This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 319 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 319 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was the first name of Madame Tussaud, who founded a wax museum in London? A) Marie. B) Fantine. C) Yvette. D) Brigitte. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marie. 2. Who was the first person to win a Tony Award, an Academy Award and an Emmy Award in the same year, and the only person to have won all 3 awards in the category of "Best Director" ? A) James Cameron. B) Busby Berkeley. C) Bob Fosse. D) Barbra Streisand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bob Fosse. 3. Who defeated the British army in 1879 at the Battle of Isandlwana? A) Russians. B) Zulus. C) Boers. D) Turks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zulus. 4. Blood groups are determined by complex chemical systems on or in where? A) On the surface of a blood cell. B) In bone marrow. C) In blood plasma. D) In blood platelets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On the surface of a blood cell. 5. What type of ball is football (soccer) played with? A) Pyramid. B) Oval. C) Ellipse. D) Sphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sphere. 6. Which can dastaar mean? A) A European multinational software company that develops 3D design. B) The commitment of a Sikh to his faith. C) A fluorinating reagent used for the synthesis of organofluorine compounds. D) A drug abuse screening test, for advanced Alzheimer referrals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The commitment of a Sikh to his faith. 7. What is a jalapeño? A) Chilli pepper. B) Olive. C) Onion. D) Potato. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chilli pepper. 8. Which English King was the father of King John and Richard the Lionheart? A) William II. B) Henry II. C) Edward II. D) Richard II. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Henry II. 9. When his Late String Quartets were first performed in the 1820s, listeners described them variously as "indecipherable, uncorrected horrors" and "we know there is something there, but we do not know what it is" . Who was the composer? A) Carl Czerny. B) Franz Schubert. C) Ludwig van Beethoven. D) Franz Liszt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ludwig van Beethoven. 10. Since the 1500s the post of Poet Laureate of Britain has been traditionally held for life, until 1999 when the appointment was made for a fixed term of 10 years. Who is the only Poet Laureate to have been removed from the position? A) John Masefield. B) John Betjeman. C) John Lennon. D) John Dryden. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) John Dryden. 11. What number, on the Ph scale, represents "neutral" ? A) 0. B) 7. C) 10. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 7. 12. Which breed of cat is naturally tailless? A) Rex. B) Siamese. C) Burmese. D) Manx. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Manx. 13. In mediaeval years what would the regular occupants of a charterhouse be? A) Lepers. B) Monks. C) Scribes. D) Men-at-arms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monks. 14. Whose birth and death are commemorated on the same day? A) Kings and Queens of England. B) Buddha. C) William Shakespeare. D) George Washington. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) William Shakespeare. 15. Ned Flanders, a character in "The Simpsons", runs a store that sells what? A) Things for left handed people. B) Religious artefacts. C) Men's clothing. D) Liquor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Things for left handed people. 16. Dishes prepared with spinach can be referred to as what? A) À la mode. B) À la Florentine. C) À la carte. D) À la folie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) À la Florentine. 17. What was the purpose of the international organisation which followed the signing of the Morges Manifesto in 1961? A) To regulate key components of the financial world. B) To conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on Earth. C) To improve communication and collaboration among brain researchers. D) To implement the United Nations drug conventions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on Earth. 18. Which autonomous region within the Kingdom of the Netherlands is a 33-kilometre (21 mile) long island with a land area of 193 km2 (75 sq miles) in the southern Caribbean Sea? A) Altamira. B) Cuba. C) Arriba. D) Aruba. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aruba. 19. What award is the equivalent of the Oscars for the music industry? A) BAFTAs. B) Emmys. C) Tonys. D) Grammys. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grammys. 20. The UEFA cup is a football tournament for teams mainly from which continent? A) Africa. B) Europe. C) Asia. D) South America. 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