This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 930 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 930 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these is a flightless bird? A) Cassandra. B) Cassowary. C) Casserole. D) Comrade. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cassowary. 2. What is one of the notable aspects of the character Rumpelstiltskin? A) He is short. B) He is giant. C) Wings. D) He rides a fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He is short. 3. Which team won the eighth World Polo Championship in Mexico in May 2008? A) Argentina. B) Chile. C) Brazil. D) England. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chile. 4. Which major institution was officially established in the USA in 1846 for the increase and diffusion of knowledge, following the melting down of over 100, 000 gold coins? A) The American Museum of Natural History. B) Harvard University. C) The Smithsonian Institution. D) National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Smithsonian Institution. 5. Which number is exactly opposite 12 through the centre of a dart board? A) 11. B) 15. C) 17. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2. 6. What is the next in this sequence:Palatine Hill, Capitoline Hill, Quirinal Hill, Viminal Hill, Esquiline Hill, Caelian Hill, ..... ? A) Vatican Hill. B) Aventine Hill. C) Pincian Hill. D) Janiculum Hill. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aventine Hill. 7. What is a young alpaca called? A) Gosling. B) Vicuña. C) Cria. D) Cygnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cria. 8. LIGO observatories are a large-scale physics experiment to detect what? A) Cosmic gravitational waves. B) Primordial matter that existed in the universe shortly after the Big Bang. C) Structure of protons and the properties of quarks. D) Dark matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cosmic gravitational waves. 9. Who made the statue "Alison Lapper Pregnant" that was erected in Trafalgar Square, London, between September 2005 and October 2007? A) Damien Hirst. B) Marc Quinn. C) Tracey Emin. D) Marcus Harvey. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marc Quinn. 10. In the "Back to the Future" series of films, the past was 1955, and the future was 2015. When was "now" ? A) 1980. B) 1976. C) 1985. D) 1988. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1985. 11. To recuse somebody, or to recuse oneself, from making a judgement implies that a potential problem is seen. Of what? A) A conflict of interest or lack of impartiality. B) Lack of knowledge. C) Lack of interest in what is being discussed. D) Lack of time due to other commitments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A conflict of interest or lack of impartiality. 12. Which of these is a footballer who married a Spice Girl? A) David Beckham. B) Enrico Caruso. C) Neville Chamberlain. D) Ringo Starr. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) David Beckham. 13. In which state of Australia would you find the Snowy Mountains? A) New South Wales. B) South Australia. C) Western Australia. D) Northern Territory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) New South Wales. 14. Which UK television crime series (1996-now) premiered in 1996 with Amanda Burton as Dr Sam Ryan, and from 2004 has starred Emilia Fox? A) Midsomer Murders. B) Lewis. C) Silent Witness. D) Casualty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Silent Witness. 15. The song "Shall We Dance" is from which musical? A) The King And I. B) My Fair Lady. C) Oklahoma!. D) The Pajama Game. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The King And I. 16. What is the early morning or night prayer service in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran and Eastern Orthodox churches, used in some Protestant denominations to describe morning services? A) Matins. B) Matinee. C) Madrigal. D) Mornington. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Matins. 17. Mike Judge is the creator of which of these TV series? A) Beavis and Butthead. B) The Simpsons. C) South Park. D) Family Guy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beavis and Butthead. 18. "Alba" is the Gaelic name for what? A) England. B) Wales. C) Scotland. D) Ireland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scotland. 19. What are SMS messages sent by? A) Carrier pigeon. B) Air mail. C) Mobile phone. D) Parcel post. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mobile phone. 20. Reginald Rose wrote a play adapted from his 1957 teleplay, and later film, script of the same name. The film became famous with Henry Fonda in the lead role as foreman of a jury. What was the play? A) Witness for the Prosecution. B) Judgement at Nuremberg. C) To Kill a Mockingbird. D) 12 Angry Men. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 12 Angry Men. ← 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