This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge โ Quiz 392 ๐ Homepage ๐ Download PDF Books ๐ Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 392 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the title of the most famous painting by Franz Hals? A) The Hay Wain. B) The Laughing Cavalier. C) The Blue Boy. D) Mr and Mrs Smith. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Laughing Cavalier. 2. Which of these is part of a computer? A) Differential. B) Hard drive. C) Cavity magnetron. D) Receiver. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hard drive. 3. What is a Quagga? A) A group of political lobbyists. B) A type of zebra, now extinct. C) A semi-independent government organisation. D) An energetic and distant galaxy with an active galactic nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A type of zebra, now extinct. 4. Boadicea, Queen of the Iceni, is famous for leading resistance to the invasion of Britain by whom? A) Huns. B) Vikings. C) Goths. D) Romans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Romans. 5. If someone in Ancient Greece wanted to be in the presence of, or look for interpretation of, sacred mysteries or arcana which of these would they be most likely to deal with? A) Audax. B) Sycophant. C) Sycorax. D) Hierophant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hierophant. 6. What is another name for "lateral epicondylitis" ? A) Cauliflower ear. B) Housemaid's knee. C) Athlete's foot. D) Tennis elbow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tennis elbow. 7. Following the abdication in February 1873 of the Spanish monarch, King Amadeo, the only Spanish king from the Italian House of Savoy, what happened immediately afterwards in Spain? A) 5 years of civil war. B) The Bourbon monarchy was restored. C) Establishment of the (First) Spanish Republic. D) Re-invasion by France. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Establishment of the (First) Spanish Republic. 8. Who were the first recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize? A) Charles Albert Gobat & Elie Ducommun. B) Jean Henri Dunant & Frรฉdรฉric Passy. C) Tobias Michael Carel Asser & Alfred Hermann Fried. D) Klas Pontus Arnoldson & Fredrik Bajer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jean Henri Dunant & Frรฉdรฉric Passy. 9. Which tale forms the basis of the film "Ever After" starring Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Huston, Dougray Scott, Jeanne Moreau, Megan Dodds and Melanie Lynskey? A) Hansel and Gretel. B) Sleeping Beauty. C) Puss in Boots. D) Cinderella. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cinderella. 10. The main aims of which society in Great Britain between 1838 and 1850 were, basically:a vote for every man 21 years of age, a secret ballot, no property qualification for Members of Parliament, payment of MPs, equal Constituencies, and annual parliaments? A) Chartists. B) Reform League. C) Fabian Society. D) Suffragettes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chartists. 11. Who was president of the USA when South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union on 20 December 1860, the first step towards Civil War? A) Abraham Lincoln. B) James Buchanan. C) George Washington. D) Woodrow Wilson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) James Buchanan. 12. Why could a missing "ha'porth of tar", in the phrase "to spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar", cause a problem? A) Leave the sheep open to destructive flystrike. B) Fail to stop a leak which would sink the ship. C) Fail to provide the last touch to cement a friendship. D) Put a drop of something toxic in a relationship. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leave the sheep open to destructive flystrike. 13. The songs "Almost Like Being In Love" and "Come To Me, Bend To Me" are from which musical? A) The King And I. B) Brigadoon. C) A Little Night Music. D) My Fair Lady. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brigadoon. 14. Sherry was first associated with which country? A) Poland. B) South Africa. C) Turkey. D) Spain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spain. 15. The Gobi Desert lies in which area? A) Australia. B) Africa. C) Asia. D) America. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asia. 16. What is the fastest time to date, set in 2016, for completing the annual 1, 000 mi (1, 600 km) Iditarod Trail sled dog race across Alaska? A) 3 days 14h 0m 16s. B) 20 days 0h 49m 41s. C) 8 days 11h 20m 16s. D) 9 days 0h 58m 6s. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 8 days 11h 20m 16s. 17. What word is applied to a Muslim devotee, usually a monk or wandering mendicant? A) Sikh. B) Yogi. C) Dervish. D) Mullah. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dervish. 18. Which of these is a type of somersault in gymnastics? A) Vinaigrette. B) Pepperoni. C) Mustard drop. D) Salto. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Salto. 19. If the length of two sides of a right angled triangle measured in inches are prime numbers, and it has two adjacent sides of 12 and 13 inches long, how long must the third side be? A) 17.69. B) 5. C) 3. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5. 20. An interactive agency from which country, together with one of its websites, was named in three prestigious European awards in 2007? A) Isle of Man. B) Russia. C) Lithuania. D) Islay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lithuania. โ PreviousNext โRelated 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 ๐ Back to Homepage ๐ Download PDF Books ๐ Premium PDF Books