This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 241 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 241 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which artist is famous for his "blue period" ? A) Dali. B) Monet. C) Picasso. D) Matisse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Picasso. 2. When was the Red Bull Air Race World Championship started? A) 2010. B) 2008. C) 1980. D) 2003. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2003. 3. The bitter aromatic bark from the Angostura tree is most used as a remedy for what? A) Head colds. B) Bilious diarrhoea, dysentery, constipation, fever, and dropsy. C) Difficulties in birth, or to procure an abortion. D) Stuttering. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bilious diarrhoea, dysentery, constipation, fever, and dropsy. 4. Who was the US president at the time of the Black Tuesday Wall Street Crash? A) Bill Clinton. B) Richard Nixon. C) Herbert Hoover. D) Teddy Roosevelt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Herbert Hoover. 5. Where was Sweeney Todd's place of business? A) Baker Street. B) Mayfair. C) Fleet Street. D) Charing Cross Road. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fleet Street. 6. The military aeroplanes the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), the F-22 Raptor, the F-15 Eagle, the F-16 Falcon, the C-17 Globemaster III, the EA-6B Prowler, and the F-111 are powered by engines from which manufacturer? A) General Electric. B) Pratt and Whitney. C) Rolls Royce. D) Merlin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pratt and Whitney. 7. What characterises the Holocene Period? A) Major species extinction, of over 50%. B) Two severe glaciations. C) Relatively stable climate. D) Rise and evolution of the dinosaurs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Relatively stable climate. 8. "Catriona" is a sequel to which novel? A) Treasure Island. B) Kidnapped. C) Gulliver's Travels. D) Mutiny on the Bounty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kidnapped. 9. In soccer, how far does "the wall" of players have to be from the spot where a free kick is to be taken? A) 10 yards. B) 8 yards. C) 5 yards. D) 15 yards. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10 yards. 10. Anabolism, as in "anabolic steroids", refers to what? A) Muscular tension. B) A metabolic process, synthesising complex molecules from simpler ones with the storage of energy. C) Build-up of testosterone. D) Muscle knot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A metabolic process, synthesising complex molecules from simpler ones with the storage of energy. 11. What was the name of the ship used by Edward Teach, known as Blackbeard, an English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the east coast of the American colonies from 1717 to 1718? A) Old Ironsides. B) Resolution. C) Queen Anne's Revenge. D) Ranger. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Queen Anne's Revenge. 12. Which two teams set a record for the total number of points (96) scored in an NFL playoff match when they met in January 2010? A) Arizona Cardinals and the Green Bay Packers. B) Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints. C) Baltimore Ravens and Philadelphia Eagles. D) San Diego Chargers and New England Patriots. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arizona Cardinals and the Green Bay Packers. 13. What are some of the most important physics principles involved in enabling ice skaters to perform on the ice? A) All of these. B) Conservation of angular momentum, and melting point of ice. C) Newton's principle of action and reaction. D) Friction and inertia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All of these. 14. At the peak of its power, it was often said that "the sun never sets on" which empire? A) Muslim. B) Roman. C) Mongol. D) British. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) British. 15. Which national anthem appears in The Beatles song "All You Need Is Love" ? A) God Save The Queen. B) La Marseillaise. C) Advance Australia Fair. D) The Star Spangled Banner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) La Marseillaise. 16. What is the transparent front part of the eye which, while contributing most of the eye's focusing power, has a fixed focus? A) Retina. B) Iris. C) Cornea. D) Lens. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cornea. 17. Which 19th century French physicist erected a pendulum 200 feet high in the Pantheon in Paris to demonstrate the earth's rotation? A) Jean Foucault. B) Augustin-Jean Fresnel. C) RenΓ© Descartes. D) Nicholas Mercator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jean Foucault. 18. The Sundance Film Festival, that began in 1978 as the Utah/US Film Festival, is for what type of films? A) Documentaries. B) Films made by people living outside the USA. C) New work from independent filmmakers. D) Short films. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) New work from independent filmmakers. 19. Why did the 'SuwaΕki gap' become important to Russia after 1991? A) It became a possible land access to an isolated part of Russia's territory. B) It was a newly acquired rich source of cod. C) It accelerated development of the International Space Station. D) It was a blockbuster propaganda film for a newly shorn Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It became a possible land access to an isolated part of Russia's territory. 20. What name is given to a person or animal with a form of hypopigmentary congenital disorder, characterized by a lack of melanin pigment in the eyes, skin and hair? A) Albino. B) Mongrel. C) Washout. D) Pygmy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Albino. β PreviousNext βRelated 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 π Back to Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books