This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 427 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 427 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where was singer-songwriter, model and actress Natalie Imbruglia born? A) Italy. B) Spain. C) Australia. D) Brazil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Australia. 2. Issei is a Japanese term used by Japanese in countries in North America, South America and Australia to describe what? A) The government. B) The original native inhabitants. C) Japanese people who were first to immigrate. D) The lost homeland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Japanese people who were first to immigrate. 3. An outbreak of what virus disrupted the runup to a major international sporting event in 2016? A) Zika. B) MERS. C) Ebola. D) Polio. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zika. 4. What were the middle names of Oscar Wilde? A) Graham Flanagan. B) Kightleys Never. C) Fingal O'Flahertie Wills. D) Sean Patrick. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fingal O'Flahertie Wills. 5. What kind of soil type is found thickest, globally, in land near the Missouri River in Iowa, USA, at the edges of the Gobi Desert and beside the Yellow River in China? A) Loam. B) Loess. C) Peat. D) Clay. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loess. 6. In which of these countries do they drive on the right? A) China. B) New Zealand. C) South Africa. D) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) China. 7. Mrs Lovett made meat pies from material supplied by whom? A) Sweeney Todd. B) Jack The Ripper. C) Michael Myers. D) Norman Bates. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sweeney Todd. 8. Which American carnivorous mammal feeds by night, habitually dipping its prey into water before eating? A) Bassoon. B) Racoon. C) Sassoon. D) Vacuum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Racoon. 9. In rugby union, what is the name of the set play whereby eight members of each team pack together and attempt to heel the ball backwards? A) Touchdown. B) Melee. C) Lineout. D) Scrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scrum. 10. What name did the group Girl's Tyme, formed in 1990 including BeyoncΓ© Knowles and Kelly Rowland, perform under from 1997 until they formally disbanded in 2005? A) Destiny's Child. B) TLC. C) En Vogue. D) Girls Aloud. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Destiny's Child. 11. Which film carries a link between director Ryan Coogler, writer director and actor Stephen Merchant, writer Noah Hawley, and director Peter Greenaway? A) The Sculptor. B) Creed. C) Black Panther. D) Fig. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Black Panther. 12. Which of these is a clear vegetable soup? A) Julienne. B) Romeo. C) Jacquie. D) Navratilova. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Julienne. 13. Vidkun Quisling, infamous in Europe, allied himself and his country for a time with what other European figure? A) General Franco. B) Benito Mussolini. C) Adolf Hitler. D) NapolΓ©on Bonaparte. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adolf Hitler. 14. Which country was the setting for the novels of Nevil Shute? A) USA. B) England. C) Australia. D) Mexico. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Australia. 15. In Greek mythology, who were the children of Uranus and Gaia (or Gaea)? A) Titans. B) Gorgons. C) Harpies. D) Furies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Titans. 16. In 1885, who was the first person to attach a petrol fuelled internal combustion engine to a bicycle at Bad Cannstadt near the River Neckar? A) Gottlieb Daimler. B) Karl Benz. C) Vin Diesel. D) Wernher von Braun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gottlieb Daimler. 17. Which children's book character was named after the London railway station where he was first met? A) Paddington. B) Euston. C) Victoria. D) St Pancras. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paddington. 18. The New Zealand government proposed to create a 620, 000 sq km Ocean Sanctuary in 2016 round what island or islands? A) Stewart Island. B) The Kermadecs. C) Campbell Island. D) The Auckland Islands. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Kermadecs. 19. Which English cricketer scored a century in his test match debut in 2006? A) James Anderson. B) Paul Collingwood. C) Ian Blackwell. D) Alastair Cook. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alastair Cook. 20. Australian professional golfer Greg Norman is known by which nickname? A) Kanga. B) The Shark. C) The Flying Finn. D) Prince. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Shark. β PreviousNext βRelated 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 π Back to Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books