This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 461 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 461 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these was famous as a maker of pianos? A) Henry Steinway. B) Antonio Stradivari. C) Carl Zeiss. D) Humphrey Upright. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Henry Steinway. 2. How many official sequels were there to the 1975 film "Jaws" ? A) 7. B) 5. C) 3. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 3. Where can appeals be lodged against decisions by the Court of Arbitration for Sport? A) International Olympic Committee. B) Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland. C) International Sports Federation. D) Supreme Court of the USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland. 4. Which of Henry VIII's wives was the mother of Mary I? A) Jane Seymour. B) Anne Boleyn. C) Catherine of Aragon. D) Anne of Cleves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Catherine of Aragon. 5. Shepherd's pie has what on top? A) Grated cheese. B) Squashed trifle. C) Sliced tomatoes. D) Mashed potato. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mashed potato. 6. Who was famously shot dead while playing cards in Deadwood, South Dakota, on 2 August 1876? A) Gene Autrey. B) Buffalo Bill. C) Wild Bill Hickok. D) Wyatt Earp. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wild Bill Hickok. 7. Second only to the James Bond series of films, which is the longest continually running UK film series? A) Carry On . B) St Trinians. C) Horatio Hornblower. D) The Scarlet Pimpernel . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carry On . 8. Why, in November 2009, was the Large Hadron Collider, the world's most powerful particle accelerator, shut down? A) A bird dropped some bread into it. B) An overheating atomic pile. C) A strike by scientists. D) An outbreak of swine flu. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A bird dropped some bread into it. 9. What is often cited as the accompaniment to ham? A) Jam. B) Spinach. C) Eggs. D) Prosciutto. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eggs. 10. Which comic character was introduced in Detective Comics number 27 in May 1939? A) Spider-Man. B) Superman. C) Batman. D) Aquaman. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Batman. 11. Who is SpongeBob SquarePants's pet, who meows like a cat, and lives with him in a pineapple under the sea? A) A cockroach named Clancy. B) A fish called Wanda. C) A cow called Clarabelle. D) A snail called Gary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A snail called Gary. 12. Who led a campaign from 1798-1801, taking a force of 500 civilian scientists, specialists in fields such as biology, chemistry and languages in order to carry out a full study of ancient Egypt? A) Inigo Jones. B) William Flinders Petrie. C) Heinrich Schliemann. D) Napoléon Bonaparte. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Napoléon Bonaparte. 13. Which of these places in England is the most northerly? A) Manchester. B) Middlesbrough. C) Maidstone. D) Milton Keynes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Middlesbrough. 14. Where is Parma, which is famous for its cured ham? A) East Germany. B) Southern France. C) Northern Italy. D) Portugal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Northern Italy. 15. Marius Petipa's long career was as what? A) First Ballet Master of the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres. B) Director of the Pasteur Institute. C) Head of the Académie Française. D) Physician to Tsar Alexander III of Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First Ballet Master of the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres. 16. Manchuria is the historical name given to a vast geographic region that falls mostly within what country? A) People's Republic of China. B) Democratic People's Republic of Korea. C) Vietnam. D) Thailand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People's Republic of China. 17. What became known as the "Twang Machine" in the late 1950s and early 1960s? A) A rectangular guitar. B) The theremin. C) The mouth harp. D) 1957 Ford Thunderbird. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A rectangular guitar. 18. Which ingredient particularly distinguishes béarnaise sauce from hollandaise sauce? A) Dijon mustard. B) Cream. C) Fresh tarragon and other herbs. D) Butter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fresh tarragon and other herbs. 19. A red snapper is a type of what? A) Turtle. B) Beetle. C) Spider. D) Fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fish. 20. What is commemorated in New Zealand on Waitangi Day? A) The first landing of Maori in New Zealand. B) Signing the treaty between Britain and Maori for New Zealand to become part of the British Empire. C) The formation of the Maori Battalion to fight in World War I. D) The establishment of the Waitangi Tribunal to hear Maori claims. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Signing the treaty between Britain and Maori for New Zealand to become part of the British Empire. ← 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