This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 960 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 960 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are "O mio babbino caro", "Sì, mi chiamano Mimì", "Vissi d'arte", "Der Hölle Rache", "Sempre libera" and "When I am laid in Earth" ? A) Poems by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. B) Arias for soprano. C) Famous epitaphs. D) Official school songs at Eton College, England. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arias for soprano. 2. What is the central target of the 2020 Danish TV series "The Investigation" ? A) The real-life death of Swedish journalist Kim Wall. B) The 1986 assassination of Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden. C) The death of UN Secretary-General of the UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld in 1961. D) Separation of migrant families in Denmark and conditions for detainees. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The real-life death of Swedish journalist Kim Wall. 3. Where would one find "Bachmann's bundle" ? A) A model railway store. B) The human heart. C) A CD and DVD store. D) A book about set theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The human heart. 4. Hours after attacking Pearl Harbour in 1941, Japanese forces annexed which USA territory? A) The Northern Mariana Islands. B) The Philippines. C) American Samoa. D) Guam. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Guam. 5. What is the first name of Capt. W E Johns's fictional flying hero, Biggles? A) Lance. B) Algernon. C) Quentin. D) James. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) James. 6. Which countries have dominion in Tierra del Fuego? A) India and Sri Lanka. B) Spain and Portugal. C) Argentina and Chile. D) New Zealand and Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Argentina and Chile. 7. Who was the British prime minister when all women over 21 got the vote in Britain following the passing of The Equal Franchise Act 1928? A) Stanley Baldwin. B) William Gladstone. C) Lloyd George. D) Neville Chamberlain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanley Baldwin. 8. What was the occupation of Jules Leotard who popularised one-piece gymwear in the 19th century? A) Wrestler. B) Trapeze artist. C) Swimmer. D) Dancer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trapeze artist. 9. Traditionally, a magician pulls what out of a hat? A) Label. B) Drum. C) Head. D) Rabbit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rabbit. 10. To engage in natation what is needed? A) Swords. B) Water. C) A ship or boat. D) Clear floor space. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water. 11. Which US horse race for three year-old thoroughbred horses is held on the first Saturday in May, over one and a quarter miles (2 km) at Churchill Downs? A) Preakness Stakes. B) Alabama Stakes. C) The Kentucky Derby. D) Belmont Stakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Kentucky Derby. 12. Salvador Dali, Max Ernst and Paul Klee are classified in what school of painting? A) Modernist. B) Surrealist. C) Impressionist. D) Determinist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Surrealist. 13. What sea or ocean borders the country of Niger? A) Indian. B) Atlantic. C) Pacific. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None. 14. What country was the first country in Oceania, and fifteenth overall, to legalise same-sex marriage? A) Fiji. B) Australia. C) New Zealand. D) Nauru. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) New Zealand. 15. When did the Benelux Union come into force? A) 1977. B) 1920. C) 1948. D) 1955. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1948. 16. What are dibrachs, chorees and spondees? A) Parts of plants. B) Dog breeds. C) Poetic forms. D) Architectural decorations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poetic forms. 17. The New Spitalfields Market in Leyton, East London, deals in what? A) Fish. B) Plants. C) Meat. D) Fruit, vegetables and flowers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fruit, vegetables and flowers. 18. John Wayne played the lead role of whom in the 1958 film "The Conqueror" ? A) El Cid. B) Che Guevara. C) Genghis Khan. D) Saladin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Genghis Khan. 19. The American TV miniseries "Shogun", based on the book by James Clavell, was set in which country? A) Samoa. B) Japan. C) Siberia. D) Chile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Japan. 20. The natural habitat of penguins is centred where? A) Europe. B) Arctic Circle. C) Asia. D) Antarctica. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antarctica. ← 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