This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge โ Quiz 988 ๐ Homepage ๐ Download PDF Books ๐ Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 988 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Laura was the name of the First Lady of which US president? A) Gerald Ford. B) George H Bush. C) Richard Nixon. D) George W Bush. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) George W Bush. 2. What is the common name for "lentigo" ? A) Brown spots. B) Athlete's foot. C) Tennis elbow. D) Housemaid's knee. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brown spots. 3. When did the Congress of the USA hold its first session in Washington D.C. as the capital of the country? A) 1790. B) 1800. C) 1815. D) 1789. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1800. 4. Reed Richards, Susan "Sue" Storm (Reed's wife), Johnny Storm (Sue's younger brother), and Ben Grimm are the secret identities of which fictional group? A) Fantastic Four. B) X-Men. C) Power Rangers. D) The Jetsons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fantastic Four. 5. What is the capital of the province of British Columbia, Canada? A) New Westminster. B) Vancouver. C) Victoria. D) Trail. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Victoria. 6. What, since 1978, is the official beverage of Puerto Rico? A) Bacardi rum. B) Coffee. C) Piรฑa colada. D) Martini. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Piรฑa colada. 7. Part of a great lake many millions of years ago, re-formed by seismic activity, and functioning as a cradle of human activity for at least 1.9 m years, Oldupai, or Olduvai, Gorge in the Tanzanian part of the Great Rift is named after what? A) A deity who was the centre of local worship. B) The archaeological term for the earliest stone tool industry in prehistory. C) The local Masai tribe. D) A sisal plant which grows in the gorge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A sisal plant which grows in the gorge. 8. Zeami, also called Kanze Motokiyo, (1363-1443) is considered the greatest playwright and theorist of which type of Japanese theatre in its current form? A) Noh. B) Kabuki. C) Bunraku. D) Kyogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noh. 9. Which 2021 American sci-fi TV series features Scroobius Pip as Anson Ash, a member of an extremist group called Influx? A) Invasion. B) Arcane. C) Debris. D) Foundation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Debris. 10. Which of these is a track cycling event, for which the first Olympic competition was in 2000? A) Oscar. B) Keirin. C) Shamus. D) Eugene. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Keirin. 11. The death of which dictator, closely associated with revolution and with World War II, happened in 1953 while he was in office as leader of his country? A) Che Guevara. B) Nicolae Ceauลescu. C) Simon Bolivar. D) Josef Stalin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Josef Stalin. 12. What is the name given to horse racing over hedges, ditches and other obstacles set on a regular course? A) Coursing. B) Dressage. C) Steeplechase. D) Drag racing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Steeplechase. 13. In what sport is Arnold Palmer known? A) Long jump. B) Golf. C) Formula One. D) Swimming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Golf. 14. "The Godfather" trilogy of films was centred around which family? A) Corleone. B) Medici. C) Romanov. D) Capulet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Corleone. 15. What country has the largest area? A) Russia. B) USA. C) Canada. D) Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Russia. 16. Which of these is a 2010 academy award winning documentary featuring Taiji, a Japanese fishing village? A) Whale Rider. B) The Cove. C) The Compleat Angler. D) Blue Lagoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Cove. 17. Who was the last Danish king to rule England as well? A) Hardicanute, or Harthacnut. B) Cnut the Great. C) Harold Harefoot. D) Harold II. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hardicanute, or Harthacnut. 18. What Act was passed in 1800 in the United Kingdom, to enable the first national what for the UK? A) Census, comprehensive survey. B) For the Abolition of the Slave Trade, census of slaves in America. C) British Museum, Museum. D) Burial of Drowned Persons, memorial for those drowned at sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Census, comprehensive survey. 19. Who led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott, co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, led the 1963 March on Washington and, in 1964, became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent means? A) Robert Kennedy. B) Mahatma Gandhi. C) Martin Luther King, Jr. D) James Brown. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Martin Luther King, Jr. 20. Where was the 9 hour amphibious operation on 19 August 1942 that led to the death and injury of 3, 369 of 5, 000 Canadians and the loss of the ship "Berkeley", while German casualties were less than 600? A) Hastings. B) Normandy. C) Dieppe. D) Anzio. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dieppe. โ PreviousNext โRelated 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 ๐ Back to Homepage ๐ Download PDF Books ๐ Premium PDF Books