This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 787 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 787 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is a distinguishing characteristic of Saturn's largest moon, and the second largest moon in our solar system, Titan? A) It spins in the opposite direction from Saturn's other moons. B) It has a dense atmosphere. C) It has rings. D) Its orbit round Saturn is elliptical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It has a dense atmosphere. 2. Where in London is Nelson's column? A) Red Square. B) Leicester Square. C) Sloane Square. D) Trafalgar Square. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trafalgar Square. 3. The first Telstar satellite, that relayed the first television pictures, telephone calls and fax images through space, was designed to provide satellite communications frrom one side to the other of what area? A) The Atlantic Ocean. B) Europe. C) North America. D) The North Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Atlantic Ocean. 4. Which British crime TV series set in Northumberland, UK, first broadcast in 2011 and continuing popular, centres round DCI Stanhope? A) Prime Suspect. B) Vera. C) Happy Valley. D) Line of Duty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vera. 5. In Victorian times, what was an item of wardrobe known as a "stovepipe" ? A) Trousers. B) Leggings. C) Shoe. D) Hat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hat. 6. Sheep are aged by their teeth and are referred to by the number of permanent incisors that have erupted. About how old is an "eight-tooth" or full-mouth sheep, which is also referred to as 'aged'? A) 2 to 4 years. B) 2 to 3 years. C) 1.5 to 2 years. D) 1 to 1.5 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2 to 4 years. 7. What is old Delhi's military fort, built by Shah Jahan, known as? A) The Blue Fort. B) The Yellow Fort. C) The Black Fort. D) The Red Fort. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Red Fort. 8. In which film did Johnny Depp play a policeman called Ichabod Crane? A) The Mask. B) Sleepy Hollow. C) Dumb and Dumber. D) Secret Window. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sleepy Hollow. 9. When was the order of the Knights Templar founded? A) 1119. B) 1049. C) 1350. D) 1152. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1119. 10. What collective name includes the Samburu, the Arusha and Baraguyu (or Kwafi) peoples in eastern Africa? A) Maasai. B) Turkana. C) Kikuyu. D) Zulu. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maasai. 11. The following lyric is from which song: "Other eyes see the stars up in the skies, but for me they shine in your eyes" ? A) "Love To Love You Baby" by Donna Summer, Pete Bellotte & Giorgio Moroder. B) "(What a) Wonderful World" by Sam Cooke, Lou Adler & Herb Alpert. C) "A World Without Love" credited to Lennon / McCartney. D) "You're my World" by Umberto Bindi, Gino Paoli & Carl Sigman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "You're my World" by Umberto Bindi, Gino Paoli & Carl Sigman. 12. Which of these facts about The Beatles' album cover Help! (1965) is not true? A) All of the pictures are reversed, and the images on the original US album are out of order. B) It was originally going to show them signaling "HELP" but the letters did not look good graphically. C) The first cover shot for the album was four dogs, with the Beatles' heads graphically attached. D) The message is supposed to be "LPUS" ("help us"). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The first cover shot for the album was four dogs, with the Beatles' heads graphically attached. 13. Electric, fuel cell, gravity, Wankel are all types of what? A) Batteries legal for Motocross. B) Formula Three power tweaks. C) Go-kart engines. D) Radiator cooling systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Go-kart engines. 14. In 1957 the Governor of Arkansas, USA, called in the state's National Guard to do what? A) To help in mail delivery. B) To contribute to American moves to send troops to the Middle East. C) To help keep order and participate in rescue after an earthquake in California. D) Prevent nine African American students from entering Little Rock Central High School. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prevent nine African American students from entering Little Rock Central High School. 15. Which of these points of a horse is at the lowest point when it is standing up? A) Groove. B) Ergot. C) Withers. D) Crest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ergot. 16. Olympic gold medallists Fanny Blankers-Koen, Inge de Bruijn, Leontien van Moorsel, Yvonne van Gennip, Ard Schenk, Jochem Uytdehaage, Pieter van den Hoogenband, Gianni Romme, Marianne Timmer, Wim Ruska, Charles Pahud de Mortanges and Adolph van der Voort van Zijp represented which country? A) Great Britain. B) Netherlands. C) Ethiopia. D) Italy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Netherlands. 17. Where is the Dune of Pilat found? A) The Netherlands. B) North-east coast of Algeria. C) North-western Poland. D) West coast of France. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) West coast of France. 18. What is the next in this series:Conrad Hilton, Michael Wilding, Michael Todd, Eddie Fisher, Richard Burton, ..... ? A) John Warner. B) Richard Burton. C) Larry Fortensky. D) Cary Grant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Richard Burton. 19. No Direction Home is a documentary about whom? A) Stephen Stills. B) Bob Dylan. C) Barack Obama. D) Hillary Clinton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bob Dylan. 20. Where was the ancient kingdom of Aksum? A) Greece. B) Egypt. C) Ethiopia and Eritrea. D) Sudan and South Sudan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethiopia and Eritrea. ← 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