This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge โ Quiz 172 ๐ Homepage ๐ Download PDF Books ๐ Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 172 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Ignatius Loyola founded which religious order? A) Quakers. B) Mormons. C) The Society of Jesus. D) Methodists. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Society of Jesus. 2. In July 2021, UNESCO designated four South Korean what as a world natural heritage site? A) Mediaeval temples. B) Tidal mudflats. C) Prehistoric settlement sites. D) Lakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tidal mudflats. 3. Ralph Lauren is associated with which of these brands? A) Polo. B) Red Label. C) DKNY. D) Speedo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polo. 4. Doggles, invented by Ken and Roni di Lullo, are a type of what? A) Sunglasses. B) Surfboard. C) Multi-pin connector. D) Station wagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sunglasses. 5. In 1794 in Pennsylvania, USA, more than 500 armed men attacked the fortified home of tax inspector General John Neville because of an excise tax on what product? A) Hair curlers. B) Whiskey. C) Tacks. D) Biros. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Whiskey. 6. What organisation was founded in 1831 by James Winston, Samuel James Arnold, Samuel Beazley, Sir Andrew Francis Barnard, and Francis Mills to "tend to the regeneration of the Drama" ? A) The Athenaeum. B) The Garrick Club. C) The Kit-Kat Club. D) The Green Room Club. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Garrick Club. 7. What kind of engineering or computing system would be called "stovepipe" ? A) One that operates as a standalone, which has the potential to share resources but does not. B) A many-level narrowly integrated system. C) A system to divert attack from the main operations. D) Stand-in. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One that operates as a standalone, which has the potential to share resources but does not. 8. When did Sylvester the Cat first appear in cartoon films? A) 1929. B) 1945. C) 1962. D) 1979. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1945. 9. What is the opposite of proximal? A) Distal. B) Median. C) Precise. D) Scattered. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Distal. 10. What colour does the planet Neptune appear to be from space? A) Green. B) Yellow. C) Blue. D) Red. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blue. 11. Who wrote the book "Angela's Ashes" ? A) Charles Dickens. B) Roddy Doyle. C) Frank McCourt. D) Oscar Wilde. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frank McCourt. 12. What is the international GATT agreement concerned with primarily? A) Trains and Transport. B) Tariffs and Trade. C) Trade and Technology. D) Transport and Tourism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tariffs and Trade. 13. What is the main language of the city of Abidjan? A) Berber. B) English. C) Portuguese. D) French. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) French. 14. Why did Denmark, in November 2020, decide to slaughter up to 17 million mink (all of its stock) which were the basis of an almost US$ 1 billion industry? A) A switch to chinchilla instead. B) A public referendum voted to ban mink farming. C) A concerning form of SARS-CoV-2 was found in the mink and was transferring to humans. D) A social media campaign against mink. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A concerning form of SARS-CoV-2 was found in the mink and was transferring to humans. 15. Which 1915 parody music hall song was popularised at the time by Ella Shields, later by Betty Grable and then Julie Andrews (all in male dress)? A) My Old Man Said Follow the Van. B) I'm Henery the Eighth, I am. C) Burlington Bertie from Bow. D) Mademoiselle from Armentiรจres. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Burlington Bertie from Bow. 16. In 1960 Prince Andrew was the first child to be born to a reigning British monarch since when? A) 1953. B) 1857. C) 1904. D) 1946. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1857. 17. An aircraft flying at 40, 000 feet can be heard to break the sound barrier when it achieves a speed of how many miles per hour? A) 320. B) 600. C) 1, 000. D) 450. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 600. 18. Which Queen of Sweden came to the throne in 1632 around the age of 6 and abdicated in 1654? A) Frida Lyngstad. B) Christina. C) Agnetha Fรคltskog. D) Margaret I. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Christina. 19. Which of these can be used to separate gold from silver? A) Table salt. B) Sulphuric acid. C) Mercury. D) Nitric acid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nitric acid. 20. Argentina's second most populous city after Buenos Aires and home of the fourth-oldest university in the Americas, is in the centre of the country and sited in the plains and the foothills of which mountains? A) Sierra de Calastre. B) Sierra Nevada. C) Sierras Chicas. D) Sierra Madre Oriental. 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