This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 458 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 458 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who wrote "Futility" (1898) about an enormous "unsinkable" British passenger liner called the Titan, which hits an iceberg and sinks in the North Atlantic with the loss of nearly all on board? A) C S Lewis. B) Robert Louis Stevenson. C) Nostradamus. D) Morgan Robertson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Morgan Robertson. 2. What does the "I" in the acronym IKEA stand for? A) Inuti. B) Internationell. C) In-home. D) Ingvar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ingvar. 3. Where did Portuguese traders begin to settle in the 16th century, administering the area until 20 December 1999? A) Macau. B) Goa. C) New Guinea. D) Laos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Macau. 4. What is the first name of "Seinfeld" ? A) Tom. B) Jerry. C) Mickey. D) Gonzales. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jerry. 5. Which of these can be a synonym for "capital" ? A) Biggest. B) Block. C) Strong. D) Building. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Block. 6. Which of these is a chemical released by one or more cells that affects cells in other parts of the organism, only a small amount of which is needed to alter cell metabolism that, in animals, are often transported in the blood? A) Calcium. B) Hormone. C) Pheromone. D) Antibody. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hormone. 7. Someone in disgrace is said to be where? A) Down the road. B) Up the creek. C) Over the hill. D) In the dog box. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the dog box. 8. Whose album after July 2011 became posthumously the UK's best-selling album of the 21st century up until that point? A) David Bowie. B) Amy Winehouse. C) Joe Cocker. D) Whitney Houston. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amy Winehouse. 9. Frank Langella and Anthony Hopkins have both played which historical character? A) Sherlock Holmes. B) Perry White. C) John Wilkes Booth. D) Richard Nixon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Richard Nixon. 10. Room 40, or 40 O.B., active 1914 to 1919 in the UK, was a forerunner to a complex known as what? A) The Ewing Institute. B) MI5. C) The Zimmermann Room. D) Bletchley Park. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bletchley Park. 11. What is another name for a police van? A) Black Maria. B) Black mamba. C) Black market. D) Black magic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Black Maria. 12. Which of these is a gemstone formed inside some molluscs? A) Diamond. B) Pearl. C) Amethyst. D) Beryl. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pearl. 13. In 2001, close to 130 people in Ghana died as a result of a stampede in a stadium towards the end of what? A) A football game. B) A rock concert. C) A crowd prayer meeting. D) A funeral. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A football game. 14. When did art competitions become part of the modern international Olympic Games? A) 1960. B) 1896. C) 1948. D) 1912. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1912. 15. One of the requirements to compete in elite ICSD-sanctioned deaf sport is to have a hearing loss of at least how much (in pure tone average)? A) 55 db in the stronger ear. B) 70 db in the stronger ear. C) 55 db in one ear. D) 70 db in one ear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 55 db in the stronger ear. 16. The term "a glee" could most appropriately be applied to ..... ? A) A village dance. B) A part song, usually sung a cappella. C) A bawdy limerick. D) A shiny semi-precious stone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A part song, usually sung a cappella. 17. Which islands mostly belong to the USA, since they were purchased from Denmark in 1917? A) Hispaniola. B) Antigua. C) Virgin Islands. D) Hawaii. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Virgin Islands. 18. What was the first name of Mr. Micawber, who appeared in Charles Dickens's "David Copperfield" ? A) Wilkins. B) Joe. C) Thomas. D) Daniel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wilkins. 19. Which of these is a medical term for the escape of blood from a blood vessel? A) Haemorrhage. B) Haemoptysis. C) Haemophilia. D) Haemorrhoids. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haemorrhage. 20. What are the narrows between Tierra del Fuego and the Antarctic? A) Strait of Magellan. B) Drake Passage. C) Foveaux Strait. D) Bass Strait. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drake Passage. ← 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