This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 910 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 910 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which country was proclaimed a republic in 1867, following the withdrawal of the French administration and the execution of Emperor Ferdinand Maximilian? A) Ecuador. B) New Guinea. C) New Caledonia. D) Mexico. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mexico. 2. Who won the World Rally Championship 9 times in a row from 2004 to 2012? A) Mika Hakkinen. B) Sebastian Loeb. C) Scott Dixon. D) Petter Solberg. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sebastian Loeb. 3. The Mizo Hills to the east of Chittagong, Bangladesh, are in which country? A) India. B) Burma (Myanmar). C) Bangladesh. D) China. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) India. 4. A stiletto heel gets its name from a type of what? A) Politician. B) Circus act. C) South American animal. D) Knife. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Knife. 5. What team water sport involves two teams of six field players and one goalkeeper with a maximum of six substitutes? A) Ice Hockey. B) Water polo. C) Field Hockey. D) Beach Volleyball. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water polo. 6. He was a composer whose music lay behind the poignant appeal of many films, notably Titanic, A Beautiful Mind, Field of Dreams, Apollo 13, Braveheart, and Avatar; when he died in 2015 what was the cause? A) He was caught in the crossfire of a police shootout. B) Lung cancer. C) A motorbike accident. D) The plane he was piloting crashed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The plane he was piloting crashed. 7. The king of what country became Iceland's ruler by treaty in 1262? A) Sweden. B) Denmark. C) Norway. D) Finland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Norway. 8. The ethnic group called "Karen" were seeking refuge in which country in June 2009? A) Laos. B) Myanmar. C) Thailand. D) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thailand. 9. Who wrote "Raindrops Are Fallin' On My Head", the theme from the film "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" ? A) John Williams. B) Paul McCartney. C) Paul Simon. D) Burt Bacharach. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Burt Bacharach. 10. Robert Mugabe served as Prime Minister and then President in Zimbabwe after 1980; when did he step down? A) 1999. B) 2018. C) 2017. D) Never, he died in office. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2017. 11. Who was alleged to have choked pop star Rihanna until she was unconscious in a rented Lambhorghini shortly before the 2009 Grammy Awards? A) Jay Z. B) Sean Penn. C) Sly Stone. D) Chris Brown. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chris Brown. 12. The French novelist, polemicist and physician Louis Ferdinand Destouches (1894-1961, pen-name Louis-Ferdinand CΓ©line) is known as much for his controversial and successful writing as for what element in it? A) Anti-semitism. B) Communist ideology. C) Monarchism. D) Admiration of the military. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anti-semitism. 13. In the 16th century, which explorer began and led the first known successful circumnavigation of the earth? A) Christopher Columbus. B) Ferdinand Magellan. C) Vasco da Gama. D) Francis Drake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ferdinand Magellan. 14. What is a fontanelle? A) Part of the bowel. B) A bone in the hand. C) Part of the nasal cavity. D) The soft spot on a baby's head. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The soft spot on a baby's head. 15. Which of these is another name for toothache? A) Odontalgia. B) Dentrifice. C) Mononucleosis. D) Rubella. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Odontalgia. 16. In 2009 it was announced that the WGC-HSBC Champions, a men's professional golf 72-hole tournament, had been awarded World Golf Championships status. Where is it held? A) Sheshan Golf Club, Shanghai, People's Republic of China. B) The Hills, Arrowtown, New Zealand. C) Hyatt Regency Coolum, Queensland, Australia. D) Damai Indah Golf-Pantai Indah Kapuk Course, Jakarta, Indonesia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sheshan Golf Club, Shanghai, People's Republic of China. 17. What is the name for money obtained from illegal activities? A) Malaise sodden cash. B) Sick cotton profits. C) Ill gotten gains. D) Mumps rotten readies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ill gotten gains. 18. What is one of the unique things about the Book of the Dun Cow? A) It is the oldest extant manuscript written entirely in the Irish language. B) It is the oldest known written manual of animal husbandry. C) It is the second book printed in Europe with moveable metal type in 1355 CE. D) It was carved in meteorite iron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is the oldest extant manuscript written entirely in the Irish language. 19. Which of these is a child star of the 1930s? A) Charlotte Church. B) Hattie Shrine. C) Margaret Mosque. D) Shirley Temple. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shirley Temple. 20. British artist Matthew Bourne, OBE, was knighted in 2016 for services to what? A) Dance. B) Mental health. C) Combatting climate change. D) Sports shoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dance. 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