This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 315 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 315 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who uses a hod? A) Bricklayer. B) Coalman. C) Ferryman. D) Painter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bricklayer. 2. How many legs has an arachnid? A) 100. B) 10. C) 8. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 8. 3. Which country between the Andes mountain range and the Atlantic Ocean has borders with Paraguay, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay? A) Abu Dhabi. B) Guatemala. C) Somalia. D) Argentina. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Argentina. 4. Who was involved with the management of "The New York Dolls", "The Sex Pistols", "Adam and the Ants", "Bow Wow Wow" and "Jimmy The Hoover" ? A) Cameron Mackintosh. B) Malcolm McLaren. C) Andrew Loog Oldham. D) Allen Klein. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Malcolm McLaren. 5. The 1980 Paralympic Games in Arnhem in the Netherlands led to what? A) Foundation of the International Sports Organization for the Disabled (ISOD). B) The creation of the International Co-ordinating Committee Sports for the Disabled in the World (ICC). C) A slump in interest in disabled sports following low attendance at the Games. D) Cancellation of the Paralympics planned for 1984. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The creation of the International Co-ordinating Committee Sports for the Disabled in the World (ICC). 6. Prepatellar bursitis is more commonly known as what? A) Achilles heel. B) Tennis elbow. C) Housemaid's knee. D) Cauliflower ear. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Housemaid's knee. 7. What is the name of a calculating machine that originally consisted of beans or stones moved in grooves in sand or on tablets of wood, stone, or metal? A) Abacus. B) Slide rule. C) Chisanbop. D) Difference engine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abacus. 8. What is the lowest score that cannot be scored with a single dart? A) 51. B) 21. C) 23. D) 101. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 23. 9. Which 18th century writer produced "She Stoops To Conquer" and "The Vicar Of Wakefield" ? A) William Wycherley. B) Oliver Goldsmith. C) Harold Pinter. D) Arthur Miller. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oliver Goldsmith. 10. Which is an intelligence service of Israel? A) Stollad. B) Mossad. C) Gathad. D) Rollad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mossad. 11. Where is the Humboldt Sea? A) In Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan. B) Just south of Greenland. C) In the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by ocean currents. D) On the Moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On the Moon. 12. Which is the film for which Pixar Animation Studios completely rewrote their animation system for the first time in 25 years, and dedicated the film to Steve Jobs? A) Toy Story. B) Brave. C) Wall-E. D) Ratatouille. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brave. 13. Which of these was a Russian composer whose music was officially denounced in the USSR twice and periodically banned, yet received state awards and served in the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR? A) George Gershwin. B) Arnold Schoenberg. C) Dmitri Shostakovich. D) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dmitri Shostakovich. 14. What are the two middle names of George H W Bush? A) Henry William. B) Hubert Wodehouse. C) Hamilton Wansworth. D) Herbert Walker. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Herbert Walker. 15. Which singer/songwriter, who began releasing hit singles in 1958, has had 3 albums ("The Definitive Collection", "Waking Up Is Hard to Do" & "The Music of My Life") on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart between 2007 & 2010? A) Lamont Dozier. B) Carole King. C) Ricky Nelson. D) Neil Sedaka. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neil Sedaka. 16. Who set the record for winning the most races in a single Isle of Man TT meeting, with five wins in 2010? A) Ian Hutchinson. B) Cameron Donald. C) Michael Dunlop. D) Keith Amor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ian Hutchinson. 17. Which playwright, even better known as a novelist, poet, essayist and painter in his own country, included among his more than 60 plays "The Father" (1887), "Miss Julie" (1888), and "Creditors" (1889)? A) Henrik Ibsen. B) August Strindberg. C) John Galsworthy. D) Γmile Zola. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) August Strindberg. 18. What is the Chilean desert between the coast and the Andes? A) Kalahari. B) Gobi. C) Atacama. D) Sahara. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Atacama. 19. What have the two constellations Ursa Major and Minor given their name to? A) Polaris Missile. B) The Ural Mountains. C) The Ursine Tree Kangaroo. D) The Arctic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Arctic. 20. According to the Bible, which one of Eve's sons killed his brother? A) Seth. B) Abel. C) Adam. D) Cain. 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