This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 904 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 904 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which 2014 play by American playwright and journalist Katori Hall deals with the ecstatic visions of Rwandan schoolgirls in 1981? A) Children of Killers. B) Our Lady of Kibeho. C) Tina. D) The Hot Wing King. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Our Lady of Kibeho. 2. Which British athlete won gold at the 2012 and 2016 Paralympics in the T44 men's 100 metres? A) Paul Blake. B) Richard Whitehead. C) Jonnie Peacock. D) Aled Davies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jonnie Peacock. 3. In January 2006, what space probe was sent to investigate Pluto? A) Uncle Mickey. B) Discovery. C) New Horizon. D) Charon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) New Horizon. 4. What qualifies as a "specialty vehicle" in a Put Foot Rally? A) Vehicle made before 1980. B) Two wheel drive. C) Ambulance, fire engine, hearse, limousine and similar. D) Scooter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ambulance, fire engine, hearse, limousine and similar. 5. What is the largest city in the province of Ontario, Canada? A) London. B) Ottawa. C) Hamilton. D) Toronto. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Toronto. 6. Which French record producer, actor, singer, songwriter and musical theatre composer, is best known for his collaborations with the lyricist Alain Boublil for the musicals "La Révolution Française", "Les Misérables", "Miss Saigon", "Martin Guerre", "The Pirate Queen" and "Marguerite" ? A) Riccardo Cocciante. B) Claude-Michel Schönberg. C) Robert Planquette. D) Alain Lanty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Claude-Michel Schönberg. 7. The saying "It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it" appears in one form or another in many places, including being mistakenly attributed to which US author? A) St Augustine of Hippo. B) Oscar Wilde. C) Mark Twain. D) Stephen Hawking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mark Twain. 8. If you do not have an instrument to measure angles, what are the most useful tools with which to draw a right angle? A) Slide rule and abacus. B) Divider and protractor. C) Opisometer and straight edge. D) Compasses and straight edge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compasses and straight edge. 9. Musician, DJ, producer, curator, activist, D.J. Rekha (or Rekha Malhotra) pioneered what dance form in North America? A) Lindy Hop. B) Swing. C) Bhangra. D) Bomba. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bhangra. 10. Who wrote "In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking" ? A) Jerome Kern. B) Cole Porter. C) T S Eliot. D) George Gershwin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cole Porter. 11. The author of "The Bottle Imp", a short story written for people of his adopted home, Samoa, took the name Tusitala. What does the name mean? A) Jumping spider. B) Teller of tales. C) The teller is the tale. D) Tall tales. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Teller of tales. 12. At which university on 4 May 1970 were 4 students killed and 9 wounded when an Army National Guard unit fired at students during a protest against the US invasion of Cambodia during the Vietnam War? A) Kent State University. B) Miami University. C) Ohio State University. D) University of Cincinnati. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kent State University. 13. Who premièred the role of Evita in the original studio recording of the musical? A) Marti Webb. B) Elaine Paige. C) Elkie Brooks. D) Julie Covington. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Julie Covington. 14. A horse who completes a 12 furlong race has run how far? A) 2.5 miles. B) 2 miles. C) 1 mile. D) 1.5 miles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1.5 miles. 15. In the musical "The Wiz" (1975), who is Addaperle? A) The Good Witch of the North. B) The Wicked Witch Of The West. C) The Good Witch of the South. D) The Wicked Witch of the East. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Good Witch of the North. 16. A team from which of these countries competed in the Olympic Games for the first time in 1952 at Helsinki? A) Australia. B) People's Republic of China. C) Spain. D) USSR. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) USSR. 17. What is the term for someone a young woman will keep on good terms with so she will be bought presents? A) Treacle sister. B) Honey mummy. C) Sugar daddy. D) Fudge brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sugar daddy. 18. In the UK TV series "Foyle's War" (2002-2015), what was Foyle's profession or occupation? A) Police officer. B) Bookseller. C) Brothel madam. D) Artillery officer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Police officer. 19. What is the first move in playing the game Catan? A) Deal the cards into a hand for each player. B) Roll the dice to see who plays first. C) Build the game board. D) Set up the kitty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Build the game board. 20. Entomology is the study of what? A) Birds. B) Words. C) Insects. D) Maps. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Insects. ← 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