General Knowledge Quiz – 3
General Knowledge Quiz Questions – 3
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