This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 911 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 911 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is a pipistrelle? A) Dandelion. B) Butterfly. C) Moth. D) Bat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bat. 2. Which city, rebuilt in the Art Deco style after being largely razed by an earthquake in 1931, has become recognized as architecturally unique, and in 2007 was nominated for UNESCO World Heritage Site status? A) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. B) Havana, Cuba. C) Napier, New Zealand. D) Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Napier, New Zealand. 3. In some parts of the world, the position in rugby called "first five eighth" is called what? A) Loosehead prop. B) Centre. C) Half Back. D) Fly half. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fly half. 4. "Immersive journalism", of the kind presented by Nonny de la Peña's "Hunger in Los Angeles" in 2012 uses what technique? A) Virtual reality. B) Hyper reality. C) Surreality. D) Reality. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Virtual reality. 5. The hair from which of these animals is never used to make a camel's hair brush? A) Squirrel. B) Pony. C) Camel. D) Badger. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Camel. 6. Which pope was elected in 1414, ending the situation where there were multiple Popes? A) Alexander V. B) Martin V. C) John XXIII. D) Boniface IX. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Martin V. 7. When is Shakespeare's play "Troilus and Cressida" set? A) The Renaissance. B) The Roman occupation of Carthage. C) Elizabethan era. D) The Trojan War. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Trojan War. 8. Which US golfer birdied the last 2 holes at the 2004 Honda Classic to beat Davis Love III, and beat Ernie Els at the 2004 British Open at Royal Troon to become PGA Tour Rookie of the Year? A) Fred Funk. B) Todd Hamilton. C) Notah Begay. D) Sean O'Hair. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Todd Hamilton. 9. If someone feels jiggered what are they? A) Exhausted. B) Blown away. C) Hurt. D) Offended. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exhausted. 10. What is the main ingredient of "toad in the hole" ? A) Frogs. B) Toads. C) Sausages. D) Caterpillars. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sausages. 11. Which of these is not one of the children of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne? A) Veronica. B) Aimee. C) Jack. D) Kelly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Veronica. 12. Of which country is Vientiane the capital? A) Myanmar. B) Vietnam. C) Cambodia. D) Laos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Laos. 13. Perspicuity implies what? A) A structure using Perspex. B) Shrewdness, ability to understand quickly and accurately. C) Lucidity, clarity of style, freedom from obscurity. D) Accuracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lucidity, clarity of style, freedom from obscurity. 14. Who wrote, often with Howard Greenfield, the songs "Oh! Carol" (1959), "Calendar Girl" (1960), "Little Devil" (1961), "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen" (1961), "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" (1962) and "Next Door to an Angel" (1962)? A) Quincy Jones. B) Carole King. C) Neil Sedaka. D) Lamont Dozier. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neil Sedaka. 15. Where in the body is a collarette found? A) Eyes. B) Neck. C) At the end of the leg. D) Round the anus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eyes. 16. Yggdrasil is the immense what, connecting the nine worlds of Norse mythology? A) Well of life. B) Ash tree. C) Serpent, or dragon. D) Eagle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ash tree. 17. Who was the daughter of William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, who wrote "Frankenstein", verse plays, romances and travel books? A) Mary Shelley. B) George Eliot. C) Emily Bronte. D) Ann Radcliffe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mary Shelley. 18. Which of these phrases is associated with the "Scarlet Pimpernel" ? A) Four score and seven years ago. B) There is a city far away without a city wall. C) It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. D) We seek him here, we seek him there. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We seek him here, we seek him there. 19. Who created the international competition called the Goodwill Games, that were held between 1986 and 2001? A) Ted Turner. B) Kerry Packer. C) Prince Charles. D) Bob Geldof. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ted Turner. 20. By what name was William Frederick Cody better known? A) Billy The Kid. B) Buffalo Bill. C) Roy Rogers. D) W C Fields. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buffalo Bill. ← 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