This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 157 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 157 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What club, the first of many bars with entertainment by big name drawcards, opened at 116 E. Walton in downtown Chicago, Illinois, USA on 29 February 1960? A) Danceteria. B) Playboy. C) Studio 54. D) Stork Club. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Playboy. 2. Which film was the first for Christopher Lloyd, later to star in the "Back to the Future" trilogy of films (so-called-there were 4) and many others? A) National Lampoon's Joy of Sex. B) Butch and Sundance:The Early Days. C) The Postman Always Rings Twice. D) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. 3. Which of these cities is on the River Arno? A) Paris. B) Budapest. C) Florence. D) Vienna. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Florence. 4. What is a characteristic of benthopelagic fish? A) Their eyes are on stalks. B) Sharp dorsal fins. C) Neutral buoyancy. D) They are all blind. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neutral buoyancy. 5. "My Heart Will Go On" is the theme from what film? A) Titanic. B) On Golden Pond. C) Cabaret. D) Steel Magnolias. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Titanic. 6. What is a simple container for stirring, mixing and heating liquids commonly used in many laboratories, generally cylindrical in shape, with a flat bottom and a lip for pouring? A) Gonzo. B) Beaker. C) Kermit. D) Fozzie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beaker. 7. What kind of sport is French Ring Sport? A) Equestrian dressage. B) Dog behaviour. C) French boxing. D) Modified stock car racing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dog behaviour. 8. Traditionally, the Nukak live between the Guaviare and Inírida rivers, in which country? A) Chile. B) Argentina. C) Colombia. D) Mexico. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Colombia. 9. In 2010, Veera Musikapong, Abhisit Vejjajiva, Khattiya Sawasdiphol, Suthep Thaugsuban, Prompong Nopparit, Colonel Sansern Kaewkamnerd, Natthawut Saikua and Buranaj Smutharaks were prominent in the politics of which country? A) Thailand. B) Vietnam. C) Cambodia. D) China. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thailand. 10. Who was the British nurse executed on 12 October 1915 for harbouring wounded and refugee soldiers in Brussels during the German occupation, and assisting escapes to Holland? A) Florence Nightingale. B) Edith Cavell. C) Mata Hari. D) Tokyo Rose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Edith Cavell. 11. Which of these was the first to be invented? A) Machine gun. B) Stethoscope. C) Dynamite. D) Telescope. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Telescope. 12. The Henley-on-Todd Regatta has been held annually since 1962 near which city? A) Adelaide, Australia. B) London, England. C) Alice Springs, Australia. D) Ontario, Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alice Springs, Australia. 13. Which of the discoveries made by the 17th and 18th century British navigator and explorer William Dampier was of particular help to Captain James Cook and Horatio Nelson? A) Notes on the fauna and flora of north-western Australia. B) The first data on currents, winds and tides across all the world's oceans. C) Observations and analysis of natural history. D) Observations on the east coast of New Holland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The first data on currents, winds and tides across all the world's oceans. 14. The Bible Belt is a name commonly given to which parts of the USA? A) The West Coast. B) The religious southern states. C) The New England area. D) Northern Alaska. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The religious southern states. 15. Which of these people were involved in Britain's film industry? A) Cecil B de Mille. B) J Arthur Rank. C) Louis B Mayer. D) Lyndon B Johnson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) J Arthur Rank. 16. Winchester was the capital of which Anglo-Saxon kingdom? A) Wessex. B) Sussex. C) Essex. D) East Anglia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wessex. 17. What does the word "glebe" refer to? A) Church land. B) Type of bird. C) Texture of drying paint. D) An orchestral concert. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Church land. 18. Which of these animals is not mentioned in the nursery rhyme that starts "Hey Diddle Diddle" and ends with a dish running away with a spoon? A) Pig. B) Cat. C) Cow. D) Dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pig. 19. What gas is a component of common table salt? A) Krypton. B) Hydrogen. C) Oxygen. D) Chlorine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chlorine. 20. With what were the names of Reinhart and Rogoff particularly associated in 2010? A) Windows 10. B) Writing the lyrics of the Bruno Mars hit "Just the Way You Are". C) Adoption of national austerity policies. D) Rescue work after the earthquake in Haiti. 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