This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 437 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 437 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the word for the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio in the metal? A) Pastel. B) Dry point. C) Etching. D) Water colour. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Etching. 2. In May 2018, North Korea changed its time zone to match that of what other country or city? A) Washington D.C., USA. B) Beijing, China. C) South Korea. D) Moscow, Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) South Korea. 3. Where is the 250km (150 miles) long Offa's Dyke? A) Hungary. B) The Netherlands. C) Wales. D) Northern Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wales. 4. Which of these musicals is set in Scotland? A) Brigadoon. B) HMS Pinafore. C) Aspects of Love. D) Camelot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brigadoon. 5. Vercingétorix is celebrated as having united which peoples to oppose the conquests by Roman forces led by Julius Caesar? A) Lusitanians. B) Teutons. C) Carthaginians. D) Gauls. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gauls. 6. In the film "The Wild One" (1953) which actor snarls "Nobody tells me what to do" ? A) Marlon Brando. B) Lee Marvin. C) James Dean. D) Alan Ladd. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marlon Brando. 7. Who beat Lee Westwood, then the new world golf #1, into second place at the WGC-HSBC Championship in Shanghai in November 2010? A) Ernie Els. B) Sergio García. C) Francesco Molinari. D) Phil Mickelson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Francesco Molinari. 8. What was one spectacular result of the lifting of the centuries-old punitive taxes and excises on glass in the UK in the mid 19th century? A) The building of the gigantic glass and iron Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London. B) The opening of the Waterford Crystal factory in Ireland. C) Existing windows were enlarged by 10%. D) Breaking glasses after drinking a toast became popular in pubs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The building of the gigantic glass and iron Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London. 9. Which animals have a bone known as a tarsometatarsus? A) Ibex. B) Whales. C) Tuatara. D) Birds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Birds. 10. What is the name for cake and ice cream cooked quickly in a meringue? A) Fried Kentucky. B) Boiled Nebraska. C) Grilled Boston. D) Baked Alaska. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Baked Alaska. 11. According to the title of a song from the musical "The Sound of Music", who was lonely? A) Bull. B) Goatherd. C) Maria. D) Sugar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Goatherd. 12. The first successful heart transplant from what animal to an adult human was made in Baltimore, Maryland, US, in January 2022? A) Baboon. B) Pig. C) A pony. D) Chimpanzee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pig. 13. In April 1939, Clark University's Joseph Deliberato set a new record doing what? A) Eating hotdogs. B) Swallowing goldfish. C) Running naked at a sports event before being caught. D) Playing the saxophone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Swallowing goldfish. 14. With what work in the early 18th century is James Bradley associated? A) Inventing the cotton gin. B) Finding ways of dating fossils. C) Discovering the properties of uranium. D) Discovering the aberration of light. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Discovering the aberration of light. 15. If someone is referred to as "canine", what animal are they being compared to? A) Dog. B) Bear. C) Wolf. D) Cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dog. 16. The islands of Skye and Mull are in which island group? A) Tonga. B) Canaries. C) Hebrides. D) Tokelaus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hebrides. 17. The term "Grand Slam" was first applied to whose achievement of winning the 4 major golf events of 1930? A) Bobby Cruickshank. B) J. Douglas Edgar. C) Harry Vardon. D) Bobby Jones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bobby Jones. 18. The southern border of the US state of Oregon is with what US state? A) Iowa. B) California. C) Texas. D) New Mexico. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) California. 19. In Greek mythology, what was the Styx? A) River. B) Mountain. C) Valley. D) Pit of boiling mud. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) River. 20. What is the atomic number of the element which is the basis for all organic chemistry? A) 14. B) 2. C) 4. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 6. ← 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