This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 347 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 347 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which American superhero animated film featuring the voices of Aldis Hodge and Jimmi Simpson was released in 2022 direct to DVD, Blu-ray and 4K? A) Wendell & Wild. B) Luck. C) Green Lantern:Beware My Power. D) Strange World. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Green Lantern:Beware My Power. 2. What is the largest and least populated state of the USA? A) Nevada. B) Montana. C) Alaska. D) Utah. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alaska. 3. Which of these characters were seen on TV screens first? A) Crockett and Tubbs. B) Mulder and Scully. C) Cagney and Lacey. D) McMillan & Wife. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) McMillan & Wife. 4. Of the 16 states of Germany, 13 are termed area states (FlΓ€chenlΓ€nder). What are the other 3? A) Nation states. B) Island states. C) City states. D) Overseas territories. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) City states. 5. A lion called Lyo, a merlion called Merly, a chamois called Yoggi, a lynx called Sjogg and a young jaguar called Pandi are all connected with what? A) Youth Olympic Games. B) 1986 campaign for the World Wildlife Fund. C) Bronx Zoo, New York, USA. D) Advertising for mountaineering gear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Youth Olympic Games. 6. What is the regulation size ratio for a pocket billiards table? A) 9:5. B) 5.5:3. C) 7:4. D) 2:1. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2:1. 7. A spaceport known as CSG and used by the European Space Agency (ESA), the French space agency CNES (National Centre for Space Studies) and commercial companies, is built on an area previously famous as a harsh prison system, where? A) Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile. B) Patmos, Greece. C) Alcatraz Island, San Francisco, USA. D) Kourou, French Guiana, France. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kourou, French Guiana, France. 8. The artist J.M.W. Turner is known for paintings of what? A) Ancient Greek and Roman themes. B) Still life. C) Portraits. D) Sea-and landscapes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sea-and landscapes. 9. The Treaty of Brussels, also referred to as the Brussels Pact, was the founding treaty of what? A) The Treaty on European Union. B) The European Economic Community. C) The Western Union. D) The Lisbon Treaty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Western Union. 10. What is the name for the dome or arched roof at the top of a building that is a distinctive part of Byzantine architecture and characteristic of mosques? A) Minaret. B) Cupola. C) Spire. D) Gargoyle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cupola. 11. The 20th century programme known as Fount (or Spring) of Life, was under the personal direction of whom? A) Heinrich Himmler. B) Thomas John Barnardo. C) James T. McHugh. D) Margaret Sanger. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heinrich Himmler. 12. In 1998 the Austrian/British biographer, historian, and investigative journalist Gitta Sereny published a second, and controversial, piece of research (called "Cries Unheard") on which subject? A) Albert Speer. B) Mary Bell. C) Franz Stangl. D) Germany before, during and since the end of the Third Reich. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mary Bell. 13. Which of these is a word meaning "free to go where or to act as one pleases" ? A) Legdetached. B) Armdisconnected. C) Footloose. D) Kneeunfastened. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Footloose. 14. Has there ever been a time in England when it was illegal to fly a kite, and if so when was the legislation passed? A) Yes, 1715. B) No. C) Yes, 1648. D) Yes, 1914. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yes, 1914. 15. Which group released a 1982 song which featured the repeated refrain "Hakuna matata", later made famous in a 1994 Walt Disney animated film and meaning "no problems, or worries" ? A) A Flock of Seagulls. B) Boney M. C) Yazoo. D) Uyoga (at the time, Them Mushrooms). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Uyoga (at the time, Them Mushrooms). 16. The flatmates in the UK supernatural television series "Being Human" which first aired in 2008 are werewolves, vampires and which other? A) Ghosts. B) Banshees. C) Wizards. D) Fairies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ghosts. 17. Which South American country contains the lowest of the areas in the continent which lie below sea level? A) Peru. B) Brazil. C) Argentina. D) Uruguay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Argentina. 18. The year 2018 marks what anniversary since the completion of the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary? A) 150. B) 100. C) 90. D) 120. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 90. 19. Which major contemporary art exhibition began in 1895 mainly for decorative arts, showed increasing interest in innovation from 1907, and added Festivals of Music in 1930, International Film in 1932, Theatre in 1934, and Contemporary Dance in 1999? A) The Sundance Festival. B) The Cannes Festival. C) The Venice Biennale. D) The Festival of Britain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Venice Biennale. 20. She is one of the best-selling female artists of all time in a career spanning over five decades, sings in more than 15 languages, performing jazz, pop, opera, cabaret, and folk. What is her name? A) Cher, USA. B) Nana Mouskouri, Greece. C) Janis Joplin, USA. D) Olivia Newton-John, Britain/Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nana Mouskouri, Greece. 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