This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 4 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 4 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Goggle box" is a British term for what? A) Television. B) Radio. C) Record player. D) Microwave oven. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Television. 2. Who composed the music to which the poem by English poet, painter, and printmaker William Blake "And did those feet in ancient time", or "Jerusalem", is usually set? A) Sir Hubert Parry (1848-1918). B) John Ireland (1879-1962). C) Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958). D) Sir Arnold Bax (1883-1953). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sir Hubert Parry (1848-1918). 3. Which African city has the largest population? A) Algiers. B) Lagos. C) Nairobi. D) Johannesburg. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lagos. 4. Which teams compete in the "Derby della Mole", which is also known as the "Turin Derby" ? A) Juventus FC & Torino FC. B) Ferrari and Lamborghini. C) The Italian and German national soccer teams. D) Ferrari and Alfa Romeo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Juventus FC & Torino FC. 5. Who appeared in the films "Gigli", "Jersey Girl", "El Cantante" and "The Back-Up Plan" ? A) Catherine Zeta-Jones. B) Renee Zellweger. C) Jennifer Lopez. D) Jennifer Aniston. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jennifer Lopez. 6. The hit song "Despacito" was launched in 2017 by Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi and which other? A) Kanye West. B) Justin Bieber. C) Los del Rio. D) Daddy Yankee. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Daddy Yankee. 7. What separates the Patagonian Shelf from the Scotia Arc? A) The Patagonian Gulfs. B) Drake Passage. C) The Falklands Plateau and Trough. D) The Southern Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Falklands Plateau and Trough. 8. Born in Lithuania, emigrated to South Africa, moving to the UK in 1946, and working there and in the USA for the next nearly 30 years, Laurence Harvey became known and awarded as what? A) Poet. B) Actor. C) Mathematician. D) Public speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Actor. 9. If someone "rides the tube" what are they likely to be doing? A) Walking through the Hadron Collider. B) Travelling on the Shinkansen, a high speed train. C) Surfing a wave. D) Carrying out a scientific experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Surfing a wave. 10. Wastel and cocket were mediaeval English grades of what? A) Bread. B) Ale. C) Firearm. D) Wheatseed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bread. 11. An 1885 ceremony conducted by Sir Donald Smith in Craigellachie, British Columbia, Canada, marked what event? A) Completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway. B) Canada became a Dominion. C) Canada won its first international ice hockey game, against the USA. D) Agreement was reached with the USA over borders. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway. 12. Which of these tennis players is Serbian? A) Jelena JankoviΔ. B) Sabine Lisicki. C) Marion Bartoli. D) Elena Vesnina. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jelena JankoviΔ. 13. Who wrote the book "The Sheep Pig", on which the 1995 film "Babe" was based? A) Sarah Ferguson. B) Roald Dahl. C) Madonna. D) Dick King-Smith. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dick King-Smith. 14. In 2010, who became the first person to win the Women's Singles title at the Australian Open tennis tournament 5 times? A) Maria Sharapova. B) Martina Hingis. C) Serena Williams. D) Justine Henin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Serena Williams. 15. Which of these is part of a sewing machine? A) Robin. B) Scroggin. C) Toboggan. D) Bobbin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bobbin. 16. Who directed and produced the award-winning Al Gore documentary "An Inconvenient Truth", a campaign to educate people about global warming? A) Lucy Walker. B) Davis Guggenheim. C) Deborah Scranton. D) Stanley Nelson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Davis Guggenheim. 17. If someone is injured and the blood flow is bright red and coming out in regular spurts, where is it coming from? A) Spleen. B) Vein. C) Capillary. D) Artery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Artery. 18. Which of these can be regarded as part of the equipment of a painter in oils? A) Palliasse. B) Palate. C) Palette. D) Pelisse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Palette. 19. Which of these animals attacks its food with a "death roll" ? A) Lion. B) Alligator. C) Hyena. D) Giraffe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alligator. 20. Which of these countries has the least number of colours on its flag? A) Australia. B) United Kingdom. C) South Africa. D) Switzerland. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Switzerland. β PreviousNext βRelated QuizzesGeneral QuizzesGeneral Knowledge Quiz 1General Knowledge Quiz 2General Knowledge Quiz 3General Knowledge Quiz 5General Knowledge Quiz 6General Knowledge Quiz 7General Knowledge Quiz 8General Knowledge Quiz 9General Knowledge Quiz 10 π Back to Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books