This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 278 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 278 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Kerkyra is what the locals call what island? A) Corsica. B) Corfu. C) Crete. D) Cos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Corfu. 2. After he had directed "Australia", Baz Luhrmann's next project was a film based on which book by F Scott Fitzgerald? A) Catch-22. B) Moby Dick. C) Great Expectations. D) The Great Gatsby. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Great Gatsby. 3. For administrative purposes, Germany consists of sixteen areas which they call ..... what? A) Departments. B) States. C) Cantons. D) Iller. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) States. 4. In 1961 in Paris, the French police attacked a peaceful but illegal demonstration of around 30, 000 people, killing between 40 and 200, who were protesting about what? A) Religious persecution of protestants. B) Increased tax on wine. C) Algerian War. D) Abolition of the death penalty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Algerian War. 5. Who played the lead roles of Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash in "Tango & Cash", a 1989 American action/comedy film directed by Andrei Konchalovsky and Albert Magnoli? A) Teri Hatcher & Sylvester Stallone. B) Teri Hatcher & Jack Palance. C) Sylvester Stallone & Kurt Russell. D) Kurt Russell & Jack Palance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sylvester Stallone & Kurt Russell. 6. What is one of the distinguishing characteristics of the Mosuo, or Na, culture, in Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces in China close to the border with Tibet? A) It recognises neither marriage nor divorce as defined in western and many other societies. B) It is largely matriarchal. C) All of these. D) Children are raised by their female relatives, brothers and uncles, not their father. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of these. 7. Which of these is commonly removed by a dentist? A) Piquet. B) Placket. C) Plague. D) Plaque. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plaque. 8. Which film tied with "All About Eve" (released in 1950) for the most Oscar nominations (14), and won 11 including Best Picture and Best Director, thereby tying with "Ben-Hur" (1959) for the most Oscars won by a single film? A) The Lord of the Rings:The Return of the King. B) E.T. the Extra Terrestrial. C) Titanic. D) The Lion King. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Titanic. 9. To what political party did George Washington, the first president of the USA elected under the Electoral College system, belong? A) Democratic-Republican. B) None, he was unaffiliated. C) Federalist. D) Whig. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) None, he was unaffiliated. 10. Who is represented as bringing light to Swedish homes on December 13th? A) St Lucia. B) Apollo. C) Baldur. D) Belisama. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) St Lucia. 11. When was the deconstruction game called Jenga launched? A) 1962. B) 1983. C) 1978. D) 1986. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1983. 12. How much time does light from the sun take to reach Earth? A) About 8 minutes 19 seconds. B) Just over an hour. C) About 8 seconds. D) About 40 minutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) About 8 minutes 19 seconds. 13. In what is snake and or bee venom discussed as a treatment? A) Some forms of cancer. B) Aneurisms. C) Diphtheria. D) Tuberculosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Some forms of cancer. 14. Which company made the Zero fighter that Japan used in World War II? A) Mitsubishi. B) Toyota. C) Panasonic. D) Datsun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mitsubishi. 15. Jason Lee Scott, Zack Taylor, Billy Cranston, Trini Kwan and Kimberly Hart were the original members of which group? A) The Tolpuddle Martyrs. B) The Bay City Rollers. C) All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. D) Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. 16. What is the name for an angle greater than 180 degrees and less than 360 degrees? A) Acute. B) Reflex. C) Scalene. D) Isosceles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reflex. 17. How many gifts are there in the "Twelve Days of Christmas" ? A) 364. B) 1, 364. C) 12. D) 78. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 364. 18. Parsley is the main ingredient of which of these sauces? A) Worcestershire sauce. B) Soy sauce. C) Salsa verde. D) Hollandaise sauce. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Salsa verde. 19. Which Canadian, born Eilleen Regina Edwards, made the album "Come on Over", the best-selling album of all time by a female musician and the best-selling album in the history of country music? A) Loretta Lynn. B) Céline Dion. C) Dolly Parton. D) Shania Twain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shania Twain. 20. In 1996, at Atlanta, Karch Kiraly was the first US player of which sport to win three Olympic gold medals? A) Weightlifting. B) Handball. 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