This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 31 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 31 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What can be defined as "the resistance to motion when two bodies in contact are moved over each other" ? A) Inertia. B) Momentum. C) Friction. D) Romance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Friction. 2. In Roman mythology, when, on the dethronement of Saturn, Jupiter and his brothers divided his dominions, who got the realms of the dead? A) Neptune. B) Jupiter. C) Pluto. D) Uranus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pluto. 3. What is missing in the sequence:French Guiana, the Republic of Suriname, and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela? A) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. B) The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. C) The Co-operative Republic of Guyana. D) The Federative Republic of Brazil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Co-operative Republic of Guyana. 4. What is the meaning of the word "dinosaur" ? A) Ugly reptile. B) Big snake. C) Terrifying lizard. D) Magnificent mammal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Terrifying lizard. 5. Menes in Egypt in the third millennium BCE is recognised as the first leader to do what? A) Establish a standing army. B) Build a pyramid. C) Unite the Upper and Lower Nile in one kingdom. D) Go on a pilgrimage to Mecca. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unite the Upper and Lower Nile in one kingdom. 6. The anxiety treatment drug Diazepam was originally marketed under what name? A) Prozac. B) Valium. C) Effexor. D) Beta Blocker. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Valium. 7. Which 13th century Mogol Emperor of China set up his capital in Peking? A) Kublai Khan. B) Genghis Khan. C) Alexander the Great. D) Vlad the Impaler. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kublai Khan. 8. The phrase "bigger bang for the buck", first heard in the USA in 1954, was used to describe what? A) Elvis Presley's performances. B) Pepsi. C) The neutron bomb (compared to the atom and hydrogen bombs). D) Policy to use nuclear weapons (not a large regular army) to threaten the USSR. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Policy to use nuclear weapons (not a large regular army) to threaten the USSR. 9. What was the first Olympics to be boycotted by nations that had previously competed?. A) Montreal (1976). B) Berlin (1936). C) Melbourne (1956 ). D) Munich (1972 ). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Melbourne (1956 ). 10. An archipelago is a collection of what? A) Stamps. B) Birds. C) Islands. D) Records. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Islands. 11. Which music was acknowledged as influencing the UEFA Champions League Anthem adopted in 1992? A) "Let the Bright Seraphim" by George Handel. B) "My Heart is Inditing" by George Handel. C) "Zadok the Priest" by George Handel. D) "Exsultate, jubilate" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Zadok the Priest" by George Handel. 12. Dysphemia is a medical term for what? A) Inability to speak or understand words. B) Loss of the power of speech. C) Stuttering or stammering. D) Difficulty in swallowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stuttering or stammering. 13. Which of these best resembles a diaeresis in shape? A) Cedilla. B) Apostrophe. C) Umlaut. D) Exclamation mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Umlaut. 14. Gaborone is the capital city of which country? A) ESwatini. B) Botswana. C) Zambia. D) Chad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Botswana. 15. Which of these is a type of embroidery stitch? A) Stocking stitch. B) Merry margaret. C) Lazy daisy. D) Dream weaver. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lazy daisy. 16. In a film script, what do the letters POV mean? A) Put on "virtual" setting. B) Point out of the vehicle window. C) Point Of View. D) Plenty of violet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Point Of View. 17. Griffin was the main character in which book by H G Wells? A) The First Men in the Moon. B) The Time Machine. C) War of the Worlds. D) The Invisible Man. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Invisible Man. 18. What happened towards the end of the coronation ceremony for William the Conqueror, at Westminster Abbey in England? A) A comet was seen. B) There was thunder and lightning. C) The congregation, both Norman and English, left before the service was completed. D) Londoners rioted at the Cathedral doors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The congregation, both Norman and English, left before the service was completed. 19. What were Blue Danube, Red Beard, Violet Club and Yellow Sun? A) Games developed in World War I. B) Breeds of 18th century rose. C) British nuclear warheads. D) Chess gambits popular in 16th century China. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) British nuclear warheads. 20. In the TV series "Mork and Mindy", who was the mostly-unseen and long-suffering superior (voiced by Ralph James) who had sent Mork to Earth, and that Mork had to report to frequently? A) Malkovich. B) Charlie. C) Orson. D) Ibuka. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Orson. ← 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