This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 32 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 32 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Busby Berkeley was famous for his contribution to elaborately staged extravagant scenes in film musicals, mainly between the 1920s to 1940s, as what? A) Choreographer. B) Librettist. C) Composer. D) Costume designer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Choreographer. 2. What is a basis of the theory of Universal Grammar, as proposed by Noam Chomsky? A) Human perception and understanding of the world is the basis for the structure of language. B) That the basis of letter-sound recognition is biologically preset in humans. C) That all languages build on the same basic grammar. D) That syntactic knowledge is partly inborn in humans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That syntactic knowledge is partly inborn in humans. 3. Where are the headquarters of the intergovernmental body known as the Arctic Council? A) Alaska. B) Norway. C) Canada. D) Greenland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Norway. 4. What is "mightier than the sword" in the old saying? A) Armour. B) Shield. C) Door. D) Pen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pen. 5. On October 24, 1901, 63-year-old Michigan school teacher Annie Edson Taylor was the first person to go where in a barrel? A) Over Niagara Falls. B) Down the Mississippi River. C) Off the top of the Empire State Building. D) Down Pike's Peak. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Over Niagara Falls. 6. Mount Etna and the Plain of Catania are on which island? A) Sicily. B) Sardinia. C) Crete. D) Malta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sicily. 7. Which of these countries is on the Balkan Peninsula? A) Uzbekistan. B) Greece. C) Georgia. D) Israel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Greece. 8. One of the forms of music usually sung a capella is ..... ? A) Madrigal. B) Porwiggle. C) Pentacle. D) Madrigalejo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Madrigal. 9. In cricket, what term is used to describe the situation when a batsman is "out" on the first ball of the match? A) King pair. B) Golden duck. C) Diamond duck. D) Royal Duck. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Royal Duck. 10. Which cross has the upright longer than the transverse piece, and has a circle around the head / join? A) Greek cross. B) Latin cross. C) Celtic cross. D) Egyptian cross. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Celtic cross. 11. Which 16th century German physician and botanist is also remembered in the name of a small flowering shrub, with flowers usually of vivid purple-red petals and deep red sepals? A) John Tradescant the Elder. B) Leonhart Fuchs. C) Philibert Commerçon. D) Ernst Dieffenbach. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Leonhart Fuchs. 12. What does the "F" stand for in the acronym "FBI" ? A) Footloose. B) Felony. C) Federal. D) Foreign. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Federal. 13. When was the Guillain-Barré syndrome first recognised and described? A) 1942. B) 1916. C) 1720. D) 1859. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1859. 14. Who was Madonna's first husband? A) Carlos Leon. B) Harvey Keitel. C) Sean Penn. D) Guy Ritchie. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sean Penn. 15. What is a Kindle DX, that in early 2009 was priced at around US$ 489? A) Electronic book reader. B) Model of Hyundai car. C) Gas heater that appears to be a wood fire. D) A fire starter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Electronic book reader. 16. What do the letters GF mean on a menu? A) Gluten Free. B) Genetic modification Free. C) Good Food value. D) Great Flavour. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gluten Free. 17. Of what descent was singer Bobby Darin? A) Jewish. B) Irish. C) Italian. D) English. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Italian. 18. Myalgic pain affects which part of the body? A) Eyes. B) Lower back. C) Legs. D) Muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Muscles. 19. Which poet, professor and novelist, whose first novel is considered the most widely read in modern African literature, died in Boston, USA, in 2013 at the age of 82? A) Wole Soyinka, from Nigeria. B) Chinua Achebe, from Nigeria. C) Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, from Nigeria. D) Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, from Kenya. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chinua Achebe, from Nigeria. 20. What is a "briard" ? A) Ancient breed of dog. B) Moth of the Noctuidae family. C) Birth defect. D) An enriched pastry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ancient breed of dog. ← 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