This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 800 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 800 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When did the European Community (previously the European Economic Community) formally cease to exist? A) 1993. B) 2009. C) 1986. D) 2002. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2009. 2. Spinach is thought to have been first cultivated about 2, 000 years ago, where? A) Persia (now Iran). B) China. C) Scotland. D) Nepal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Persia (now Iran). 3. How old was Adrian Mole in the first book in which he appeared? A) 12 and a 1/2. B) 13 and 3/4. C) 14. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 13 and 3/4. 4. What name is given to a revolving tray that is usually placed in the middle of a dining table? A) Sleepy Sandra. B) Lazy Susan. C) Dozing Dennis. D) Napping Norman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lazy Susan. 5. What is the publication known as the Wellcome Apocalypse? A) A video game and web series. B) Italian essays in the 1750s on the latter books of the Christian Bible. C) A major German medical textbook of 1420. D) An American racehorse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A major German medical textbook of 1420. 6. What does the German surname Schwarzkopf literally mean? A) Red horse. B) Black head. C) Blue beard. D) Grey hair. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Black head. 7. Who refused to enter the US army, saying "I ain't got no quarrel with the Vietcong. No Vietcong ever called me nigger" ? A) Art Blakey. B) Muhammad Ali. C) Jimi Hendrix. D) Malcolm X. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muhammad Ali. 8. Raymond, Celia and Blanche were the real names of the subjects of which painting by David Hockney? A) The Luncheon on the Grass. B) Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy. C) A Bigger Grand Canyon. D) A Bigger Splash. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy. 9. Where was the sports firm Adidas founded, and is currently headquartered? A) Vietnam. B) USA. C) New Zealand. D) Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Germany. 10. A game developed initially in Canada which involved throwing discs at a target or into a "hole", a 50 gallon drum or a hula hoop, is called what? A) Quoits. B) Frisbee, or disc, golf. C) Newspaper basketball. D) Whack-a-Mole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frisbee, or disc, golf. 11. Which of these is a procedure popularly thought of as used for excommunication from the Catholic Church for one who had committed a particularly grievous sin? A) Lock, stock and barrel. B) Hook, line and sinker. C) Bell, book and candle. D) Blood, sweat and tears. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bell, book and candle. 12. The Dakar Rally includes classes for cars, motorbikes, and which other? A) Motor sleighs. B) Runners. C) Trucks and quadbikes. D) Go-karts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trucks and quadbikes. 13. "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe", a 2005 film based on the novel by C. S. Lewis, is set mainly in which land? A) 100 Acre Wood. B) Narnia. C) Sodor. D) Neverland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Narnia. 14. Which musical is set in River City, Iowa? A) The Music Man. B) Oklahoma!. C) Li'l Abner. D) Damn Yankees. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Music Man. 15. In which English city is "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4" by Sue Townsend, set? A) Birmingham. B) Manchester. C) Leicester. D) Liverpool. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Leicester. 16. Which dog appears in comics with Shaggy, Fred, Velma & Daphne? A) Snoopy. B) Scooby-Doo. C) Snowy. D) Lassie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scooby-Doo. 17. What was the name of the result of a nationwide census of virtually everything in England and Wales that was ordered by William I in 1085? A) The Domesday Book. B) The Rosetta Stone. C) The Dead Sea Scrolls. D) Sutton Hoo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Domesday Book. 18. Which plant, a bushy herb of the mint family, has a heavy, strong scent, and has been used for centuries in perfumes? A) Atalie. B) Kalgoorlie. C) Patchouli. D) Fettuccine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Patchouli. 19. Who was the head of the Vichy Government at the end of World War II? A) Michel Le Grand. B) Charles de Gaulle. C) Cyrano de Bergerac. D) Henri Philippe Pétain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Henri Philippe Pétain. 20. Which of these names is associated with the cello? A) Keith Moon. B) Niccolò Paganini. C) Louis Armstrong. D) Mstislav Rostropovich. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mstislav Rostropovich. ← 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