This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge โ Quiz 945 ๐ Homepage ๐ Download PDF Books ๐ Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 945 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where and when is "Fiddler on the Roof" set? A) Warsaw, 1921. B) Anatevka, 1905. C) Jerusalem, 1951. D) Berlin, 1937. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anatevka, 1905. 2. After a kangaroo court trial in 1989 which European leader and his wife were then executed by firing squad? A) Nikolae Ceauศescu. B) Benito Mussolini. C) Josip Broz Tito. D) Alexander Dubฤek. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nikolae Ceauศescu. 3. What is a tabor? A) A small drum with a long narrow body. B) An African reptile. C) A nomadic tribesman from Afghanistan. D) A blowpipe used in New Guinea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A small drum with a long narrow body. 4. What is the name of the target ball in bowls? A) Jack. B) Jim. C) Jeremy. D) John. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jack. 5. "Fawlty Towers" was written by John Cleese and Connie Booth, who played main characters. Which character did Connie Booth play? A) Sybil. B) Polly. C) The cook. D) Miss Tibbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polly. 6. What inspired a February 2017 cartoon on the front page of a weekly German news magazine of the new President of the USA holding the dripping head of the country's Statue of Liberty and a bloody knife? A) An ad campaign for red and yellow house paint. B) A plea for repairs and maintenance for the statue. C) The President's decisions and talk before and after his inauguration, and Islamic State extremism. D) Admiration of the President. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The President's decisions and talk before and after his inauguration, and Islamic State extremism. 7. In "The Day of the Triffids", a novel by John Wyndham made into a 1962 film and TV series in 1981 and 2009, what affliction strikes most of humanity? A) Dutch elm disease. B) Deafness. C) Blindness. D) Leprosy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blindness. 8. Making their record debut in 1989, what were Squire, Mani, Reni and Brown collectively known as? A) The Stone Roses. B) The Inkspots. C) The Pink Fairies. D) Nirvana. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Stone Roses. 9. Formula One world champions James Hunt, Nigel Mansell, Damon Hill, Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button are all from where? A) United Kingdom. B) France. C) Brazil. D) USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) United Kingdom. 10. The Boston Tea Party, where tea was tipped into the harbour to protest taxation, precipitated what historical event? A) American Revolution. B) American Civil War. C) Vietnam War. D) Assassination of John F Kennedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) American Revolution. 11. What organisation did Hasan-i Sabbah found in 1090? A) The library and university Dar Al-Hekma. B) The Salic dynasty. C) The Order of Assassins. D) The Makars. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Order of Assassins. 12. With the history of which of these countries is Rasputin associated? A) Russia. B) Italy. C) India. D) Somalia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Russia. 13. Which US TV programme was broadcast regularly from the Ed Sullivan Theatre? A) The Oprah Winfrey Show. B) The Late Show with David Letterman. C) Dr. Phil. D) Days of Our Lives. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Late Show with David Letterman. 14. For the lead role in his film "A Fistful of Dollars", director Sergio Leone thought about approaching Henry Fonda, and then made realistic approaches to Charles Bronson and James Coburn. Whom did he approach after they both turned him down? A) Cary Grant. B) Clint Eastwood. C) Sylvester Stallone. D) Gary Cooper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clint Eastwood. 15. Which adaptation of a Tom Sharpe novel was a TV series of the same name, released in the UK in 1985, which starred George Cole, David Suchet, Geraldine James, Julia McKenzie, and Jimmy Nail? A) Wilt. B) Porterhouse Blue. C) Blott on the Landscape. D) The Great Pursuit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blott on the Landscape. 16. In what year was the German Empire, including all the German states except Austria, with the King of Prussia as emperor, founded? A) 1866. B) 1871. C) 1933. D) 1815. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1871. 17. What is the name of the skyscraper in Saudi Arabia, one of the world's 5 tallest buildings, that is in Riyadh? A) Ozymandias. B) The Rubaiyat. C) El Alamein. D) The Kingdom Centre. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Kingdom Centre. 18. Cortaderia selloana, a grass of the family Poaceae native to southern South America, is more widely known as what? A) Pampas. B) Rye grass. C) Sedge. D) Carpet grass. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pampas. 19. Who was the literary character behind the play Man of La Mancha? A) Escamillo. B) Sancho Panza. C) Don Quixote. D) Don Camillo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Don Quixote. 20. What does an anthropologist study? A) Human beings. B) Coal. C) Wool. D) Shakespeare. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Human beings. โ PreviousNext โRelated 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 ๐ Back to Homepage ๐ Download PDF Books ๐ Premium PDF Books