This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 22 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is a barcode designed to do? A) Show out-of-date products. B) Describe beers and liqueur. C) Chart ballet exercises. D) Represent data. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Represent data. 2. What is the usual climate in Cartagena on the northern coast of Colombia? A) Cold and rainy. B) Humid, hot and windy. C) Temperate and even. D) Arid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humid, hot and windy. 3. Which of these is a stuffed chicken eaten at Christmas, which originated in the Philippines? A) Rellenong Manok. B) Champorado. C) Pancit lomi. D) Batchoy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rellenong Manok. 4. On 2 June 1886, at almost 50 years old, where did US President Grover Cleveland marry Frances Folsom, 21? A) Niagara Falls. B) In the Blue Room in the White House. C) In a stable at the Folsom property near Buffalo, New York. D) The Grand Canyon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the Blue Room in the White House. 5. What Western Christian military order, which existed for approximately two centuries in the Middle Ages, was endorsed by the Roman Catholic Church around 1129? A) The Chindits. B) Popski's Private Army. C) Knights Templar. D) The Order of the Bath. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Knights Templar. 6. In 1867, William George Beers, a Canadian dentist, codified which sport (shortening the game and reducing the number of players to 12 per team), with the first game played under these rules at Upper Canada College between Upper Canada College and the Toronto Cricket Club? A) Badminton. B) Volleyball. C) Lacrosse. D) Baseball. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lacrosse. 7. Which Frenchman was the first to navigate the St Lawrence River in Canada in 1535? A) Jacques Cartier. B) Jacques Timex. C) Jacques Omega. D) Jacques Casio. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jacques Cartier. 8. Which of these is an American record producer, rapper, actor, men's fashion designer, entrepreneur and dancer? A) Sneeze Mummy. B) Puff Daddy. C) Pant Granny. D) Gasp Uncle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Puff Daddy. 9. Kate Winslet was awarded an Oscar for Best Actress for her role in which of these films? A) James Cameron's "Titanic"(1997). B) Danny Boyle's "Steve Jobs" (2015). C) Stephen Daldry's "The Reader"(2008). D) Ang Lee's "Sense and Sensibility"(1995). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stephen Daldry's "The Reader"(2008). 10. Which of these is a condition which, by depriving the body of oxygen, results in choking or suffocation? A) Amniocentesis. B) Asphyxia. C) Tracheotomy. D) Gargling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asphyxia. 11. A two decade long relationship was broken in August 2021 between what celebrated sportsman and the club he had played with all his sporting career? A) Sergio Ramos. B) Neymar. C) Lionel Messi. D) Kylian Mbappé. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lionel Messi. 12. Who was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1908 for his work on the chemistry of radioactive substances? A) Pierre Curie. B) Eduard Buchner. C) Ernest Rutherford. D) Mark Oliphant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ernest Rutherford. 13. From 1999 to 2009 inclusive, 4 people who were not from North America won the US Masters. Which of these was from North America? A) Trevor Immelman. B) Mike Weir. C) Ángel Cabrera. D) Vijay Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mike Weir. 14. What colour line is laid down as a visual cue on Winter Olympics downhill ski courses? A) Scarlet. B) Black. C) Blue. D) Rainbow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blue. 15. Which Nobel prize winner in literature died in August 2013? A) Italian playwright, songwriter and political campaigner Dario Fo. B) UK writer Harold Pinter. C) Irish poet Seamus Heaney. D) South African writer Nadine Gordimer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irish poet Seamus Heaney. 16. Which of these is an example of a simile? A) A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle. B) The food wasn't half bad. C) The play could have been better. D) He was a tiger in the ring. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle. 17. The most famous versions of what type of book were produced by Bailey in 1721, Johnson in 1755 and Oxford University from 1884? A) Dictionary. B) Atlas. C) Thesaurus. D) History of England. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dictionary. 18. Eau Rouge, Raidillon, La Source, Blanchimont and Bus Stop are features of a venue for what sport? A) Indycar Auto racing. B) Horse racing. C) Formula One Motor racing. D) Golf. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Formula One Motor racing. 19. What does the term "enteric" apply to? A) The lungs. B) The oesophagus. C) The intestines and alimentary system. D) The lower intestine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The intestines and alimentary system. 20. Whose wife was known as "Tipper" ? A) Richard Nixon. B) Al Gore. C) George H W Bush. D) Jimmy Carter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Al Gore. 21. What is the name of the 1928 ballet commissioned for performance at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., composed by Igor Stravinsky, re-costumed by Coco Chanel in 1929, and the first major ballet choreographed by 24-year old George Balanchine? A) Don Quixote. B) Coppélia. C) The Nutcracker. D) Apollo, or Apollon musagète. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Apollo, or Apollon musagète. 22. In the early 21st century, why did the International Olympic Committee expand the swimming and diving programs and the gymnastics competition, and add a "Champions Gala" ? A) To make the Games less tiring for the athletes. B) To make the Games easier to organise. C) To make better use of the buildings used for events. D) To make the Games more attractive for TV. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To make the Games more attractive for TV. 23. "Hermaphrodite" is a term used to describe what about a person? A) They like snails. B) They deliver love letters. C) They possess primary sexual organs or other sexual characteristics of both male and female. D) They are interested in Greek literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They possess primary sexual organs or other sexual characteristics of both male and female. 24. What is a form of cricket, originally introduced in the United Kingdom for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board in 2003, that involves two teams, each of which has one innings? A) Thirty30. B) Ten10. C) Twenty20. D) Five5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Twenty20. 25. What is held every June on the Circuit de Sarthe? A) 24 Hours of Le Mans. B) Marathon des Sables. C) World Cheese Festival. D) A festival of theatre, dance, music and cinema. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 24 Hours of Le Mans. 26. When was the first Papal Bull issued for inquisition and uprooting of Christian heresies? A) 1233. B) 1209. C) 1483. D) 1184. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1184. 27. Who was the previous King of Spain before King Juan Carlos I succeeded on 22 November 1975? A) Ferdinand VII. B) Alfonso XIII. C) Alfonso XII. D) Amadeo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alfonso XIII. 28. With what is the name of US government official Alger Hiss associated? A) Architectural design. B) Pumpkin-boat racing. C) Winning Olympic gold medals in athletics. D) Accusation of communism and espionage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Accusation of communism and espionage. 29. What powered the first known automobile on British roads? A) Petrol. B) Diesel. C) Steam. D) Electricity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Steam. 30. What is the annual Calgary Stampede? A) Truck racing. B) A Canadian "running of the bulls". C) Gathering of Alberta province's cattle to transfer to winter grazing grounds. D) Rodeo, exhibitions, and festival. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rodeo, exhibitions, and festival. 31. Which of these was a 1987 film starring Jack Nicholson? A) The Goblins of Giggleswick. B) The Warlocks of Camberwick. C) The Wizards of Candlewick. D) The Witches of Eastwick. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Witches of Eastwick. 32. Someone who tells lies is said to be what? A) Malicious. B) Mendicant. C) Mendicitous. D) Mendacious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mendacious. 33. The Beatles spell what letters in semaphore on the cover of their "Help!" album? A) S O S !. B) H E L P. C) E A T H. D) N U J V. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) N U J V. 34. Which of these is a musical work by Prokofiev? A) Crafty and the Fox. B) Peter and the Wolf. C) Teaser and the Firecat. D) Roy Rogers and Trigger. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peter and the Wolf. 35. Who was largely responsible for the development of the jet engine, seeing the first application of his engine installed in a Gloster aircraft in 1941? A) Frank Whittle. B) Lawrence Bragg. C) Christopher Hinton. D) Robert Watson-Watt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frank Whittle. 36. Which golfer won the US Open for two years in a row, in 1988 and 1989, and in 1988 became the first man to win a million dollars in official money on the PGA Tour in a season? A) Jack Nicklaus. B) Tom Watson. C) Curtis Strange. D) Scott Simpson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Curtis Strange. 37. Which country lies between Spain and France, in the Pyrenees? A) Monaco. B) Andorra. C) San Marino. D) Liechtenstein. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Andorra. 38. From 1937 to 1942 Alan Lomax, who contributed more than 10, 000 field recordings of folk music from the USA, the Caribbean, Ireland, Great Britain, Spain, and Italy, was Assistant in Charge of the Archive of Folk Song of what establishment? A) The Library of Congress. B) American Museum of Natural History. C) Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. D) National Gallery of Art. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Library of Congress. 39. Spiro Agnew was the Vice President to which president of the USA? A) Dwight D. Eisenhower. B) Richard Nixon. C) George W Bush. D) Bill Clinton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Richard Nixon. 40. Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst (1729-1796) was better known under what name? A) Marie Antoinette, Queen of France. B) Eleanor of Aquitaine. C) Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia. D) Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia. 41. Which of these is half the length of the diameter of a circle? A) Tangent. B) Sector. C) Radius. D) Circumference. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Radius. 42. Where is the intrusive igneous rock known as diorite found? A) Globally. B) At mid-ocean ridges. C) In volcanic arcs and mountain-building belts. D) In extinct volcanic peaks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In volcanic arcs and mountain-building belts. 43. What name was first applied to the group "Cream" when they formed in the early sixties? A) Improvisers. B) Easy Listening. C) Supergroup. D) Heavy Metal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Supergroup. 44. Despite its name it is square and contains the arena for boxing contests, what is it called? A) Quadrangle. B) Ring. C) Amphitheatre. D) Circuit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ring. 45. What is the official name of the spectator area at Wimbledon at the side of No. 1 Court known as Henman Hill or Murray Mound? A) Aorangi Terrace. B) Lavender Hill. C) Strawberry Field. D) Sugar Hill. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aorangi Terrace. 46. What was George Michael's first number 1 solo single in the UK, which was credited to "Wham! featuring George Michael" in the USA? A) Dropped Aside. B) Accidental Phrase. C) Slovenly Tirade. D) Careless Whisper. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Careless Whisper. 47. Inspired by lucid dreaming and corporate espionage, it won Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Cinematography. Which film is it? A) Electric Dreams. B) Inception. C) The Matrix. D) In Dreams. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inception. 48. When was the song "Bette Davis Eyes", which was Billboard's biggest hit of 1981 and a No. 1 hit in 21 countries, first released by its original composers? A) 1964. B) 1974. C) 1952. D) 1944. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1974. 49. Which of these is not an annual music festival in Belgium? A) Rock Werchter. B) Pukkelpop. C) Graspop Metal Meeting. D) Rock am Ring. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rock am Ring. 50. The pirate radio station Radio Caroline was named after the daughter of which US President? A) Lyndon B Johnson. B) John F Kennedy. C) Dwight D Eisenhower. D) Franklin D Roosevelt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John F Kennedy. 51. Which is a formal description of a phrase such as "bits and bobs" ? A) Kenning. B) Argot. C) Periphrasis. D) Binomial freeze. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Binomial freeze. 52. Which of these capitals is the most southern? A) Santiago. B) Canberra. C) Buenos Aires. D) Wellington. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wellington. 53. Irish milliner Philip Treacy made the wide-brimmed cream-coloured hat worn by whom at her wedding on 9 April 2005? A) Camilla Parker Bowles. B) Jennifer Aniston. C) Madonna. D) Shania Twain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Camilla Parker Bowles. 54. Which of these is NOT a method of preparing food? A) Steep. B) Smoke. C) Steam. D) Stoke. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stoke. 55. There were a number of firsts at the 1992 Summer Olympics; which of these was not one? A) First Games for South Africa since the 1960 Games, after a long suspension for its apartheid policy. B) A Suriname swimmer becomes the first black person to win individual swimming gold. C) First single, unified German Olympic team since the 1964 Games. D) After dissolution of the USSR in 1991, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania sent the first teams since 1936. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A Suriname swimmer becomes the first black person to win individual swimming gold. 56. What pattern is on Charlie Brown's shirt in the comic strip "Peanuts" ? A) A grand piano. B) Coloured bubbles. C) Dogs and lizards. D) A horizontal zig-zag. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A horizontal zig-zag. 57. Where was the testing ground for British nuclear weapons in 1957? A) Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, in the Pacific. B) Greenham Common. C) Christmas Island, in the Indian Ocean. D) Christmas Island, one of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, in the Pacific. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Christmas Island, one of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, in the Pacific. 58. Which boxer bit both of Evander Holyfield's ears in a fight for the WBA World Heavyweight Championship on 28 June 1997? A) Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay). B) George Foreman. C) Mike Tyson. D) Joe Frazier. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mike Tyson. 59. In 1967 five countries formed the Association for Regional Cooperation among the Countries of Southeast Asia, known as ASEAN. The countries were Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and which other country? A) Brunei. B) Cambodia. C) Myanmar (Burma). D) The Philippines. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Philippines. 60. Which of these is a name for pain in the back? A) Lumbago. B) Impetigo. C) Winnebago. D) Bambino. 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