This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 905 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 905 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where was the playwright August Strindberg born? A) Germany. B) Norway. C) Sweden. D) France. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sweden. 2. One of the tools developed and launched in 2014 as a brand for Sweden is ..... ? A) An Ikea logo. B) An image of lingonberries. C) Sweden Sans. D) A new flag. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sweden Sans. 3. Approximately how far is the moon from Earth? A) 1.1 million miles. B) 550, 000 miles. C) 240, 000 miles. D) 760, 000 miles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 240, 000 miles. 4. Which of these is the nearest to the usual definition of ghost personnel? A) Past personnel whose effect is still felt. B) Personnel recorded as being on the roll but which do not actually exist. C) Machines performing tasks which were formerly performed by people. D) Personnel whose effectiveness depends on being undetected. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personnel recorded as being on the roll but which do not actually exist. 5. Who commissioned the "Ballet des Polonais", one of the first works to be recognized as a true court ballet? A) Catherine de Medici. B) Louis XIV of France, the Sun King. C) Charles II of England. D) Henry VIII of England. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Catherine de Medici. 6. What title was taken by Napoleon Bonaparte on 2 December 1804? A) Bonaparte the Great. B) King of France. C) The Liberator. D) Emperor of the French. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Emperor of the French. 7. What is nüshu? A) The language of nomadic tribes in the north of Mongolia. B) An Inuit dialect exclusive to Greenland. C) Women's literary language in the courts of 11th century Japan. D) An ancient written language exclusively for women, used in southern China. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An ancient written language exclusively for women, used in southern China. 8. The MacRobertson Shield competition is held in what sport? A) Archery. B) Bowls. C) Croquet. D) Shooting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Croquet. 9. Who makes horseshoes? A) Farrier. B) Cowper. C) Ostler. D) Milliner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Farrier. 10. Among the several meanings of the word "popinjay", which of these is one? A) A type of popcorn. B) A parrot. C) A peacock. D) A nutcracker. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A parrot. 11. What are Poeae? A) Species of amphibian. B) Indigenous peoples on the north-western coast of Canada. C) Grasses. D) A fictional people on the planet Gliese 667. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grasses. 12. In bowling, which of these means to knock down all ten pins with a single bowl? A) Bulls eye. B) Hit. C) Strike. D) Hole in one. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Strike. 13. According to the old saying, "All roads lead to ..... '' where? A) Perdition. B) Paris. C) Rome. D) Hades. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rome. 14. After World War II Emperor Hirohito of Japan signed the treaty ending the state of war with Britain on 9 September of which year? A) 1951. B) 1946. C) 1964. D) 1970. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1951. 15. Which of these is not a name to associate with the art of medicine? A) Thomas Culpeper. B) Nicholas Culpeper. C) Hippocrates. D) Aesculapius. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thomas Culpeper. 16. What is the name of the flower named after pop singer Duffy? A) Duffydil. B) Dufansyieum. C) Crimson Mercy. D) Mercyrose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Duffydil. 17. Denzel Washington and Viola Davis co-starred in which Academy Award-winning film? A) Doubt. B) Training Day. C) The Help. D) Fences. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fences. 18. In 1992 UNESCO declared the Casbah, or qasba, of Algiers a World Heritage Site. What is the Casbah? A) The citadel, or fortress, of Algiers, and the quarter around it. B) A marketplace. C) A forum for music and dancing. D) A river. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The citadel, or fortress, of Algiers, and the quarter around it. 19. Who was the first to be credited with the opinion which led eventually to a quote describing history as a set of lies agreed upon? A) Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, 1724. B) Napoléon Bonaparte, between 1815 and 1821. C) Wendell Phillips, 1881. D) Claude Adrien Helvétius, 1758. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, 1724. 20. In 1989 Carlo Petrini founded what? A) A clockmaking firm. B) Arcigola. C) The Slow Food Movement. D) The Kenyan National Transplant Centre. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Slow Food Movement. ← 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