This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 418 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 418 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which Scottish singer had a #1 hit in the UK with "All This Time" in 2004 after winning the second series of the UK talent show "Pop Idol" ? A) Darius Danesh. B) Will Young. C) Michelle McManus. D) Susanne Manning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Michelle McManus. 2. Which city is closest to the Caspian Sea? A) Lhasa. B) Istanbul. C) Kiev. D) Baku. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Baku. 3. What was the purpose of explorer Captain, then Lieutenant, James Cook's first voyage to the south Pacific Ocean in 1768? A) Claim possession for Britain of as many Pacific islands as possible. B) Take a scientific team to observe the transit of Venus. C) Investigate volcanic activity on the Hawaiian islands. D) Discover a northern passage between the Pacific and the Atlantic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Take a scientific team to observe the transit of Venus. 4. Which of the Great Lakes is the only one located entirely within the USA? A) Lake Michigan. B) Lake Erie. C) Lake Huron. D) Lake Superior. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lake Michigan. 5. Which of these was a film about a volcanic eruption? A) Dante's Peak, director:Roger Donaldson, 1997. B) Under the Mountain, director:Jonathan King, 2009. C) The Painted Hills, director:Harold F. Kress, 1951. D) Mountain, director:Daniel Martinico, 2001. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dante's Peak, director:Roger Donaldson, 1997. 6. What is a "do" in the martial art kendo? A) A hard protective covering for the chest and stomach. B) The bamboo sword. C) A combat technique. D) A wrist covering. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A hard protective covering for the chest and stomach. 7. What artificial international language invented by Dr Zamenhof was published in 1887? A) Universal sign language. B) HTML. C) Franglais. D) Esperanto. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Esperanto. 8. Of the top 5 box office grossing films released in 1950 which one or ones figured in the major Golden Globe and Academy awards for films in that year? A) One. B) All five. C) None. D) Two. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) None. 9. Which British politician won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1953? A) Clement Attlee. B) Harold Macmillan. C) Winston Churchill. D) David Lloyd George. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Winston Churchill. 10. Which of these is an armless piece of furniture? A) Ottoman. B) Roman. C) Persian. D) Mongol. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ottoman. 11. What name is given to ducks which feed mainly at the surface rather than by diving? A) Dabbling ducks. B) Puddle ducks. C) Webling ducks. D) Mighty ducks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dabbling ducks. 12. A bear, a dog, and a panda, only one of which speaks on the soundtrack, are characters in a long-running UK children's TV series; what are the names of the bear and the dog? A) George and Bungle. B) Scott and Virgil. C) Thomas and Percy. D) Sooty and Sweep. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sooty and Sweep. 13. The Little Brown Jug and The Little Brown Jugette are annual races in Delaware, Ohio, for what? A) Three-legged dogs. B) Spiders. C) Three-year-old pacing standardbreds. D) Cicadas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Three-year-old pacing standardbreds. 14. What is the meaning of the second to last word listed in the Oxford dictionary? A) The product of the union between gametes. B) The study or practice of fermentation in brewing, winemaking, or distilling. C) A beer of ancient Egypt, or the northern peoples. D) The part of gluten insoluble in alcohol. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A beer of ancient Egypt, or the northern peoples. 15. What is a polytunnel used for? A) Painting. B) Electrical work. C) Surgery. D) Gardening. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gardening. 16. What is a disorder of the immune system (called "type I hypersensitivity") whereby the human body reacts adversely to normally harmless environmental substances? A) Allergy. B) Aneurism. C) Alopecia. D) Algebra. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allergy. 17. Which is claimed to be the smallest inhabited island? A) Smyley Island, Antarctica. B) Bishop Rock, Scilly Isles, UK. C) Just Enough Room Island, New York, USA. D) Martinique, Lesser Antilles, West Indies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Just Enough Room Island, New York, USA. 18. Scottish singer, composer and music hall comedian Harry Lauder sang to troops in France during World War I and gave concerts for war charities> What happened in 1919? A) He succumbed to the influenza pandemic which accompanied the end of the war. B) He was knighted. C) He started a career in opera. D) He became a conscientious objector. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was knighted. 19. Who was the pilot of the US Airways plane that landed on the Hudson River in January 2009? A) Stanley Katzenjammer. B) Chester Kippenberger. C) Chesley Sullenberger. D) Claus von Stauffenberg. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chesley Sullenberger. 20. Which of these signifies that an internal combustion engine is fitted with something other than a carburettor? A) GTR. B) ABS. C) EFI. D) DOHC. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) EFI. ← 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