This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 859 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 859 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In which century did the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch paint the first version of his famous "The Scream" ? A) 20th. B) 19th. C) 18th. D) 21st. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 19th. 2. Which of these is a parrot that inhabits Australia and the Malay archipelago? A) Kokako. B) Cockatoo. C) Swedish Blue. D) Tasmanian Devil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cockatoo. 3. Which of these under the 2010 European directive on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes are protected from experimentation? A) All of these. B) Endangered species. C) Wild animals. D) Stray or feral domestic animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All of these. 4. Which single company, based in Johannesburg, South Africa and London, England, controls a significant proportion of the trade in diamonds? A) Harrods. B) Tiffanys. C) Selfridges. D) De Beers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) De Beers. 5. In the 2014 film "Still Alice", Alzheimer's gradually blots out Alice's memories and abilities. Until the age of 50, when she is first diagnosed, what had been her work? A) CEO of a medical research foundation. B) Actor. C) Print proof-reader. D) Linguistics professor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Linguistics professor. 6. What is the least populous state capital in the U S A? A) Montpelier. B) Honolulu. C) Augusta. D) Pierre. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Montpelier. 7. Who has been called His Purple Majesty, His Royal Badness, TAFKAP, The Artist, Symbol, Love Symbol and The Purple One? A) Prince. B) Bono. C) Slash. D) Edge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prince. 8. When was the Spanish Constitution enacted that created the 17 autonomous communities and 2 autonomous cities which constitute the country? A) 1978. B) 1983. C) 1931. D) 2000. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1978. 9. What explorer sailed on the ship "Terra Nova" ? A) Ernest Shackleton. B) Robert Falcon Scott. C) Vivien Fuchs. D) James Cook. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Robert Falcon Scott. 10. What is the name of cities in Argentina and Spain that are both capitals of provinces of the same name? A) Valencia. B) Cordoba. C) Burgos. D) MΓ‘laga. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cordoba. 11. What football team is based in Green Bay, Wisconsin? A) Stackers. B) Boxers. C) Packers. D) Storemen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Packers. 12. What is Thailand's largest island? A) Ko Kut. B) Phuket. C) Ko Lanta Yai. D) Ko Chang. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phuket. 13. From which sport do we get the expression "On a sticky wicket" ? A) Baseball. B) Cricket. C) Association Football (Soccer). D) Tennis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cricket. 14. Which movement was founded by Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell? A) Seventh Day Adventists. B) Boy scouts. C) Y M C A. D) Liberal party. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Boy scouts. 15. Who was the commander of the Luftwaffe during World War II and died by taking poison after being condemned to death at the Nuremberg Trials in 1946? A) Heinrich Himmler. B) Paul Joseph Goebbels. C) Walter Richard Rudolph Hess. D) Hermann Wilhelm Goering. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hermann Wilhelm Goering. 16. On the western Christian calendar, what date is Twelfth Day? A) 5 January. B) 6 January. C) 19 January. D) 25 December. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 6 January. 17. Which of these is an amphitheatre in LA, California, used mainly for music performances? A) The Hollywood Bowl. B) The Hollywood Soundshell. C) The Hollywood Basin. D) The Hollywood Colosseum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Hollywood Bowl. 18. It was a 1982 BBC2 TV series of only 5 episodes, but it won the 1983 BA(F)TA award for Best Drama Serial, and continues to be rated in the top 50 TV dramas; what was it? A) Boys from the Blackstuff. B) The Black Eyed Peas. C) The Bix Beiderbecke Affair. D) Boys from the Outback. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boys from the Blackstuff. 19. Porfirio Diaz resigned from the presidency of which country in May 1911? A) Bolivia. B) Venezuela. C) Mexico. D) Peru. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mexico. 20. Which would NOT be a meaning for "dispute" ? A) Distrain. B) Disagree with, or contest. C) Debate. D) Compete for. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Distrain. 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