This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 441 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 441 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Mallard, Mandarin, Red-crested Pochard, Teal, Muscovy and Eider are all types of what? A) Cat. B) Duck. C) Dog. D) Horse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Duck. 2. The "Little Big Painting" is by which of these artists? A) David Hockney. B) Roy Lichtenstein. C) Andy Warhol. D) Jackson Pollock. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Roy Lichtenstein. 3. In May 2011 Stevie Nicks released which solo album, her first for 10 years? A) Bella Donna. B) Trouble in Shangri-La. C) In Your Dreams. D) My World 2.0. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In Your Dreams. 4. What is the expression "urheimat" associated with? A) Archaeology. B) German folk music. C) Geography. D) The study of linguistics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The study of linguistics. 5. The visual art works and installations known as "The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living", "A Thousand Years", "Mickey" and "Flumequine" were created by whom? A) Damien Hirst. B) Francis Bacon. C) Julie Mehretu. D) Ibrahim El-Salahi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Damien Hirst. 6. What is the name for a squirrel's nest? A) Drey. B) Nuthouse. C) Chickory. D) Squandry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drey. 7. Who published their autobiography "Life is a Rollercoaster" in 2000? A) David Bowie. B) Ronan Keating. C) Ricky Martin. D) Elton John. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ronan Keating. 8. What name was given to an amateur archeologist's find of gold and silver treasures dating back 1400 years in England in September 2009? A) The Staffordshire Moorlands. B) The Staffordshire Terrier. C) The Staffordshire China. D) The Staffordshire Hoard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Staffordshire Hoard. 9. Which alpine ski racer was World Cup champion in 1967 and 1968, won the Triple Crown of Alpine Skiing with a sweep of the three gold medals for downhill, giant slalom and slalom at the 1968 Winter Olympics, and then retired? A) Jean-Claude Killy. B) Henri Oreiller. C) Gustav ThΓΆni. D) Billy Kidd. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jean-Claude Killy. 10. Because of its major oil deposits, which South American country was a founding member in 1960 of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the only South American country in OPEC at that time? A) Colombia. B) Ecuador. C) Brazil. D) Venezuela. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Venezuela. 11. Which of these is a fielding position in cricket? A) Silly mid-on. B) Short deep square. C) Short-stop. D) Catcher. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Silly mid-on. 12. Which of these is an instrument in the diagnosis of certain heart disorders? A) Polygraph. B) Electroencephalograph. C) Seismograph. D) Electrocardiograph. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Electrocardiograph. 13. Which English football (soccer) player, whose career playing first class football ran from 1956 to 1973, was England's most capped player (106) when he retired from the England team in 1970? A) David Beckham. B) Sven-GΓΆran Eriksson. C) Wayne Rooney. D) Bobby Charlton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bobby Charlton. 14. The names of how many US states begin with "New" ? A) 4. B) 8. C) 2. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4. 15. Where was the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles, held? A) St Paul's Cathedral. B) Westminster Abbey. C) Windsor Guildhall. D) Buckingham Palace. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Windsor Guildhall. 16. In which book of the Christian Bible is the story of Lazarus being raised from the dead? A) Mark. B) Matthew. C) John. D) Luke. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John. 17. Which is a 370 miles (600 km) long bi-national waterway first proposed in the 1890s, started in 1954 and opened in 1959? A) Unified Deep Water System of European Russia. B) Rhine-Main-Danube Canal. C) Grand Canal. D) St Lawrence Seaway. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) St Lawrence Seaway. 18. The youngest player at the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships was 18; what country did his team represent? A) Russia. B) Canada. C) USA. D) Sweden. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) USA. 19. Conchiglie is a type of what? A) Sea anemone. B) Pasta. C) Pacifist. D) Musical form. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pasta. 20. Which of these cities is in the Mojave Desert? A) Las Vegas. B) Mexico City. C) Tombstone. D) Chicago. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Las Vegas. 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