This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 419 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 419 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these was a cavalry regiment of the British Army from 1678 until 1971, when they amalgamated with the 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards)? A) Royal English Blacks. B) Royal Scots Greys. C) Royal Welsh Blues. D) Royal Irish Reds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Royal Scots Greys. 2. Glacier-formed fjords can be found on the coasts of Norway, Iceland, Greenland, Alaska, north east Siberia, the Kerguelen Islands, New Zealand, British Columbia, Nunavut, Washington and where else? A) India. B) Australia. C) Japan. D) Chile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chile. 3. Which of these four was the last to become President of the USA? A) Theodore Roosevelt. B) Franklin D Roosevelt. C) Herbert Hoover. D) Calvin Coolidge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Franklin D Roosevelt. 4. US author Sara Paretsky created which fictional detective? A) Roderick Alleyn. B) Hannah Wolfe. C) Kay Scarpetta. D) V I Warshawski. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) V I Warshawski. 5. Which member of the trio ZZ Top does not have a chest-length beard, only a trimmed moustache? A) They all have chest-length beards. B) Billy Gibbons (vocals and guitar). C) Joseph Dusty Hill (vocals, bass, and keyboards). D) Frank Beard (drums and percussion). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frank Beard (drums and percussion). 6. The first recorded mention of which of these sports is in a proclamation forbidding it? A) Tennis. B) Hockey. C) Bare knuckle boxing. D) Tiddlywinks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hockey. 7. Which US horse race is called "The Run for the Roses" because a blanket of roses is draped over the winner? A) Alabama Stakes. B) The Kentucky Derby. C) Preakness Stakes. D) Belmont Stakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Kentucky Derby. 8. A lastingly popular game released in 1991 by Psygnosis was called what? A) Brataccas. B) Lemmings. C) Discworld. D) Shadow of the Beast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lemmings. 9. Which of these was nationalised in 1956? A) Persian oil fields. B) Panama Canal. C) British Railways. D) Suez Canal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suez Canal. 10. Which of these was a painter? A) Michael Lindsay-Hogg. B) Prince Rupert Löwenstein. C) Roy Lichtensein. D) Annie Leibovitz. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Roy Lichtensein. 11. In what century (CE) was Ramadan first observed as a month of fasting, introspection and virtue? A) 6th. B) 7th. C) 2nd. D) 10th. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 7th. 12. Which of these is a famous London bookshop? A) Epees. B) Foyles. C) Sabres. D) Cutlasses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foyles. 13. Which Saint's Day is 23 April? A) St Patrick. B) St Andrew. C) St David. D) St George. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) St George. 14. Which of these is not a prison in England? A) Pentonville. B) San Quentin. C) Reading. D) Wandsworth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) San Quentin. 15. What is the name for a thin metal bar attached to the ribbon of a military decoration, civil decoration, or other medal, commonly used to indicate the campaign or operation the recipient received the award for? A) Clasp. B) Band. C) Bar. D) Clutch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clutch. 16. Which of these capital cities is on the River Danube? A) Bratislava. B) Paris. C) Lisbon. D) Florence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bratislava. 17. What is a filibeg, or philabeg? A) A standard modern kilt. B) A partridge. C) A percussion instrument. D) A scoundrel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A standard modern kilt. 18. Which of these is a dog developed and bred solely in the former USSR by the state owned Red Star Kennel until 1957 for use as a military/working dog? A) Giant Schnauzer. B) Caucasian Ovcharka. C) Black Russian Terrier. D) Moscow Water Dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Black Russian Terrier. 19. What 1939 film starred Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara? A) Came With The Snow. B) Gone With The Wind. C) Went With The Rain. D) Arrived With The Fog. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gone With The Wind. 20. When he completed his translation of the Roman Catholic Christian Bible in 1534 Martin Luther made several changes. Which is one? A) He printed books inserted by the Church in the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) into a separate section. B) He appended his Theses on the power of indulgences as part of the Bible. C) He eliminated illustrations. D) He published a translation of the Qu'ran as an associate book. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He printed books inserted by the Church in the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) into a separate section. ← 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