This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Operation Market Garden" took place in the Netherlands and Germany during which war? A) War of Attrition. B) World War II. C) The Crusades. D) The American Civil War. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) World War II. 2. Which was the glider which won for Sweden the, arguably, first two world Gliding Championships, in 1948 and 1950? A) DFS Weihe. B) Fafnir São Paulo. C) Slingsby Type 34 Sky. D) Slingsby T.25 Gull 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) DFS Weihe. 3. Which of these is a measure of the number of random ways in which a system may be arranged, often taken to be a measure of "disorder", everyday examples of which can be seen in mixing salt and pepper in a bag and melting ice? A) Ecstasy. B) Enmity. C) Ex-partner. D) Entropy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Entropy. 4. What, among other things, was special about 2015? A) The first same sex civil partnerships in Scotland are celebrated. B) The highest global average temperature on record. C) The sixteenth country joins the Eurozone. D) Iran's Pishgam rocket successfully completed a return trip of sending a monkey into space. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The highest global average temperature on record. 5. A mimosa cocktail is made from chilled citrus juice with what else? A) Tequila and grenadine syrup. B) Gin and vodka. C) Vodka and rum. D) Champagne. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Champagne. 6. The Egyptian-Hittite peace treaty signed in 1258 BC was under the watch of which Egyptian pharaoh? A) Darius I the Great. B) Akhenaten. C) Menmaatre Seti I. D) Ramesses II. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ramesses II. 7. In the James Bond film "Dr. No" who played Bond girl Honey Rider? A) Ursula Andress. B) Daniela Bianchi. C) Honor Blackman. D) Claudine Auger. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ursula Andress. 8. Ashton Carter, appointed USA Secretary of Defense in 2015, succeeded whom? A) Chuck Hagel. B) Condoleezza Rice. C) Donald Rumsfeld. D) Monica Lewinsky. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chuck Hagel. 9. Ukraine, the second largest country in Eastern Europe, is bordered by Romania and Moldova to the southwest and what to the west? A) Germany & Austria. B) Belarus. C) Poland, Slovakia & Hungary. D) The Black Sea and Sea of Azov. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poland, Slovakia & Hungary. 10. What name is given to the stage of a butterfly's life when it lives in a chrysalis? A) Larval. B) Imago. C) Pupal. D) Cabbage-eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pupal. 11. In his short life the American author Thomas Wolfe (1900-1938) wrote several lengthy novels, multiple novellas, short stories and dramatic works. Which of these is one? A) Dodsworth. B) Red Harvest. C) Laughing Boy:A Navajo Love Story. D) Of Time and the River. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Of Time and the River. 12. In the number 255 how many digits are there? A) 4. B) 1. C) 2. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3. 13. What is the legal tender (face) value of the "American Buffalo", a 24-karat gold bullion coin first offered for sale by the US Mint on 22 June 2006? A) US 10 cents. B) US$ 50. C) US$ 100. D) US 50 cents. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) US$ 50. 14. Which painter was particularly known for depicting the fête galantes of 18th century France? A) Watteau. B) Gainsborough. C) Turner. D) Dégas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Watteau. 15. What is a panatella? A) Scarf worn over the head and shoulders. B) A dance characterized by a fast upbeat tempo. C) Cigar. D) Poisonous spider. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cigar. 16. What distinguishes lamé fabric from other fabrics? A) Metallic ribbons are wrapped around the fibre yarn. B) It includes ribbons of metallic fibre, woven or knitted with the other fibres in the fabric. C) It consists of woven plastic-coated metallic strands. D) Its yarn has a metallic core. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It includes ribbons of metallic fibre, woven or knitted with the other fibres in the fabric. 17. Which wonder of the ancient world was at Babylon? A) Mausoleum of Mausolus. B) Pyramid. C) Lighthouse. D) Hanging gardens. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hanging gardens. 18. When Graeme McDowell won the US Open in 2010, he became the tournament's first golfing champion since 1970 to come from where? A) Europe. B) Canada. C) South America. D) Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Europe. 19. What is Bierock usually filled with? A) Beetroot and onions. B) Jam. C) Currants, raisins and marzipan. D) Ground beef, shredded cabbage, onions and sometimes carrots. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ground beef, shredded cabbage, onions and sometimes carrots. 20. When was the competition known as the World Pie-Eating Championship first held? A) 1992. B) 2006. C) 1924. D) 1959. 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