This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 469 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 469 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What character in an 18th century English opera gave rise to a famous song composed for a 20th century work based on it? A) Mopsa. B) Galatea. C) Macheath. D) Sally. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Macheath. 2. Vasco da Gama set sail from Portugal in 1497 to find a direct eastern route to which country? A) Madagascar. B) China. C) India. D) Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) India. 3. The members of which body issued a rare joint statement at the beginning of January 2022 affirming that "a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought" ? A) United Nations Security Council. B) International Atomic Energy Agency. C) The Commonwealth of Independent States. D) North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) United Nations Security Council. 4. In 1961, the United Nations made a declaration (resolution 1653) in global relations, the first of several aimed at doing what? A) Easing race conflict in South Africa. B) Prohibiting the use of nuclear and thermo-nuclear weapons. C) Eradicating illiteracy throughout the world. D) Formalising the right of asylum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prohibiting the use of nuclear and thermo-nuclear weapons. 5. Bayonet and screw are types of fitting for what? A) Machine gun magazine. B) Car tyre. C) Wine bottle cork. D) Light bulb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Light bulb. 6. What is another word for a "post mortem" ? A) Automaton. B) Autogyro. C) Autopsy. D) Autolycus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autopsy. 7. Which 1943 film concerns the lynching of three suspected murderers (played by Dana Andrews, Anthony Quinn and Francis Ford) by a mob (played by Frank Conroy, Marc Lawrence and Jane Darwell, among others)? A) The Grapes Of Wrath. B) The Ox-bow Incident. C) Stagecoach. D) They Died With Their Boots On. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Ox-bow Incident. 8. Who was the last king of Egypt? A) Farouk I. B) Fuad II. C) Haile Selassie. D) Mohammed Reza. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fuad II. 9. The 505 sq km (195 sq mi) Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, Canada, borders what other wilderness area? A) Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. B) The Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex, Montana, USA. C) Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. D) Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. 10. What did Jim Henson create? A) Muppets. B) Teletubbies. C) Wombles. D) Beatles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Muppets. 11. When did the first underground segment of the New York City Subway open, connecting New York City Hall with Harlem? A) 1924. B) 1904. C) 1934. D) 1915. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1904. 12. Which English novelist wrote "Eyeless In Gaza", "Brave New World", and "Barren Leaves" ? A) Robert Louis Stevenson. B) C S Forrester. C) Jonathan Swift. D) Aldous Huxley. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aldous Huxley. 13. What is the standard measure used in the oil production industry? A) Barrel. B) Litre. C) Gill. D) Tank. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Barrel. 14. Leaders in a cub scout pack are named after the characters in which book? A) "Master and Commander" by Patrick O'Brian. B) "The Wind in the Willows" by Kenneth Grahame. C) "The Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling. D) The "Hornblower" series of books by C. S. Forester. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "The Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling. 15. Who is the protagonist in the Tomb Raider series of computer games? A) Malcolm Corley. B) Indiana Jones. C) Lara Croft. D) Manny Calavera. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lara Croft. 16. Which of these is one of the Channel Islands? A) Skye. B) Alderney. C) Tasmania. D) Prince Edward Island. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alderney. 17. Which car company logo was based on the coat of arms of Free People's State of Württemberg of the former Weimar Germany? A) Volkswagen. B) Mercedes Benz. C) Porsche. D) Audi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Porsche. 18. Llama, vicuña, guanaco and alpaca are native to where? A) Bhutan. B) Tibet. C) Highlands in South America. D) Alpine country in New Zealand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Highlands in South America. 19. How did the fuchsia get its name? A) After a 16th century botanist. B) Its discoverer, with a cleft palate, tripped over one. C) It has an unpleasant scent. D) It is difficult to pick the flower. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After a 16th century botanist. 20. The Victoria Falls are on which river? A) Congo. B) Nile. C) Limpopo. D) Zambesi. 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