This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 788 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 788 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The sound of cannons is heard in which of these musical works? A) The William Tell Overture. B) The 1812 Overture. C) Ride of the Valkyries. D) Für Elise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The 1812 Overture. 2. What among other things did officials of King Edward VI of England hope to achieve by destroying and looting Glasney College in 1548? A) Destroying a base for French espionage. B) An appropriate site for building a royal castle. C) Getting books and resources to build up Oxford University. D) Ending the Cornish language and cultural identity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ending the Cornish language and cultural identity. 3. Which of these Canadian provinces is the largest by population? A) Ontario. B) British Columbia. C) Saskatchewan. D) New Brunswick. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ontario. 4. What purpose does the inguinal canal serve in the human body? A) Conveys the spermatic cord in men, and in women the round ligament of uterus. B) Carries the cilia which enable balance. C) Links the small and large intestines. D) Carries the root of a tooth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conveys the spermatic cord in men, and in women the round ligament of uterus. 5. In 1980 Cuban American Rosie Ruiz briefly became internationally recognised after she competed (with initial success) in what sporting event? A) Wife Carrying Championship. B) The baseball World Series. C) Men's bantamweight Boxing Championships. D) Boston Marathon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Boston Marathon. 6. Which of these is a legendary flying horse? A) Red Rum. B) Mobil. C) Unicorn. D) Pegasus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pegasus. 7. What was the original name of the singer known as Annie Lennox, who was born on Christmas Day, 1954 in Torry, Aberdeen? A) Robyn Hannah Louise Kenny. B) Florian Armstrong. C) Stefani Germanotta. D) Ann Lennox. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ann Lennox. 8. The existence of what was conjectured by Russian mathematician Vladimir Arnold in 1995 and proven in 2006 by Hungarian scientists Gábor Domokos and Péter Várkonyi? A) An element with atomic number 117. B) Liquid water on Mars. C) Gömböc, a type of convex 3 dimensional body. D) An underwater trench off the East coast of Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gömböc, a type of convex 3 dimensional body. 9. What component of tonic water is used to prevent or alleviate the effects of malaria? A) Riboflavin. B) Lanolin. C) Quinine. D) Niacin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quinine. 10. These are the last lines of which play:STANLEY:Now honey. Now love. Now now love. Now, now love. Now, love ..... STEVE:This game is seven-card stud. A) "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams. B) "An Inspector Calls" by J B Priestley. C) "Daisy Pulls It Off" by Denise Deegan. D) "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams. 11. Mandalay, once the royal city of Burma and now with a population 30 to 40% Chinese, is sited by which river? A) Mekong. B) Yangon. C) Salween. D) Irrawaddy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irrawaddy. 12. What is the popular name for the ancient Egyptian works generally inscribed on papyrus and placed in coffins of nobility and royalty? A) Book of the Dead. B) The Domesday Book. C) The Dead Sea Scrolls. D) Mother Goose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Book of the Dead. 13. What is the name for a pheasant's nest? A) Phantom. B) Nide. C) Quaillery. D) Point. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nide. 14. Which US state is named for a King of France? A) Virginia. B) Georgia. C) Louisiana. D) Arkansas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Louisiana. 15. Survivor wrote which 1982 song as the theme music for the film "Rocky III" ? A) Rebel to Rebel. B) Poor Man's Son. C) Eye of the Tiger. D) Fire Makes Steel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eye of the Tiger. 16. Who, having been a Lieutenant General with three stars on his epaulettes, was posthumously appointed "General of the Armies of the United States" by a congressional joint resolution in 1976, with an effective appointment date of 4 July 1976? A) George S. Patton. B) George Washington. C) Stonewall Jackson. D) Ulysses S. Grant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) George Washington. 17. What is the title of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Glenn Slater's sequel to "The Phantom of the Opera" ? A) Tomorrow Never Knows. B) Twilight. C) The Fat Lady Sings. D) Love Never Dies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Love Never Dies. 18. Which religion is most associated with kosher food? A) Taoism. B) Judaism. C) Shintoism. D) Hinduism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Judaism. 19. If you travelled in a westward direction from New York City (USA) and passed through each of these cities along the way, which city would be reached last? A) Mexico City, Mexico. B) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. C) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. D) Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 20. Simon Baker, the star of the TV series "The Mentalist", was born where? A) Australia. B) Japan. C) England. D) Estonia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Australia. ← 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