This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 926 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 926 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these is an English fashion and portrait photographer, the winner of four Tony and two Academy Awards, whose costume design for the stage version of "My Fair Lady" (1956) led to his work on two film musicals, "Gigi" (1958) and "My Fair Lady" (1964)? A) Cecil Beaton. B) David Bailey. C) George Eastman. D) Henri Cartier-Bresson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cecil Beaton. 2. What is the stage name of Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, who was born on 28 March 1986? A) Lady Gaga. B) Gwen Stefani. C) Madonna. D) Annie Lennox. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lady Gaga. 3. Which city was hit by a magnitude 6.2 earthquake about 5 kilometers below its centre at 12:29 a.m. 23 December 1972, killing around 5, 000 of the 400, 000 population, injuring 20, 000 and leaving over 250, 000 homeless? A) Guatemala City, Guatemala. B) Managua, Nicaragua. C) Haiyuan, Ningxia-Gansu, China. D) Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Managua, Nicaragua. 4. The North German Federation together with Bavaria and other southern German states fought which other country in 1870 in what war? A) Denmark in the First Schleswig War. B) Austria in the Austro-Prussian War. C) Denmark in the Second Schleswig War. D) France in the Franco-Prussian War. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) France in the Franco-Prussian War. 5. Which 1987 film set during the Vietnam War was based on the career of Adrian Cronauer, a disc jockey on Armed Forces Radio Service who was popular with the troops but infuriated his superiors? A) Good Morning, Vietnam. B) Play Misty For Me. C) Extended Play. D) Desert Island Discs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Good Morning, Vietnam. 6. Although the game Yahtzee has similarities to several older dice games, when was it actually trademarked under that name in the US? A) 1984. B) 1952. C) 1973. D) 1956. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1956. 7. Which of these is the name of a series of films starring Peter Sellers? A) Blue Cheetah. B) Pink Panther. C) Black Cat. D) White Crocodile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pink Panther. 8. Which of these is a free social networking and blogging service created in 2006 by Jack Dorsey, that enabled users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters displayed on a profile page and delivered to "followers" ? A) Twitter. B) Warble. C) Mumble. D) Cheaper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Twitter. 9. What nationality was the band Trio which launched the hit song "Da Da Da" in 1981? A) French. B) Scottish. C) American. D) German. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) German. 10. What length ribbon is used in rhythmic gymnastics by senior gymnasts? A) Minimum of 6m (19ft 8in). B) 4m (13ft 2in). C) 10m (32ft 10in). D) 3m (10ft 2in). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Minimum of 6m (19ft 8in). 11. In 2008, who was the President of Palestine and Fatah leader? A) Mahmoud Abbas. B) Bjorn Ulvaeus. C) Benny Andersson. D) Yusuf Islam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mahmoud Abbas. 12. Aspartame is a chemical used as what? A) Defoliant. B) Sweetener. C) Ointment. D) Dye. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sweetener. 13. The exterior of which real Boston pub was used in the TV programme "Cheers" in the 1980s? A) Welcome Stranger. B) Cheers. C) Bull & Finch. D) Sam Malone's. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bull & Finch. 14. Cyclops, Iceman, Angel, Beast and Jean Grey were the original members of which group of fictional characters? A) Fantastic Four. B) X-Men. C) Power Rangers. D) The Jetsons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) X-Men. 15. The Warner Bros 2023 animated film "Taz:Quest for Burger" centres on a rescue adventure by a Tasmanian Devil (Taz) and which other? A) A kookaburra. B) A wallaby. C) A bandicoot. D) A horned dragon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A bandicoot. 16. What is the modern process used to make steel? A) Bessemer. B) Blooming. C) Siemens-Martin. D) Linz-Donawitz. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Linz-Donawitz. 17. For what did Harold Pinter receive his 2005 Nobel Prize? A) Playwriting. B) Economic theory. C) Discovery of RNA interference-gene silencing. D) Peace initiatives in the Middle East. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Playwriting. 18. The hottest inhabited, and one of the lowest (at about 125 m (410 ft) below sea level), place on the Earth's surface is called what and found where? A) Danakil Depression, Danakil Desert, Ethiopia. B) Lake Eyre, Australia. C) The Caspian Sea, Russia/Kazakhstan. D) Badwater, Death Valley, USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Danakil Depression, Danakil Desert, Ethiopia. 19. Which of these plays a part in the production of a book? A) Solidago. B) Galleys. C) Triremes. D) Sloops. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Galleys. 20. At the beginning of the 7th century CE a member of the Banu Hashim clan of the Arabian Quraysh tribe took the first steps to create a world-changing movement. Who was he? A) SiddhΔrtha Gautama who transformed himself into the Buddha. B) The Iranian prophet Zoroaster (or Zarathustra). C) Lao-Tze, whose writings form a substantial part of the basis of Taoism. D) Muhammad, prophet and founder of Islam. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Muhammad, prophet and founder of Islam. 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