This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 96 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 96 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these is a social movement against the use of alcohol, criticising excessive alcohol use, promoting complete abstinence, or pressuring the government to enact anti-alcohol legislation? A) Moderation mob. B) Low alcohol leftists. C) Minimum proof proposers. D) Temperance movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temperance movement. 2. What is the main ingredient of pilau? A) Wheat. B) Rice. C) Beef. D) Cheese. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rice. 3. How many faces are there on a cube? A) 6. B) 8. C) 4. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 6. 4. The Soviet Union did not participate in the Olympics until 1952, and from 1928 organised an alternative international sports event. What were these games called? A) Spartakiads. B) Friendly Games. C) Soviet Sport Games. D) Russian Roulette. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spartakiads. 5. Which of these is not a creature if the word "red" is placed in front of it? A) Kangaroo. B) Setter. C) Cross. D) Squirrel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cross. 6. Where is Tipperary? A) Scotland. B) England. C) Belgium. D) Ireland. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ireland. 7. With what is the international partnership ALMA, based in Chile, concerned? A) Astronomical observation. B) Trade. C) Illegal drug trade prevention. D) Athletics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Astronomical observation. 8. What are the official languages of the Kingdom of Morocco? A) French and Arabic. B) Arabic and Berber (or Tamazight). C) Spanish and Arabic. D) Farsi and English. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arabic and Berber (or Tamazight). 9. Chaim Weizmann was the first president of which country? A) Côte d'Ivoire. B) Bulgaria. C) Zimbabwe. D) Israel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Israel. 10. What are the words called in crosswords that appear under the headings "Across" and "Down" ? A) Hints. B) Clues. C) Red Herrings. D) Facts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clues. 11. It has been used to give life to wall surfaces, stained glass, Chinese carved lacquer, heraldry, silverwork and fabrics; it uses a repeated pattern, generally squares, lozenges or other simple shapes. What is it called? A) Riprap. B) Diaper work. C) Chequering. D) Twill. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diaper work. 12. Which American scientist from the Scripps Research Institute shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2001? A) Barry Sharpless. B) William Knowles. C) Ryoji Noyori. D) Jan Dueser. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Barry Sharpless. 13. The word "Honcho" comes from what language? A) Japanese. B) Spanish. C) German. D) Portuguese. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Japanese. 14. What objects feature in the game "Ker-Plunk!" ? A) Marbles and plastic needles. B) Dice. C) Rectangular wooden blocks. D) Disks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marbles and plastic needles. 15. If a player calls "aboard", "fly", or "airmail" which sport would they be playing? A) Baseball. B) Rounders. C) Conkers. D) Table tennis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Baseball. 16. In which city would you find Victoria Peak, Victoria Harbour, Tai Mo Shan, Lantau Island, Cheung Chau, Lamma Island, Peng Chau and Tsing Yi Island? A) Pyongyang. B) Singapore. C) Ho Chi Minh City. D) Hong Kong. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hong Kong. 17. Who created the Book of Kells? A) The ghostwriter for the Kardashians. B) Monks on the Scottish island of Iona. C) The writers of the management manual for the food manufacturer Kellogg's. D) Stephenie Meyer, writer of the Twilight series. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monks on the Scottish island of Iona. 18. In 1906, Lee de Forest developed a "triode" to amplify and convert alternating current to direct current, which played a major role in the development of which invention? A) Refrigerator. B) Radio. C) The manufacture of horses' bridles. D) The thatching of roofs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Radio. 19. What in the plant known as monkshood, devil's helmet or blue rocket is sometimes used medicinally? A) Aconitine. B) Arcoxia. C) Aconium. D) Akinator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aconitine. 20. What city is divided into 20 administrative areas which include Louvre, Temple, Hôtel-de-Ville, Panthéon, Luxembourg, Elysée, Opéra, Popincourt, Gobelins, Observatoire and Ménilmontant? A) Chartres. B) Rouen. C) Berlin. D) Paris. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paris. ← 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