This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 402 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 402 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In which book of the Hebrew and Christian bibles do Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego appear? A) Susanna. B) Daniel. C) Judith. D) Ezekiel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Daniel. 2. Blood Wedding (1932) by Garcia Lorca was based on elements of a true story which happened when? A) 1930. B) 1590. C) 1822. D) 1928. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1928. 3. Which Russian composer wrote the ballets "The Firebird", "Petrouchka" and "The Rite of Spring" ? A) Igor Stravinsky. B) Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. C) Modest Mussorgsky. D) Sergei Rachmaninoff. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Igor Stravinsky. 4. "Don't Cha" and "Stickwitu" were #1 hit singles for which group? A) Pussycat Dolls. B) Bananarama. C) Atomic Kitten. D) Sugababes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pussycat Dolls. 5. Where did the "Mayflower", carrying the Pilgrim Fathers, early settlers to Massachusetts, America, sail from in 1620? A) Southhampton. B) Plymouth. C) Dover. D) Liverpool. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plymouth. 6. Who commanded No. 11 Group RAF, responsible for the fighter defence of London and southeast England, which took the brunt of the German air attacks in the Battle of Britain? A) Trafford Leigh-Mallory. B) Keith Park. C) Hugh Dowding. D) Arthur Harris. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Keith Park. 7. Which of these is the earliest TV series to be made starring David Jason? A) The Darling Buds of May. B) Open All Hours. C) Only Fools and Horses. D) A Touch of Frost. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Open All Hours. 8. How many US states begin with the letter "O" ? A) 5. B) 3. C) 2. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 9. In 1949 what Emirate was constitutionally renamed the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan? A) Transjordan. B) Hashemite. C) Vilayet. D) Jordan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transjordan. 10. Who directed the 1960 film "Spartacus" ? A) Anthony Mann. B) Stanley Kubrick. C) Kirk Douglas. D) David Lean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stanley Kubrick. 11. Who, the illegitimate son of a peasant girl, was educated in the studio of a Florentine painter, spent much of his early working life in the service of Ludovico il Moro in Milan, worked in Rome, Bologna and Venice, and spent his final years in France at the home given to him by King François I? A) Leonardo da Vinci. B) Galileo Galilei. C) Guglielmo Marconi. D) Benito Mussolini. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leonardo da Vinci. 12. Which was the last imperial dynasty to rule in China? A) Yuan. B) Qing. C) Ming. D) Song. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Qing. 13. A two-wheeled self-powered and self-balancing vehilce unveiled in 2001 is called what? A) Segway. B) Segue. C) PUMA. D) IBot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Segway. 14. What is carried in a bulse? A) Logs for a fire. B) Sugar cane. C) Valuables like diamonds or gold dust. D) Spices. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Valuables like diamonds or gold dust. 15. Who was the London-based Australian music impresario who managed John Leyton, Cream, Peter Frampton and The Bee Gees? A) Chris Stamp. B) Don Arden. C) Andrew Loog Oldham. D) Robert Stigwood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Robert Stigwood. 16. The lumbar region of the human body contains how many vertebrae? A) 30. B) 15. C) 5. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5. 17. Which of these equations accurately represents the relationship between the square of a number and the product of one less and one greater than that number? A) X2 = (x-1)(x+1). B) (x2)-1 = (x-1)(x+1). C) (x2)+1 = (x-1)(x+1). D) X2 = (x-1)(x+1)-1. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) (x2)-1 = (x-1)(x+1). 18. What or who would be an expected inhabitant of a hoosegow? A) Gypsies. B) Prisoners. C) Cattle. D) Plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prisoners. 19. What is the name of the square in the UK TV series "EastEnders" ? A) Albert Square. B) Victoria Square. C) Elizabeth Park. D) Rosa Park. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Albert Square. 20. What are "crepuscular animals" ? A) Ones who walk on their hind legs. B) Ugly ones. C) Ones who are mainly active at dawn and dusk. D) Vegetarian. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ones who are mainly active at dawn and dusk. ← PreviousNext →Related 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 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books