This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge โ Quiz 444 ๐ Homepage ๐ Download PDF Books ๐ Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 444 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Round, flat, filbert, fan and rigger are types of what? A) Paint brush. B) Nut. C) Deck chair. D) Theatre light. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paint brush. 2. What is the study of fossils? A) Archaeology. B) Ichthyology. C) Palaeontology. D) Fossilisation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Palaeontology. 3. Which countries won the medals in women's pole vault in the 2016 Summer Olympics? A) USA, Cuba, Russia. B) Greece, USA, New Zealand. C) Russia, USA, Russia. D) Russia, Russia, Poland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Greece, USA, New Zealand. 4. Tuberculosis was once called which of these? A) Exhaustion. B) Consumption. C) Micturition. D) Fibrillation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consumption. 5. What is the common name for a lepidoptera pupa and its silky cocoon? A) Stamen. B) Thorax. C) Camilla. D) Chrysalis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chrysalis. 6. What part of the world has been ruled by Aelle, Ceawlin, Ethelbert, Rรฆdwald, Edwin, Oswald, Oswy, Wulfhere, Ethelred, Ethelbald, Offa, Cลnwulf and Egbert? A) England. B) Scotland. C) Denmark. D) Greenland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) England. 7. When were the Nordic Games, the first international multi-sport event that focused primarily on winter sports, held? A) 1901-1926. B) 1870-1914. C) 1890-1900. D) 1790-1800. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1901-1926. 8. What is a cep? A) Weapon. B) Mushroom. C) Virus. D) Small mountain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mushroom. 9. Which of these is a novel by John Wyndham? A) The Night of the Iguana. B) The Trouble with Tribbles. C) The Day of the Triffids. D) Dog Day Afternoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Day of the Triffids. 10. What beam is used by remote controls to change channels on TVs? A) X-ray. B) Ultraviolet light. C) Laser beam. D) Infrared light. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Infrared light. 11. Who, though he died at 35, wrote over 600 works including 23 string quartets, 5 string quintets, 21 piano concertos and 19 operas? A) Bach. B) Beethoven. C) Mozart. D) Ravel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mozart. 12. What is the term for the measure of the brightness of a star as it appears on earth? A) Eccentricity. B) Absolute magnitude. C) Albedo. D) Apparent magnitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Apparent magnitude. 13. Which jazz bandleader disappeared in December 1944 while flying over the English Channel? A) Glenn Miller. B) Tommy Dorsey. C) Chris Barber. D) Duke Ellington. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Glenn Miller. 14. Which of these are teeth which rodents have? A) All of these. B) Incisors. C) Pre-molars. D) Wisdom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incisors. 15. What was the name of the character played by George Clooney in the "Oceans" film series released from 19 to 19? A) Virgil. B) Rusty. C) Linus. D) Danny. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Danny. 16. What two countries were signatories to the first of the two Treaties of Tilsit in 1807? A) Russia and France. B) Prussia and France. C) The UK and Portugal. D) The UK and Austria. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Russia and France. 17. The ingredient in some traditional Mฤori food known as pikopiko, or sometimes as bush asparagus, is what? A) Immature fern fronds. B) Watercress. C) Sow thistle. D) Peppertree flower spikes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Immature fern fronds. 18. Which "Great Fire" is believed to have started at the bakery of Thomas Farriner (or Farynor) on Pudding Lane? A) Glasgow. B) Chicago. C) San Francisco. D) London. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) London. 19. What is the word for a cross between a corgi and a dachshund? A) Womble. B) Corshund. C) Dorgi. D) Dachi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dorgi. 20. Which of these is not a prison in London, England? A) Brixton. B) Dartmoor. C) Wormwood Scrubs. D) Holloway. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dartmoor. โ PreviousNext โRelated 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 ๐ Back to Homepage ๐ Download PDF Books ๐ Premium PDF Books