This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 452 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 452 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When Malick Sidibé (1936-2016) won the Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at Venice Biennale 2007 he was the first what to do so? A) Multimedia artist. B) Architect. C) Puppeteer. D) Photographer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Photographer. 2. The rest is silence are the dying words of which Shakespearean character? A) Richard III. B) Macbeth. C) Hamlet. D) Cleopatra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hamlet. 3. Which of these cities was specially built in the 1980s to be capital of its country? A) Libreville. B) Dakar. C) Accra. D) Abuja. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abuja. 4. Which painting was considered scandalous in 1863 because it showed nude women next to men dressed in contemporary clothing? A) The Umbrellas by Pierre Auguste Renoir. B) Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe by Edouard Manet. C) At The Moulin Rouge by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. D) The House of Père Lacroix by Paul Cézanne. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe by Edouard Manet. 5. The Battle of Bull Run was fought in which war? A) World War I. B) American Civil War. C) World War II. D) Boer War. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) American Civil War. 6. The Canadian province of British Columbia is almost exclusively where? A) By the Great Lakes. B) In the Rocky Mountains. C) In the Arctic Circle. D) On the west shores of Hudson Bay. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the Rocky Mountains. 7. What musical instrument is used to indicate that someone has "cooked the books" ? A) Cornet. B) Oboe. C) Clarinet. D) Fiddle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fiddle. 8. What is directly opposite south southeast on a compass? A) North northwest. B) South southwest. C) North northeast. D) Southeast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) North northwest. 9. The royal wedding between Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling on 19 June 2010, described as "Europe's biggest royal wedding since the Prince of Wales married Lady Diana Spencer", took place in which country? A) Sweden. B) Denmark. C) Liechtenstein. D) Netherlands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sweden. 10. What instrument consisting basically of a telescope that can be rotated vertically and horizontally on graduated scales was designed for use in land surveying for measuring by triangulation? A) Plebiscite. B) Theodolite. C) Microlite. D) Araldite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theodolite. 11. What is a 1 ounce gold coin minted in South Africa? A) Sovereign. B) Krugerrand. C) Groat. D) Guilder. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Krugerrand. 12. Babe Ruth played for which Major League Baseball team in 1936? A) Boston Braves. B) Philadelphia Phillies. C) New York Giants. D) Brooklyn Robins. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boston Braves. 13. Where was the Cyclo-cross World Championship 2013 held? A) Tabor, Czech Republic. B) Paris, France. C) Quebec, Canada. D) Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Louisville, Kentucky, USA. 14. Where are the Amazon Spheres? A) Seattle, USA. B) Brasilia, Brazil. C) Manaus, Brazil. D) Long Island City, USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seattle, USA. 15. In 1991 Magic Johnson stunned the sporting world in the USA by what? A) Announcing he had HIV. B) Leaving the NBA. C) Switching to the discipline of AFL. D) Retiring due to cancer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Announcing he had HIV. 16. Before they launched as Cirque du Soleil in 1984, they were a street theatre group in Baie-Saint-Paul, near Québec City, the name of which featured what kind of performer? A) Sword swallowers. B) Stilt-walkers. C) Puppeteers. D) Tumblers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stilt-walkers. 17. "Organum", "centonisation", "12 mode", "climacus", "Bishop of Milan", and "neum" are terms most often heard when talking of ..... ? A) Mozarabic rite. B) Gregorian chant. C) Ambrosian chant. D) Plainchant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ambrosian chant. 18. In freestyle skiing, what is the name of a mid-air split, with one leg pointed backwards and the other forwards? A) Minnie. B) Goofy. C) Mickey. D) Daffy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Daffy. 19. Which of these actors was born in Australia? A) Leo McKern. B) Brad Pitt. C) Harrison Ford. D) Russell Crowe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leo McKern. 20. What does the word "mould" not refer to? A) A set of matching cards. B) Fungus. C) A bowl for shaping puddings. D) Composted leaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A set of matching cards. ← 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