its contract with one of its players in 2014 for what? A) Retaliating against his fiancΓ©e with punches in a lift. B) Holding back during a game. C) Drug taking. D) Inappropriate betting on a game. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Retaliating against his fiancΓ©e with punches in a lift. 2. "It was a dark and stormy night", the "standard" for hackneyed writing, was the opening line of a novel by whom? A) Edward Bulwer-Lytton. B) Robert Louis Stevenson. C) Arthur Conan Doyle. D) Thomas More. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Edward Bulwer-Lytton. 3. In many countries, the Second Sunday of May is dedicated to which group? A) Children. B) Fathers. C) Mothers. D) Lovers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mothers. 4. Which four-film British/American horror series released its final (so far) part in 1991? A) Friday the 13th. B) The Omen. C) Halloween. D) The Evil Dead. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Omen. 5. Generally Eskimo cuisine does not feature what? A) Grains. B) Greens. C) Seaweed. D) Fruit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grains. 6. Unguja and Pemba Islands are the two main islands of a semi-autonomous archipelago in which country? A) Somalia. B) The Gambia. C) Tanzania. D) Kenya. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tanzania. 7. Who became the youngest winner of the TV show "American Idol" when she won season 6? A) Carrie Underwood. B) Kelly Clarkson. C) Fantasia Barrino. D) Jordin Sparks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jordin Sparks. 8. One of the simplest animals, Trichoplax, made up of only six different cell types is found where? A) Warm coastal waters. B) Under leaf mould. C) Around deep-sea vents. D) In animal guts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Warm coastal waters. 9. The TV series Stargate SG-1 draws mainly on mythologies from Norse, Egyptian and what other? A) Arthurian legend. B) Welsh. C) Japanese. D) Maori. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arthurian legend. 10. Which of these is a personification of Death? A) The Grimy Peeper. B) George Roper. C) The Grinning Reasoner. D) The Grim Reaper. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Grim Reaper. 11. In which country is the city of Dundee? A) Scotland. B) England. C) Wales. D) Northern Ireland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scotland. 12. Who commanded the Spartan fleet in the Hellespont, which defeated the Athenians at Aegospotami in 405 BC? A) Pyrrhus. B) Pelopidas. C) Dion. D) Lysander. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lysander. 13. Which of the hurricanes that devastated areas in the west Atlantic in 2017 had the strongest wind speed? A) Katrina. B) Harvey. C) Irma. D) Maria. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irma. 14. What does moxibustion involve? A) Burning incense. B) Cupping. C) Acupuncture. D) Burning mugwort. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Burning mugwort. 15. Which of these people was not one of "the three musketeers" ? A) Porthos. B) Athos. C) D'Artagnan. D) Aramis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) D'Artagnan. 16. What is true of Pope Francis, ordained as head of the Catholic Church in 2013? A) He is the first Jesuit pope. B) All of these. C) He is the first pope from outside Europe since the 8th century. D) He has a chemical technician's diploma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All of these. 17. How many legs do most crabs have? A) 10. B) 8. C) 12. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 8. 18. The format called "Test Match" is found in several sports, which of these is not one of them? A) Rugby League. B) Cricket. C) Association Football. D) Skiing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skiing. 19. "The Hunting of the Snark (an Agony in 8 Fits)", published in 1876, followed which other work by the same author? A) Pride and Prejudice. B) Great Expectations. C) Gulliver's Travels. D) Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found. 20. What is the stage name of Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong, who was born on Christmas Day 1971? A) Dido. B) Madonna. C) Annie Lennox. D) Lady Gaga. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dido. 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