This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1058 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1058 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which planet has 80 confirmed moons? A) Venus. B) Neptune. C) Mars. D) Jupiter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jupiter. 2. Which of these is NOT true of the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland, the first games post World War II? A) The Olympic flame failed to light until the third try. B) Two different hockey teams claimed to represent the USA. C) The Olympic flag presented at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp was stolen, as was its replacement. D) Athletes from Germany and Japan were not invited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Olympic flame failed to light until the third try. 3. Who won Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine 2012, and for what? A) R Steinman:the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity. B) E A von Behring:serum therapy and development of a vaccine against diphtheria. C) J B Gurdon, S Yamanaka:stem cell research. D) R G Edwards:development of in vitro fertilisation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) J B Gurdon, S Yamanaka:stem cell research. 4. With whom are authors René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo usually associated? A) Christopher Robin and Winnie the Pooh. B) Janet and John. C) Astérix and Obélix. D) Holmes and Watson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Astérix and Obélix. 5. In classical architecture, what is the plain-faced portion, usually rectangular, of a pedestal between the base and the cornice? A) Font. B) Dado. C) Gable. D) Skirting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dado. 6. Who was backed by the Dakotas? A) The Everly Brothers. B) Cliff Richard. C) Bobby Rydell. D) Billy J Kramer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Billy J Kramer. 7. What sign of the zodiac is represented by a lion? A) Aries. B) Capricorn. C) Libra. D) Leo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Leo. 8. What is the official residence of the President of France? A) Élysée Palace. B) Sorbonne. C) Louvre. D) Bastille. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Élysée Palace. 9. In which country is the city of Aberdeen? A) Wales. B) England. C) Scotland. D) Northern Ireland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scotland. 10. What numbers are on the two orange pool balls? A) 5 and 13. B) 3 and 11. C) 1 and 9. D) 6 and 14. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5 and 13. 11. Playing a scenario close to the rise and assassination of real-life 1930s Louisiana Governor, Huey Long, the film won three Oscars (Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Picture) and was nominated for four more. Which was it? A) State of the Union. B) All the King's Men. C) Citizen Kane. D) The Farmer's Daughter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All the King's Men. 12. The Californian fly Helaeomyia petrolei is most likely to develop its larvae in which of these habitats? A) Pohutukawa trees, New Zealand. B) Gobi Desert, China. C) La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles. D) The Dead Sea, Palestine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles. 13. Which UK TV series, based on a 1939 novel by Rumer Godden and starring Gemma Arterton, Alessandro Nivola, Aisling Franciosi, Jim Broadbent and Gina McKee, also starred Diana Rigg in one of her last performances? A) A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong (2017). B) Victoria (2017). C) Black Narcissus (2020). D) Moley (2021). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Black Narcissus (2020). 14. Enjambment refers to ..... ? A) The styling of trouser legs. B) Riding astride instead of side saddle. C) Disrupting the regular rhythm of the iambs in a line of verse. D) Running the syntax and meaning of one line of verse through to the next. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Running the syntax and meaning of one line of verse through to the next. 15. What does HTML stand for? A) Human type memory load. B) High transit machine language. C) Hidden text multiple linkup. D) Hypertext markup language. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hypertext markup language. 16. The Union Jack, the British flag, is a combination of flags of different saints. Where does the blue come from? A) St Patrick. B) St George. C) St Andrew. D) St David. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) St Andrew. 17. What is the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia? A) A salt flat desert. B) An endorheic salt lake. C) The highest peak in the Bolivian Andes. D) Coastal wetlands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A salt flat desert. 18. What type of growth is a potato? A) Trumpette. B) Piccolo. C) Cornette. D) Tuber. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tuber. 19. Who won all the Grand Slam major tennis tournaments in 1970? A) Billie Jean King. B) Margaret Court. C) Doris Hart. D) Martina Navratilova. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Margaret Court. 20. Which name is associated with the IT developments which grew into Microsoft? A) Gates. B) Doors. C) Pergolas. D) Fences. 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