This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge โ Quiz 946 ๐ Homepage ๐ Download PDF Books ๐ Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 946 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who was the 2014 World Backgammon Champion? A) Akiko Yazawa (Japan). B) Vyacheslav Pryadkin (Ukraine). C) Nevzat Dogan (Turkey/Denmark). D) Douglas Mayfield (USA). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Akiko Yazawa (Japan). 2. Che Guevara is associated with the history of which of these countries? A) Somalia. B) Italy. C) India. D) Cuba. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cuba. 3. In Greek legend, who was the son of Daedalus who fell to his death? A) Jason. B) Hercules. C) Sisyphus. D) Icarus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Icarus. 4. Which of these is a character in Charles Dickens's "David Copperfield" ? A) Mrs. Malaprop. B) Pip. C) Fagin. D) Mr Micawber. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mr Micawber. 5. What is the common name for Hydrocephalus, a pathological condition whereby fluid is retained within the skull? A) Liquid nails. B) Water on the brain. C) Fluid thinking. D) Think tank. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water on the brain. 6. Which religion has about 119 million known adherents in Japan? A) Thighfinger. B) Shinto. C) Calffoot. D) Limbnose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shinto. 7. The American TV series "The Big Bang Theory" is an example of what genre? A) Comedy. B) Educational science. C) Documentary. D) Motoring show. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comedy. 8. He speaks English, French and Italian, trained as a singer and, later, as a theatre designer, had a lighting design practice and manufacturing business, and presents on TV. Who is he? A) Kevin McCloud. B) George Clarke. C) Monty Don. D) Mike Holmes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kevin McCloud. 9. Who was the star of US TV series "The Six Million Dollar Man" ? A) James Drury. B) Tom Selleck. C) Larry Hagman. D) Lee Majors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lee Majors. 10. What is a philatelist? A) Benefactor. B) Stamp collector. C) Deep thinker. D) Sexual deviant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stamp collector. 11. Which line divides a circle into equal halves? A) Radius. B) Diameter. C) Secant. D) Tangent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diameter. 12. For what UK show was the fictional character Alan Partridge created? A) Knowing Me, Knowing You. B) On The Hour. C) Alpha Papa. D) The Day Today. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On The Hour. 13. What is the name of the annual celebrations which happen in:Canada-2nd Monday in October; Norfolk Island last Wednesday in November; Liberia 1st Thursday in November; the Netherlands first Wednesday in November; Saint Lucia 1st Monday in October? A) Thanksgiving Day. B) Labour Day. C) Hallowe'en. D) Independence Day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thanksgiving Day. 14. He began in mechanical engineering, he was Professor in the Academy of Agriculture, and in 1901 was the first Physics Nobel prize winner for '' the discovery of the remarkable rays ..... ". Who was he? A) Pierre (and Marie) Curie. B) Antoine Henri Becquerel. C) Wilhelm Rรถntgen. D) Svante Arrhenius. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wilhelm Rรถntgen. 15. What bridge, between Millers Point and Milsons Point, opened on 19 March 1932? A) Brooklyn Bridge. B) Sydney Harbour Bridge. C) London Bridge, Lake Havasu City. D) The Bridge Over the River Kwai. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sydney Harbour Bridge. 16. When was critical illness, or trauma, insurance first launched? A) 1978. B) 1972. C) 1983. D) 1898. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1983. 17. Which of these lakes is the largest by area? A) Windermere. B) Geneva. C) Victoria. D) Superior. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Superior. 18. If, in expressing the past tense of "sink", the word "have" is not used as part of the verb, what is the correct form? A) Sink. B) Sunk. C) Sank. D) Sunken. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sank. 19. The re-election campaign of 66 year old Uganda president Yoweri Museveni gained international attention in 2010 when he presented himself as what? A) Skateboarder. B) Boxer. C) Rap singer. D) Dog lover. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rap singer. 20. Which was the first year in which the football World Cup final was broadcast on television in colour? A) 1986. B) 1970. C) 1942. D) 1958. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1970. 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