This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 288 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 288 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. At the start of "Scream 2", what was the name of the film that was shown about the "Woodsboro Murders" ? A) Penetrate. B) Plunge. C) Stab. D) Insert. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stab. 2. Which of these is a film in which the characters of Lara, Tonya and Yevgraf appear? A) Dr Zhivago. B) Tomb Raider. C) Rollerball. D) Unman, Wittering and Zigo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dr Zhivago. 3. Where did Charles, later King Charles II, hide himself after the Battle of Worcester in 1651? A) Under his bed. B) In a cave. C) In an oak tree. D) In a theatre. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In an oak tree. 4. Where is the main part of the Kyzylkum Desert? A) Uzbekistan. B) Afghanistan. C) Syria. D) Tajikistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Uzbekistan. 5. In the USA it is called a bathrobe. What do the British call it? A) Dressing gown. B) Smoking jacket. C) Dickey suit. D) Sou'wester. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dressing gown. 6. Through its CEO, Pete Docter, Pixar has won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature for several films which he directed. Which was NOT one? A) Inside Out (2015). B) Up (2009). C) Monsters Inc (2001). D) Soul (2020). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monsters Inc (2001). 7. Which participants are qualified to compete at the Lusophony Games? A) Athletes from Portuguese-speaking countries and territories. B) Portuguese-speaking chess players. C) Children whose parents or grandparents speak Portuguese or are linked to Portuguese culture. D) Athletes in Portugal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Athletes from Portuguese-speaking countries and territories. 8. Which of these sports has a bat as part of its equipment? A) Squash. B) Cricket. C) Volleyball. D) High jump. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cricket. 9. Who was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed by his wife Isabella in 1327 and made to abdicate in favour of his son? A) Edward II. B) Charles II. C) William II. D) Henry II. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Edward II. 10. The startling beauties and riches of the tomb of Tutankhamen became accessible widely at least partly through whose 1, 400 photographs? A) Harry Burton. B) August Sanders. C) Henri Cartier-Bresson. D) Egon Erwin Kisch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harry Burton. 11. The ancient Maya, Toltec and Aztec civilisations centred generally on which area? A) The land between the continents of North and South America. B) Modern Tierra del Fuego. C) The west coast of South America. D) Modern Texas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The land between the continents of North and South America. 12. What is the name of the rose coloured gaseous envelope outside the incandescent surface of the sun? A) Chromosphere. B) Photosphere. C) Corona. D) Stratosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chromosphere. 13. In what country is the National People's Congress one of the bodies of government? A) Australia. B) New Zealand. C) People's Republic of China. D) Brunei. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) People's Republic of China. 14. What is the next in this series:Moscow, Los Angeles, Seoul ..... A) Atlanta. B) Sydney. C) Barcelona. D) Athens. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Barcelona. 15. Loosely based on a 1959 novel by Shirley Jackson, what was Netflix's first release (in 2018) in its "Haunted" series? A) The Haunting of Hill House. B) The Haunting of Bly Manor. C) The Haunting of Alma Fielding. D) The Haunting of Sharon Tate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Haunting of Hill House. 16. Peter The Hermit is known for leading what group in 1095? A) The King's Barbershop Singers. B) The First Crusade. C) The Gunpowder Plot. D) The London Symphony Orchestra. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The First Crusade. 17. What was initiated by British conductor Sir Henry Wood? A) English National Opera Company. B) The Proms. C) Glyndebourne Festival. D) Glastonbury Festival. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Proms. 18. Which two British Prime Ministers had the same name? A) Winston Churchill. B) William Gladstone. C) William Pitt. D) Alec Douglas-Home. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) William Pitt. 19. Which of these do "Le pigeon aux petits pois" by Pablo Picasso, "La Pastorale" by Henri Matisse, "L'Olivier Près de l'Estaque" by Georges Braque, "La Femme a l'Eventail" by Amedeo Modigliani and "Nature Morte aux Chandeliers" by Fernand Léger have in common? A) Deciding factors in awarding the Légion d'honneur to the artists. B) Stolen from Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. C) They are all by French artists. D) They all feature horses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stolen from Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. 20. What succeeded the USA's Marshall Plan (1948-51) for long term aid in the reconstruction of Europe following World War II? A) Mutual Security Plan (MSP). B) Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC). C) Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA). D) Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mutual Security Plan (MSP). ← 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