This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 271 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 271 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What element has the symbol Cu? A) Carbon. B) Calcium. C) Copper. D) Chromium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Copper. 2. In 2009, which was the most dominant women's softball team, having won three of the last four Olympic tournaments and the last six Women's ISF XI World Championships? A) Australia. B) New Zealand. C) Canada. D) United States. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) United States. 3. A dance troupe led by brothers from the Deepak family of Sunam (Manohar, Avtar and Gurbachan) and the dhol player Bhana Ram Sunami were the first significant developers of what? A) Bollywood dance. B) Kathakali. C) Free form bhangra. D) Odissi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Free form bhangra. 4. What post was held by Winston Churchill during the 1926 General Strike in the UK? A) Home Secretary. B) Chancellor. C) Deputy Prime Minister. D) First Sea Lord. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chancellor. 5. What is the name of the swampy area in Florida, south of Lake Okeechobee? A) Yosemite. B) The Florida Marshes. C) Orlando Bogs. D) Everglades. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Everglades. 6. What performer did Bing Crosby cite as a performing influence from his early teenage years? A) Frank Sinatra. B) Al Jolson. C) Enrico Caruso. D) Chubby Checker. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Al Jolson. 7. By late 2021, how many people approximately were in the world population? A) 9.2 bn. B) 7.9 bn. C) 6.9 bn. D) 8.4 bn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 7.9 bn. 8. The Plum Judy, Painted Lady, Monarch, Speckled Wood, Mallow Skipper, and Zabulon Skipper are varieties of what? A) Cow. B) Butterfly. C) Rose. D) Bird. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Butterfly. 9. In which Olympic Games were the Olympics and the Paralympics first organised by the same committee? A) 2016. B) 1984. C) 2024. D) 1994. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1994. 10. What was the first story book title published by Puffin Books after it was set up by Penguin Books in 1940? A) Worzel Gummidge. B) The Family from One End Street. C) A Child's Garden of Verses. D) Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Worzel Gummidge. 11. The Strait of Kerch connects the Black Sea to what? A) The Sea of Marmara (or Marmora). B) The Sea of Azov. C) The Red Sea. D) The Caspian Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Sea of Azov. 12. The X-Files spawned two theatrical movies, "The X-Files" and "I Want To Believe", and which spin-off TV series? A) The Lone Gunmen. B) The Office. C) Tales of the Unexpected. D) The Twilight Zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Lone Gunmen. 13. The island Commonwealth of Dominica sits in which sea or ocean? A) Atlantic. B) Indian. C) Caribbean. D) Tasman. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Caribbean. 14. What term is applied to the fusion of Roman, Greek and Persian cultures that reached its peak after the 4th century AD during the reign of Justinian, and is seen in mosaics, frescoes, metal work, ivory carving and silk weaving? A) Graeco-Roman. B) Romanesque. C) Byzantine. D) Constantine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Byzantine. 15. Which of these is a Bohemian dance? A) Polka. B) Waltz. C) Minuet. D) Square dance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polka. 16. What system, available on the internet, was founded by Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes? A) Facebook. B) Google search. C) E-Bay. D) Amazon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Facebook. 17. What sport is featured in the film "Field of Dreams" starring Kevin Costner? A) Chess. B) American football. C) Soccer. D) Baseball. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Baseball. 18. Which of these is commonly used in vehicle brake fluid? A) Castor oil. B) Linseed oil. C) Palm oil. D) Olive oil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Castor oil. 19. The term "coalition of the willing", to describe military and / or humanitarian interventions for which the UN Security Council cannot agree to mount a full UN peacekeeping operation, was not applied to which of these? A) The U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003. B) The Australian-led INTERFET operation in East Timor. C) The Korean War. D) Possible operations against North Korea during the 1994 stand-off over nuclear weapons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Korean War. 20. What items are produced in a darkroom? A) Photographs. B) Pizza. C) Cocktail dresses. D) Medicines. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photographs. ← 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