This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 455 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 455 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. John the Baptist lived in the wilderness of Judea between Jerusalem and the Dead Sea, "his raiment of camel's hair, and a leather girdle about his loins; and his meat was ..... " what? A) Dates and wild berries. B) Frogs and molasses. C) Wild bees and treacle. D) Locusts and wild honey. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Locusts and wild honey. 2. What electricity voltage is provided as mains power in Britain? A) 100 Volts. B) 120 Volts. C) 110 Volts. D) 230 Volts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 230 Volts. 3. Which metal is liquid at room temperature? A) Tin. B) Mercury. C) Lead. D) Aluminium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mercury. 4. According to Norse legend, which of these is the chief of the Valkyries (warrior maidens)? A) Cassandra. B) Lorelei. C) Brünnhilde. D) Boadicea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brünnhilde. 5. Which Bulgarian-born artist is famous for wrapping landmarks and landscapes in fabric? A) Borat. B) Andy Warhol. C) Keith Moon. D) Christo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Christo. 6. Where is an opisthosoma found? A) The posterior of an arthropod's body. B) The thorax of some insects. C) On the end of a moth's proboscis. D) At the joints of a centipede's legs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The posterior of an arthropod's body. 7. What system of psychology, popularised by F J Gall and J K Spurzheim in the 19th century, claims that mental faculties and dispositions can be determined by the shape of the skull? A) Physiognomy. B) Phrenology. C) Psychokinesis. D) Parapsychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phrenology. 8. What is the highest mountain on Antarctica? A) Mt Kirkpatrick. B) Mt Erebus. C) Vinson Massif. D) Mt Jackson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vinson Massif. 9. What was the name given to an insurrection (the most significant uprising in Ireland since the rebellion of 1798) led by schoolteacher and barrister Patrick Pearse from 24 April to 30 April 1916, with the aim of establishing the Irish Republic? A) The Easter Rising. B) A Week of It. C) Bloody Week. D) The Pearse Riots. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Easter Rising. 10. Who won the World Darts Championship 4 times in the 1980s? A) Phil Taylor. B) Jocky Wilson. C) Eric Bristow. D) Keith Deller. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eric Bristow. 11. What was the name of the British Home Guard when it was founded in 1940? A) Territorial Army. B) Dad's Army. C) Neighbourhood Watch. D) Local Defence Volunteers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Local Defence Volunteers. 12. Which of these is a composer who produced most of his work between 1916 and 1958? A) Cole Porter. B) Rock Carrier. C) Charcoal Pusher. D) Clay Shifter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cole Porter. 13. How did the Roman Calendar differ from the Julian and subsequent Gregorian calendars? A) It had a leap month rather than a leap day. B) It did not include catchups such as leap years. C) It used a week of eight days instead of seven. D) Its year was 360 days long. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It had a leap month rather than a leap day. 14. Who is a unit of length (one hundred millionth of a centimetre), used to measure wavelengths of light, named after? A) Anders Angström. B) Isaac Newton. C) Henri Pascal. D) William Kelvin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anders Angström. 15. Which of these is a type of trousers associated with golf? A) Times threes. B) Minus twos. C) Plus fours. D) Divided fives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plus fours. 16. Which of these was a leading British civil engineer, who built bridges, tunnels, dockyards, a major railway line and a series of famous steamships in the first half of the 19th century? A) Damien Hirst. B) Michael Parkinson. C) Colin Chapman. D) Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Isambard Kingdom Brunel. 17. Chandrayaan-3 from India is one of two what, completing the first stage of their mission in August 2023? A) Satellites. B) Spacecraft. C) Elephant polo teams. D) Round-the-world yachts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spacecraft. 18. Who wrote "The Commitments", "The Snapper" and "The Van" ? A) Maeve Binchy. B) Frank McCourt. C) Roddy Doyle. D) Dermot Healy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Roddy Doyle. 19. Which of these is British slang for someone from the Birmingham area? A) Cockney. B) Scouser. C) Geordie. D) Brummie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brummie. 20. Which of these is a sugar substitute? A) Saccharin. B) Sakhalin. C) Zambora. D) Zambesi. 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