This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 65 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 65 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does the term "enteric" apply to? A) The lungs. B) The oesophagus. C) The intestines and alimentary system. D) The lower intestine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The intestines and alimentary system. 2. Whose wife was known as "Tipper" ? A) Richard Nixon. B) Al Gore. C) Jimmy Carter. D) George H W Bush. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Al Gore. 3. What is the name of the 1928 ballet commissioned for performance at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., composed by Igor Stravinsky, re-costumed by Coco Chanel in 1929, and the first major ballet choreographed by 24-year old George Balanchine? A) Coppélia. B) The Nutcracker. C) Don Quixote. D) Apollo, or Apollon musagète. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Apollo, or Apollon musagète. 4. In the early 21st century, why did the International Olympic Committee expand the swimming and diving programs and the gymnastics competition, and add a "Champions Gala" ? A) To make better use of the buildings used for events. B) To make the Games less tiring for the athletes. C) To make the Games easier to organise. D) To make the Games more attractive for TV. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To make the Games more attractive for TV. 5. "Hermaphrodite" is a term used to describe what about a person? A) They like snails. B) They deliver love letters. C) They possess primary sexual organs or other sexual characteristics of both male and female. D) They are interested in Greek literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They possess primary sexual organs or other sexual characteristics of both male and female. 6. What is a form of cricket, originally introduced in the United Kingdom for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board in 2003, that involves two teams, each of which has one innings? A) Thirty30. B) Ten10. C) Five5. D) Twenty20. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Twenty20. 7. What is held every June on the Circuit de Sarthe? A) 24 Hours of Le Mans. B) Marathon des Sables. C) World Cheese Festival. D) A festival of theatre, dance, music and cinema. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 24 Hours of Le Mans. 8. When was the first Papal Bull issued for inquisition and uprooting of Christian heresies? A) 1184. B) 1209. C) 1233. D) 1483. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1184. 9. Who was the previous King of Spain before King Juan Carlos I succeeded on 22 November 1975? A) Ferdinand VII. B) Alfonso XIII. C) Alfonso XII. D) Amadeo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alfonso XIII. 10. With what is the name of US government official Alger Hiss associated? A) Architectural design. B) Pumpkin-boat racing. C) Winning Olympic gold medals in athletics. D) Accusation of communism and espionage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Accusation of communism and espionage. 11. What powered the first known automobile on British roads? A) Petrol. B) Steam. C) Diesel. D) Electricity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Steam. 12. What is the annual Calgary Stampede? A) Truck racing. B) A Canadian "running of the bulls". C) Gathering of Alberta province's cattle to transfer to winter grazing grounds. D) Rodeo, exhibitions, and festival. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rodeo, exhibitions, and festival. 13. Which of these was a 1987 film starring Jack Nicholson? A) The Goblins of Giggleswick. B) The Warlocks of Camberwick. C) The Wizards of Candlewick. D) The Witches of Eastwick. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Witches of Eastwick. 14. Someone who tells lies is said to be what? A) Malicious. B) Mendicant. C) Mendacious. D) Mendicitous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mendacious. 15. The Beatles spell what letters in semaphore on the cover of their "Help!" album? A) H E L P. B) N U J V. C) S O S !. D) E A T H. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) N U J V. 16. Which of these is a musical work by Prokofiev? A) Crafty and the Fox. B) Peter and the Wolf. C) Teaser and the Firecat. D) Roy Rogers and Trigger. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peter and the Wolf. 17. Who was largely responsible for the development of the jet engine, seeing the first application of his engine installed in a Gloster aircraft in 1941? A) Lawrence Bragg. B) Robert Watson-Watt. C) Christopher Hinton. D) Frank Whittle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frank Whittle. 18. Which golfer won the US Open for two years in a row, in 1988 and 1989, and in 1988 became the first man to win a million dollars in official money on the PGA Tour in a season? A) Tom Watson. B) Jack Nicklaus. C) Curtis Strange. D) Scott Simpson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Curtis Strange. 19. Which country lies between Spain and France, in the Pyrenees? A) Monaco. B) Andorra. C) San Marino. D) Liechtenstein. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Andorra. 20. From 1937 to 1942 Alan Lomax, who contributed more than 10, 000 field recordings of folk music from the USA, the Caribbean, Ireland, Great Britain, Spain, and Italy, was Assistant in Charge of the Archive of Folk Song of what establishment? A) The Library of Congress. B) American Museum of Natural History. C) Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. D) National Gallery of Art. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Library of Congress. ← 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