This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 403 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 403 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these events happened after the birth of Princess Anne, the daughter of Queen Elizabeth II? A) Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. B) Prince Charles born. C) Marriage of Queen Elizabeth II. D) Edward VIII abdicated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. 2. The Central Criminal Court, London, which is also known as "The Old Bailey", stands on the site of what structure, now demolished? A) Newgate Prison. B) Tyburn gallows. C) Brixton Prison. D) St Pancras Station. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Newgate Prison. 3. At the end of the film "The Bridge On The River Kwai", who blew up the bridge? A) Major Warden (played by Jack Hawkins). B) Colonel Nicholson (played by Alec Guinness). C) Colonel Saito (played by Sessue Hayakawa). D) The US Navy sailor (played by William Holden). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Colonel Nicholson (played by Alec Guinness). 4. Ecuador enacted what, as Objective 4 of its constitution, in 2008? A) Recognition of the volcano Cotopaxi as an individual with all the rights of a person. B) Membership of OPEC. C) Rights of oil mining companies to prospect in conservation areas. D) Guarantee of "the rights of nature". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Guarantee of "the rights of nature". 5. What is the name of the approach to music education that was devised by Émile Jaques-Dalcroze in 1905 and is still being used? A) Suzuki method. B) Méthode pour la Guitare. C) Kindermusik International. D) Eurythmics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eurythmics. 6. Where are the palatine bones? A) Mouth. B) Spine. C) Leg. D) Arm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mouth. 7. What was the first building in London to be erected on a steel frame, which was opened in 1904? A) Ritz Hotel. B) The Old Bailey. C) Cannon Street Station. D) The Barbican. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ritz Hotel. 8. What term is used for a volcanic rock that is a solidified frothy lava typically created when super-heated, highly pressurised rock is violently ejected from a volcano, formed when lava and water are mixed, due to the simultaneous actions of rapid cooling and rapid depressurisation? A) Emery. B) Diamond. C) Silicon carbide. D) Pumice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pumice. 9. British-born American film actor Archibald Alec Leach was better known by which stage name? A) Richard Attenborough. B) Michael Caine. C) Laurence Olivier. D) Cary Grant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cary Grant. 10. What is the word for a small amount of money? A) Dissonance. B) Governance. C) Temperance. D) Pittance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pittance. 11. The Cimbrian Peninsula known as Jutland contains land in which two countries? A) Germany and the Netherlands. B) Denmark and Norway. C) Denmark and Germany. D) Sweden and Norway. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Denmark and Germany. 12. The Executive Residence in the White House, Washington D.C., USA, has how many storeys above ground? A) 5. B) 4. C) 3. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4. 13. In which of these games or sports could the title of Grandmaster, or Grand Master, be achievable? A) Any of them. B) Chess. C) Martial Arts. D) Bridge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Any of them. 14. Who was the captain of "The Titanic" on its maiden voyage? A) Daniel Dow. B) John Pritchard. C) Arthur Rostron. D) Edward Smith. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Edward Smith. 15. Argentinian David Nalbandian is a professional player of what sport? A) Soccer. B) Squash. C) Cricket. D) Tennis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tennis. 16. In 1770, how many died in, or as a result of, what was labelled the Boston Massacre which fuelled the ferment that led to the American fight for independence from the British? A) 55. B) 255. C) 395. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5. 17. In the 19th century a French custom with books of erotic fiction was reportedly to do what? A) Publish them in deep bright blue covers, and without titles. B) Display them in a room with a purple door. C) Print them in red ink. D) Wrap them in yellow paper. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wrap them in yellow paper. 18. In the Christian calendar, what is the name for the Sunday before Easter, the first Sunday of Holy Week? A) Passover. B) Palm Sunday. C) Ramadan. D) Tet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Palm Sunday. 19. Which late nineteenth-century municipality overlooking the northern part of lake Mjøsa and the river Lågen and surrounded by mountains, hosted both the 1994 Winter Olympics and the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics? A) Stockholm, Sweden. B) Lillehammer, Norway. C) Oslo, Norway. D) Helsinki, Finland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lillehammer, Norway. 20. Which common and stable isotope is the standard against which the atomic weights of all other elements are measured? A) Carbon-12. B) Oxygen-16. C) Nitrogen-14. D) Carbon-14. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbon-12. ← 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