This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 975 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 975 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Irish-born Colonel Thomas Blood is best known for what activity in 1671? A) Piracy off the Irish coast. B) Leading settlers through the Appalachian Mountains. C) Trying to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. D) Sailing around the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trying to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. 2. Middelburg is the capital of which province in the South West of The Netherlands? A) Groningen. B) Zeeland. C) Limburg. D) Utrecht. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zeeland. 3. Where, since 1903, has been the headquarters of British polo, where polo is no longer staged since the polo fields were compulsorily purchased to build council housing? A) Hurlingham. B) Badminton. C) Glyndebourne. D) Knebworth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hurlingham. 4. It is thought to have been first played in the early 1940s by Americans in the wartime military, and was called at that time "Touch and Tail football" . What name is it now known by? A) Tagline. B) Touchdown. C) Flag Football. D) Foosball. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flag Football. 5. A teaching technique invented by Sarah Ann Glover (who adapted it from a number of earlier systems) and popularised by John Curwen in the 19th century is associated with what activity? A) Canine obedience. B) Gymnastics. C) Calligraphy. D) Singing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Singing. 6. In the Scripps National Spelling Bee, each competitor in rounds one and two receives points to eliminate all but the top-scoring spellers. How many go into round three? A) 10. B) 50. C) 25. D) 100. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 100. 7. When was the American group, The Lincoln Project, formed? A) 1899. B) 2017. C) 2019. D) 1907. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2019. 8. Which of these countries does not have an Atlantic coastline? A) Chile. B) Argentina. C) Brazil. D) Uruguay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chile. 9. If you were watching a contest in the first century AD and heard the phrase "morituri te salutant" where would you be? A) In China. B) At a Greek festival. C) Watching a Roman staged naval battle. D) Asleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Watching a Roman staged naval battle. 10. Which is the southernmost point to which Argentina lays claim? A) South Shetlands. B) Tierra del Fuego. C) South Georgia. D) Next to the South Pole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Next to the South Pole. 11. What is a group of lions called? A) Hoon. B) Parliament. C) Crowd. D) Pride. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pride. 12. What does a tennis player score when he has no points? A) Love. B) Friendship. C) A kiss. D) A hug. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Love. 13. Kelly Slater and Layne Beachley are multi world champions in which sport? A) Gymnastics. B) Canoeing. C) High Jump. D) Surfing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Surfing. 14. Which of these historical figures is most associated with the year 1789? A) Guy Fawkes. B) Abraham Lincoln. C) Joan of Arc. D) George Washington. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) George Washington. 15. What area of Paris is served by the metro stations of Anvers, Blanche, Pigalle, Abbesses, Lamarck-Caulaincourt and Jules Joffrin? A) Nanterre. B) Quartier Latin. C) Montmartre. D) Issy-les-Moulineaux. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Montmartre. 16. Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto are the moons of which planet? A) Uranus. B) Mars. C) Jupiter. D) Venus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jupiter. 17. Which cartoon series relies on the voices of Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis & Mike Henry? A) King of the Hill. B) The Flintstones. C) The Simpsons. D) Family Guy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Family Guy. 18. Which Irish dramatist wrote "The Rivals" and "The School for Scandal" ? A) Oscar Wilde. B) Brinsley Schwartz. C) Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan. D) George Bernard Shaw. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan. 19. Lactose is found in which of these? A) Orange juice. B) Milk. C) Whisky. D) Lace edgings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Milk. 20. Which American bluegrass-country singer and fiddler has won 26 Grammy Awards, making her the most awarded female artist (and the third most awarded artist overall) in Grammy history since she recorded for the first time at the age of 14? A) Vanessa Mae. B) Sharon Corr. C) Eva Cassidy. D) Alison Krauss. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alison Krauss. ← 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