This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 398 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 398 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Γn which song does the singer say "I'm gonna love you, like nobody's loved you", "High as a mountain, deep as a river" ? A) Come On. B) P S I Love You. C) River Deep, Mountain High. D) Come Rain or Come Shine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Come Rain or Come Shine. 2. What palace / monastery covering 10 acres (4.05 hectares), in the shape of a grid iron as a monument to St Lawrence, was built 20 miles (32 kilometres) south of Madrid by Philip II? A) Madrid Cathedral. B) Versailles. C) El Escorial. D) Alhambra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) El Escorial. 3. Someone with whom one used to be in love is "an old ..... " what? A) Flicker. B) Conflagration. C) Bonfire. D) Flame. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flame. 4. Which of these was invented by French physician RenΓ© Laennec early in the 19th century? A) Telescope. B) Stethoscope. C) Microscope. D) X Rays. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stethoscope. 5. Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, composer, visual artist, educator, pacifist, and social activist Buffy Sainte-Marie won the 2015 Polaris Music Prize for what album? A) "Up Where We Belong". B) "Power in the Blood". C) "Running for the Drum". D) "Little Wheel Spin and Spin". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Power in the Blood". 6. In 2016 UNESCO marked a four-cave complex in the sheer limestone cliffs of eastern Gibraltar as a World Heritage Site for its place in preserving and demonstrating what? A) Record of bird life over 100 million years. B) Evolution of prehistoric cave painting. C) The culture and life of Neanderthal humans over a span of 100, 000 years. D) Late Iron Age religious communities. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The culture and life of Neanderthal humans over a span of 100, 000 years. 7. A Hellenist is an expert on subjects pertaining to what? A) The Phoenician navy. B) Episodes of "Prime Suspect". C) Greece, usually ancient Greece. D) Canines. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Greece, usually ancient Greece. 8. This plant is the only genus in its family, native to Asia, Europe and Western North America, usually 0.25-1 m (1-3 ft) tall but some plants reach 3.5 m (11 ft) tall, with large, often fragrant flowers, purple, pink, red, white or yellow. What is it? A) Geranium. B) Foxglove. C) Peony. D) Daisy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peony. 9. If palmistry uses the features of the hand and palm to predict a person's future, what is the name for the same process using feet? A) Sophistry. B) Solistry. C) Solipsism. D) Solicitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Solistry. 10. What is a synonym for "irritable" ? A) Pitchy. B) Breviary. C) Quavery. D) Crotchety. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Crotchety. 11. The white ball in snooker is called the what ball? A) Line. B) Cue. C) Clue. D) Prompt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cue. 12. What type of speech includes the words "for", "and", "nor", "but", "or", "yet", and "so" ? A) Conjunction. B) Verb. C) Noun. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conjunction. 13. Vermont, USA, is known as which of these? A) The Green Mountain State. B) The Golden State. C) The Lone Star State. D) The State of Lakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Green Mountain State. 14. What does the Scottish dish bridie most resemble? A) A battenberg cake. B) A Cornish pasty. C) Haggis. D) Onion soup. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A Cornish pasty. 15. In what year did clubs in the first division of the English Football League, founded in 1888, break away and found the Premier League? A) 2000. B) 1901. C) 1992. D) 1984. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1992. 16. When is Γtzi the Iceman, discovered in the Alps between Austria and Italy, believed to have lived? A) 1960 to 1981. B) About 1550. C) 135, 000 years ago. D) About 3300 BCE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) About 3300 BCE. 17. The popular UK TV series "Mapp and Lucia" (2014) and "Sherlock" (2010-now) share the talents of which of these people? A) Mark Gatiss. B) Miranda Richardson. C) Martin Freeman. D) Frances Barber. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mark Gatiss. 18. The Hay Wain is a painting by which of these artists? A) John Constable. B) Jackson Pollock. C) Jeff Osborne. D) Rembrandt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John Constable. 19. In chess, castling involves the rook and which other piece? A) Knight. B) Queen. C) King. D) Bishop. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) King. 20. What facial feature is missing from the Mona Lisa? A) Cheeks. B) Nose. C) Lips. D) Eyebrows. 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