This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 508 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 508 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who played Rhett Butler in the 1939 film "Gone With the Wind" ? A) Clark Gable. B) Laurence Olivier. C) Peter Fonda. D) Robert Redford. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clark Gable. 2. Which school is the setting for the 1939 film "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" ? A) Brookfield Public School. B) East High School. C) Rydell High School. D) North Manual High School. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brookfield Public School. 3. Who discovered the moons of Saturn called Rhea, Iapetus, Dione and Tethys, between 1671 and 1684? A) Cassini. B) Herschel. C) Huygens. D) Asaph Hall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cassini. 4. What was the name of ten Kings of Denmark between 1448 and 1947? A) Frederick. B) Christian. C) Hans. D) Christopher. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Christian. 5. In 1567 Queen Elizabeth I established England's first what? A) National Lottery. B) National Museum. C) Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race on the Thames. D) University open to all academically qualified students from whatever race, religion, social class. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) National Lottery. 6. Which of these was the title of a TV series starring Robert Stack as Eliot Ness, who was in charge of a police unit that tackled criminals during the American Prohibition? A) The Untouchables. B) The Unmentionables. C) The Invincibles. D) The Unnoticeables. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Untouchables. 7. The islands called the Moluccas were previously known as what? A) The Spice Islands. B) The Silk Islands. C) The Opium Islands. D) The Tea Islands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Spice Islands. 8. What car was a feature of the US television series "The Rockford Files" (1974-80)? A) A gold Pontiac Firebird Esprit. B) 1954 Oldsmobile F-88 Convertible Concept Car. C) A bright red Ford Gran Torino. D) 1967 Grumman Widgeon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A gold Pontiac Firebird Esprit. 9. Who was tried for treason on 17 November 1603 for trying to remove James I from the Engish throne? A) Thomas More. B) Walter Raleigh. C) James Cook. D) Francis Drake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Walter Raleigh. 10. The Maoist organisation Sendero Luminoso is based in which country? A) Japan. B) Taiwan. C) Peru. D) Zimbabwe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peru. 11. Which of these is a Japanese dish of cooked vinegared rice, commonly topped with seafood? A) Karate. B) Bonsai. C) Sushi. D) Origami. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sushi. 12. Who, in 2004, riding the prototype KTM 250-SXF four stroke, won the MX2 World Championship? A) Marc DeReuver. B) Antonio Cairoli. C) Tyla Rattray. D) Ben Townley. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ben Townley. 13. Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland, was the daughter of which other English monarch? A) Henry VIII. B) Henry VII. C) Edward VI. D) Mary I. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Henry VIII. 14. Which of these was an Austrian-Jewish architectural engineer and Holocaust survivor who became famous after World War II for his work as a Nazi hunter who pursued war criminals? A) Andy Kaufman. B) Milton Friedman. C) Alan Greenspan. D) Simon Wiesenthal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simon Wiesenthal. 15. What did Bertolt Brecht call some intellectuals, including members of the Frankfurt School of thought in sociology and critical philosophy? A) Sheep. B) Tuis. C) Crocodiles. D) Cuckoos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tuis. 16. This 19th century Swiss civil engineer and inventor, brother of a talented painter and father of an eminent French composer and pianist, was a pioneer of the automobile industry as well as inventor of an automotive which could loop-the-loop. Who was he? A) Pierre-Joseph Ravel. B) Adamus List, or Liszt. C) Nicolas Chopin. D) Manuel-Achille Debussy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pierre-Joseph Ravel. 17. For the type of bet called a "Quinella", how many horses are picked? A) 2. B) 5. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2. 18. What was the name of the evil wizard that appeared in the TV series "The Smurfs" ? A) Gilgamesh. B) Gargamel. C) Gorgon. D) Graham. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gargamel. 19. What does a glazier work with? A) Glass. B) Guitar. C) Sheep. D) Shoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Glass. 20. What is an "echidna" ? A) Executioner. B) Spiny anteater. C) A Welsh sheepbreed. D) A German-made rifle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spiny anteater. ← 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