This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 474 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 474 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who would be interested in pabulum? A) A psychiatrist. B) A scribe. C) A ceramic artist. D) Someone who is hungry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Someone who is hungry. 2. Poland was partitioned in 1795 and again in 1815. In 1918 what happened? A) It raised a monument to Napoleon. B) It invited its old monarchy back. C) It asserted a copyright to Copernicus's discoveries. D) It regained its independence, as the Second Polish Republic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It regained its independence, as the Second Polish Republic. 3. Where would one encounter a rim shot? A) Music. B) Darts. C) Shooting. D) Golf. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Music. 4. What are "portobellos" ? A) Leeks. B) Mushrooms. C) Potatoes. D) Apples. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mushrooms. 5. In golf, what is the term for "four strokes under par" ? A) Bogey. B) Condor. C) Albatross. D) Birdie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Condor. 6. What method of engraving involves cutting lines cut into copper by means of a pointed steel tool? A) Pastel. B) Etching. C) Dry point. D) Gouache. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dry point. 7. Where were the inaugural Commonwealth Youth Games held? A) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. B) Pune, India. C) Manchester, England. D) Edinburgh, Scotland. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Edinburgh, Scotland. 8. What well-known English author first published under the name Ellis Bell? A) Mary Ann Evans. B) Elizabeth Barrett Browning. C) Jane Austen. D) Emily Brontë. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Emily Brontë. 9. Which of these is NOT an oxymoron? A) Awfully pretty. B) Oxymoron. C) Found missing. D) Awfully frightening. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Awfully frightening. 10. Which of these is sometimes labelled as "extra virgin" ? A) Olive oil. B) Midnight oil. C) Crude oil. D) Linseed oil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Olive oil. 11. Which of these US cities is closest to the Mojave Desert? A) San Francisco. B) San Diego. C) San Bernardino. D) Phoenix. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) San Bernardino. 12. What is the name for the intense black coloured ink used by artists and draughtsmen, which was originally prepared mainly from lampblack? A) Indian Ink. B) Charcoal. C) Marquette. D) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indian Ink. 13. In the British TV series "Victoria" featuring Jenna Coleman as the Queen, first released in 2016, which building from the period was used for the then very new Buckingham Palace? A) Church Fenton. B) Harewood House. C) Castle Howard. D) Carlton Towers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harewood House. 14. Who has been married to actress Patricia Arquette (1995 to 2001), singer/songwriter Lisa Marie Presley (daughter of Elvis Presley, 2002 to 2004) and then to former waitress Alice Kim, with whom he has a son, Kal-El? A) Leonard Nimoy. B) Brad Pitt. C) Matthew Perry. D) Nicholas Cage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nicholas Cage. 15. A sporting event involves propelling an object the most accurately, yet there are no uniform standards for it. What is the object, traditionally around 5-6 m (16-20 feet) long and weighing around 35-60 kg (80-130 pounds)? A) Discus. B) Caber. C) Javelin. D) Shot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Caber. 16. Which is a "cataract" ? A) Food rations. B) Performance by kittens. C) Bad cough. D) Waterfall. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Waterfall. 17. A United Nations report published in July 2007 placed which country first in the industrialised world in marijuana use, at 16.8% of the population? A) Canada. B) Australia. C) USA. D) The Netherlands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Canada. 18. Which English entrepreneur and philanthropist co-founded the record label, Virgin Records? A) Sir Richard Branson. B) Sir Paul McCartney. C) Simon Cowell. D) Alan Sugar, Baron Sugar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sir Richard Branson. 19. Who would have been most likely to use a fleam? A) Veterinarians. B) Plumbers. C) Ploughmen. D) Butchers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Veterinarians. 20. What function does the operculum serve in the human uterus? A) Initial means of attachment of the fertilised egg to the uterine wall. B) Covers the outer surface. C) It is the neck of each fallopian tube. D) Blocks the cervix of the uterus after conception. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blocks the cervix of the uterus after conception. ← 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