This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 357 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 357 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where are the British Houses of Parliament? A) Cheltenham. B) Washington. C) Edinburgh. D) Westminster. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Westminster. 2. American James Kent (1763-1847) was influential as a what? A) Jurist. B) Politician. C) Gun designer. D) Military commander. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jurist. 3. In Greek legend, a woodland deity, half man, half goat, is called a ..... ? A) Minotaur. B) Chimaera. C) Anemone. D) Satyr. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Satyr. 4. Syracuse, New York, USA, banned what game during World War I? A) Skat. B) Pinochle. C) Whist. D) Craps. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pinochle. 5. Who is the mother of actors Oliver and Kate Hudson? A) Goldie Hawn. B) Glenn Close. C) Elizabeth Taylor. D) Liza Minnelli. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Goldie Hawn. 6. Of the colours yellow, red, purple, black and white, which is not in the name of one of the world's seas? A) White. B) Purple. C) Yellow. D) Black. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Purple. 7. Torvill and Dean are famous in which winter activity? A) Ski jump. B) Ice hockey. C) Curling. D) Figure skating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Figure skating. 8. What was the only combat medal created in the US, and subsequently cancelled in April 2013, for a military service member who is not physically in the geographic combat zone? A) Distinguished Warfare. B) Distinguished Service in the Military. C) Defense Distinguished Service Medal. D) Air Force Distinguished Service Medal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Distinguished Warfare. 9. In what TV series was Oceanic Airlines flight 815 a critical factor? A) 24. B) Friends. C) Lost. D) Doctor Who. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lost. 10. What does "in vino veritas" mean? A) Good running van. B) Really good wine. C) In wine there is truth. D) I am over wine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In wine there is truth. 11. In the TV series, what was Blackadder's first name? A) Egbert. B) Edwin. C) Edward. D) Edmund. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Edmund. 12. Who is common to the films "Memento", "Inception", and "Interstellar" ? A) Lynda Obst, as producer. B) Jonathan Nolan, as writer. C) Michael Caine, as actor. D) Christopher Nolan, as director. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Christopher Nolan, as director. 13. Larry Hagman, the star of the TV drama that first ran from 1978 to 1991, "Dallas", is the son of which actress and singer who originated many roles over her career including Nellie Forbush in "South Pacific" and Maria in "The Sound of Music" ? A) Elaine Paige. B) Julie Andrews. C) Mitzi Gaynor. D) Mary Martin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mary Martin. 14. Named for its colour, originally called Greek and prized as a paint pigment, is the mixture of compounds of what? A) Copper. B) Iron. C) Scale insects. D) Calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Copper. 15. When were fingerprints first accepted as evidence in an English court of law? A) 1860. B) 1956. C) 1818. D) 1901. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1901. 16. In the myths and legends of which country does Queen Maeve, or Medb, figure? A) Cornwall. B) Ireland. C) Scotland. D) England. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ireland. 17. Which rock band's first drummer, Stumpy Pepys, was killed in an obscure gardening accident, their second, Eric Stumpy Joe Childs, died by choking on vomit, and their third died from spontaneous combustion during a concert? A) The Folksmen. B) The Who. C) The Rutles. D) Spinal Tap. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spinal Tap. 18. Who was the youngest person at the time to be elected president of the USA? A) Barack Obama. B) Teddy Roosevelt. C) John Kennedy. D) Abraham Lincoln. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John Kennedy. 19. Herbert Hoover and his wife Lou Henry Hoover often had public conversations in which language so that people could not eavesdrop on them? A) Spanish. B) Mandarin Chinese. C) German. D) French. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mandarin Chinese. 20. In the late 19th and early 20th century Leo Baekeland and Alexander Parkes were involved in the development of what? A) "Ready to Drink" (RTD) drinks. B) Motor racing circuits. C) IPods. D) Plastic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plastic. ← 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