This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 921 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 921 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was invented by Alfred Nobel, the founder of the Nobel Prize? A) Dynamite. B) Gunpowder. C) Electric light. D) Foot bath. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dynamite. 2. What do the Oricon Charts measure? A) Daily stock exchange figures across South-East Asia. B) Daily weather readings across Japan. C) Weekly sales rankings of releases of pop music, and other entertainment products, in Japan. D) Quarterly financial reports of the top 100 Japanese businesses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weekly sales rankings of releases of pop music, and other entertainment products, in Japan. 3. Quokkas live in small communities on the coast of Western Australia and on offshore islands. Where is the largest community? A) West Wallabi Island. B) Two Peoples Bay. C) Rottnest Island. D) Penguin Island. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rottnest Island. 4. Where is the International Gemological Institute and the World Diamond Centre, which play an important role in setting standards, regulating professional ethics, training and promoting the interests of the city as a centre of the diamond industry? A) Geneva. B) Pretoria. C) Calcutta. D) Antwerp. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antwerp. 5. Who broke the NFL record for the most points in a single season, with 176 points, in 1960? A) Joe Nuxhall. B) Paul Hornung. C) Richard Hadlee. D) David Beckham. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paul Hornung. 6. What does the "S" stand for in NASDAQ? A) Safe. B) Stock. C) Secure. D) Securities. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Securities. 7. Which of these words best describes Monaco? A) Republic. B) Kingdom. C) Principality. D) Dictatorship. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Principality. 8. When was the Danube-Black Sea Canal completed? A) 1976. B) Work was stopped in 1953 and has not resumed. C) 1953. D) 1987. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1987. 9. Christine de Pizan (1364-c. 1430) was France's first what? A) Court chef. B) Saint. C) Professional woman of letters. D) Professional fencing tutor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Professional woman of letters. 10. What was the immediate reason for riots in Tallinn, capital of Estonia, in April 2007? A) Estonia's joining the European Union. B) Redesign of the Estonian flag. C) Relocation of a bronze monument to USSR soldiers fallen in World War II. D) Release of the IT application Skype. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Relocation of a bronze monument to USSR soldiers fallen in World War II. 11. In which country is the city of Newry? A) Northern Ireland. B) Wales. C) Scotland. D) England. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Northern Ireland. 12. What or who was the Somme in the name of the First World War battle? A) A general. B) A village. C) A bar. D) A river. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A river. 13. What city was once known as Lutèce? A) Brussels. B) Lucerne. C) Paris. D) Limoges. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paris. 14. What was the cause of strikes and rioting across France in October 2010? A) The reinstatement of border controls. B) Increased tax on wine. C) Religious persecution of Muslims. D) Pension reform. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pension reform. 15. Which of these people was not assassinated in 1963? A) Lord Louis Mountbatten, British admiral and former Governor-General of India. B) Sylvanus Olympio, first president of independent Togo. C) Medgar Evers, U.S. civil rights activist. D) John F. Kennedy, President of the USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lord Louis Mountbatten, British admiral and former Governor-General of India. 16. Times Square, Manhattan, New York City, was previously known as what? A) Manhattan Crossroads. B) Longacre Square. C) Jefferson Plaza. D) Washington Hill. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Longacre Square. 17. Forty hours before he committed suicide in 1945 Adolf Hitler married whom? A) His favourite dog. B) Eva Braun. C) His Chief of Staff. D) A Jewish prisoner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eva Braun. 18. What usually causes the bone disease called rickets? A) Alopecia. B) Lack of natural light. C) Lactose intolerance. D) A deficiency of vitamin D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A deficiency of vitamin D. 19. What was the subtitle of the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley? A) The Making of a Legend. B) A Bolt from the Blue. C) The Modern Prometheus. D) The Man and his Creation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Modern Prometheus. 20. Which of these did not appear in the "Coronation Street" 40th anniversary live episode, which was broadcast on Friday 8 December 2000? A) Noddy Holder, lead vocalist & guitarist for rock band Slade. B) Charles, H. R. H. The Prince of Wales. C) Mick Jagger, lead vocalist for rock band The Rolling Stones. D) William Roache who appeared in the first episode on 9 December 1960. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mick Jagger, lead vocalist for rock band The Rolling Stones. ← 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