This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 294 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 294 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where is the phrase "Hakuna matata", made famous in a 1994 Walt Disney animated film and meaning "no problems, or worries", most commonly used? A) The phrase was created for the film. B) Tanzania. C) Kenya and Zanzibar. D) Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kenya and Zanzibar. 2. What separates Wales from Devon, England? A) Bristol Channel. B) The mountains of Snowdonia. C) The Wash. D) River Avon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bristol Channel. 3. What was the name given to Jiang Qing (Mao Zedong's ex-wife), Zhang Chunqiao, Yao Wenyuan, and Wang Hongwen, Chinese Communist Party officials who were prominent during the Cultural Revolution and were arrested in 1976, charged with treason? A) The Four Maosketeers. B) The Red Guard. C) The Paper Tigers. D) The Gang of Four. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Gang of Four. 4. What is the name of an American dish of diced chicken in a cream sauce with pimentos, mushrooms, green peppers and sometimes sherry? A) Chicken à la king. B) Chicken au gratin. C) Chicken de foie gras. D) Waldorf chicken. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chicken à la king. 5. In 1962, who starred in the first of the longest-running series of films with the same main character? A) Sean Connery. B) Roger Moore. C) Johnny Weissmuller. D) Gordon Scott. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sean Connery. 6. Which castle, when used as a prison for prisoners of war in World War II, was known as Oflag VII C? A) Colditz. B) Versailles. C) Cassino. D) St Anthony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Colditz. 7. Where is one situation in which gold leaf would not be found? A) Book illustration or binding. B) Gilded accents in architecture. C) Origami. D) Confectionery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Origami. 8. Whose autobiography, published in 1999, was entitled "Managing My Life" ? A) Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin business empire. B) Steve Jobs, CEO, Apple Inc. C) Lee A. Iacocca, ex-President, Ford Motor Company. D) Alex Fergusson, British football (soccer) manager from 1974 to 2013. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alex Fergusson, British football (soccer) manager from 1974 to 2013. 9. What popular name was given to the 7th Armoured Division of the British Army in World War II? A) Scorpions. B) Golden Salamanders. C) Desert Foxes. D) Desert Rats. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Desert Rats. 10. In October 1935, two hundred thousand soldiers of which European army attacked Ethiopia? A) Swedish. B) Swiss. C) Belgian. D) Italian. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Italian. 11. In Japan's feudal era, from 1185 onwards, a dominant warrior class emerged called what? A) Samurai. B) Shogun. C) Sensei. D) Sir. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Samurai. 12. The invention of what sport is credited to Dr. S. A. Naismith in Massachusetts, USA, in 1891? A) Basketball. B) Soccer. C) Bowls. D) Cricket. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Basketball. 13. He established inductive methodologies for scientific inquiry, and is thought to have died from pneumonia contracted while studying the effects of freezing on preserving meat. Who was he? A) Charles Lamb. B) Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St. Alban (1561-1626). C) John Deere. D) Bob Veal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St. Alban (1561-1626). 14. "In God We Trust" is not the official motto of which of these? A) Canada. B) United States of America. C) The US state of Florida. D) Nicaragua. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Canada. 15. What was the original title of "The Goon Show" ? A) A Bit of Milligan. B) Idiots at Large. C) Spike and Friends. D) Crazy People. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Crazy People. 16. In what sport are there "16 yard hits" and "penalty corners" ? A) Basketball. B) Hockey. C) Rugby League. D) Motor racing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hockey. 17. Who chairs the Invictus Games Foundation? A) Capt. Dave Henson. B) Prince Harry. C) Lord Coe. D) Sir Keith Mills. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sir Keith Mills. 18. Which of these characters appeared in stories about Sherlock Holmes? A) Professor Higgins. B) Professor Moriarty. C) Professor Challenger. D) Professor Plum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Professor Moriarty. 19. As what is Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar internationally known? A) Musician. B) Politician. C) Theoretical physicist. D) Cricket player. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theoretical physicist. 20. In 1999, King Abdullah II and Queen Rania became the rulers of which country? A) Jordan. B) Saudi Arabia. C) Yemen. D) Somalia. 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