This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 28 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. With what year is the Nakba associated? A) 1948. B) 1947. C) 1956. D) 1967. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1948. 2. Who plays Mrs. Smith opposite Brad Pitt in the movie "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" ? A) Uma Thurman. B) Jennifer Aniston. C) Halle Berry. D) Angelina Jolie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Angelina Jolie. 3. What is the best known work of Danish-Icelandic sculptor Edvard Eriksen, which he completed in 1913, that sits on a rock in the Copenhagen harbour at Langelinie? A) Christ the Redeemer. B) The Thinker. C) Cleopatra's Needle. D) The Little Mermaid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Little Mermaid. 4. In North American history, who was "The Flemish Bastard" ? A) A Mohawk chief. B) A leader in the defence of New Amsterdam against the English in 1664. C) A traitor during the War of Independence. D) A general under Montcalm at Quebec. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A Mohawk chief. 5. Who of these is supposedly buried in the town of Santiago de Compostela, in North Western Spain? A) Don Quixote. B) St James. C) Davy Crockett. D) El Cordobés. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) St James. 6. Her honours include the US Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, Japan's Imperial Order of the Precious Crown, and the Key to the City of Paris; she was also the first in her field to perform at the USA's White House. Who was she? A) Anna Pavlova. B) Martha Graham. C) Jaqueline du Pré. D) Ella Fitzgerald. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Martha Graham. 7. Who, in 1794, patented the cotton gin, that enabled cotton fibres to be plucked from seeds mechanically? A) Eli Whitney. B) Benjamin Franklin. C) Andrew Jackson. D) Robert Fulton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eli Whitney. 8. Of these card games which is the odd one out? A) Bezique. B) Canasta. C) Pinochle. D) Belote. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Canasta. 9. Jürgen Gröbler is famous as having been a coach in what sport? A) Golf. B) Soccer. C) Tennis. D) Rowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rowing. 10. On 1 July 2001, who was the IBF Heavyweight Champion, WBC Heavyweight Champion, IBO Heavyweight Champion, USBA Heavyweight Champion, & IBF Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion? A) Fred Apostoli. B) Hasim Rahman. C) Michael Carbajal. D) Pipino Cuevas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hasim Rahman. 11. What religiously affiliated people are associated with Salt Lake City? A) Amish. B) Quakers. C) Mormons. D) Jehovah's Witnesses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mormons. 12. Which 16th century Cretan painter, sculptor and architect sculpted the Miracle of St. Ildefonso on the frame of the painting El Espolio? A) Velázquez. B) Chryssa. C) Michelangelo. D) El Greco. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) El Greco. 13. What did American hero Davy Crockett call his musket? A) Lucille. B) Old Betsy. C) Buddy. D) Christine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Old Betsy. 14. What celebrity couple had a daughter named Frances Bean? A) Kurt Cobain & Courtney Love. B) Annie Lennox and Dave Mathews. C) Paul McCartney and Heather Mills. D) Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kurt Cobain & Courtney Love. 15. What is the official language of the People's Republic of Bangladesh? A) English. B) Urdu. C) Hindi. D) Bengali. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bengali. 16. Crampons are used in what? A) Running. B) Jumping. C) Walking. D) Climbing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Climbing. 17. What is taxonomy? A) The avoidance of paying a contribution to a nation's revenue. B) The art of preparing, stuffing, and mounting the skins of animals. C) The science of the classification of living and extinct organisms. D) The art of cooking a Mexican dish of meat etc. in a folded or rolled tortilla. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The science of the classification of living and extinct organisms. 18. Which country has borders with the Central African Republic, Sudan, Zambia, Angola, the Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi (with Tanzania across Lake Tanganyika)? A) Egypt. B) Democratic Republic of the Congo. C) Somalia. D) South Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Democratic Republic of the Congo. 19. If one edge of a cube is 3 metres long, what is its volume? A) 6 cubic metres. B) 19 cubic metres. C) 9 cubic metres. D) 27 cubic metres. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 27 cubic metres. 20. Which of these plants is used both as a substitute for jute for making burlap as well as in folk medicine as a diuretic, mild laxative and treatment for cardiac and nerve diseases and cancer? A) Sisal (Agave sisalana) of which Brazil is the major world producer. B) Roselle, a species of Hibiscus. C) Cannabis sativa sativa, produced mainly in Canada, France & China. D) Manila hemp, obtained from the leaves of the abacá, a relative of the banana. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Roselle, a species of Hibiscus. ← 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