This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 303 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 303 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the smallest interval in European music, 12 of which make an octave? A) Dominant. B) Semitone. C) Minor. D) Seventh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Semitone. 2. What is somebody described as thrasonical likely to do? A) Play a musical instrument. B) Brag, or boast. C) Fight anybody in their vicinity. D) Ride a horse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brag, or boast. 3. At the 1896 Olympics, winners received a silver medal and second place received a bronze medal. In 1900, most winners received cups or trophies instead of medals. What present tradition was introduced at the 1904 Games? A) Awarding gold, silver & bronze medals for the first three places. B) Awarding no tangible reward at all. C) Awarding certificates to every finisher. D) Awarding the winner only with a bronze medal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Awarding gold, silver & bronze medals for the first three places. 4. The US television series "NCIS" (2003-now) focuses on criminal investigations involving what? A) Homeland terrorist attacks. B) US Navy and Marine Corps. C) Drug running. D) US Naval Intelligence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) US Navy and Marine Corps. 5. Who composed the music for the Tony and Olivier Award-winning "Billy Elliot:the Musical" ? A) Frank Loesser. B) Elton John. C) Stephen Dolginoff. D) Bob Gaudio. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elton John. 6. What is the technical description of the balsa tree? A) A hardwood. B) A softwood. C) A conifer. D) A smooth bole with little or no branching below the crown. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A hardwood. 7. Which river is most sacred to the Hindu religion? A) Irrawaddy. B) Ganges. C) Mekong. D) Indus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ganges. 8. What name was given to a narrative poem typically sung by trouvΓ¨res (medieval minstrels)? A) Limerick. B) Round. C) Lay. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lay. 9. David Mamet's plays "American Buffalo" (1975) and "Glengarry Glen Ross" (1982) are set in what city? A) London. B) San Francisco. C) Berlin. D) Chicago. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chicago. 10. Who was called "Hanoi Jane" after her activities during the Vietnam War? A) Jane Fonda. B) Jane Seymour. C) Jayne Torvill. D) Jane Austen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jane Fonda. 11. Who became vice-president and then president of the USA without having been voted into either office? A) Grover Cleveland. B) Lyndon Johnson. C) Harry S Truman. D) Gerald Ford. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gerald Ford. 12. Where is Dan Brown's book "Angels and Demons" mainly set? A) The Louvre. B) The Vatican. C) The White House. D) Buckingham Palace. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Vatican. 13. What sport, the season for which is March to August, has been phased out in all states in Australia except for Victoria and South Australia, and was scheduled to end in Victoria after the 2010 season? A) Spear fishing. B) Motor racing on street circuits. C) Fox hunting. D) Steeplechase. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Steeplechase. 14. Who used to observe the Sarum Rite? A) Followers of the religion now known as Wicca. B) Druids. C) Prehistoric peoples living in Salisbury. D) Mediaeval Christians in parts of Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mediaeval Christians in parts of Europe. 15. The skull can be divided into two parts:the cranium and what other part? A) The mandible. B) The dirigible. C) The edible. D) The jawbone co-operative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The mandible. 16. Which of these countries has a border with Hungary? A) Australia. B) Austria. C) Spain. D) Kenya. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Austria. 17. In June 2009, General Motors announced that it would sell which of its brands to Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery, based in China? A) Packard. B) Chevrolet. C) Holden. D) Hummer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hummer. 18. What was the name given to the series of trials presided over by Judge Jeffreys after the Monmouth Rebellion in 1685 when hundreds were put to death or transported to the colonies? A) Monmouth Massacre. B) Bloody Assizes. C) Black Friday. D) Great Australian Bite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bloody Assizes. 19. Which of these letters is not in the name of an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1973 by Scottish born brothers Malcolm and Angus Young? A) A. B) P. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) P. 20. Who directed the films "Clerks", "Mallrats" and "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" ? A) Spike Lee. B) Sam Mendes. C) Kevin Smith. D) Michael Moore. 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