This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 406 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 406 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In what conflict did King Richard I of England (the Lionheart) die in 1199? A) The Third Crusade in the Holy Land. B) Suppressing a revolt in the Limousin, France. C) The annexation of Cyprus. D) The Hundred Years' War. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suppressing a revolt in the Limousin, France. 2. Who was the last President of the Fourth Republic of France, and the first President of the Fifth Republic? A) Félix Gaillard. B) Georges Pompidou. C) Charles de Gaulle. D) Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Charles de Gaulle. 3. Which of these words can refer to someone from a specific region of Croatia? A) Dobermann. B) Pekinese. C) Dalmatian. D) Yorkie. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dalmatian. 4. What did Emal Fraze invent in 1959 (and patented in 1963)? A) The jolly jumper for babies. B) The solar battery. C) Intermodal containers. D) The ring pull-tab on drink cans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The ring pull-tab on drink cans. 5. Anthony Bourdain remains famous in what profession? A) Chef. B) Sculptor. C) Poet. D) Painter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chef. 6. What leaves relieve pain caused by stinging nettle? A) Oak. B) Bay. C) Laurel. D) Dock. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dock. 7. What was the name of Madonna's chain of fitness clubs? A) Like a Virgin. B) Material World. C) Guy's, For Girls. D) Hard Candy Fitness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hard Candy Fitness. 8. Who was nicknamed "The Sweater Girl" after she appeared in the 1937 film "They Won't Forget" ? A) Lana Turner. B) Marilyn Monroe. C) Rita Hayworth. D) Bette Davis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lana Turner. 9. Who wrote the poem "Adonais", which was a tribute to John Keats? A) William Wordsworth. B) John Keats. C) Lord Byron. D) Percy Bysshe Shelley. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Percy Bysshe Shelley. 10. Which of these was a thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant? A) North by Northeast. B) South by Southwest. C) North by Northwest. D) South by Southeast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) North by Northwest. 11. What means a similar wish to that expressed in "aux vôtres" ? A) Up yours. B) Zdravstvuyte. C) Auf wiedersehen. D) Sláinte. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sláinte. 12. Where is Lake George? A) Northern Territory, Australia. B) New York, USA. C) Manitoba, Canada. D) Scottish Highlands. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) New York, USA. 13. How is the starting position of Legan chess different from the starting position of standard chess? A) The pieces are arranged across two corners, not laterally. B) The pawns are set behind the other pieces. C) The rooks are in the centre, with the king and queen on the ends. D) The pawns are evenly staggered on the 2nd and 3rd rows. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The pieces are arranged across two corners, not laterally. 14. When British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton led an expedition 1914-17, in the course of which his men spent time on Elephant Island, what was the aim of the expedition? A) To reach the South Pole. B) To cross Antarctica from sea to sea via the South Pole. C) To climb Mount Erebus in Antarctica. D) To establish a new record for reaching farthest south (success was at latitude 88$^\circ$S). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To cross Antarctica from sea to sea via the South Pole. 15. Baffin Island is what direction from New York? A) Due north. B) West. C) East. D) South-west. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Due north. 16. According to the Bible's Genesis 32:28, 30 and Hosea 12:3, 5, God wrestled with whom all night? A) Moses. B) Esau. C) John the Baptist. D) Jacob. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jacob. 17. What was an American post-World War II art movement beginning in New York City that was the first specifically American movement to achieve worldwide influence? A) Pointillism. B) Abstract expressionism. C) Still life. D) Landscape. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abstract expressionism. 18. Which of these has the greatest number of wheels? A) Scooter. B) Tricycle. C) Truck. D) Unicycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Truck. 19. When were the bound feet known as "lotus feet" officially banned in China in a law which has not subsequently been rescinded? A) 1912. B) 1950. C) 1664. D) 1902. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1912. 20. In 1988 China and Vietnam clashed in the Johnson South Reef Skirmish, where? A) Tonkin Gulf. B) Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. C) Caroline Islands in Belau, or Palau,. D) The Celebes Sea. 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