This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 353 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 353 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who was Marlon Brando's co-star in the 1972 film "Last Tango in Paris", directed by Bernardo Bertolucci? A) Brigitte Bardot. B) Linda Lovelace. C) Sophia Loren. D) Maria Schneider. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maria Schneider. 2. What shape is usually ascribed to flying objects seen in the sky but believed to be not from the Earth? A) Top. B) Saucer. C) Monolith. D) Pig. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saucer. 3. Which of these has fish as its normal diet? A) Iguana. B) Pelican. C) Vulture. D) Giraffe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pelican. 4. Roughly when was the Hampton Court Maze created? A) 2000. B) 1800. C) 1900. D) 1700. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1700. 5. A "wendigo" is a cannibalistic creature invented by what group? A) Native Americans. B) Aborigines. C) Maori. D) Zulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Native Americans. 6. At which event is milk, not champagne, the celebration drink? A) Tour de France. B) America's Cup. C) Indianapolis 500. D) Kentucky Derby. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indianapolis 500. 7. Gordon Ramsay's first foray in TV was in which 1998 fly-on-the-kitchen-wall documentary? A) Boiling Oil. B) Boiling Over. C) Boiling Mad. D) Boiling Point. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Boiling Point. 8. What highly flammable metal, easy to ignite when powdered, producing a brilliant white light, and difficult to extinguish, being able to burn in both nitrogen and carbon dioxide, was used in incendiary weapons for firebombing cities in World War II and as a source of illumination in the early days of photography? A) Lime. B) Magnesium. C) Charcoal. D) Silicon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Magnesium. 9. Decryption of what, was celebrated as a significant, game-changing intelligence triumph for Britain during World War I? A) German army communication about the Somme. B) Coded German radio broadcasts. C) A telegram from the German Foreign Secretary to the German ambassador to Mexico. D) Communications in the Triple Entente. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A telegram from the German Foreign Secretary to the German ambassador to Mexico. 10. On the buttons of a VCR or DVD player, what does the sign in the shape of a square mean? A) Standby. B) Stop. C) Off. D) Eject. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stop. 11. Tom Brady in the USA was the centre of suspicions concerning events in 2014, popularly called what? A) LowBlow VW. B) Deflategate. C) Love Boat. D) Wardrobe Malfunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deflategate. 12. The capital of Brazil was moved from Rio de Janeiro to the purpose-built capital city of Brasilia in what year? A) 1960. B) 1800. C) 1927. D) 1945. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1960. 13. Traditionally, what should you cross for good luck? A) Fingers. B) Eyes. C) Legs. D) Arms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fingers. 14. The absent-minded Professor Calculus was a colleague of which fictional character? A) Dr Frankenstein. B) Tarzan. C) Sherlock Holmes. D) Tin Tin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tin Tin. 15. Which of these is a standard paper size? A) Foolscap. B) Idiotsheet. C) Dumbbonnet. D) Stupidtopper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foolscap. 16. What name is given to a brightly coloured and very wide tie? A) Sardine tie. B) Salmon tie. C) Shark tie. D) Kipper tie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kipper tie. 17. Which was the first National Olympic Committee to be recognised by the International Olympic committee after its formation in 1894? A) French. B) Hellenic. C) British. D) Australian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) French. 18. Who was born in 1682, died in 1764, and had the following written about her: "Her brow is like the snow-drift, Her neck is like the swan, Her face it is the fairest That 'er the sun shone on And dark blue is her eye" ? A) Mary Queen of Scots. B) Lulu. C) Maggie Smith. D) Annie Laurie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Annie Laurie. 19. James Boswell is best known for his biography of whom? A) Thomas Edison. B) Benjamin Franklin. C) Robbie Williams. D) Samuel Johnson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Samuel Johnson. 20. What is the inherited condition that causes the body to retain copper, which can lead to brain and liver damage? A) Cuprophobia. B) Parkinson's disease. C) Downs syndrome. D) Wilson's disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wilson's disease. ← 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