This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 481 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 481 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What serial adulterer ruled as the chief of the gods in the ancient Greek pantheon? A) Zeus. B) Poseidon. C) Jupiter. D) Hercules, or Heracles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zeus. 2. Who played eventual winners Chelsea in the FA Cup final in May 2010? A) Everton. B) Fulham. C) Manchester United. D) Portsmouth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Portsmouth. 3. A PSA test is used to detect what? A) Foot and mouth disease. B) Prostate cancer. C) Radiation. D) Union interference. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prostate cancer. 4. What machine separates grain from its stalk? A) Harvester. B) Thresher. C) Flail. D) Winnower. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thresher. 5. The only place where 4 states of the USA meet at one point is called "The Four Corners" . Which of these is not one of the 4? A) Arizona. B) Utah. C) Colorado. D) Iowa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Iowa. 6. What is the main attraction at Taronga Park, Sydney? A) Zoo. B) Golf course. C) Cricket ground. D) Art Gallery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zoo. 7. Whose life was the 2004 film "Ray" about? A) Sugar Ray Robinson. B) Ray Charles. C) Raymond Burr. D) Raymond Mays. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ray Charles. 8. Which of the following is not a letter found in the Greek alphabet? A) G. B) O. C) P. D) T. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) G. 9. Which poet's middle name is Bysshe? A) Shelley. B) Keats. C) Byron. D) Wordsworth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shelley. 10. Which weightlifting lift was discontinued at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal due to difficulties in judging proper form? A) Clean and press. B) Triple lift. C) Clean and jerk. D) Snatch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clean and press. 11. A cantata is a piece of music based on what? A) Folk music. B) Birdsong. C) A religious text. D) Sounds of nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A religious text. 12. During the Great, or Western, Schism from 1378, there were two or more Popes recognised in the Catholic Church. Who was elected in 1417 and eventually recognised by the majority as the single Pope? A) Martin V. B) Pius XXIII. C) Swallow V. D) Benedict XVI. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Martin V. 13. Areas on the Canadian eastern coast share their name with two breeds of dog, Newfoundland and which other? A) Devon. B) Prince Edward. C) Cumberland. D) Labrador. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Labrador. 14. What is a large semi-aquatic rodent native to Canada, much of the United States, and parts of northern Mexico that constructs homes out of sticks, twigs, and mud in lakes or streams? A) Otter. B) Thrush. C) Cat. D) Beaver. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beaver. 15. Which Irish poet, playwright, author and renowned wit was the son of Ireland's leading oto-ophthalmologic surgeon, was married to Constance Lloyd (with whom he had two children) and was famously prosecuted, imprisoned and bankrupted for also loving a man? A) George Bernard Shaw. B) Seamus Heaney. C) Oscar Wilde. D) Bertrand Russell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oscar Wilde. 16. The Great Western Railway's "City of Truro" was unofficially recorded as the first steam locomotive to reach a speed of 102.3 mph (164 km/h) on 9 May 1904, but the 100 mile per hour (160 km/h) record was not officially recorded until 30 November 1934, by which locomotive? A) The Devonian. B) Cornish Riviera Express. C) Cheltenham Flyer. D) Flying Scotsman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flying Scotsman. 17. Which of these is a card game popular with children? A) Bang. B) Crackle. C) Pop. D) Snap. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Snap. 18. What part of the body is affected by dermatitis? A) Skin. B) Hair. C) Teeth. D) Inner ear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skin. 19. What is the name of the central bank of Germany? A) Howitzer. B) Steinbunker. C) Bundesbank. D) Seigfried. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bundesbank. 20. Mosses grow widely in many regions, but never where? A) On sandy areas. B) Under water. C) In salt water. D) In alpine areas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In salt water. ← 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