This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge โ Quiz 286 ๐ Homepage ๐ Download PDF Books ๐ Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 286 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. According to the nursery rhyme, who could "eat no fat", while his wife could "eat no lean" ? A) Mary Mary Quite Contrary. B) Old King Cole. C) Jack Sprat. D) Moby Dick. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jack Sprat. 2. What is the longest running live show of any type, still in its initial run? A) "The Mousetrap" by Agatha Christie. B) "The Phantom of the Opera" by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart & Richard Stilgoe. C) "Cats" by Andrew Lloyd Webber, T. S. Eliot & Trevor Nunn. D) "Les Misรฉrables" by Claude-Michel Schรถnberg, Alain Boublil & Herbert Kretzmer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "The Mousetrap" by Agatha Christie. 3. A series of WADA investigations and a McLaren Investigation Agency report released in July 2016 alleged Russia was involved in widespread state-sponsored and prolonged doping violations in world sport; what was the period the McLaren report specified? A) 2016. B) 2005 to 2015. C) 2013 to 2014. D) At least from 2011 to 2015. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At least from 2011 to 2015. 4. What is the nationality of Andrew Kelly and Richard Collett, who won the pairs championships, and Genevieve Baildon, who was women's singles champion, at the Bowls Classic Championships in Hong Kong in November 2009? A) New Zealanders. B) Australians. C) Jamaicans. D) British. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) New Zealanders. 5. The first verse of which song begins "So you think you've lost your love? Well I saw her yesterday" ? A) Love Me Do. B) She Loves You. C) I Want To Hold Your Hand. D) Please Please Me. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She Loves You. 6. What PS4 and Xbox One game was developed in 2016 with the version title "Infinite Warfare" ? A) Star Wars Battlefront. B) Warcraft. C) Fallout. D) Call of Duty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Call of Duty. 7. What news source operating from the US Department of Defense that publishes daily newspapers for the US Armed Forces serving overseas was first published in November 1861, during the American Civil War? A) Hail to the Chief. B) War Cry. C) Stars and Stripes. D) The Star Spangled Banner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stars and Stripes. 8. What is unusual about Rockall, a small island in the Atlantic Ocean? A) It is the last remaining natural habitat of the Irish snake. B) It is under water more than half the time. C) It was not claimed until 1953, by Great Britain. D) It did not exist until it was lifted by an earthquake in 2003. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was not claimed until 1953, by Great Britain. 9. Which king of England was nicknamed Rufus? A) Henry I. B) William I. C) William II. D) Henry II. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) William II. 10. Leeks are most closely related to which of these? A) Garlic. B) Parsley. C) Spinach. D) Asparagus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Garlic. 11. What is a petaflop? A) A thousand trillion flops. B) 100 teraflops. C) The modified labellum of an orchid. D) An alumnus of a philosophy education, research and training network. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A thousand trillion flops. 12. The Basques are native people of France and which other neighbouring country? A) Germany. B) Belgium. C) Spain. D) Italy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spain. 13. Who held the record for the number of Grand Slam tennis tournaments before it was beaten by Roger Federer at Wimbledon in 2009? A) Lleyton Hewitt. B) Rafael Nadal. C) Pete Sampras. D) Andre Agassi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pete Sampras. 14. What is a feature of the Japanese art known as kintsugi? A) Bamboo inlays. B) Drawing in gold. C) Red shellac. D) Mended ceramic with gold, or similar, applied to the mends. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mended ceramic with gold, or similar, applied to the mends. 15. The richly decorated and ornate multi-storey Grand Splendid in Buenos Aires, Argentina, opened in 1919 as a theatre, and was renovated and converted in 2000 to what? A) Government department. B) Cinema. C) Opera house. D) Bookshop. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bookshop. 16. Which of these buildings used to be a Paris prison? A) Arc de Triomphe. B) La Sorbonne. C) The Louvre. D) Bastille. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bastille. 17. Which artist has a daughter and two sons with Jane Asher, whom he married in 1981? A) Christopher Wood. B) Gerald Scarfe. C) Andy Warhol. D) Albert Uderzo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gerald Scarfe. 18. In French cooking, the traditional dish of, basically, pickled herring is called what? A) Le flick. B) Douane. C) Gateau de ma tante. D) Gendarme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gendarme. 19. What is an alternative name for Belladonna? A) Buttercup. B) Gladioli. C) Deadly Nightshade. D) Bougainvillea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deadly Nightshade. 20. In cricket, what term is used to describe the situation when a batsman is "out" from the first ball they face? A) Bronze duck. B) Royal duck. C) Diamond duck. D) Golden duck. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Golden duck. โ PreviousNext โRelated 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 ๐ Back to Homepage ๐ Download PDF Books ๐ Premium PDF Books