This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 335 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 335 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Deepwater Horizon, a semi-submersible offshore drilling rig, exploded on 20 April 2010, and sank, killing 11 people and causing a significant oil spill. Where was it at the time? A) Off the west coast of Cornwall, England. B) Gulf of Mexico. C) Off the French coast in the Mediterranean Sea. D) Off the Pacific coast of Alaska. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gulf of Mexico. 2. One of the questions the 4th century BCE philosopher Aristotle discussed in his "Topics, book VIII", was translated into Latin as "petitio principii" and eventually in the 16th century as what? A) Establishing first principles. B) A question of principle. C) Searching for the truth. D) Begging the question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Begging the question. 3. When and where did the Songhai Empire flourish? A) 15th and 16th centuries, West Africa. B) 11th century, north India. C) 14th century, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). D) 6th century east China. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 15th and 16th centuries, West Africa. 4. Who played Mary Goodnight in the 1974 James Bond film "The Man With The Golden Gun" ? A) Ursula Andress. B) Honor Blackman. C) Britt Ekland. D) Diana Rigg. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Britt Ekland. 5. A statue to which tactical commander during the Battle of Britain was unveiled in Waterloo Place, London, on 15 September 2010? A) Air Chief Marshall Lord Dowding. B) Squadron Leader Douglas Bader. C) Air Vice-Marshall Keith Park. D) Air Vice Marshall Trafford Leigh-Mallory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Air Vice-Marshall Keith Park. 6. Who was the fourth king of the Kingdom of Judah who succeeded his father Asa, ruling for twenty-five years until 849 BC, until his son Jehoram succeeded him? A) Joshua. B) Jehoshaphat. C) Joseph. D) Jeremiah. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jehoshaphat. 7. Part of which modern country was known at one time as Bessarabia? A) Bulgaria. B) Saudi Arabia. C) Yemen. D) Moldova. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Moldova. 8. Macular degeneration affects what part of the body? A) Eyes. B) Throat. C) Nose. D) Ear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eyes. 9. In golf, what is the term for "one stroke under par" ? A) Birdie. B) Condor. C) Albatross. D) Elephant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Birdie. 10. Which of these English monarchs does not appear in the title of a play by William Shakespeare? A) Richard III. B) Henry V. C) Henry VI. D) Edward IV. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Edward IV. 11. What is sibship? A) Blood or clan relationship. B) Style of building Iron Age dwellings. C) Mouth shape for playing a piccolo. D) Hissing sound when speaking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blood or clan relationship. 12. If someone is equivocating which are they doing? A) Being wordy, and sometimes loud. B) Arguing. C) Being evasive or misleading. D) Hesitating. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Being evasive or misleading. 13. During production of "Twilight Zone:The Movie" in 1982 what happened in contravention of filmmaking safety and child-labour laws? A) Some actors including children did not have danger money included in their contracts. B) Child actors accidentally let off stunt pyrotechnics and were burnt. C) A child actor souvenired one of the stunt guns and was later arrested for carrying it in a shop. D) Child actors died in a stunt helicopter crash. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Child actors died in a stunt helicopter crash. 14. What term is used to describe a wine that, at a relatively young age, has already passed its peak (or optimal) drinking period and is rapidly declining in quality? A) Died. B) Fallen over. C) Crashed. D) Collapsed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fallen over. 15. In February 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin was suspended from his position as honorary president and Ambassador of what organisation? A) IIHF. B) IJF. C) FITA. D) ISSF. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) IJF. 16. What are formed from linear chains of amino acids? A) Proteins. B) Carbohydrates. C) Enzymes. D) Vitamins. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Proteins. 17. Where was the Freedom of the Press Act 1766 passed? A) Germany. B) Great Britain. C) Denmark. D) Sweden. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sweden. 18. "Livery" is concerned with the care and feeding of what animals? A) Bears. B) Cats. C) Dogs. D) Horses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Horses. 19. The TV series was only 17 episodes (approximately 5 months of screen time) but it quickly became a cult series and has remained one. Which series was it? A) The Prisoner. B) Callan. C) Danger Man. D) Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Prisoner. 20. The first National Lottery in England included goods as well as cash; how much was the total value? A) £15, 000. B) £10, 000. C) £1, 000. D) £5, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) £5, 000. ← 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