This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 448 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 448 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Billy Connolly, Robert De Niro, Mia Farrow, Sting, Colin Firth, Pete Townshend, Robert Redford and Damien Hirst were among those who signed an open letter in "The Times" to try to achieve what? A) The release of an Iranian woman sentenced to death for adultery. B) The Afghanistan War. C) The raising of fees for tertiary education in Britain. D) The war in Iraq. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The release of an Iranian woman sentenced to death for adultery. 2. Which instrument, with a range of around 3 octaves, has its lowest string tuned to C below middle C, with the others to G, D and A? A) Violin. B) Viola. C) Cello. D) String bass. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Viola. 3. Where is the radius in the human body? A) The toes. B) The lower leg. C) The upper arm. D) The forearm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The forearm. 4. What wine originated in the Spanish town of Jerez de la Fontera? A) Pinot Noir. B) Chardonnay. C) Sherry. D) Sauvignon Blanc. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sherry. 5. By what name is actor Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez, appearing in a remake of "Anne of Green Gables", better known? A) Antony Starr. B) Steve Martin. C) Gerard Dépardieu. D) Martin Sheen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Martin Sheen. 6. Where is it possible to see a solenodon in its native habitat? A) Borneo and the Philippines. B) Madagascar. C) Hispaniola. D) Sri Lanka. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hispaniola. 7. What are elytra? A) Leaping spiders. B) Sub-atomic particles. C) Hardened fore-wings or wing cases of beetles. D) Free-swimming anemones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hardened fore-wings or wing cases of beetles. 8. For what is a slide rule meant to be used in schools? A) Playing cricket. B) Mathematical calculation. C) Hitting rule breakers. D) A slide in the playground. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mathematical calculation. 9. What function does glycerol ester of wood rosin have in foods and drinks? A) Stabilises flavouring oils to keep them in solution. B) Sweetens. C) Preserves. D) Enhances the flavour. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stabilises flavouring oils to keep them in solution. 10. Which of these was published last? A) Treasure Island. B) Alice In Wonderland. C) Twelfth Night. D) 20, 000 Leagues Under the Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Treasure Island. 11. Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China has no arable land, pastures, forest, or woodland, and its economy is based largely on tourism with banking, gaming, financial services and what else? A) Glass manufacture. B) Textile and garment manufacturing. C) Ceramics. D) Design and fashion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Textile and garment manufacturing. 12. Yingluck Shinawatra, the last democratically elected Prime Minister of Thailand (in 2011), is related to Thaksin Shinawatra, the first democratically elected leader under Thailand's 1997 constitution; what relation are they? A) Grandfather and granddaughter. B) Father and daughter. C) Uncle and niece. D) Brother and sister. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brother and sister. 13. Three mountains in Japan traditionally revered as holy are Mount Fuji, Mount Tate and which other? A) Mount Tongariro. B) Mount Huashan. C) Kata Tjuta. D) Mount Haku. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mount Haku. 14. What is the capital city closest to due north of Kuala Lumpur? A) Yangon, Myanmar (Burma). B) Hanoi, Vietnam. C) Phnom Penh, Cambodia (Kampuchea). D) Bangkok (Krung Thep Maha Nakhon), Thailand. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bangkok (Krung Thep Maha Nakhon), Thailand. 15. In opera, what is the name given to the person responsible for coaching singers and playing the piano for music and production rehearsals? A) Glissando. B) Chanteuse. C) Librettist. D) Répétiteur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Répétiteur. 16. Several Pragmatic Sanctions are recorded to have been issued, by Justinian I, Emperors Charles V and VI and others. When were the first and the last Pragmatic Sanctions known to have happened? A) 1438 CE, 1713 CE. B) 554 CE, 1830 CE. C) 554 CE, 1713 CE. D) 1438 CE, 1830 CE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 554 CE, 1830 CE. 17. The Unasur Constitutive Treaty, signed on 23 May 2008 in Brasília, Brazil, founded what international body? A) Free Trade Organisation for South America. B) Union of South American Nations. C) South American Treaty Organisation. D) United South America. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Union of South American Nations. 18. What is the only US state that touches both the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean? A) New York. B) New Jersey. C) Rhode Island. D) Pennsylvania. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) New York. 19. To which of these is the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) closest? A) Wales. B) Tierra del Fuego. C) Boston. D) Galapagos Islands. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tierra del Fuego. 20. The Vegan Society defines veganism as "a way of living which seeks to exclude, as far as is possible and practicable" what? A) Anything in the diet which is not a vegetable. B) All meat or products associated with animals or insects from the diet. C) All forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing or any other purpose. D) Animal-related products. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing or any other purpose. ← 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