This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 786 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 786 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Hisatsinom, "ancient people", called Anaasází by their enemies, or Pueblo ("village" or "people") by the Spanish who observed their architecture in the 16th century, emerged as a distinct culture about the 12th century BCE. When were they last identified as distinct? A) 20th century CE. B) 18th century CE. C) 5th century BCE. D) 14th century CE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 14th century CE. 2. The first Victoria Crosses, Britain's highest military order, were made from what material? A) Bronze from Russian guns captured at Sebastopol. B) Pure silver. C) Nickel and brass from coins recently taken out of circulation. D) Gold confiscated from pillaging British soldiers at Mafeking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bronze from Russian guns captured at Sebastopol. 3. What country was selected in December 2010 to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup competition? A) Russia. B) Abu Dhabi. C) Syria. D) Qatar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Qatar. 4. William Shakespeare wrote plays set in Italy, Denmark, Scotland, England, Greece, Troy, Egypt, Tyre and more; what was his nationality? A) Greek. B) Italian. C) Danish. D) English. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) English. 5. The Vandals sacked which city in 445 AD? A) Budapest. B) Paris. C) Rome. D) Prague. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rome. 6. What was the subject of the majority of the published works of Augustinian friar, Gregor Mendel, whose observations were the seed for the modern discipline of genetics? A) Mice. B) Botany. C) Meteorology. D) Apiaries. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meteorology. 7. What was a major significance in Europe and the western world of the book the "Liber Abaci" (1202)? A) It introduced use of the abacus. B) It demonstrated the mathematical relationship between the circumference of a circle and its radius. C) It convincingly advocated the use of Arabic numerals in European mathematical notation. D) A discussion of the golden ratio. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It convincingly advocated the use of Arabic numerals in European mathematical notation. 8. Which island is the home to a breed of tailless cat? A) Isle of Man. B) Jersey. C) Isle of Wight. D) Ireland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Isle of Man. 9. Which of these people have not been married to Tom Cruise? A) Mimi Rogers. B) Nicole Kidman. C) Penélope Cruz. D) Katie Holmes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Penélope Cruz. 10. Who said, at a critical time in the history of inventions, "Mr Watson, come here-I want you" ? A) Alexander Graham Bell. B) Thomas Edison. C) Guglielmo Marconi. D) Sherlock Holmes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alexander Graham Bell. 11. Which of these people was a boxer? A) Henry Cooper. B) John Cooper. C) Jackie Cooper. D) Alice Cooper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Henry Cooper. 12. Birds, reptiles, amphibians and egg-laying mammals share a common feature, which is what? A) Three middle-ear bones. B) Interclavicle. C) Cloaca. D) Endothermy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cloaca. 13. What is the name of the ripple effect caused by spectators standing up successively and raising their arms? A) Russian roulette. B) Mexican wave. C) Spanish fly. D) Irish jig. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mexican wave. 14. In 2022 Saburo Teshigawara was awarded the Venice Biennale's Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in what? A) Dance. B) Sculpture. C) Poetry. D) Film. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dance. 15. Traditionally, what can women do on 29 February that they cannot do on any other date? A) Put the rubbish out. B) Eat breakfast in bed. C) Propose marriage. D) Drive on the "wrong" side of the road. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Propose marriage. 16. Cirrhosis is the name for what change in the liver? A) The bile ducts have become inflamed and swollen. B) Healthy tissue has been replaced by scar tissue. C) Blood supply is reduced. D) An over-supply of blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Healthy tissue has been replaced by scar tissue. 17. Which is the province of the People's Republic of China which lies furthest south-west? A) Heilongjiang. B) Shandong. C) Yunnan. D) Ulaanbaatar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yunnan. 18. In 1655 a publication subtitled "Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses. With Observations and Inquiries Thereupon" established what scientific term now in common usage? A) Micro organism. B) Neuron. C) Cell. D) Artery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cell. 19. What term is used to describe an influential and wealthy person? A) Obese pig. B) Tubby puppy. C) Fat cat. D) Overweight horse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fat cat. 20. What name was given to Indian religious fanatics who were suppressed in 1830 and 1848 for carrying out robbery and murder? A) Yobboes. B) Yahoos. C) Thugs. D) Hooligans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thugs. ← 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