Saturday, July 30, 2011

Quiz 48 | Basic General Knowledge Quiz

1.Which country produces about half of the world’s emeralds?

A. Colombia
B. Burma
C. Australia



2.Where did McDonald’s open its first restaurant?

A. San Bernadino, California
B. Chicago, Illinois
C. Dallas, Texas



3.Who first invented and patented roller skates?

A. J.H. Glee
B. Perer Gosling
C. John Joseph Merlin



4.Which American poet recited a poem at John F. Kennedy’s inauguration in 1961?

A. Edward Snow
B. Robert Frost
C. Robert Bidart



5.Which student of Aristotle became the king of Macedonia in 332 BC?

A. Alexander the Great
B. Mark Antony
C. Attila the Hun



6.From which country was playwright Henrik Ibsen from?

A. Norway
B. Denmark
C. Austria



7.Who was named “The Great Liberator” because he helped free much of South America from Spanish rule?

A. Che Guevara
B. Simon Bolivar
C. Bernardo O’Higgins



8.When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were on the moon, who was in the command module?

A. John Gleen
B. Michael Collins
C. Jim Lovell



9.Which British Prime Minister made the famous “Iron Curtain” Speech in March 1946?

A. Winston Churchill
B. Clement Attlee
C. Margaret Thatcher



10.Which creature is composed of 95 percent water and has no heart, virtually no brain and no blood?

A. Cockroach
B. Jelly Fish
C. Sea Horse



11.What was first used extensively in World War II on soldiers with serious wounds, saving many lives?

A. Carbonic Acid
B. Bandages
C. Penicillin



12.Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, is built on how many small islands which are connected by about 50 bridges?

A. 44
B. 14
C. 18



13.Which country’s flag formerly had a large ‘R’ on it?

A. Romania
B. Rwanda
C. Russia



14.The sea of Galilee is located in which country?

A. Yemen
B. Israel
C. Syria



15.Who wrote the novel To the Lighthouse?

A. Stella Gibbons
B. Tom Wolfe
C. Virginia Woolf



16.Which country’s flag has a green five-pointed star called ‘Solomon’s seal’ on a red background?

A. Algeria
B. Peru
C. Morocco



17.With which industry are the Emmy Awards associated?

A. Music
B. Television
C. Film



18.Nakba Day is celebrated by the people of _______

A. Palestine
B. Egypt
C. Syria



19.Bharat Mata or Mother India was the work of the painter __________

A. M.F. Husain
B. Abanindranath Tagore
C. Tyeb Mehta



20.The ukulele is a

A. Musical instrument
B. Tool
C. Delicacy




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