This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 507 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 507 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet? A) Gamma. B) Pi. C) Delta. D) Epsilon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epsilon. 2. James Edward Oglethorpe founded the city of Savannah, Georgia, after obtaining a Charter from King George II to establish a colony for what sort of people? A) Quakers. B) People impoverished and imprisoned for debt. C) Disabled people. D) Crofters who had been evicted from their land. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) People impoverished and imprisoned for debt. 3. In which US city is the National Air and Space Museum? A) Albuquerque. B) Miami. C) New York. D) Washington. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Washington. 4. In which Broadway revue did the song "You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)" first appear? A) The Pleasure Seekers. B) Watch Your Step. C) The American Maid. D) The Honeymoon Express. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Honeymoon Express. 5. The Ob River, terminating in the long narrow Gulf of Ob, flows into what sea? A) Aral Sea, between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. B) Sea of Okhotsk, east Russia. C) Sea of Japan, between Japan and China. D) Kara Sea, north Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kara Sea, north Russia. 6. How many cards are used for a game of pinochle? A) 48. B) 52. C) 32. D) 26. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 48. 7. The first woman to serve as Prime Minister in New Zealand took office in which elections? A) 1999. B) 2017. C) 1997. D) 1953. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1999. 8. Which Rolling Stones song, a samba which begins "Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste", is also the title of a film directed by Jean-Luc Godard? A) Sympathy for the Devil. B) Jumpin' Jack Flash. C) Street Fighting Man. D) Paint It Black. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sympathy for the Devil. 9. What is an alternative name for the prongs of a fork? A) Grommets. B) Pinks. C) Tines. D) Flanges. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tines. 10. Which cartoon character is the adoptive father of Swee'Pea, an infant foundling left on his doorstep? A) Tintin. B) Asterix. C) Popeye. D) Batman. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Popeye. 11. A tongue and groove joint is used when working with what material? A) Iron. B) Concrete. C) Bricks. D) Wood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wood. 12. Who stars in the TV series "Californication" ? A) David Duchovny. B) Jason Lee. C) Ed O'Neill. D) Thomas Gibson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) David Duchovny. 13. Where was the siege of the Alamo? A) New Jersey. B) California. C) Vermont. D) Texas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Texas. 14. Which Earl of Essex, after being sent to Ireland as Governor-General in 1599, being briefly imprisoned and leading a rebellion against Queen Elizabeth I, was executed in 1601? A) Robert Devereux. B) Geoffrey de Mandeville. C) Richard de Coverley. D) Peter de Wint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Robert Devereux. 15. What is a 1938 crime film starring Edward G. Robinson, Claire Trevor and Humphrey Bogart, directed by Anatole Litvak and written by John Wexley and John Huston, based on a play by BarrΓ© Lyndon? A) The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse. B) The Pen is Mightier. C) A Day in the Country. D) Secrets of a Soul. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse. 16. Which of these countries has one official time zone that is eight hours ahead of UTC (Greenwich Mean Time)? A) People's Republic of China. B) India. C) Sri Lanka. D) Fiji. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People's Republic of China. 17. The African continent lies most immediately ..... (where) ..... ? A) West of South America. B) East of India. C) North of Asia. D) South of Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) South of Europe. 18. What word refers to the period before "The Great Flood" as described in the Old Testament of the Bible? A) Middle Ages. B) Predeluge. C) Antediluvian. D) Prenoahan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antediluvian. 19. Which of these ailments affects the throat? A) Pericarditis. B) Quinsy. C) Fibromyalgia. D) Arthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quinsy. 20. Which of these people maintained that he, not Alexander Graham Bell, had invented the telephone and that Bell had stolen the invention from him? A) Orville Wright. B) Thomas Edison. C) Robert Fulton. D) Elisha Gray. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Elisha Gray. β PreviousNext βRelated 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 π Back to Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books