This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 311 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 311 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. UK Ariel programme developed and launched 6 satellites 1962-79, which were launched for them by NASA; which was the only British satellite successfully launched by Britain using a British rocket? A) Ariane, in 1973. B) Black Arrow, in 1969. C) Prospero, in 1971. D) Lambda-4S, in 1970. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prospero, in 1971. 2. Traditionally, what was the name of the sword with which St. George slew the dragon, and the name given by Winston Churchill to his personal aircraft during World War II? A) Thunderbolt. B) Excalibur. C) Durendal. D) Ascalon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ascalon. 3. How many members are there in the US lower house, the House of Representatives? A) 435. B) 192. C) 69. D) 622. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 435. 4. What has been the currency of Venezuela since 1 January 2008? A) The UK Pound Sterling. B) The US Dollar. C) The Bolivar fuerte. D) The Spanish Peseta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Bolivar fuerte. 5. Which group of people took control of Carthage in 439 AD? A) Huns. B) Vandals. C) Trojans. D) Romans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vandals. 6. The term "blue collar" refers to what? A) Sportsmen. B) Unqualified office workers. C) Moth attacks on overalls. D) Manual workers in industry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Manual workers in industry. 7. What does someone with the hikikomori syndrome show? A) Extreme stress from working conditions. B) Acute social withdrawal. C) Abnormal friendliness. D) Disproportionately large feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acute social withdrawal. 8. For men's basketball, the official basketball size is 29.5 inches in circumference (size 7) and what weight in ounces? A) 22. B) 24. C) 20. D) 18. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 22. 9. What do the initials "E.T." stand for in the title of the 1982 film directed by Steven Spielberg? A) Emergency telephone. B) Extra terrestrial. C) Error transmission. D) Energy trap. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extra terrestrial. 10. The dessert known as "crumble" usually consists of a sweet topping covering a layer of what? A) Potato. B) Mince. C) Chopped liver. D) Stewed fruit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stewed fruit. 11. What nationality is tennis player Gaston Gaudio? A) Belgian. B) French. C) Argentinian. D) Spanish. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Argentinian. 12. Stirling WHO was a British racing driver, who raced from 1948 to 1962 and won 212 of the 529 races he entered, including 16 Formula One Grands Prix? A) Marsh. B) Fern. C) Lichen. D) Moss. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Moss. 13. The Bacon Society was founded in England in 1866 to promote the study of what? A) Methods of making pig-racing as popular as greyhound racing. B) Variations in texture of the flesh of a pig after it has been cured. C) The works of Roger Bacon, a 13th century English scholar, scientist and philosopher. D) Evidence that implies that Francis Bacon wrote plays attributed to Shakespeare. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Evidence that implies that Francis Bacon wrote plays attributed to Shakespeare. 14. Who plays Lexie Grey in the US TV series "Grey's Anatomy" ? A) Barbara Knox. B) Sara Ramírez. C) Chyler Leigh. D) Anne Kirkbride. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chyler Leigh. 15. Limes became part of the British Royal Navy's diet in an attempt to prevent what? A) Influenza. B) Melanoma. C) Scurvy. D) Rickets. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scurvy. 16. What is the study of plant diseases? A) Veterinary pathology. B) Floral pathology. C) Pomenary Science. D) Phytopathology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phytopathology. 17. What is a trifecta? A) A type of bet on a horse race. B) A judge. C) One of 3 terms in a school year. D) An epidemic killing more than 3, 000 people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A type of bet on a horse race. 18. Who was declared president by both houses of the US Congress because there was no precedent or clear constitutional rule for a vice president to assume the office of president upon the death of his predecessor? A) John Tyler. B) John Quincy Adams. C) William Henry Harrison. D) Ronald Reagan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John Tyler. 19. Where is the town of Kobe? A) Siberia. B) The Philippines. C) Japan. D) New Zealand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Japan. 20. The Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine, built by Frederic C. Williams, Tom Kilburn & Geoff Tootill that first ran on 21 June 1948, was an early form of what? A) Mobile telephone. B) Computer. C) Dishwasher. D) Space rocket. 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