This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 453 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 453 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The popular name for a type of inflamed elbow joint is associated with which sport? A) Snooker. B) Soccer. C) Tennis. D) Tug o' War. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tennis. 2. Which of these is a portable media player launched by Apple on October 23, 2001? A) OMiGo. B) PPod. C) IDunno. D) IPod. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) IPod. 3. To which of these musical instruments could the word "flute" not be applied? A) Koauau. B) Recorder. C) Pan pipes. D) Rebec. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rebec. 4. What is the full name of the lobby group that operates in the USA called "NOW" ? A) National Organisation for Whales. B) National Organisation for Women. C) National Organisation of Waveriders. D) National Organisation of Watchmakers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) National Organisation for Women. 5. The early use of algebraic techniques for analysing geometrical problems is attributed to whom? A) Euclid. B) Thomas Aquinas. C) Richard Feynman. D) René Descartes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) René Descartes. 6. Scott Robinson, Ritchie Neville, J Brown, Abs Breen and Sean Conlon were the founder members of which boy band? A) East-17. B) Blue. C) 5ive. D) Jump5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5ive. 7. What is an example of a supersaturated solution? A) Carbonated drinks. B) Syrup. C) Mulled wine. D) Saline. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbonated drinks. 8. Who, an ironmonger by trade, created the first practical steam engine to pump water from mineshafts? A) George Stephenson. B) Robert Fulton. C) Isambard Kingdom Brunel. D) Thomas Newcomen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thomas Newcomen. 9. The Republic of Biafra (1967-70) took its name from what? A) It was thought to be on a latitude which bisects Africa. B) The Bight of Biafra, which adjoined it. C) Its borders were drawn by Africans rather than colonial powers. D) It was an acronym for Brothers in Arms for Reclaiming Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Bight of Biafra, which adjoined it. 10. According to the Islamic calendar, during which month were the first verses of the Qur'an revealed to the Islamic Prophet Muhammad? A) Ramadan. B) Ewerdan. C) Lambadan. D) Muttondan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ramadan. 11. Rod Blagojevich was alleged to have solicited personal benefit in exchange for an appointment to the US Senate after Barack Obama resigned because he had been elected President of the USA. He was the Governor of which US state? A) Iowa. B) Illinois. C) Florida. D) Ohio. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Illinois. 12. What was the first name of the 19th century Russian composer Mussorgsky? A) Teodor. B) Bulgaria. C) Modest. D) Maclav. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Modest. 13. When Alexander Litvinenko was granted asylum in the UK in 2000, following which he was assassinated, where had he been an officer? A) Russian Ministry for State Security (MGB). B) Russia's Committee for State Security (KGB). C) Russian Federal Security Service (FSB). D) Kamera. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Russian Federal Security Service (FSB). 14. Depending on the region, what is the period from about 3200 BCE to 500 BCE known as? A) Stone Age. B) Bronze Age. C) Tin Age. D) Iron Age. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bronze Age. 15. The Idiot Fruit, or Idiot Tree, was thought to be extinct in the mid 19th century but in 1971 one was rediscovered. How? A) The wood was found in a firewood pile in Northern Territory, Australia. B) Cavers found it in a new cave in the Jenolan Caves in New South Wales, Australia. C) Its poisonous seeds were found in the stomachs of dying cattle in Queensland, Australia. D) A flowering branch drifted ashore in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Its poisonous seeds were found in the stomachs of dying cattle in Queensland, Australia. 16. Eleanor was the name of the First Lady of which of these US presidents? A) George H Bush. B) Lyndon B. Johnson. C) Gerald Ford. D) Jimmy Carter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jimmy Carter. 17. The Three Gorges Dam is in which country? A) United States Of America. B) China. C) Canada. D) Mexico. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) China. 18. According to the old song, when will I "be waiting at the k-k-kitchen door" for "K-K-Katy, beautiful Katy" ? A) The s-s-searchlight lights up the bunker. B) The s-s-sun shines over the wheatfield. C) The m-m-moon shines over the cowshed. D) The t-t-torchlight shines in the outhouse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The m-m-moon shines over the cowshed. 19. "The lady doth protest too much" is a comment on whom? A) Queen in Hamlet. B) A character in The Massacre at Paris. C) Nurse in Romeo and Juliet. D) Queen in The Mousetrap. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Queen in The Mousetrap. 20. What was the cause of an epidemic of 355 cases (46% fatal) between March and June 2010 in Zamfara State, Nigeria? A) Ebola. B) Malaria. C) Tuberculosis. D) Lead poisoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lead poisoning. ← 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