This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 240 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 240 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What science features in the TV series "House" ? A) Civil engineering. B) Medicine. C) Hydraulics. D) Mathematics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medicine. 2. The computer game, the aim of which is to peel something (usually a fruit or vegetable), is known as what? A) Peelers. B) Peel the Apple. C) Peel-I-Span. D) I Peel Good. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I Peel Good. 3. The Kaleidoscope paintings by Damien Hirst from 2001 onwards were created using what? A) Animal heads and flies. B) Butterfly wings. C) Fish in formalin. D) Drainpipes splashed or daubed with the faeces of different animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Butterfly wings. 4. In late September 2020, the island state of Tasmania, Australia, became a matter of international interest because of what? A) The beaching of about 470 pilot whales. B) Almost complete destruction by forest fires. C) A mining disaster. D) Major flooding, where 4 months rain fell in 24 hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The beaching of about 470 pilot whales. 5. The experimental new village of Poundbury in England, much of which has been built to traditional lines, was built on land belonging to whom? A) Paul McCartney. B) Tony Blair. C) Princess Anne. D) Prince Charles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prince Charles. 6. What is a common factor in these films-fairy tale fantasy "Enchanted", biopic "Mr Turner", the Harry Potter series of films, and social drama "Secrets & Lies" ? A) Production company Walt Disney Pictures. B) Director Mike Leigh. C) Actor Timothy Spall. D) Composer Alexandre Desplat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Actor Timothy Spall. 7. Which is a 2012 Broadway musical with which Cyndi Lauper is associated? A) End of the Rainbow. B) Bring It On:The Musical. C) Clybourne Park. D) Kinky Boots. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kinky Boots. 8. Which of these has the northernmost capital city? A) Finland. B) Greenland. C) Norway. D) England. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Greenland. 9. Which of these African countries has no other African country on its southern border? A) Nigeria. B) Benin. C) Guinea. D) Senegal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Benin. 10. Which of these cities is closest to New York City? A) Philadelphia. B) Chicago. C) Las Vegas. D) New Orleans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Philadelphia. 11. In 1935, Charles Richter and Beno Gutenberg developed a scale to measure what concept? A) Tornado intensity. B) The hotness or piquancy of a chili pepper. C) Earthquake magnitude. D) Wind strength. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Earthquake magnitude. 12. In radio communication, which of these means "received and understood" ? A) Rodney. B) Reginald. C) Rupert. D) Roger. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Roger. 13. What sport is aimed by its World Federation towards "the growing numbers of optimistic young people around the globe who believe that through camaraderie, self-expression, and service to others, there is no obstacle that cannot be overcome." ? A) Planking. B) Bossaball. C) Parkour. D) Video gaming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parkour. 14. When were the first Winter Paralympics held? A) 1974. B) 1988. C) 1960. D) 1976. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1976. 15. Lusaka is the capital, and largest city, of which country? A) Tanzania. B) Zambia. C) Mozambique. D) The Gambia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zambia. 16. An atmosphere or situation which is heavy with stress and/or the possibility of something not wanted, is best described as which of these? A) Fraught. B) Fractious. C) Frail. D) Friable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fraught. 17. Opened in 1890, with 6 stations over 3.2 miles (5.1 km) and running in a pair of tunnels between the City of London and Stockwell passing under the River Thames, what was the first deep-level underground "tube" railway in the world, and the first major railway to use electric traction? A) London and South Western Railway. B) The Central Line. C) The Metropolitan Railway. D) The City and South London Railway. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The City and South London Railway. 18. What is the sum of the whole numbers from 1 to 10 inclusive? A) 34. B) 35. C) 44. D) 55. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 55. 19. Which British admiral and statesman was the last Viceroy of the British Indian Empire and the first Governor-General of the independent Union of India? A) Admiral Lord Nelson. B) Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. C) Duke Ellington. D) Lord Louis Mountbatten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lord Louis Mountbatten. 20. During the American Civil War, what city was the capital of the Confederacy? A) Richmond, Virginia. B) Atlanta, Georgia. C) Virginia City, Virginia. D) Roanoak, Virginia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Richmond, Virginia. ← 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