This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1049 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1049 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. For which of her novels did Anna Burns receive the 2018 Man Booker Prize? A) The bone people. B) Little Constructions. C) Milkman. D) The Testaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Milkman. 2. What phrase refers to a deceitful or treacherous person? A) Snake in the Grass. B) Piggy in the Middle. C) Stick in the Mud. D) Jack in the Box. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Snake in the Grass. 3. What is traditionally added to sulphur and saltpetre to make gunpowder? A) Charcoal. B) Iron. C) Phosphorus. D) Magnesium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Charcoal. 4. What is the capital city of the third smallest territory, and the one with the most lagoons, deltas, coastline, river basins and rivers per square mile, in South America? A) Paramaribo. B) Sucre. C) Montevideo. D) Quito. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Montevideo. 5. When was the first UK film released with the title "Carry On ..... ''- "Carry On London"; it was not part of the later series starting in 1958 although it included a common cast member? A) 1946. B) 1957. C) 1920. D) 1937. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1937. 6. Whose butler was called Nestor? A) Wooster's. B) Prince Valiant's. C) Bruce Wayne's. D) Captain Haddock's. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Captain Haddock's. 7. Neksy Metelus, or Krypto9095, is known for what? A) His YouTube channel. B) Starting a rival to bitcoin. C) Finding IT system areas vulnerable to hacking. D) Creating a dance move called "Dab". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His YouTube channel. 8. In 2022, as a response to Russia's full invasion of Ukraine at the beginning of the year, the remaining (what ..... ) separated from their lingering ties with Russia and Moscow? A) The Cherkasy Oblast nature reserves. B) Ukrainian Orthodox Churches (Moscow Patriarchy). C) Business relations in export to Russia of aluminium oxide. D) International Red Cross. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ukrainian Orthodox Churches (Moscow Patriarchy). 9. Which of these geometrical shapes most closely approximates India? A) Square. B) Triangle. C) Pentagon. D) Oblong. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Triangle. 10. What was the first drama series created and released by Netflix? A) Orange is the New Black. B) Hemlock Grove. C) House of Cards. D) Marco Polo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) House of Cards. 11. What was Mickey Mouse's original first name? A) Huey. B) Mandrake. C) Mortimer. D) Dewey. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mortimer. 12. Besides the relatively recent annual honorarium of £5, 750, the Poet Laureate of the UK has, since the 1500s, been traditionally rewarded annually with what? A) 100 goose quills and a pint of ink. B) 12 partridges. C) Free stabling for a horse. D) A butt of sack. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A butt of sack. 13. What can blue john be used for? A) Coating steel, particularly gun barrels, to protect from rust. B) Whitening clothes being washed. C) Storing Johnnie Walker blue label whisky. D) Jewellery, drinking vessels, vases. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jewellery, drinking vessels, vases. 14. The Vrancea earthquake in 1940 was the largest of the 20th century in which country? A) Hungary. B) Romania. C) Slovakia. D) Mongolia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Romania. 15. Barabas is the central character in what 16th century play? A) Volpone. B) The Jew of Venice. C) The Jew of Malta. D) Love's Sacrifice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Jew of Malta. 16. What is a Welsh festival of literature, music and performance, the traditions of which date back to (at least) a festival of poetry and music held by Rhys ap Gruffydd of Deheubarth at his court in Cardigan in 1176? A) Caerphilly. B) Caernarvon. C) Eisteddfod. D) Plaid Cymru. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eisteddfod. 17. In what area did Herman Mohl form his company, in early 18th century Britain, which was still operating when bought in 1922 by a company which markets razors and other personal care products? A) Making dress canes. B) Making hair brushes, clothes brushes and shaving brushes. C) Making snuff whisks and containers. D) Making hollow-ground swords. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Making hollow-ground swords. 18. Which continent lies directly to the east of Europe? A) Africa. B) North America. C) Asia. D) Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asia. 19. What is the largest desert in China? A) Badain Jaran. B) Gobi. C) Taklimakan. D) Dzungaria. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taklimakan. 20. When does the clear ice deposit known as "glaze" form? A) When the temperature of the surface is at freezing point. B) When supercooled water droplets of fog freezes on contact with a vertical surface it drifts past. C) When supercooled rain or drizzle comes into contact with the ground. D) When the air temperature drops suddenly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When supercooled rain or drizzle comes into contact with the ground. ← 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