This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 416 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 416 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The legend of Robin Hood, which dates from the 14th century and includes tales of Friar Tuck, Little John and Alan Adale, is centred on which forest? A) Forest of Dean. B) Black. C) Sherwood. D) Lincoln. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sherwood. 2. Opened in February 1907, what was built on the site of Newgate Prison? A) Marble Arch roundabout. B) Crystal Palace. C) Kensington Gardens. D) Criminal Courts of Justice, Old Bailey. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Criminal Courts of Justice, Old Bailey. 3. Who played Paris in the film "Troy", released in 2004? A) Orlando Bloom. B) Jude Law. C) Johnny Depp. D) Brad Pitt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Orlando Bloom. 4. In which part of the body would you find the bone called the trapezium? A) Elbow. B) Knee. C) Ankle. D) Wrist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wrist. 5. Which of these is a learned society based in the UK, founded in 1807 partly from a previous club known as the Askesian Society, and receiving its Royal Charter in 1825 from George IV? A) The Royal Geographic Society. B) The Geological Society of London. C) The Royal Society. D) The Chartered Institute of Linguists. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Geological Society of London. 6. Which country in the Central America isthmus borders a country in continental South America? A) Guatemala. B) Puerto Rico. C) Colombia. D) Panama. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Panama. 7. "M", "Luscious Pink" and "Forever" are women's fragrances from Elizabeth Arden, endorsed by whom? A) Britney Spears. B) Mariah Carey. C) Jay-Z. D) Elton John. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mariah Carey. 8. Which of these means "biting" ? A) Rodent. B) Mendicant. C) Mendacious. D) Mordant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mordant. 9. When was voting made compulsory in Australia? A) October 1911. B) January 1901. C) October 1942. D) April 1946. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) October 1911. 10. Which month appears last in the rhyme "30 days have September ..... "? A) June. B) April. C) February. D) September. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) February. 11. What is an apparatus consisting of a frame containing a number of parallel wires on which there are rows of beads which can be moved left and right? A) Artifice. B) Abacus. C) Astrobus. D) Zither. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abacus. 12. What does the phrase "In loco parentis" mean? A) On a family train journey. B) Amongst crazy parents. C) With fanatical father figures. D) Temporarily in charge of a child. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temporarily in charge of a child. 13. The city of Miami, Florida, is at the mouth of which river? A) Peace River. B) Miami River. C) Yellow River. D) St John River. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Miami River. 14. Which of these is the title of a British TV series shown between 1957 and 1967 which is considered to be one of Britain's first major soap operas? A) Doctor Kildare. B) Doctor Finlay's Casebook. C) Emergency-Ward 10. D) Casualty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emergency-Ward 10. 15. Which is the smallest in land area? A) Canada. B) New Zealand. C) United Kingdom. D) Guinea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) United Kingdom. 16. Which US President has figured on the cover of the magazine Sports Illustrated, twice? A) George W Bush. B) Ronald Reagan. C) Dwight Eisenhower. D) Donald Trump. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ronald Reagan. 17. Which war between Austria, France and Russia versus Great Britain and Prussia ended with the ceding of Silesia to Prussia by Austria and the ceding of French territory in Canada to Britain? A) British-American War. B) The War of Succession. C) Seven Years War. D) Thirty Years War. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Seven Years War. 18. In rugby union, which position wears the number 2 jersey? A) Hooker. B) Full back. C) Right wing. D) Half back. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hooker. 19. Which animals live in nests called "dreys" ? A) Squirrels. B) Otters. C) Pheasants. D) Wasps. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Squirrels. 20. What was the nickname for a 1913 British Act of Parliament that enabled suffragettes on hunger strike to be released from prison when they became ill? A) Suffragette Enabling Act. B) The Corn Laws. C) The Cat and Mouse Act. D) The Dog and Bone Law. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Cat and Mouse Act. ← 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