This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 382 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 382 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these is British slang for someone from the Liverpool area? A) Scouser. B) Smoggie. C) Mackem. D) Geordie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scouser. 2. The Queen of the Night appears in which of these operas? A) Peter Grimes. B) Jenufa. C) The Pearl Fishers. D) The Magic Flute. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Magic Flute. 3. Who was the British sugar merchant who donated his collection of 65 paintings to the nation in 1892, together with cash to provide a building to house them? A) Paul Getty. B) Sir Henry Tate. C) Solomon Guggenheim. D) Lois and Richard Rosenthal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sir Henry Tate. 4. Who became the first king of the northern Israelite Kingdom of Israel after the revolt of the ten northern Israelite tribes against Rehoboam, who reigned for twenty-two years in the 900sBCE? A) Melchizedek. B) Methuselah. C) Magnum. D) Jeroboam. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jeroboam. 5. Christiaan Huygens has been credited with inventing what in the 1650s? A) Bicycle. B) Pendulum clock. C) Marine compass. D) Automated weaving loom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pendulum clock. 6. What does the internationally prized "Wallace cut" refer to? A) Hair style. B) Baseball. C) Gem cutting. D) A ploughing technique. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gem cutting. 7. Who was killed when a helicopter crashed in dense fog on 27 August 1990 in East Troy, Wisconsin? A) Robert Cray. B) Eric Clapton. C) Buddy Guy. D) Stevie Ray Vaughan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stevie Ray Vaughan. 8. Charlie Sheen starred as which character in the TV series "Two and a Half Men" ? A) Jake. B) Alan. C) Charlie. D) Martin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Charlie. 9. When Britain fought the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, the forces it opposed were from France and which other country? A) Spain. B) Italy. C) Prussia. D) Holland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spain. 10. Who did Roger Federer beat at Wimbledon in 2009 to gain the record number of Grand Slam tennis tournaments? A) James Greenhalgh. B) Andy Roddick. C) Rafael Nadal. D) Andy Murray. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Andy Roddick. 11. According to the Bible's Book of Genesis, the Five Cities of the Plain near the Dead Sea were Adimah, Zebolim, Zour, Gomorrah and which other? A) Sodom. B) Masoch. C) Gilgamesh. D) Jerusalem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sodom. 12. Which of these is a heart muscle? A) Sternum. B) Myocardium. C) Fibula. D) Trachea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Myocardium. 13. What is the meaning in the West African Manding languages of the name of the Nko, or N'Ko, alphabetic script devised by Solomana KantΓ© in 1949 as a modern writing system for those languages? A) Together. B) All. C) Write. D) I say. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I say. 14. In Belgium, what are "polders" ? A) The national currency before the Euro. B) English tourists. C) Reclaimed land. D) City councillors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reclaimed land. 15. Which of these painters was born first? A) Picasso. B) Constable. C) Da Vinci. D) Dali. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Da Vinci. 16. At the first World Karate Championships in 1970 in Japan which countries gained the greatest medal totals-Japan, USA, Canada and what other country? A) South Korea. B) France. C) Hong Kong. D) Israel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) France. 17. Which of these is a resort town north-east of Paris that is known for its horse racing and lace production? A) Chantilly. B) Nice. C) Nantes. D) Marseilles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chantilly. 18. Which of these can be found in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia? A) Cobb & Co Museum. B) Uluru (Ayers Rock). C) Mount Panorama. D) Zig Zag Railway. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mount Panorama. 19. Alecia Beth Moore is better known by what stage name? A) Brown Sugar. B) Baby Blue. C) Green Onions. D) Pink. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pink. 20. On 31 May 2010, the President of which country announced his resignation after local politicians criticised comments he made in relation to overseas military deployments? A) South Korea. B) USA. C) Germany. D) Pakistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Germany. 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