This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 394 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 394 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What can be done to water to make it freeze at a lower temperature than normal? A) Reduce impurities. B) Add impurities. C) Increase pressure. D) Reduce pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Add impurities. 2. What is the "Ishihara test" for? A) The strength of reinforced concrete. B) Colour blindness. C) The sharpness of scalpels and similar objects. D) The effectiveness of streamlining. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Colour blindness. 3. What was the main theme for the 1994 film "Four Weddings and a Funeral" ? A) "How Soon Is Now?" by The Smiths. B) "Help!" by The Beatles. C) "Nothing Lasts Forever" by Echo and the Bunnymen. D) "Love is All Around" by Wet Wet Wet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "Love is All Around" by Wet Wet Wet. 4. Completed in 1607, Pont Neuf spans what river? A) Seine. B) Rhine. C) Rhone. D) Danube. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seine. 5. Which of these scientists became an international name in 2020? A) Anthony Fauci. B) Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. C) Edward Anthony Jenner. D) Antony Hewish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anthony Fauci. 6. Bernard Silver and Norman Woodland pioneered and were the first, in 1952, to patent what? A) Commercial packaging for chewing gum. B) Barcodes. C) A portable folding stool. D) Weather-resistant concrete. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Barcodes. 7. Which 19th century German composer, who wrote piano music, songs, a piano quintet, a piano concerto and 4 symphonies, attempted suicide in 1854 by throwing himself into the Rhine? A) Burt Bacharach. B) William Schuman. C) Marvin Hamlisch. D) Robert Schumann. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Robert Schumann. 8. Which studio released the top (and the 9th) highest grossing films in 1983? A) 20th Century Fox. B) Paramount. C) United Artists. D) Columbia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 20th Century Fox. 9. If Charlie Watts is playing drums, who is most likely to be singing? A) Graham Nash. B) Roger Daltrey. C) Ray Davies. D) Mick Jagger. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mick Jagger. 10. What was the name of the taxi company in the US TV series "Taxi" ? A) Yellow Taxis. B) Taxis-2-U. C) Checker Cabs. D) Sunshine Cab Company. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sunshine Cab Company. 11. A pugilist is a competitor in which sport? A) Hockey. B) Boxing. C) Dog racing. D) Triple jump. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Boxing. 12. Which prominent British architect worked in all of the reigns of Elizabeth I, James I, Charles I and the Commonwealth of England? A) William Adam. B) Inigo Jones. C) Christopher Wren. D) Robert Hooke. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inigo Jones. 13. In 1962, retired American racing driver Carroll Shelby got a licence to import a British sports car made by AC Motors of England and installed an American Ford engine rather than its original Bristol engine. He introduced the car to the American public as what model of car? A) Boa. B) Anaconda. C) Cobra. D) Asp. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cobra. 14. Where are the headwaters of the Orinoco River? A) Guyana. B) Venezuela. C) Colombia. D) Suriname. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Venezuela. 15. KΕhei Uchimura from Japan was the gold medallist at the 2012 and the 2016 Summer Olympics in what? A) Marathon. B) Dressage. C) Individual All-round artistic gymnastics. D) 3 m springboard diving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Individual All-round artistic gymnastics. 16. The Manchu dynasty ceased to rule China in what year? A) 1949. B) 1912. C) 1410. D) 1650. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1912. 17. In which decade was Barack Obama born? A) 1930s. B) 1950s. C) 1960s. D) 1940s. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1960s. 18. A magpie is a member of which of these bird families? A) Lark. B) Crow. C) Woodpecker. D) Swallow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crow. 19. What shape is a standard backgammon board? A) Rectangular. B) Oval. C) Star. D) Circular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rectangular. 20. Who had her first major movie role in "Crossroads" (2002), a comedy-drama film that also starred Dan Aykroyd and Kim Cattrall? A) Jennifer Aniston. B) BeyoncΓ© Knowles. C) Britney Spears. D) LeAnn Rimes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Britney Spears. 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