This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 472 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 472 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the relationship of the word "ten" to the word "net" ? A) Synonym. B) Antonym. C) Homonym. D) Semordnilap. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Semordnilap. 2. The Artigas Mines in Uruguay are known for the high quality of what semi-precious stone? A) Zircon. B) Amethyst. C) Cairngorm. D) Beryl. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amethyst. 3. Although it had a number of variably practical predecessors what was invented, and is still in use, in 1913? A) Jet engine. B) Scotch tape. C) Zip fastener. D) Neoprene. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Zip fastener. 4. Which 1949 film tracks events in the life and death of an assassinated politician closely resembling Louisiana governor, Huey Long nicknamed "the Kingfish" ? A) Battleground. B) All the King's Men. C) Twelve O'Clock High. D) The Snake Pit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All the King's Men. 5. Croutons are made with what? A) Beef. B) Pasta. C) Tomatoes. D) Bread. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bread. 6. What is the name of the acid formed when milk goes sour? A) Citric. B) Acetic. C) Lactic. D) Nitric. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lactic. 7. Which family has been awarded the most Nobel Prizes? A) Pauling. B) Curie. C) Bardeen. D) Sanger. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Curie. 8. Which of these is an optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the standard DVD format? A) Four Ray. B) Sting Ray. C) Blu Ray. D) X Ray. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blu Ray. 9. Competitive vehicles in which sport can be driven legally on any open road? A) Formula One cars. B) Grand Prix motorcycles. C) TT motorcycles. D) Sleds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) TT motorcycles. 10. The government of the Andaman Islands archipelago is divided between India and which other country? A) Burma (Myanmar). B) Bangladesh. C) Sri Lanka. D) Indonesia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Burma (Myanmar). 11. On a Monopoly board, what is the symbol for the electric company? A) TV set. B) Lightning bolt. C) Toaster. D) Light bulb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Light bulb. 12. Where was the 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacre carried out? A) Egypt. B) The occupied West Bank. C) Lebanon. D) Syria. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lebanon. 13. What does the abbreviation CHOGM stand for? A) Chief Human Organ Gathering Manager. B) Critical House of Green Men. C) Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. D) Central Hibernian Organisation for Gender Management. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. 14. The Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh in 2013 was the collapse of what? A) A residential high-rise. B) An eight-storey garment factory. C) A bridge. D) A marketplace. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An eight-storey garment factory. 15. From 1815 until 1864, the Ionian Islands off the western coasts of Greece were under the protection of which country? A) Turkey. B) Venice. C) United Kingdom. D) France. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) United Kingdom. 16. On what kind of land does Windhoek sit, the capital of its country and located in almost its exact geographical centre? A) Rainforest. B) Between two deserts. C) Gravel plains and dunes. D) Highland plateau. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Highland plateau. 17. What was Manchester United footballer Patrice Evra quoted as saying after Manchester United beat Arsenal in the Champions League in May 2009? A) It was 11 men against 11 babies?. B) We knocked the bastard off. C) It was a game of two halves. D) Never on a Sunday. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was 11 men against 11 babies?. 18. Which of these is a fungal infection of the skin? A) Cauliflower ear. B) Housemaid's knee. C) Tennis elbow. D) Athlete's foot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Athlete's foot. 19. In 449 CE the Huns, led by Attila, are said to have reached an agreement with the Eastern Romans for war between them to cease, based on what? A) The sister of a powerful Roman general, Honoria, was given to Attila as a wife. B) Attila paid the Romans an annual tribute of 2100 pounds of gold. C) The Romans paid the Huns an annual tribute of 2100 pounds of gold. D) Attila swore allegiance to the Eastern Roman Emperor, Theodosius II. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Romans paid the Huns an annual tribute of 2100 pounds of gold. 20. Zev Hoover, a Massachusetts schoolboy, had international recognition in 2014 for his Little Folk Project; what did the project involve? A) Photography. B) Anthropological research. C) Study of beetles. D) Fairy tales. 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