This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 642 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 642 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does the Bermuda Bowl, offered since 1950, take its name from? A) The home of the first hairdressers who offered the style. B) The islands where the first competition was held. C) A magic disappearing act. D) A folk tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The islands where the first competition was held. 2. Seborrhea is a medical problem that affects which part of the body? A) Liver. B) Skin. C) Knee. D) Bowels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skin. 3. Since 2005, of whom or what does the name "Katrina" most often remind people in New Orleans, USA? A) Miss World winner. B) Mardi Gras float. C) TV news anchor. D) Hurricane. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hurricane. 4. Which merchant seaman wrote poems, novels, plays and critical essays and became Poet Laureate in 1930? A) John Masefield. B) Rudyard Kipling. C) A A Milne. D) John Betjeman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John Masefield. 5. Edward the Confessor was crowned King of England in which century? A) 11th. B) 14th. C) 17th. D) 19th. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 11th. 6. Who was the youngest player to appear in a major league game in the modern era, pitching 2/3 of an inning for the Cincinnati Reds against the St. Louis Cardinals in 1944 when not quite 16 years old? A) Tony Romo. B) Paul Hornung. C) Babe Ruth. D) Joe Nuxhall. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joe Nuxhall. 7. The vernacular is what? A) The local language or the mother tongue. B) Ecclesiastical Latin. C) Slang. D) Jargon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The local language or the mother tongue. 8. Which religious movement and belief developed in 16th century Poland and Transylvania, and spread world-wide by the late 18th and early 19th centuries? A) Lutheranism. B) Thomism. C) Unitarianism. D) Spinozism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unitarianism. 9. What is a common name for the United Nations peacekeeping forces? A) Green Berets. B) Blue Berets. C) Red Caps. D) Green Days. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blue Berets. 10. Who won the Hockey Champions Challenge for Women played in Cape Town, South Africa, in 2009? A) South Africa. B) New Zealand. C) China. D) Korea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) New Zealand. 11. What was the tinned spiced ham made in the USA and imported to Britain during World War II? A) Mountain oysters. B) Bully beef. C) Spam. D) Sardines. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spam. 12. Who was selected as Best Goalkeeper in the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships? A) Dennis Seidenberg, Germany. B) Andrei Vasilevskiy, Russia. C) Henrik Lundqvist, Sweden. D) Clayton Keller, USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Andrei Vasilevskiy, Russia. 13. What is the term for intimate conversation in bed? A) Sheet chatter. B) Eiderdown babble. C) Pillow talk. D) Bed bunny. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pillow talk. 14. Who was appointed captain of Great Britain's Davis Cup team in 2006? A) Andy Murray. B) Jeremy Bates. C) Buster Mottram. D) John Lloyd. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) John Lloyd. 15. In Greek legend, which of these was Queen of the Amazons? A) Bellerophon. B) Hippolyte. C) Iobates. D) Heracles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hippolyte. 16. It has been ranked in the top 20 TV shows of all time in American pop culture, and ran in the US from 1987 to 1991, centring on a group of baby boomer yuppies. Which is it? A) Thirtysomething. B) Two's Company. C) Family Ties. D) The Cosby Show. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thirtysomething. 17. What was the first name of the painter Monet? A) Pierre. B) Γdouard. C) Claude. D) Francois. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Claude. 18. Who was the leader of the band playing at the Palomar Ballroom, Los Angeles, in August 1935, when the "Jitterbug" became a new dance craze? A) Louis Armstrong. B) Joe Venuti. C) Benny Goodman. D) StΓ©phane Grappelli. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Benny Goodman. 19. In 2016 Japan introduced legislation to allow camera monitor systems to replace a car's what? A) Speedometer. B) Wing mirror. C) Rear window. D) Instrument panel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wing mirror. 20. Which of these is not an official language of Switzerland? A) French. B) English. C) Italian. D) German. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) English. 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