This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 325 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 325 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who played mobster Henry Hill in the 1990 film "Goodfellas" ? A) Ray Liotta. B) Marlon Brando. C) Kevin Costner. D) Leonardo DiCaprio. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ray Liotta. 2. Research in the USA into safe distancing re the COVID-19 pandemic has involved ..... ? A) Laser beams. B) Theatre lights. C) Radar. D) Smoke. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Laser beams. 3. When was the first Academy Awards ceremony held for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences? A) 1919. B) 1939. C) 1929. D) 1932. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1929. 4. Which pigment is named after an Italian city? A) Sienna. B) Florence. C) Pisa. D) Rome. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sienna. 5. In which French colony was there a war of independence from 1954 to 1962? A) Congo. B) Senegal. C) CΓ΄te d'Ivoire. D) Algeria. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Algeria. 6. Which TV series made in different countries typically includes characters such as Rebel, Hurricane, Laser, Phoenix, Destroyer, Rocket, Dynamite, Blaze, Nightshade, Olympia, Battleaxe, Predator, Glacier, Jet, Safiiri, Vulcan, Fox, Laser and Sheena? A) Who Wants to be a Millionaire. B) Wife Swap. C) Big Brother. D) Gladiators. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gladiators. 7. Who formulated the "Law" that, in a paramagnetic material, the magnetization of the material is (approximately) directly proportional to an applied magnetic field, but if the material is heated, the magnetization is (approximately) inversely proportional to temperature? A) Robert Boyle. B) Robert Hooke. C) Alexander Fleming. D) Pierre Curie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pierre Curie. 8. What is a sternum? A) Chest bone. B) Crewman stationed at the rear of a ship. C) Term applied by British lawyers to unsympathetic judges. D) Star shaped symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chest bone. 9. A US TV series (1974 to 1982) was called "The Little House ..... '' where? A) By the Beach. B) Up the Creek. C) Down the Road. D) On The Prairie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On The Prairie. 10. What is the name of the five horizontal lines on and between which musical notes are written? A) Chart. B) Stave. C) Ledger. D) Sharps. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stave. 11. Which is the smallest sovereign country in South America? A) Ecuador. B) French Guiana. C) Uruguay. D) Suriname. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suriname. 12. What is a variation of the standard card game of poker which consists of two cards being dealt face down to each player and then 5 community cards being placed by the dealer (3 as "the flop" then 1 called "the turn", then 1 called "the river"), with players having the option to check, bet or fold after each deal? A) Texas Hold 'Em. B) Montana Drop 'Em. C) Wisconsin Snatch 'Em. D) Illinois Grip 'Em. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Texas Hold 'Em. 13. What is "Hyperidosis" ? A) Hiccups. B) Shortness of breath. C) Excessive blood / alcohol level. D) Excessive sweat secretion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Excessive sweat secretion. 14. Which country's national zoo quarantined its only pig for two months in case it spread swine flu? A) Israel. B) Iraq. C) Iran. D) Afghanistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Afghanistan. 15. What is labneh made from? A) Chickpeas. B) Buffalo full cream milk. C) Sesame seeds. D) Yoghurt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yoghurt. 16. What is the official capital of Sri Lanka? A) Goa. B) Colombo. C) Sri Jayawardenepura-Kotte. D) Kandy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sri Jayawardenepura-Kotte. 17. "Peggy" is a shortened version of what name? A) Margaret. B) Millicent. C) Mary. D) Marjorie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Margaret. 18. Which Dickens character was visited by the ghost of Jacob Marley? A) Scrooge. B) Pip. C) Mr Pickwick. D) Oliver Twist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scrooge. 19. In which sea or ocean are the Chatham Islands, or Rekohu? A) Atlantic Ocean. B) Tasman Sea. C) Pacific Ocean. D) South China Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pacific Ocean. 20. Which of these is a Spanish possession on the African continent? A) Singapore. B) Ceuta. C) Gibraltar. D) Gallipoli. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ceuta. β PreviousNext βRelated 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 π Back to Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books