This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 909 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 909 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. For a French citizen what flower is associated with the dead of World War I? A) Blue cornflower. B) Red poppy. C) White clover. D) Green vine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blue cornflower. 2. What are the Christian names of J K Rowling, the creator of Harry Potter? A) Jennifer Katherine. B) Joanne Katherine. C) Jennifer Karen. D) Joanne Kathleen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joanne Kathleen. 3. What are "Phragmites australis" ? A) A species of African mammal. B) Reeds. C) Cloud formations. D) Islands off the coast of Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reeds. 4. What was the fate of "Violetta" in Verdi's opera "La Traviata" ? A) She was strangled by her husband. B) She was beheaded. C) She goes mad and commits suicide. D) She died of consumption. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She died of consumption. 5. How many #1 hit singles has Bob Dylan had in the USA? A) 103. B) 15. C) 0. D) 46. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 0. 6. Myanmar military took over the government in their country in 2021 and imprisoned its leader, following what? A) Sweeping electoral victory for a leader and party which did not suit them. B) A catastrophic earthquake. C) The 50th birthday of their commander-in-chief. D) A bet among their leaders as to whether they could do it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sweeping electoral victory for a leader and party which did not suit them. 7. Who wrote "The Shape Of Things To Come" ? A) Jules Verne. B) H G Wells. C) Aldous Huxley. D) Sir Thomas More. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) H G Wells. 8. What ancient civilization was centred in the north of ancient Canaan, with its heartland along the coastal regions of modern day Lebanon, Syria and Israel? A) Phoenicia. B) Carthage. C) Troy. D) Athens. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phoenicia. 9. Which of these was Vice President of the USA the earliest? A) Al Gore. B) Gerald Ford. C) Dan Quayle. D) Lyndon Johnson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lyndon Johnson. 10. What native language would Jesus Christ have spoken? A) Sanskrit. B) Hebrew. C) Aramaic. D) Arabic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aramaic. 11. Which of these cities is furthest from Tokyo? A) Seoul. B) Darwin. C) Glasgow. D) Beijing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Glasgow. 12. How many players from each team usually make up a rugby league scrum? A) 6. B) 3. C) 8. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 6. 13. What is an astronomical event that occurs when one celestial object moves into the shadow of another? A) Epilepsy. B) Ellipse. C) Eccles. D) Eclipse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eclipse. 14. Who was the pig who came to dominate in George Orwell's "Animal Farm" ? A) Old Major. B) Boxer. C) Napoleon. D) Snowball. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Napoleon. 15. In December 1991 Hungarian Judit Polgar beat Tibor Tolnai to become the youngest what? A) European champion polevaulter. B) Chess Grandmaster. C) USA National Cheerleader Champion. D) Swimmer to swim the English Channel (La Manche). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chess Grandmaster. 16. Where would the game of ringette be played? A) In a pool. B) On ice. C) On a grass court. D) On sand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On ice. 17. Traditionally, in rugby, what number appears on the jersey of the fullback? A) 9. B) 1. C) 8. D) 15. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 15. 18. Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and what other country signed a free trade agreement on March 2018? A) Vietnam. B) USA. C) China. D) Taiwan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vietnam. 19. The Pano and the Shipibo peoples are indigenous in the area named after what river? A) Paraná. B) Ucayali. C) Madeira. D) Iguazu. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ucayali. 20. Where is the Sahel? A) In the centre of Australia. B) West to east across the north of China. C) In the centre of Brazil. D) West to east across the middle of Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) West to east across the middle of Africa. ← 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