This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 471 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 471 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these terms refers to part of a cricket pitch? A) Fold. B) Crease. C) Pleat. D) Tuck. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crease. 2. Who created the fictional CIA man Jack Ryan? A) Len Deighton. B) Tom Clancy. C) Clive Cussler. D) John Le Carré. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tom Clancy. 3. The Republic of Djibouti is bordered by Somalia, Ethiopia and which other country? A) Kenya. B) Sudan. C) Eritrea. D) Yemen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eritrea. 4. Which UK TV show frequently labels its guests "bantermeisters" ? A) QI. B) The Jonathan Ross Show. C) Eggheads. D) 8 Out of 10 Cats. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) QI. 5. A well-known Scottish actor, born Anthony Robert McMillan, took his stage name in honour of which jazz musician? A) Charlie Parker. B) John Coltrane. C) Johnny Hodges. D) Thelonious Monk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John Coltrane. 6. Whose painting of "The Last Supper" represents Jesus as transparent to sun light, and incorporates a modernistic window through which islands can be seen, surmounted by the chest arms and neck of a nude male figure? A) Goya. B) Salvador Dali. C) Paul Klee. D) Toulouse Lautrec. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Salvador Dali. 7. The name of which person born in Dublin is connected in English history with the locations of Vimiero, Talavera, Salamanca, Vittoria, Orthes and Waterloo? A) Duke of Edinburgh. B) Duke of Marlborough. C) Duke of Wellington. D) Duke of York. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Duke of Wellington. 8. What meteorological phenomenon is named after the Arabic word for "season" ? A) Typhoon. B) Monsoon. C) Mistral. D) Precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monsoon. 9. In Greek legend, who, the last king of Troy, was the father of Hector and Paris? A) Hercules. B) Laomedon. C) Priam. D) Neoptolemus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Priam. 10. Marie-Antoine Carême (1784-1833) was a leading what of the 19th century? A) Chef. B) Architect. C) Choreographer. D) Politician. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chef. 11. Which athlete was criticised for whistling during his national anthem at the ceremony where he was awarded a gold medal in 1984 at Los Angeles? A) Steve Ovett. B) Sebastian Coe. C) Daley Thompson. D) John Walker. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Daley Thompson. 12. What is the Diet of Worms? A) A method of torture used at Guantanamo Bay. B) A method used by Oprah Winfrey to reduce weight. C) The religious court that judged Martin Luther in 1521. D) The name for the parliament of Iceland, created in 1944. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The religious court that judged Martin Luther in 1521. 13. Which 1994 animated film has a voice cast that includes Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons, Ernie Sabella, Rowan Atkinson, Robert Guillaume, Madge Sinclair (in her last film role), Whoopi Goldberg, Cheech Marin, and Jim Cummings? A) A Troll in Central Park. B) The Lion King. C) The Pagemaster. D) Street Fighter II. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Lion King. 14. Scoring in fishing tournaments is determined, depending on the tournament, by weight (or length), species, and occasionally by what else? A) Type of lure used. B) How many in the team. C) Strength of fishing line used. D) Whether the craft (if used) was motorised or not. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Strength of fishing line used. 15. Which scientific study uses an anemometer? A) Meteoritics. B) Meteorology. C) Botany. D) Metrology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meteorology. 16. What is the area of a triangle whose sides are 5, 12 and 13 inches long? A) 98 square inches. B) 78 square inches. C) 30 square inches. D) 32.5 square inches. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 30 square inches. 17. What paradise was created by James Hilton in his book "Lost Horizon" ? A) Shangri-La. B) Erewhon. C) El Dorado. D) Utopia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shangri-La. 18. In which state of the USA would you find Yosemite National Park? A) Wyoming. B) California. C) Montana. D) Colorado. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) California. 19. On 13th March 1781 a heavenly body was observed, announced and named Georgium Sidus, a star; it was not the first time the body had been observed. Eventually it became known as what? A) Andromeda Galaxy. B) Alpha Centauri. C) Halley's Comet. D) The planet Uranus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The planet Uranus. 20. What do Solfatara in Italy, Mount Pico in the Azores, and Hekla in Iceland have in common? A) They are a source of purple marble. B) They are ski resorts. C) They are the world's primary source of pumice. D) They are all active, or dormant, volcanoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They are all active, or dormant, volcanoes. ← 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