This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1037 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1037 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A number of sports have been demonstrated at the Winter Olympic Games and then been included on the official programme. Some don't make it. Which of these was demonstrated and then made it onto the programme? A) Skijoring. B) Ice stock sport. C) Speed skiing. D) Snowboarding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Snowboarding. 2. When the orf virus affects humans what is often one unusual characteristic of the damage it causes? A) The affected skin develops a permanent area of freckles. B) Pustules are filled with blue fluid. C) Damaged areas remain open and do not heal for up to a year. D) The damage heals without scarring. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The damage heals without scarring. 3. What 19th century English draughtsman became known for illustrations of "exquisite decoration, morbidity and decadence", especially his illustrations for "The Rape of the Lock" ? A) Oscar Wilde. B) Arthur Rackham. C) M. C. Escher. D) Aubrey Beardsley. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aubrey Beardsley. 4. A synonym for french kissing would be what? A) Galosh. B) Florentine love. C) Cataglottis. D) Baize. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cataglottis. 5. Which of these states of the USA borders another country? A) Louisiana. B) Wyoming. C) Vermont. D) Florida. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vermont. 6. What body of water surrounds the Seychelles? A) Indian Ocean. B) The Black Sea. C) Arctic Ocean. D) Mare Insularum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indian Ocean. 7. What was the base, i.e. the number of distinct digits used, in the common numeral system in the Mayan civilisation? A) 20. B) 10. C) 2. D) 60. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 20. 8. Which highly popular children's book was under threat in 1988 in a California school? A) The Very Hungry Caterpillar. B) Where the Wild Things Are. C) The Lorax. D) The Little Mermaid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Lorax. 9. Since 2003, the symbol of the Paralympic Games is composed of three symbols of movement in the shape of an asymmetrical crescent. What colours are the symbols? A) Red, blue & green. B) Blue, yellow & black. C) Red, blue & yellow. D) Black, blue & green. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red, blue & green. 10. Lecithins are a factor in which? A) Oxidation. B) Waterproofing. C) Emulsification. D) Rigor mortis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emulsification. 11. The Volta River flows from central Ghana to where? A) Persian Gulf. B) Mediterranean Sea. C) Indian Ocean. D) Gulf of Guinea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gulf of Guinea. 12. Which orchestral arranger, orchestral conductor, song writer, and session musician composed the film scores for "Brazil", "Highlander", "X-Men", "Robin Hood:Prince of Thieves", "Licence to Kill", the "Lethal Weapon" series, the first three "Die Hard"s and "Mr. Holland's Opus" ? A) Michael Kamen. B) Michael Goway. C) Michael Stayput. D) Michael Jumpup. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Michael Kamen. 13. Which company, based in San Diego, California, was founded in 1914 when Frank Van Camp and his son bought the California Tuna Canning Company to form what was originally called the Van Camp Seafood Company? A) Chicken of the Sea. B) Tunaco. C) The US Spam Company. D) McDonald's. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chicken of the Sea. 14. Vidal Sassoon is best known for his work as what? A) Hair stylist. B) Painter. C) Architect. D) Conductor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hair stylist. 15. In what is "sous-vide" a method? A) Font design. B) 3-D printing. C) Painting. D) Cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cooking. 16. In Ovid's poem "Metamorphoses" Pygmalion famously fell in love with Galatea; what was Pygmalion's relationship to her? A) Her sculptor. B) Her father. C) Her brother. D) Her father's friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her sculptor. 17. Which nation was the first nuclear free zone? A) Republic of Palau. B) New Zealand. C) Austria. D) Estonia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Republic of Palau. 18. What happened for the 1992 Olympics skeet shooting? A) It was restricted to men. B) It was cancelled as an Olympic sport. C) It was restricted to women. D) It was introduced. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was restricted to men. 19. By what name is Gordon Sumner better known? A) Bono. B) Elton John. C) Sting. D) Prince. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sting. 20. Brian O'Nolan wrote under a number of pseudonyms:Myles na gCopaleen, Brother Barnabas, George Knowall and which other? A) Dermot Healy. B) Dylan Moran. C) Dermot Morgan. 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