This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 355 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 355 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In the acronym NTSC, used in the television industry, what does the "T" stand for? A) Television. B) Transmission. C) Trapeze. D) Transport. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Television. 2. What was the second highest grossing American film in 1982? A) Star Trek II:The Wrath of Khan. B) Rocky III. C) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. D) Annie. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. 3. The US Congress passed legislation in late June 2008 to provide Mexico with $ 400 million and Central American countries with $ 65 million in a relation to what activity? A) Keeping the Panama Canal serviceable. B) Combating drug trafficking, organised crime & money laundering. C) Conservation of forests and national parks. D) Restoration of World Heritage Sites. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Combating drug trafficking, organised crime & money laundering. 4. Which of these countries does not have a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean? A) Canada. B) Portugal. C) Kenya. D) Brazil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kenya. 5. Who is the only boxer to be the WBA Heavyweight Champion four times? A) Mike Tyson. B) Evander Holyfield. C) Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay). D) George Foreman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evander Holyfield. 6. Who married stylist Ric Pipino in 1997, divorced him in 2002, had a daughter by Italian businessman Flavio Briatore, married musician Seal in 2005, and had 3 three more children with him between 2005 and 2009? A) Nicole Kidman. B) Elizabeth Taylor. C) Rachel Hunter. D) Heidi Klum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heidi Klum. 7. At the 2009 Freediving Individual World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, and in the Bahamas, competitors from which country won 9 of the 22 medals awarded in addition to setting a world record? A) Italy. B) Afghanistan. C) Germany. D) New Zealand. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) New Zealand. 8. Which of these territories became British as a result of the defeat of Germany in 1918 in World War I under the Treaty of Versailles? A) Uganda. B) Kenya. C) Tanganyika. D) Morocco. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tanganyika. 9. What does "widow's peak" refer to? A) V shaped hairline. B) Canadian mountain. C) Egyptian hat. D) A level of physical fitness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) V shaped hairline. 10. Which of these, also known as the silvertip bear, popularly known for congregating alongside streams, lakes, rivers, and ponds during the salmon spawn, generally lives in the uplands of western North America and are thought to descend from Ussuri Brown Bears which crossed to Alaska 100, 000 years ago? A) Moany bear. B) Grumpy bear. C) Scowly bear. D) Grizzly bear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grizzly bear. 11. What is the name of the system of stellar designation in which a specific star is identified by a Greek letter (then Latin letters in lower-case then upper-case), followed by the genitive form of its parent constellation's Latin name (e.g. $\alpha$ Tauri)? A) Henry Draper Catalogue. B) Flamsteed designation. C) Bayer designation. D) Hipparcos Catalogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bayer designation. 12. Kelly Slater is both the youngest and oldest person to hold the world title in what sport? A) Snooker. B) Surfing. C) IndyCar racing. D) Wrestling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Surfing. 13. Which of these is a form of bursitis? A) Housemaid's knee. B) Athlete's foot. C) Tennis elbow. D) Cauliflower ear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Housemaid's knee. 14. Nathan, Caleb, Matthew and Jared Followill are better known as which pop group? A) The Regents of Leo. B) The Princes of Lion. C) The Kings of Leon. D) The Princesses of Lyons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Kings of Leon. 15. If the participants in a game have just completed a rubber what game was it? A) Ping pong. B) Squash. C) Water polo. D) Bridge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bridge. 16. A description that is negative, disparaging, disrespectful or insulting is termed what? A) Perjorative. B) Pejorative. C) Pessimistic. D) Preclusive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pejorative. 17. Which of these is not a line from the old song "Daisy, Daisy" ? A) I feel lazy. B) On a bicycle built for two. C) All for the love of you. D) Give me your answer do. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I feel lazy. 18. Which is one of the first eight declared by UNESCO to be cultural World Heritage Sites? A) Quito, Ecuador. B) Machu Picchu, Peru. C) Sangay National Park, Ecuador. D) Historic Centre of Lima, Peru. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quito, Ecuador. 19. What name is given to an ambassador to Great Britain who is representing a country that is a member of the British Commonwealth? A) Ambassador. B) High Commissioner. C) Commonwealth Ambassador. D) British Regent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) High Commissioner. 20. Which 17th century French philosopher, mathematician, scientist, and writer showed, by using geometric construction and the law of refraction, that the angular radius of a rainbow is 42 degrees? A) Nicholas Mercator. B) RenΓ© Descartes. C) Johannes Kepler. D) Isaac Newton. 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