This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 942 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 942 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was the first name of Mrs Dalloway, a fictional character created by Virginia Woolf? A) Margaret. B) Rebecca. C) Clarissa. D) Jennifer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clarissa. 2. Members of which family were, at various times, Kings or Emperors of Germany, Austria, Rome, Hungary, Spain and Bohemia between 1273 and 1918? A) Medici. B) Hapsburg. C) Saxe-Coburg. D) Romanoff. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hapsburg. 3. When did the European Space Agency launch its first successful rocket, Ariane I? A) 1979. B) 1989. C) 1969. D) 1984. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1979. 4. Where is the Torres del Paine National Park, designated in 1978 as a World Biosphere Reserve? A) Uruguay. B) Argentina. C) Chile. D) Paraguay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chile. 5. When was the first annual World Championship for "Magic:The Gathering" held? A) 1962. B) 1980. C) 2001. D) 1994. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1994. 6. The Hapsburg dynasty originated in which country? A) Switzerland. B) Australia. C) Egypt. D) Finland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Switzerland. 7. Hell's Angels are associated with what type of transport? A) Skateboards. B) Motor cycles. C) BMX bikes. D) Donkeys. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motor cycles. 8. What French landmark was almost consumed by fire in 2019? A) Notre Dame de Paris. B) The Bastille. C) Louvre Museum. D) Victor Hugo's house. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Notre Dame de Paris. 9. In 2009 Iceland underwent its greatest emigrations since 1887, as a result of what? A) All three major banks collapsed and the country teetered on bankruptcy. B) The cod harvests failed. C) A targeted immigration marketing campaign by Russia. D) An excess of volcanic eruptions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All three major banks collapsed and the country teetered on bankruptcy. 10. Who designed Britain's first atomic bomb, which was exploded aboard HMS Plym in the Monte Bello Islands in October 1952? A) Sir Fred Hoyle. B) Lord Ernest Rutherford. C) Raymond Mays. D) Dr W G Penney. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dr W G Penney. 11. Who is the co-director and co-writer of British television shows with Ricky Gervais? A) David Nobbs. B) Eric Sykes. C) Stephen Merchant. D) Robert Nye. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stephen Merchant. 12. Which of these is a lighthouse on a rocky island off the coast of Cork? A) Eddystone. B) Fastnet. C) St Patricks. D) Bell Rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fastnet. 13. Which guitarist collaborated with David Bowie on his music projects from 1988 to 1999? A) Mick Taylor. B) Mick Ronson. C) Reeves Gabrels. D) Brian May. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reeves Gabrels. 14. What genus of about 70-75 species of flowering plants native to southern and eastern Asia and North and South America are mostly shrubs 1 to 3 metres tall, though some are small trees, and others are lianas reaching up to 30m by climbing trees? A) Protea. B) Geranium. C) Hyacinth. D) Hydrangea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hydrangea. 15. Why might a medical practitioner speak of fomes or fomites with concern or warning? A) They are a poisonous species of ant. B) They are an object or substance which can carry infectious organisms such as germs or parasites. C) They are a species of fungal plant pathogen. D) They are a symptom of pathological boredom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are an object or substance which can carry infectious organisms such as germs or parasites. 16. Where is the town of Asbestos? A) Brazil. B) Kazakhstan. C) Canada. D) Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Canada. 17. The first Commonwealth Games, then called the British Empire Games, was held where, in 1930? A) Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. B) Melbourne, Australia. C) London, England. D) Cape Town, South Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. 18. After public outrage over a painting by Goya of a nude woman ("the first totally profane life-size female nude in Western art"), he refused to paint clothes on her, and created a new painting of the same woman in the same pose, clothed. The paintings are known as "The Nude ..... '' what and "The Clothed ..... " what? A) Maja. B) Sultana. C) Recliner. D) Bather. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maja. 19. In 2022 gymnast Simone Biles was awarded what? A) The Presidential Medal of Freedom. B) The ESPY Award. C) The Golden Foot award. D) The Borg-Warner Trophy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Presidential Medal of Freedom. 20. What is the nickname of Nike's company logo? A) The "tick". B) The "swoosh". C) The "check". D) The "wing". 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