This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 253 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 253 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A notable representative of the Flemish Primitives, or the Early Netherlandish painting school, was which artist or artists? A) Johannes Vermeer. B) The Limbourg brothers. C) Nicolaas van Eyck. D) Hieronymus Bosch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hieronymus Bosch. 2. What is the name of the paradise under the sea in the animated Beatles film "The Yellow Submarine" (1968)? A) Pepperland. B) Cockayne. C) Atlantis. D) Lyonesse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pepperland. 3. Where does the equal sign, "=", used in mathematics originate from? A) 9th century Baghdad. B) 16th century England. C) 4th century Greece. D) 16th century France. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 16th century England. 4. Ian Curtis was the lead singer of which band? A) The Pretty Things. B) REM. C) Blink 182. D) Joy Division. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joy Division. 5. What was worn by the leader of the first Tour de France? A) Blue hat. B) Yellow jersey. C) Green armband. D) Red shorts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Green armband. 6. Which city was founded in 1718 by the French in North America? A) New York. B) New Orleans. C) Newhaven. D) Newark. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) New Orleans. 7. Which country was granted its independence from colonial rule on 4 July 1946, after being controlled since 1521 by Spain, Britain, the USA, Japan, and the USA (again)? A) Mexico. B) The Philippines. C) Chile. D) The Bahamas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Philippines. 8. What is found in a thesaurus? A) Synonyms and antonyms of words. B) Etymology of words. C) Famous phrases. D) Treasure maps. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synonyms and antonyms of words. 9. What is technetium? A) The first element to be synthesised rather than being discovered in nature. B) A theoretical element, not so far synthesised. C) An isotope of rhenium. D) A compound of rhenium and boron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The first element to be synthesised rather than being discovered in nature. 10. Two theorems of mathematical logic developed by logician, mathematician, and philosopher Kurt Gödel and published in 1931, proved what? A) The limits of provability in formal axiomatic theories. B) A theory of sets free of paradoxes. C) A finite, complete and consistent set of axioms. D) The finite-valuedness of intuitionistic logic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The limits of provability in formal axiomatic theories. 11. Where in the eye do cataracts occur? A) Iris. B) Cornea. C) Retina. D) Lens. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lens. 12. Who was Ron Hextall playing for when, on 8 December 1987, in a game against the Boston Bruins, he became the first goaltender in NHL history to score a goal by actually shooting the puck into an open net? A) Philadelphia Flyers. B) Hershey Bears. C) New York Islanders. D) Washington Capitals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Philadelphia Flyers. 13. What was the last act of the Live 8 performance in Philadelphia on 2 July 2005? A) Bob Dylan with "Blowin' in the Wind". B) Stevie Wonder with "Superstition". C) CCR with "Proud Mary". D) Bruce Springsteen with "Born to Run". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stevie Wonder with "Superstition". 14. Where did the Chola dynasty rule, either in sole control or with allies, for more than 1, 500 years? A) Northern Afghanistan. B) Southern India. C) South-western China. D) Thailand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Southern India. 15. What is the Perth Agreement made in 2011? A) Free trade between Australia and Indonesia. B) Regulations governing play on Scottish golf courses. C) To share the power resources of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA, with its three neighbouring cities. D) Agreement among Commonwealth nations to change rules governing succession to the British throne. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Agreement among Commonwealth nations to change rules governing succession to the British throne. 16. Zydeco is a type of music from which country? A) Argentina. B) Brazil. C) USA. D) Chile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) USA. 17. Which of these couples are said to be buried at Glastonbury in Somerset, England? A) Arthur and Guinevere. B) Robin and Marion. C) Victoria and Albert. D) Darby and Joan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arthur and Guinevere. 18. After the Parthenon had stood in Athens for over 2, 000 years it was destroyed in 1687 by which two countries? A) Greece and England. B) Venice and Turkey. C) Russia and Turkey. D) Greece and Persia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Venice and Turkey. 19. Gandalf is a character in books by which author? A) J. K. Rowling. B) J. R. R. Tolkien. C) Roald Dahl. D) Dr. Seuss. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) J. R. R. Tolkien. 20. According to Christian tradition, which angel will blow his trumpet on judgement day? A) Gabriel. B) Michael. C) Azariah. D) Metatron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gabriel. ← 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