This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 410 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 410 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It was his 18th pop single, was released in July 2012, and by the end of July 2013 was YouTube's most watched video with 1.715 billion hits; who and what is it? A) Justin Bieber with "Baby". B) Psy with "Gangnam Style". C) Pussy Riot with "Punk Prayer". D) Madonna with "Turn Up the Radio". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Psy with "Gangnam Style". 2. How many sides does a hendecagon have? A) 55. B) 40. C) 12. D) 11. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 11. 3. Which commission operated in Britain from 1833 to 1842, granting ₤20 million to private citizens among 46, 000 applicants? A) National Trust Commission. B) Poor Law Commission. C) Slave Compensation Commission. D) Charity Commission. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slave Compensation Commission. 4. Of the 37 venues used to host events at the 2008 Summer Olympics, how many new ones were constructed for use at the Games? A) 30. B) 4. C) 12. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 12. 5. What character did Benedict Cumberbatch play in the 2019 TV drama "Brexit:The Uncivil War" ? A) Angela Merkel. B) David Cameron. C) Charles Michel. D) Dominic Cummings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dominic Cummings. 6. What crime did Truman Capote research and write about in his true crime novel "In Cold Blood" (1966)? A) The 1956 José León Suárez massacre by the police. B) Murders by the Charles Manson "family". C) The murder of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas, USA. D) Police shootings in a black artists' community in New York. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The murder of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas, USA. 7. What river runs through Phoenix, Arizona, USA? A) Ohio River. B) Salt River. C) Mississippi. D) Platte River. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Salt River. 8. What are Portman Park and Steepledowns? A) Grand National winners. B) Starter chairs. C) Virtual racecourses. D) Types of bed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Virtual racecourses. 9. Where is the seat of the Pan-African Parliament? A) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. B) Midrand, South Africa. C) Alexandria, Egypt. D) Kampala, Uganda. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Midrand, South Africa. 10. In 2006 what became the longest-running musical in the West End of London? A) Oklahoma!. B) Hair. C) Les Misérables. D) The Sound of Music. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Les Misérables. 11. Which of these areas of Canada is not a province? A) Alberta. B) Quebec. C) Yukon. D) British Columbia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yukon. 12. What changed its name to Iran in 1935? A) Persia. B) Istanbul. C) Montenegro. D) Medina. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Persia. 13. What did a B-25 Mitchell bomber, piloted in thick fog by Lieutenant Colonel William Franklin Smith, Jr., crash into at 9:40 a.m. on 28 July 1945? A) St Paul's Cathedral, London. B) The Reichstag, Berlin. C) Coventry Cathedral, England. D) The Empire State Building, New York. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Empire State Building, New York. 14. Where is the world's largest cave system with 345 km of mapped passageways? A) Kentucky, USA. B) Waitomo, New Zealand. C) Södermanland, Sweden. D) Sarawak, Malaysia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kentucky, USA. 15. What is one of the main ingredients of marzipan, besides egg whites and sugar? A) Ground almonds. B) Mashed potatoes. C) Sliced onions. D) Marinated fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ground almonds. 16. Over 6 days in March 2021 transport of over 10% of global trade came to a stop. What was the reason? A) A call to reduce the rate of global warming. B) Lockdowns in the course of recurring waves of COVID 19 infections. C) A ship ran aground in the Suez Canal and blocked the waterway. D) A terrorist scare. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A ship ran aground in the Suez Canal and blocked the waterway. 17. What nationality was the writer of the books "Bambi" and "Bambi's Children" ? A) English (Hugh Lofting). B) American (Walt Disney). C) American (L. Frank Baum). D) Austrian (Felix Salten). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Austrian (Felix Salten). 18. How did singers Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, Fantasia Barrino and Carrie Underwood come to international attention? A) Winning the TV show "American Idol". B) As Mouseketeers on "The Mickey Mouse Club". C) Discovered at New York club "CBGBs". D) Putting home made pop videos on YouTube. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Winning the TV show "American Idol". 19. Serotonin is a hormone that mainly affects what in the human body? A) Production of urine. B) Heart rate. C) Hair growth. D) Mood, intestinal movements, vasoconstriction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mood, intestinal movements, vasoconstriction. 20. Alex Turner, Jamie Cook, Matt Helders and Nick O'Malley are collectively known as ..... what? A) Police. B) The White Stripes. C) Arctic Monkeys. D) Matchbox 20. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arctic Monkeys. ← 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