This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 376 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 376 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The song "Stranger in Paradise", first released in 1953, is taken from music by which composer? A) Sergei Rachmaninoff. B) Alexander Borodin. C) Giacomo Puccini. D) Vittorio Monti. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alexander Borodin. 2. Elements in the periodic table show two main numbers. What does the number with decimal places represent? A) Its atomic number. B) Its atomic mass. C) Its electron configuration. D) Its periodicity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Its atomic mass. 3. Verdigris is the name for the green deposit formed after exposure to air on what metal? A) Copper. B) Tin. C) Iron. D) Magnesium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Copper. 4. What is the main title of a work published in 1890 influential both at the time and continuing, subtitled "A study in Comparative Religion" ? A) Crossing the Bar. B) Notes on the Modern Survival of Ancient Amulets Against the Evil Eye. C) The Isle of Voices. D) The Golden Bough. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Golden Bough. 5. Which of these is a 1967 film? A) The Muddy Million. B) The Filthy Score. C) The Dirty Dozen. D) The Sodden Seven. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Dirty Dozen. 6. What is the most abundant metal in the Earth's crust? A) Aluminium. B) Tin. C) Lead. D) Iron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aluminium. 7. In 1932 King George V became the first British monarch to do what? A) Broadcast a Christmas Message to the nation and the Empire, soon to become the Commonwealth. B) Abdicate in favour of his daughter. C) Climb Mt Everest. D) Wear gaiters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Broadcast a Christmas Message to the nation and the Empire, soon to become the Commonwealth. 8. What name is given to the container to carry uneaten food home from a restaurant? A) Doggy bag. B) Piggybank. C) Horsebox. D) Cat basket. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Doggy bag. 9. What is the Olympic motto? A) Cave canem. B) Semper fidelis. C) Caveat emptor. D) Citius, Altius, Fortius. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Citius, Altius, Fortius. 10. Who is described as the first president of the USA? A) Kennedy. B) Jefferson. C) Washington. D) Johnson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Washington. 11. What event that caught international attention happened in room 1742 at the Hotel Reine Elizabeth, Montreal on 1 June 1969? A) Margaret Trudeau, wife of the Canadian prime minister, was discovered with Mick Jagger. B) John and Yoko led guests to record "Give Peace a Chance". C) A CIA agent was filmed passing a suitcase of money to Contra rebels. D) The RCMP found automatic weapons stored there. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John and Yoko led guests to record "Give Peace a Chance". 12. Where and when were the first Youth Olympic Games held? A) Singapore 2010. B) Innsbruck 2012. C) Nanjing 2014. D) Beijing 2008. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Singapore 2010. 13. Between 2002 and 2008, where were Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul the judges? A) Big Brother. B) US Supreme Court. C) Miss Universe. D) American Idol. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) American Idol. 14. Why is the ratio of the speed of a projectile to the speed of sound called the Mach number? A) It is a shortened form of the Italian word "Macho". B) It is an acronym for "Moving Article Calculated for Haste". C) It is named after the first plane to exceed the sound barrier. D) It is named after an Austrian physicist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is named after an Austrian physicist. 15. Complete the title of this James Bond film: "You Only Live ..... '' A) Twice. B) On the Couch. C) Slowly. D) It Down. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Twice. 16. What is the Fijian word for a wood-and-straw hut, sometimes similar to a cabin? A) Igloo. B) Wigwam. C) Kraal. D) Bure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bure. 17. Which English actor, director and producer, a descendant of the Terry acting family, was acclaimed for his youthful "Hamlet" which broke box office records on Broadway in 1937, and is one of the few to have won an Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award? A) Ralph Richardson. B) Alec Guinness. C) John Gielgud. D) Derek Jacobi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John Gielgud. 18. What was launched from Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand on 25 May 2017? A) The first albatrosses to carry two-way communication devices. B) The first design for New Zealand's entry into America's Cup 2021. C) A NASA stadium-sized super-pressure weather balloon. D) The first orbital-class rocket to be launched from a private site. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The first orbital-class rocket to be launched from a private site. 19. Where does the Orange River, one of the longest rivers in Africa, meet the sea? A) Durban, South Africa. B) Mogadishu, Somalia. C) Alexander Bay on the west coast of South Africa. D) Casablanca, Morocco. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alexander Bay on the west coast of South Africa. 20. How many metatarsal bones are in each human foot? A) 15. B) 10. C) 5. D) 20. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5. ← 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