This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 39 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 39 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was the code-name for the reporters Bernstein and Woodward's contact during their investigation of the "Watergate" scandal? A) Deep Throat. B) Deep Thought. C) Deep Well. D) Deep Waters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deep Throat. 2. Which of these is not a suspect in the board game "Cluedo" ? A) Mrs. White. B) Professor Plum. C) Colonel Mustard. D) Captain Scarlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Captain Scarlet. 3. Christopher Reeve had the title role in the first of which series of films? A) Superman. B) Batman. C) Spider-Man. D) Green Arrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Superman. 4. In photography, what does a tilt shift or perspective-control lens do? A) Manipulates the angle of view relative to the focal length. B) Manipulates the focal length. C) Manipulates the magnification ratio. D) Manoeuvres the focus plane. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Manoeuvres the focus plane. 5. In what field was the 15th century Flemish Jan van Eyck famous? A) Etching. B) Writing. C) Oil painting. D) Water colour landscapes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oil painting. 6. Which 1964 film, written by Terry Southern and Stanley Kubrik and directed by him, starred Peter Sellers (in three roles), George C Scott, Keenan Wynn and Slim Pickens? A) Lolita. B) The Mouse That Roared. C) I'm All Right, Jack. D) Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb. 7. In the TV mockumentary "People Like Us" (1999-2001) who was the fictional interviewer? A) Siobhan Sharpe. B) Ducky. C) Roy Mallard. D) Augustus Haynes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Roy Mallard. 8. Politically, what is Wallis and Futuna? A) New Zealand Outlying Islands. B) An archipelago in Tuvalu. C) Mascots on the flag of Nouméa. D) A French island collectivity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A French island collectivity. 9. After the First World War where did the German Empire adopt a new constitution? A) Prussia. B) Versailles. C) Locarno. D) Weimar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Weimar. 10. Origanum dictamnus, ironwort (or shepherd's tea), and Mount Juktas St John's wort are plants unique and indigenous to which country? A) Turkey. B) Greece. C) Australia. D) Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Greece. 11. What is another name for the second magnitude star "Alpha" in the Little Bear Constellation which is the nearest conspicuous star to the north celestial pole? A) Dog star. B) Pole star. C) North Star. D) Orion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pole star. 12. Which mountain range would you encounter first if you went directly west from New York city? A) The Appalachians. B) The Rockies. C) Sierra Nevada. D) The Ozarks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Appalachians. 13. What is a technical term for talc? A) Sedimentary moraine crystal. B) Silt. C) A clay mineral. D) An anhydrous salt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A clay mineral. 14. What word's original meaning was to do with "relating to a specific place" (such as where indigenous plants or animals were found in a specific area)? A) Pandemic. B) Epidemic. C) Endemic. D) Emetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Endemic. 15. Who headed up the "Rolling Thunder Revue", a US concert tour consisting of a travelling caravan of musicians including Joan Baez, Roger McGuinn, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Kinky Friedman & Bob Neuwirth, that took place in late 1975 / early 1976? A) Cat Stevens. B) Bruce Springsteen. C) The Rolling Stones. D) Bob Dylan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bob Dylan. 16. What was the first name of the first First Lady of the USA? A) Marina. B) Martha. C) Emma. D) Georgina. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Martha. 17. What is the capital of the province of Ontario, Canada? A) Windsor. B) Ottawa. C) Toronto. D) London. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Toronto. 18. What is the name of needlework where pieces of fabric are sewn onto a fabric background? A) Collage. B) Applique. C) Embroidery. D) Tatting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Applique. 19. Mass farmer demonstrations and strikes in India, building up from mid 2020 and continuing for well over a year, were protesting what? A) Three Acts of Parliament opening up trade in farm produce. B) Loss of sales. C) Low prices. D) Prohibition on burning farm stubble. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Three Acts of Parliament opening up trade in farm produce. 20. Which of these is closest to a game of pure chance? A) Conkers. B) Poker. C) Snap. D) Roulette. 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