This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 82 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 82 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Four Quartets", a set of four poems ("Burnt Norton", "East Coker", "The Dry Salvages" and "Little Gidding") published between 1936 and 1942, were written by whom? A) T. S. Eliot. B) Ted Hughes. C) Daphne du Maurier. D) W H Auden. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) T. S. Eliot. 2. In legal terms, the prohibition of the transport, sale, use and production of intoxicating drink in the USA was ended in December 1933; when did the legal changes to the USA Constitution which established Prohibition happen? A) 1919. B) 1920. C) 1918. D) 1923. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1919. 3. As listed by World Athletics, the official world marathon record set in 1908 (at 24 mile distance) was 2:55:18; in 2023 (at 26.219 miles (42.195 km)) it is what? A) 2:09:01. B) 2:20:35. C) 2:14:43. D) 2:00:35. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2:00:35. 4. Which golfer was named as Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year in 1996? A) Lynx Copse. B) Leopard Thicket. C) Lion Forest. D) Tiger Woods. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tiger Woods. 5. The discovery of what possible Earth-like planet with the greatest potential for harbouring life found at that time, was announced in late September 2010? A) Gliese 581 e. B) Gliese 581 g. C) Gliese 581 f. D) Gliese 581 c. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gliese 581 g. 6. Its capital city is ChiΘinΔu, and it is surrounded by the Ukraine and Romania; which country is it? A) Moldova. B) Hungary. C) Belarus. D) Poland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moldova. 7. Goidelic is one type of the Celtic language. What is the other? A) Catatonic. B) Histrionic. C) Brythonic. D) Boadiceaic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brythonic. 8. On 25 June 1991, Slovenia and Croatia became the first republics to declare independence from which country? A) Yugoslavia. B) USSR. C) Bosnia. D) Turkey. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yugoslavia. 9. Which Italian writer, university professor, medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, cultural critic, and political and social commentator includes among his novels "The Prague Cemetery" and "Numero Zero" ? A) Umberto Eco. B) Pier Paolo Pasolini. C) Carlo Alberto Rosselli. D) Dante Alighieri. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Umberto Eco. 10. Who painted the famous painting known as "The Blue Boy" ? A) Thomas Gainsborough. B) Rembrandt. C) CΓ©zanne. D) Renoir. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thomas Gainsborough. 11. In 2008, who was nicknamed "The King of Clay" ? A) Todd Woodbridge. B) Roger Federer. C) David Nalbandian. D) Rafael Nadal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rafael Nadal. 12. In the UK, the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 and three other documents listed here are considered to be some of the basic documents of the uncodified British constitution. Which is NOT one of them? A) Habeas Corpus Act 1679. B) Bill of Rights. C) The Magna Carta. D) The Corn Laws (The Importation Act) 1815. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Corn Laws (The Importation Act) 1815. 13. Which of these is an alloy? A) Nickel. B) Bronze. C) Manganese. D) Chromium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bronze. 14. Which US TV show's theme song, by Judy Hart Angelo & Gary Portnoy, performed by Portnoy, contained the line "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" ? A) Will and Grace. B) Hill Street Blues. C) The Cosby Show. D) Cheers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cheers. 15. What is the branch of medicine dealing with the skin and its diseases? A) Dermatology. B) Iridology. C) Horology. D) Epidemiology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dermatology. 16. Why was Los Angeles selected as the host of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games by the IOC session at Athens, Greece, without a vote? A) The IOC decided to invite one city to provide the venues. B) It was the only city that submitted a bid to host them. C) The IOC delegates had decided over dinner, beforehand and forgot to formally vote. D) There were riots outside and they wanted to finish the meeting quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was the only city that submitted a bid to host them. 17. Cayenne, after which the spicy condiment is named, is a city in which country? A) French Guiana. B) France. C) Belgium. D) New Caledonia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) French Guiana. 18. In what would a finesse be used? A) Kicking a goal in rugby. B) Castling in chess. C) Taking tricks in a card game. D) Sabre fencing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taking tricks in a card game. 19. What is a nematode? A) A roundworm, often parasitic. B) A symbiotic plant. C) A type of aquatic animal. D) A centipede. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A roundworm, often parasitic. 20. Who wrote the song "I Get a Kick Out of You" ? A) Joni Mitchell. B) Stevie Wonder. C) Cole Porter. D) George Gershwin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cole Porter. β PreviousNext βRelated 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 π Back to Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books