This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 44 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 44 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Iron is the main component of which of these? A) Steel. B) Aluminium. C) Bronze. D) Brass. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Steel. 2. Which American singer, songwriter, record producer and actress who made her recording debut in 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, married him in 1993, separated in 1997, and married actor & rapper Nick Cannon in 2008? A) Alicia Keys. B) Avril Lavigne. C) Amy Winehouse. D) Mariah Carey. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mariah Carey. 3. In 2018 NASA launched a probe named for Eugene N. Parker, professor emeritus at the University of Chicago, with a 7 year mission to do what? A) To study the atmosphere of Earth's nearest star close up. B) To study the effect of the solar wind on the Moon. C) To test and verify the calculated orbital stability planned for the Gateway space station. D) To study Mercury and its origin; test Einstein's theory of general relativity; search for asteroids. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To study the atmosphere of Earth's nearest star close up. 4. What epitaph is on Frank Sinatra's tombstone? A) Those blue eyes are closed. B) The best is yet to come. C) It'll be white Christmases all the way. D) Just resting between gigs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The best is yet to come. 5. Fossilised remains of a member of which extinct paleolithic race with heavy brow ridges and receding forehead were discovered in 1856? A) Cro-Magnon. B) Neanderthal. C) Heidelberg Man. D) Rhodesian Man. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neanderthal. 6. In Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice", what was Mr Darcy's first name? A) Fitzwilliam. B) Fitzroy. C) Fitzgerald. D) Fitzherbert. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fitzwilliam. 7. When was the first World Championship for Golf Croquet held? A) 1996. B) 1988. C) 1962. D) 2000. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1996. 8. Which film that won an Oscar for Best Picture, explores prejudice against Jews and Afro-Americans over the period 1948 to 1973? A) Born on the Fourth of July. B) Rain Man. C) Driving Miss Daisy. D) The Bourne Supremacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Driving Miss Daisy. 9. The small Atlas mountain viper (Vipera monticola) is native, and unique, to where? A) Morocco. B) Greece. C) Ethiopia. D) Tunisia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Morocco. 10. Which 19th century American writer is best known for his "Tales of Mystery and Suspense", "Tales of the Arabesque and the Grotesque", and his poems "The Raven", "The Bells" and "Annabel Lee" ? A) Stephen King. B) Ernest Hemingway. C) Wilbur Smith. D) Edgar Allan Poe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Edgar Allan Poe. 11. Where is the tallest free-standing campanile (bell tower) in the world? A) Paris, France. B) Pisa, Italy. C) Venice, Italy. D) Birmingham, UK. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Birmingham, UK. 12. What is the literal translation of the name Las Vegas? A) The Dust. B) The Fortunes. C) The City. D) The Meadows. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Meadows. 13. What joint is between the femur and the tibia? A) Elbow. B) Ankle. C) Wrist. D) Knee. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Knee. 14. What former Grand Prix motorcycle racer from New Zealand published his autobiography in late 2010? A) Gary Crosby. B) Lindsay Crosby. C) Harry Crosby. D) Graeme Crosby. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Graeme Crosby. 15. What basic food can be evaporated, condensed, pasteurised or dried? A) Bread. B) Eggs. C) Dates. D) Milk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Milk. 16. In Britain, rationing ended, the London gold market reopened, Roger Bannister was first to run a mile in under 4 minutes, and the Queen returned from a tour of the Commonwealth in which year? A) 1946. B) 1950. C) 1958. D) 1954. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1954. 17. The Loire is the longest river in which country? A) France. B) Malaysia. C) China. D) New Zealand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) France. 18. Who created and stars in the web series "Awkward Black Girl" ? A) Issa Rae. B) Veronica Dang. C) Laura Hankin. D) Melissa Mickens. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Issa Rae. 19. In 1998, what was marketed as "the game for your whole brain" ? A) Brain Damage. B) Trivial Pursuit. C) Cranium. D) Head. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cranium. 20. Who is credited with inventing bungee jumping and developing it into a commercial operation? A) A J Hackett. B) K d laing. C) P D James. D) E e cummings. 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