This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 970 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 970 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where is the Karagandy, or Karaganda, steppe? A) Kazakhstan. B) Iran. C) Eastern Russia. D) Mongolia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kazakhstan. 2. Which of these was an Italian Dominican priest and leader of Florence from 1494 until his execution in 1498, who was known for his book burning, the destruction of what he considered immoral art, hostility to the Renaissance and for preaching against the moral corruption of much of the clergy? A) Benito Mussolini. B) Cosimo de' Medici. C) Girolamo Savonarola. D) Silvio Berlusconi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Girolamo Savonarola. 3. A famous 44-pound gold plated cookie was stolen in 2013 from over the entrance to a German factory and returned tied round the neck of a horse statue outside Hanover University. Which factory was it? A) Cadbury's chocolate factory. B) Biscuit making company, Bahlsen. C) Huntley and Palmers biscuit factory. D) Volkswagen production facility. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biscuit making company, Bahlsen. 4. What year did seven Manchester United footballers die in an air disaster at Munich airport, was Canadian Football League officially established in its current form, and the International Pétanque Federation founded in Marseille? A) 1958. B) 1988. C) 1928. D) 1908. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1958. 5. The stoop, or dive, of which bird can reach more than 330 km/h (205 mph)? A) Gyrfalcon. B) Eurasian Hobby. C) Golden Eagle. D) Peregrine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peregrine. 6. Austro-Hungarian Theodore Herzl was the first leader of what international movement? A) International Whaling Commission. B) Greenpeace. C) Amnesty International. D) Zionism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Zionism. 7. The main religion in Tibet is a style of what? A) Muslim. B) Buddhism. C) Christianity. D) Hinduism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buddhism. 8. What or who was the "Pi" in the film *Life of Pi" ? A) The tiger. B) A mathematical philosophy. C) The name of the human protagonist. D) The name given to the lifeboat where most of the action takes place. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The name of the human protagonist. 9. What TV character worked as a salesman at Gary's Shoes in Chicago, Illinois? A) Homer Simpson. B) Peter Griffin. C) Charlie Harper. D) Al Bundy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Al Bundy. 10. What does a painter use a palette for? A) To hold a drink and food. B) To display a range of paints for a client. C) To lay out paints for use for a painting. D) To sleep on. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To lay out paints for use for a painting. 11. Which British prime minister returned from Munich to London in 1938 with an agreement signed by Hitler, Mussolini and the French Premier that promised peace in Europe? A) Clement Attlee. B) Winston Churchill. C) Neville Chamberlain. D) Harold Macmillan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neville Chamberlain. 12. Which of these, according to some legends, were first made to celebrate the end of the Ottoman siege of Vienna in 1683? A) Pain au chocolat. B) Brioche. C) Bagels. D) Croissants. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Croissants. 13. Which of these is not the title of a stand-up comedy act by Ricky Gervais? A) Politics. B) Animals. C) Fame. D) The Office. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Office. 14. The Canadian TV series "Tallboyz", released in 2019, is what genre? A) Documentary. B) Comedy sketches. C) Music. D) Sci-fi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comedy sketches. 15. What is the profession of Damien Hirst? A) Cricketer. B) Visual artist. C) TV cook. D) Film producer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Visual artist. 16. On 9 November 2010, what first-person shooter video game broke the 24-hour sales record, selling more than 5.6 million copies in the U.S. and U.K., breaking the record set by its predecessor, "Modern Warfare 2" by around 900, 000 copies? A) Call of Duty:Black Ops. B) Spider-Man:Shattered Dimensions. C) Singularity. D) Transformers:War for Cybertron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Call of Duty:Black Ops. 17. A kazoo makes its sound as a musical instrument by doing what? A) Modifying the player's voice. B) By being plucked by the teeth or tongue. C) With a vibrating reed. D) Using the player's breath. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Modifying the player's voice. 18. What was the capital city of Russia from 1712 to 1918? A) Kiev. B) Moscow. C) Omsk. D) Saint Petersburg. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saint Petersburg. 19. Muhammad Ali (who was born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.) is associated with which sport? A) Rugby union. B) Motor racing. C) Boxing. D) Soccer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Boxing. 20. Which of these is most likely to be heard at a cricket match? A) Hows that!?. B) Bully off!. C) Ruck ruck ruck ruck. D) Hole in one!. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hows that!?. ← 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