This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 281 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 281 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The first recorded windmills, used in Persia in the 9th century and later India and China, operated on the horizontal plane. When is the first definite record in Europe of the use of vertical windmills instead? A) 12th century. B) 16th century. C) 15th century. D) 13th century. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 12th century. 2. Where does the dance called the "tarantella" have its ancient roots? A) Italy. B) Spain. C) Greece. D) Brazil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Greece. 3. What is an informal phrase for "intelligence" ? A) Black stuff. B) Grey matter. C) Green grass. D) Blue sky. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grey matter. 4. Which of these is a famous book by Agatha Christie? A) Goldfinger. B) Othello. C) Milly Molly Mandy. D) Murder on the Orient Express. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Murder on the Orient Express. 5. What was distinctive about Tarzan's friend in the films, Cheeta? A) He was a chimpanzee. B) He was blind. C) He had one leg. D) He was a hyena. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was a chimpanzee. 6. Which of these is a play by Anton Chekhov? A) The Pumpkin Patch. B) The Beet Farm. C) The Orange Grove. D) The Cherry Orchard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Cherry Orchard. 7. Patrick Cox is known as a designer of what? A) Multi-storey shopping malls. B) Large Anglican churches. C) Shoes, leather goods and accessories. D) Hats with feathers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shoes, leather goods and accessories. 8. Where are the larger of the remnants of the once 68, 000 sq. km (26, 000 sq miles) Aral Sea? A) Tajikistan. B) Across southern Kazakhstan and northern Uzbekistan. C) China. D) Kazakhstan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Across southern Kazakhstan and northern Uzbekistan. 9. What is the nickname of the Australian national netball team? A) Kangaroos. B) Diamonds. C) Wallabies. D) Boomers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diamonds. 10. On 25 November 2010, which country held a general election whereby the majority of seats (17 out of 26) in its Legislative Assembly were elected by universal suffrage for the first time? A) Indonesia. B) Myanmar. C) North Korea. D) Tonga. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tonga. 11. Either by invitation or by conquest the Viking, or Varangian, leader Rurik (Hrorekr) established himself in 862 CE in which area? A) Helsinki. B) Kiev. C) Moscow. D) Novgorod. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Novgorod. 12. In the musical "Oliver!", who is the conniving career criminal who takes in homeless boys and teaches them to pick pockets for him? A) Nancy. B) Fagin. C) The Artful Dodger. D) Mr. Bumble. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fagin. 13. What does the phrase "in his cups" imply? A) He is serving soup. B) He is being treated medically. C) He is potting tableware. D) He is drunk or getting drunk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He is drunk or getting drunk. 14. Of the approximately 13% of its land that Brazil has recognised for its indigenous population, almost all lies where? A) The Amazon basin. B) The Pantanal wetlands. C) The Cerrado savannahs. D) The Caatinga scrubland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Amazon basin. 15. Which poet is buried in an upright position in Westminster Abbey? A) William Blake. B) W B Yeats. C) Ben Jonson. D) John Keats. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ben Jonson. 16. Traditionally the designation "caviar" is only used for sturgeon roe from the wild species living in the Caspian and Black Seas. Which of these is NOT one of them? A) Sevruga. B) Odessa. C) Beluga. D) Ossetra. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Odessa. 17. What US television series (the format for which is now syndicated world-wide) involves a chief executive spending time as a trainee in his or her own firm? A) Fear Factor. B) Undercover Boss. C) X Factor. D) Starting Over. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Undercover Boss. 18. What piece of music was played by German radio in 1945 after the announcement of the death of Adolf Hitler? A) Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance". B) Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. C) The Adagio from Anton Bruckner's 7th Symphony. D) Vera Lynn with "(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Adagio from Anton Bruckner's 7th Symphony. 19. What is meant by "persona non grata" ? A) An unwelcome person. B) Professionals who need not be tipped for their services. C) A secret identity. D) List of people in a play. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An unwelcome person. 20. What sort of art work is the "Venus de Milo" ? A) Sculpture. B) Oil painting. C) Fresco. D) Collage. 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