This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 941 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 941 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In 2008 at Beijing, Laura Kay Berg became one of 4 women to have won 4 Olympic medals in what sport, having won 3 golds and 1 silver? A) Discus. B) High jump. C) Softball. D) 100 metres. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Softball. 2. Where was Kylie Minogue born? A) Australia. B) Argentina. C) The Philippines. D) Hawaii. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Australia. 3. In 1961, orienteering organisations representing 10 European nations founded the International Orienteering Federation (IOF); what does orienteering involve? A) Navigating, using a map and compass only, in usually unfamiliar surroundings. B) Finding your way in strange places using all resources available. C) Travelling in the Middle East. D) Following the rising sun in the fastest round-the-world route. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Navigating, using a map and compass only, in usually unfamiliar surroundings. 4. Typically what is in best supply in the Kalahari? A) Water. B) Salt. C) Sand. D) Lions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sand. 5. Who wrote "Windswept & Interesting:My Autobiography" ? A) Dylan Thomas. B) Allen Ginsberg. C) Billy Connolly. D) Iris Murdoch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Billy Connolly. 6. What fictional character is called Bastinda, Evillene, and Elphaba in various versions of the "Wizard of Oz" stories? A) The Good Witch of the North. B) Dorothy's dog. C) Dorothy's mother. D) The Wicked Witch of the West. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Wicked Witch of the West. 7. In English law, what is the "foreshore" ? A) The area between the usual line of vegetation and the sea. B) The area between the high and low watermarks of ordinary tides. C) Anywhere on the coast that has a surface of sand or rock. D) The coastline within 1 chain from the ordinary low tide mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The area between the high and low watermarks of ordinary tides. 8. Which of these colours is not typically used by a cathode ray tube to divide its signal? A) Red. B) Yellow. C) Green. D) Blue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yellow. 9. In which sport would an athlete deal with something called "off-width" ? A) Single scull rowing. B) A type of rock climbing called crack climbing. C) Sumo wrestling. D) Rhythmic gymnastics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A type of rock climbing called crack climbing. 10. With what would one play a kazoo? A) Fingers. B) Bow. C) Mouth. D) Plectrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mouth. 11. Which of these teams do not compete in America's National League Baseball? A) Cincinnati Reds. B) Florida Panthers. C) New York Mets. D) Florida Marlins. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Florida Panthers. 12. What do Robbie Williams, Pet Shop Boys, Sir Paul McCartney, Oasis, Paul Weller, Bob Geldof, Duran Duran, Tom Jones, Sting, U2 and the Spice Girls have in common? A) Having records released by Motown records. B) Providing the theme song for a "James Bond" film. C) Winning the "Outstanding contribution" BRIT award. D) Going to the London School of Economics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Winning the "Outstanding contribution" BRIT award. 13. Michael Keaton starred in which film as a spirit who makes a living from scaring people? A) Wait Until Dark. B) Ghost Busters. C) Beetlejuice. D) Finian's Rainbow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beetlejuice. 14. What is the name of the English law that prevents anyone building so as to completely cut out light from a window that had provided light for at least 20 years? A) Storey Law. B) Window Tax. C) Ancient Lights. D) Glass protection. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ancient Lights. 15. The purse for the winner of the Men's Singles at Wimbledon in 2017 was £2.2 million; what was the purse for the winner of the Women's Singles? A) £700, 000. B) £1.1 million. C) £2.2 million. D) £550, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) £2.2 million. 16. What was the life expectancy of someone who contracted the bubonic plague, the most commonly seen form during the Black Death that peaked in Europe between 1348 and 1350, which had a mortality rate of thirty to seventy-five percent? A) 8 months. B) 8 years. C) 8 days. D) 8 hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 8 days. 17. Which is the painting known by Italians as "La Gioconda" ? A) Whistler's Mother. B) The Laughing Cavalier. C) Girl with a Pearl Earring. D) Mona Lisa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mona Lisa. 18. Antoni Stradivari is associated with the design and building of what instrument? A) Piano. B) Violin. C) Bass guitar. D) Flute. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Violin. 19. On a telephone keypad, which number key also has the letters "mno" ? A) 8. B) 4. C) 5. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 6. 20. In what field is "The Meisner Technique" used? A) Surgery. B) Acting. C) High Jump. D) Animal training. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acting. ← 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