This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 969 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 969 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is a zoonosis? A) An infection common to all vertebrate animals. B) Transmission of infection in zoos. C) An animal parasite. D) Any disease or infection naturally transmissible from vertebrate animals to humans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Any disease or infection naturally transmissible from vertebrate animals to humans. 2. Who has published "Olympic Review" and "Revue Olympique" since 1894, now an 84-page full-colour glossy magazine that is issued quarterly? A) The International Olympic Committee. B) Marvel Comics. C) Demis Roussos. D) Sharon Tate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The International Olympic Committee. 3. Which film, directed by Frank Capra, starring Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur, concerns a man from Vermont who tries to share his inheritance? A) It Happened One Night. B) If I Had A Million. C) Lady For A Day. D) Mr Deeds Goes To Town. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mr Deeds Goes To Town. 4. Following the 1948 Olympics FIFA imposed what ban relating to play in the World Cup? A) Playing barefoot. B) Wearing of advertising slogans. C) Unsportsmanlike conduct. D) Contesting the referee's decision. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Playing barefoot. 5. Which 2018 Marvel Comic superhero film follows the adventures of T'Challa, king and protector of the fictional African nation of Wakanda? A) Black Panther. B) Black Dog. C) Blackfish. D) Black Caps. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Black Panther. 6. Which of these is a tragic heroine in Irish mythology? A) Ydun. B) Flora. C) Deirdre. D) Demeter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deirdre. 7. Which President of the USA was involved in a scandal concerning Monica Lewinsky? A) Bill Clinton. B) Abraham Lincoln. C) Thomas Jefferson. D) Barack Obama. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bill Clinton. 8. When was the architect John Nash commissioned to extend Buckingham House into a major royal palace? A) 1762. B) 1660. C) 1666. D) 1824. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1824. 9. What was the name given to Barbary pirates who raided ships in the Mediterranean and the south European coast from bases on the north coast of Africa? A) Boarders. B) Corvettes. C) Privateers. D) Corsairs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Corsairs. 10. What eventually historic event happened in about 570 CE in the Banu Hashim clan of the Quraysh tribe in what was Arabia? A) The birth of Muhammad. B) The birth of Saladin. C) The birth of Alexander the Great. D) The building of Al-Aqsa Mosque. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The birth of Muhammad. 11. Which country governs the islands called Crete, Lesbos, Rhodes, Corfu, Lemnos, Andros, Naxos and Kos? A) Philippines. B) Turkey. C) Spain. D) Greece. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Greece. 12. What part of an atom has no charge? A) Positron. B) Proton. C) Electron. D) Neutron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neutron. 13. In what field does the Australian firm Tabcorp, originally Tatts Group and Tabcorp Holdings Limited, operate? A) Flag making. B) Lotteries, sports betting, and gaming machine betting. C) Information Technology. D) Brewing and pubs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lotteries, sports betting, and gaming machine betting. 14. The following people died from what cause:Eva Braun, Wallace Carothers, Odilo Globocnik, Joseph Goebbels, Hermann GΓΆring, Heinrich Himmler, GΓΌnther von Kluge, Erwin Rommel, Alan Turing and the residents of Jonestown? A) Asphyxiation. B) Gunshot wounds. C) Cyanide poisoning. D) Strychnine poisoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cyanide poisoning. 15. Which of these people is an Australian professional surfer and triple world champion on the Women's ASP World Tour (2007, 2008, 2009)? A) Caroline Wozniacki. B) Stephanie Gilmore. C) Barbara Hepworth. D) Julia Gillard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stephanie Gilmore. 16. If you went directly south from France, which sea would you meet first? A) Caspian. B) Mediterranean. C) Aegean. D) Tasman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mediterranean. 17. Stainless steel is a steel alloy with a minimum of 10.5 to 11% content by mass of what element? A) Carbon. B) Chromium. C) Chlorine. D) Calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chromium. 18. Which American football quarterback, as at the time of his retirement in 2007, was the only player to win the AP Most Valuable Player three consecutive times (1995-97) and holds NFL records including most passing yards (65, 127), most pass completions (5, 720), and most career victories as a starting quarterback (169)? A) Brett Favre. B) Mike Sherman. C) Javon Walker. D) Mark Gastineau. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brett Favre. 19. Which of these is the oldest? A) Mick Jagger. B) Paul McCartney. C) Neil Young. D) Bob Dylan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bob Dylan. 20. Which of the following South African cities is a port? A) Bloemfontein. B) Pretoria. C) Durban. D) Johannesburg. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Durban. β PreviousNext βRelated 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 π Back to Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books