This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 817 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 817 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these was not the name of one of the three "Angels" in the first TV series of "Charlie's Angels", first broadcast in the US in 1976 / 1977? A) Jill. B) Kelly. C) Sabrina. D) Julie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Julie. 2. Who claimed to be a direct descendant of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, and worked to achieve the independence of Abyssinia? A) Faisal ibn Turki ibn Abdullah Al Saud. B) Haile Selassie. C) Gamal Abdel Nasser. D) Menelek II. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Menelek II. 3. What is the aim of the game known as Scythe? A) To produce resources, develop economic infrastructure and control territory. B) To develop vaccines to stop a pandemic. C) Manoeuvre armies to annex neighbouring territories. D) Build the most effective agricultural machinery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To produce resources, develop economic infrastructure and control territory. 4. In which of these games can the term Grand Slam apply? A) Hearts. B) Pinochle. C) Chess. D) Contract bridge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contract bridge. 5. What year did Shakespeare die? A) 1717. B) 1414. C) 1515. D) 1616. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1616. 6. In Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan and among Persian-speaking populations of Central Asia, what is the sport called that involves two teams of horse riders, a dead goat and few rules? A) Ramadan. B) Buzkashi. C) Polo. D) Goat ball. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buzkashi. 7. What was the first black and white short cartoon film to feature a fully post-produced soundtrack, produced by Walt Disney? A) The Vanishing Prairie. B) Steamboat Willie. C) Fantasia. D) The Lion King. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Steamboat Willie. 8. According to the saying, what "never boils" ? A) Watched pot. B) Observed pan. C) Guarded bowl. D) Supervised dish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Watched pot. 9. What is the name of the thick dark green fluid manufactured by the liver? A) Ouzo. B) Tripe. C) Bile. D) Saliva. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bile. 10. Yvette Williams, Mary Rand, Willye White and Kathy McMillan are all medal winners in which Olympic sport? A) Archery. B) Shot put. C) Cross country. D) Long jump. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Long jump. 11. To which organisation, formed in Tennessee in 1865, was Brian A Scates elected as Leader and President in 1867? A) Southern Cross. B) Ku Klux Klan. C) Knights of the White Camellia. D) Mormon Church. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ku Klux Klan. 12. In the human body, the adrenal glands are directly above which organ? A) Lungs. B) Spleen. C) Heart. D) Kidney. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kidney. 13. Where are the headquarters of the Arab League, which currently has 22 members? A) Cairo. B) Abu Dhabi. C) Mogadishu. D) Djibouti. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cairo. 14. What is the common name for members of the plant genus Mandragora belonging to the nightshade family? A) Belladonna. B) Mandragola. C) Deadly nightshade. D) Mandrake. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mandrake. 15. The sopranos Teresa Stolz and Maria Waldmann premiered which Verdi work in 1871? A) Rigoletto. B) Aida. C) Requiem. D) Jerusalem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aida. 16. The sun is hot because of the nuclear transformation of hydrogen to which other gas? A) Nitrogen. B) Oxygen. C) Helium. D) Xenon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Helium. 17. What computer game was invented by Toru Iwatani, first released in Japan in May 1980? A) Space Invaders. B) Tetris. C) Pac-Man. D) Ping pong. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pac-Man. 18. The name of a brand famous since 1899, and known internationally for its range of canned meat and pies, comes from what major South American port? A) Swift, Argentina. B) Fray Bentos, Uruguay. C) Santos, Brazil. D) Coquimbo, Chile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fray Bentos, Uruguay. 19. What branch of mathematics was founded from a paper "On a Characteristic Property of All Real Algebraic Numbers" (1874) by Georg Cantor, who built on the work of Zeno, Bernard Bolzano & Richard Dedekind, which, in turn was followed up by Bertrand Russell, Ernst Zermelo, Abraham Fraenkel & Henri Lebesgue? A) Calculus. B) Set theory. C) Regression analysis. D) Algebra. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Set theory. 20. What is the name for the grades in judo from learner to proficient? A) Poom. B) Judoka. C) Yi duan. D) Kyu. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kyu. ← 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