This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 782 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 782 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Theoretically, what is the minimum number of shots with which a tennis player can win a set? A) 48. B) 24. C) 36. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 12. 2. Americans call it a hood. What do the British call it? A) Lid. B) Portmanteau. C) Bonnet. D) Glovebox. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bonnet. 3. Which of these is a word for loss of memory as a result of, for example, concussion or psychological disorder? A) Muscular dystrophy. B) Vertigo. C) Agoraphobia. D) Amnesia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Amnesia. 4. In 1459, the Battle of Blore Heath in Staffordshire, England, 2 miles east of Market Drayton in Shropshire, was the first major battle of which campaign? A) The Seven Years War. B) The Wars of the Roses. C) The English Civil War. D) Jacobite Rebellion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Wars of the Roses. 5. The Malagasy people form the main ethnic group of which country? A) Republic of Malawi. B) Republic of Madagascar. C) Republic of Malta. D) Republic of the Maldives. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Republic of Madagascar. 6. Which of these, a prominent American realist painter and printmaker, was known for reflecting his personal vision of modern American life? A) Edwin Leaper. B) Edmond Jumper. C) Egbert Stepper. D) Edward Hopper. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Edward Hopper. 7. What sport was Thierry Sabine, who founded the Paris-Dakar Rally in 1977, most involved with at the time? A) Car racing. B) Motorcycle racing. C) Golf. D) Yachting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motorcycle racing. 8. What is the English translation of the title of Mozart's opera "Die Zauberflöte" ? A) The Magic Flute. B) The Flying Dutchman. C) The Harbour Cruise. D) The Chutiste. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Magic Flute. 9. Portugal has been invaded and fought over since prehistoric times; however it fought and negotiated its way to independence in 1143, from what kingdom? A) Spain. B) Leon. C) France. D) England. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Leon. 10. Where is the Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro designed by Italian engineer Juan Bautista Antonelli, and built in 1589? A) Gibraltar. B) The entrance to Havana bay in Havana, Cuba. C) Rio de Janeiro. D) Montevideo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The entrance to Havana bay in Havana, Cuba. 11. In the popular telling of the tale, who or what is Snow White? A) A glacier. B) The cleaner. C) A lily of the valley plant. D) A princess. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A princess. 12. The national flag of which of these does not have a building on it? A) Afghanistan. B) Gibraltar. C) Cambodia. D) Republic of Ireland. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Republic of Ireland. 13. By what name were Judith Keppel, Chris Hughes, Kevin Ashman, Daphne Fowler and CJ de Mooi known in a long-running British TV series? A) The Think Tank. B) The Avengers. C) The Eggheads. D) The Filthy Five. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Eggheads. 14. Which of these Olympics races is the longest? A) Steeplechase. B) Marathon. C) 50 km walk. D) 4 x 400m relay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 50 km walk. 15. After Prime Minister Bishop had been executed by his Deputy, Bernard Coard, US President Reagan, publicly concerned for the security of 800 US students at St. George's School of Medicine, ordered the invasion of which British Commonwealth country? A) Noumea. B) Australia. C) Grenada. D) Pitcairn Island. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grenada. 16. Which of these countries shares a border with France? A) Sweden. B) Austria. C) Portugal. D) Spain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spain. 17. What is the present name of the city founded in 1781 by Spanish settlers as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles? A) Puebla. B) Los Angeles. C) Santa Fe. D) Guadalupe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Los Angeles. 18. What happened when James Manclark, one of the founders of the game of elephant polo, was asked to leave the Scotland team for the 2006 World Elephant Polo Championship because he was considered too old? A) He left, formed his own team, and won the Championship. B) He refused to leave and took over the captaincy, but the team lost. C) He bought out, and took over, the team's sponsorship. D) He left but was reinstated by public demand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He left, formed his own team, and won the Championship. 19. What is the name for the hair that surrounds a lion's neck? A) Leest. B) Mane. C) Efferege. D) Mean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mane. 20. Against which team did the new French national rugby team play its first official international test match in 1906? A) The Lions, from England. B) The Originals, from New Zealand. C) Hartlepool Clubs, from England. D) Glamorgan County, from Wales. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Originals, from New Zealand. ← 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