General Knowledge Quiz – 3

General Knowledge Quiz Questions – 3

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1) In the Bible who interpreted the dreams of Pharaoh?
a) Joseph
b) Daniel
c) David
d) Samuel

2) The flag of which country has the Star of David?
a) USA
b) Iraq
c) Israel
d) Nepal

3) In which year was Magna Carta signed?
a) 1603
b) 1066
c) 1707
d) 1215

4) When was Carthage destroyed?
a) 149 B.C.
b) 323 B.C.
c) 44 A.D.
d) 70 A.D.

5) Which country is ruled by a single dynasty for more than two thousand years?
a) England
b) Persia
c) Japan
d) Egypt

6) Who is the author of Ben Hur?
a) William Shakespeare
b) Bernard Shaw
c) Victor Hugo
d) Lew Wallace

7) Which game is played with five players on either side?
a) Basketball
b) Volleyball
c) Hockey
d) Football

8) Which is the national flower of Ireland?
a) Shamrock
b) Daffodil
c) Marigold
d) Jasmine

9) Which is the capital of Afghanistan?
a) Teheran
b) Baghdad
c) Kabul
d) Tashkent

10) What is the baptismal name of Pope John XXIII?
a) Albino Luciani
b) Angelo Roncalli
c) Aldo Moro
d) Sandro Pertini

11) Where is Emperor Akbar’s tomb?
a) Delhi
b) Amarkot
c) Agra
d) Sikandra

12) Who died in the Battle of Trafalgar?
a) Napoleon Bonaparte
b) Horatio Nelson
c) Francis Drake
d) Charles Martel

13) To which Order did Martin Luther belong?
a) Augustinian
b) Dominican
c) Capuchin
d) Franciscan

14) What is the type of Government in Swaziland?
a) Monarchy
b) Aristocracy
c) Theocracy
d) Anarchy

15) Who killed US President Abraham Lincoln?
a) Lee Harvey Oswald
b) John Hinckley
c) John Wilkes Booth
d) Michael Schiavo

16) Who won the Hockey World Cup in 1975?
a) India
b) Pakistan
c) Germany
d) Australia

17) Which TV news channel began telecast in 1980?
a) Star News
b) CNN
c) BBC
d) Fox News

18) Which of the following is not a gas?
a) Nitrogen
b) Oxygen
c) Helium
d) Mercury

19) Which state was known as Mysore?
a) Kerala
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Karnataka
d) Tamil Nadu

20) Who was the Czar of Russia in 1917?
a) Nicholas II
b) Alexander II
c) Ivan IV
d) Peter II

21) What is the height of the proposed Burj Tower in Dubai?
a) 400 metres
b) 520 metres
c) 600 metres
d) 800 metres

22) The islands Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu are part of which country?
a) Philippines
b) S. Korea
c) Japan
d) Vietnam

23) Who is the patron saint of Australia?
a) St. Peter
b) Mary Help of Christians
c) St. Paul
d) St. Rock

24) When is the Feast Day of St. John the Baptist?
a) March 19
b) June 24
c) July 19
d) August 15

25) Which of the following countries is landlocked?
a) Switzerland
b) Italy
c) Spain
d) France

General Knowledge Quiz Questions with Answers – 3

1) In the Bible who interpreted the dreams of Pharaoh?
a) Joseph

2) The flag of which country has the Star of David?
c) Israel

3) In which year was Magna Carta signed?
d) 1215

4) When was Carthage destroyed?
a) 149 B.C.

5) Which country is ruled by a single dynasty for more than two thousand years?
c) Japan

6) Who is the author of Ben Hur?
d) Lew Wallace

7) Which game is played with five players on either side?
a) Basketball

8) Which is the national flower of Ireland?
a) Shamrock

9) Which is the capital of Afghanistan?
c) Kabul

10) What is the baptismal name of Pope John XXIII?
b) Angelo Roncalli

11) Where is Emperor Akbar’s tomb?
d) Sikandra

12) Who died in the Battle of Trafalgar?
b) Horatio Nelson

13) To which Order did Martin Luther belong?
a) Augustinian

14) What is the type of Government in Swaziland?
a) Monarchy

15) Who killed US President Abraham Lincoln?
c) John Wilkes Booth

16) Who won the Hockey World Cup in 1975?
a) India

17) Which TV news channel began telecast in 1980?
b) CNN

18) Which of the following is not a gas?
d) Mercury

19) Which state was known as Mysore?
c) Karnataka

20) Who was the Czar of Russia in 1917?
a) Nicholas II

21) What is the height of the proposed Burj Tower in Dubai?
d) 800 metres

22) The islands Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu are part of which country?
c) Japan

23) Who is the patron saint of Australia?
b) Mary Help of Christians

24) When is the Feast Day of St. John the Baptist?
b) June 24

25) Which of the following countries is landlocked?
a) Switzerland