This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1042 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1042 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The most southerly point of England is at the tip of what peninsula? A) The Worm. B) The Snake. C) The Lizard. D) The Spider. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Lizard. 2. How long did the term of the first democratically elected President of Egypt last? A) 3 weeks. B) 5 years. C) 1 year 3 days. D) 18 months. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1 year 3 days. 3. What colour is the copper mineral called "malachite" ? A) Blue. B) Brown. C) Red. D) Green. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Green. 4. The term "Savoy Opera" includes all 13 operas that Gilbert and Sullivan wrote for Richard D'Oyly Carte, but "Patience" (1881) was the first to appear at the Savoy Theatre, and is, in a strict sense, the first true "Savoy Opera" . By that definition, how many G & S operas are not "Savoy Operas" ? A) 6. B) 4. C) 8. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4. 5. What is the next in this series:Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia? A) Maryland. B) Delaware. C) Pennsylvania. D) New York. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maryland. 6. When Léon Serpollet set the World land speed record, at 120.8 kph (75.06 mph), in April 1902 what was he using? A) A hydrofoil. B) A hydrogen-powered car. C) A steam-powered car. D) A diesel-powered stock car. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A steam-powered car. 7. What record did Clint Eastwood set when he received the Academy Award for Best Director, for "Million Dollar Baby" in 2004? A) He had received it the most times. B) He was the oldest to receive it. C) He was the first to receive it posthumously. D) This was the longest time between 2 awards to the same director. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was the oldest to receive it. 8. Lon Chaney appeared in 1923 in a role he originated (and for which did his best make up job), in which of these films? A) Tell It To The Marines. B) The Fall of Montezuma. C) The Hunchback Of Notre Dame. D) The General. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Hunchback Of Notre Dame. 9. A station logo that TV broadcasters overlay over a portion of the screen-area to identify the channel (known in the UK and New Zealand as a DOG and in the USA and Canada as a bug), is known as what in Australia? A) Footer. B) Trademark. C) Nuisance. D) Watermark. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Watermark. 10. For what is the RSA algorithm used? A) To determine delivery of content on social media, based on calculated preferences. B) Cryptography. C) To calculate a fixed-size bit string value from a data file. D) Multimodal optimisation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cryptography. 11. The Caucasus Mountains run through which countries? A) Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Syria. B) Russia and Kazakhstan. C) Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Iran. D) Russia, Ukraine and Hungary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Iran. 12. Which of these is not a British prison? A) Belmarsh. B) Holloway. C) Cardrona. D) Parkhurst. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cardrona. 13. When was the Indian National Calendar first used? A) 23 September 1960. B) 1 January 1950. C) 20 February 1951. D) 22 March 1957. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 22 March 1957. 14. What is a name for the 3-D version of a circle? A) Sphenoid. B) Sphynx. C) Sphygmomanometer. D) Sphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sphere. 15. Which glands are just above the kidneys? A) Adrenal. B) Lymph. C) Pyloric. D) Meibomian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adrenal. 16. In Einstein's famous equation e=mc2, what does "e" stand for? A) Effort. B) Electricity. C) Energy. D) Engine revolutions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Energy. 17. To what area is the wigwam native? A) Australia. B) Borneo. C) North America. D) North Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) North America. 18. What was the last position that Lyndon B Johnson held when he became President of the USA? A) Secretary of State. B) Vice President. C) Governor of Texas. D) Supreme Court Judge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vice President. 19. Which river flows through six countries before reaching the sea at Rotterdam? A) Danube. B) Volga. C) Rhine. D) Rhone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhine. 20. Which of these is found in the brain? A) Tibia. B) Thalamus. C) Vertebra. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thalamus. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGeneral QuizzesGeneral Knowledge Quiz 1General Knowledge Quiz 2General Knowledge Quiz 3General Knowledge Quiz 4General Knowledge Quiz 5General Knowledge Quiz 6General Knowledge Quiz 7General Knowledge Quiz 8General Knowledge Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books