This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1173 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1173 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the main product of photosynthesis in plants? A) Nitrogen. B) Carbon dioxide. C) Hydrogen. D) Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxygen. 2. From the 16th to the 20th century camphor was used in Western medicine as a treatment for what? A) Abscesses. B) Mental disorder. C) Diabetes. D) Colds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mental disorder. 3. What was UK pop singer Dusty Springfield's real name? A) Sandra Goodrich. B) Marie Lawrie. C) Priscilla White. D) Mary O'Brien. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mary O'Brien. 4. When were the inaugural X Games held? A) January/February 1997. B) Summer 1995. C) Áugust 1990. D) January 1990. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Summer 1995. 5. What is an area of garden that contains flowers? A) Crib. B) Bed. C) Ottoman. D) Divan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bed. 6. The city of Odessa is on which sea? A) Caspian Sea. B) Black Sea. C) Baltic Sea. D) North Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Black Sea. 7. What is a "barchan" ? A) Saltwater lake. B) Arc-shaped sand dune. C) Estuary. D) Deep canyon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arc-shaped sand dune. 8. Who wrote "Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough, it isn't fit for humans now" ? A) Philip Larkin. B) Sir John Betjeman. C) Ted Hughes. D) J B Priestley. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sir John Betjeman. 9. Who composed the music for the song "Rule Britannia" ? A) Sir Arthur Sullivan. B) Edward Elgar. C) Thomas Arne. D) George Frideric Handel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thomas Arne. 10. According to The Mamas and the Papas, which day cannot be trusted? A) Monday. B) Tuesday. C) Wednesday. D) Thursday. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monday. 11. What does "safari" mean in its parent language? A) Voyage. B) Overland journey or travel. C) Adventure. D) Hunt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Overland journey or travel. 12. Which Connecticut-born actor's films include "The Story of G I Joe" (1945), "The Night of the Hunter" (1954), "The Sundowners" (1960) and "The Big Sleep" (1978)? A) Robert Mitchum. B) Humphrey Bogart. C) James Stewart. D) Victor Mature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Robert Mitchum. 13. What blues rock band did singer, songwriter and keyboard player Ms Perfect join under her married name? A) The Fabulous Thunderbirds. B) Fleetwood Mac. C) Little Feat. D) Alabama Shakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fleetwood Mac. 14. What is the name for a large circular stained glass window found in Romanesque and Gothic cathedrals that is divided by elaborate tracery into slender panes radiating from a centre? A) Termigan. B) Rosary. C) Rose window. D) Corpuscule. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rose window. 15. In the book "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson, what inn was owned by the parents of the narrator, Jim Hawkins? A) The Tabard. B) The Rover's Return. C) The Queen Victoria. D) Admiral Benbow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Admiral Benbow. 16. Who is the lead vocalist for the alternative rock band R.E.M. who has become well-known for the "mumbling" style of his early career and for his complex, surreal lyrics, and his social and political activism? A) Kanye West. B) Michael Stipe. C) Justin Timberlake. D) Kid Rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Michael Stipe. 17. Which were the last Summer Olympics in which teams from East Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) participated under those names? A) 1990. B) 1988. C) 1992. D) 1984. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1988. 18. Gingivitis is a general term for what? A) Diseases affecting the gums. B) Fear of red-haired people. C) Drunkenness due to consumption of many "g and t"s. D) A tendency to buy strangers alcoholic drinks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diseases affecting the gums. 19. What is "enjambement" ? A) The run on of sense from one line of verse to the next without grammatical pause. B) The fixing of a door so that it does not quite close, so that can be opened without a handle. C) Food topping, usually a pie, with confiture made from fruit, usually strawberry. D) The attachment of artificial limbs, specifically legs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The run on of sense from one line of verse to the next without grammatical pause. 20. After Gianni Versace died, Donatella Versace, formerly vice-president, stepped in as creative director of Versace. What relation is she to Gianni? A) His wife. B) His mother. C) His sister. D) His niece. 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