This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 509 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 509 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where is the longest bridge in the world? A) China. B) Japan. C) Bangladesh. D) Philippines. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) China. 2. George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards were well known in the British American colonies in the mid 18th century for being what? A) Methodist preachers. B) Travelling actors. C) "Medicine Show" proprietors. D) Campaigners against the slave trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Methodist preachers. 3. What was the stage name of Jiles Perry Richardson, Jr., a singer and songwriter from 1957 until his accidental death in 1959, who is best known for his recording of "Chantilly Lace" ? A) Big Daddy. B) Big Bopper. C) Big Ears. D) Big Brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Big Bopper. 4. Charlie Brooker developed what British TV series, highlighting human/technology relationship and creating stories that feature "the way we live now-and the way we might be living in 10 minutes' time if we're clumsy." ? A) Humans. B) Mr. Robot. C) Black Mirror. D) A for Andromeda. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Black Mirror. 5. Lieutenant General Aman Andom, Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen, Brigadier General Tafari Benti, Major Mengistu Haile Mariam and Major Atnafu Abate were involved in the politics of which country between 1974 and 1987? A) Syria. B) Egypt. C) Ethiopia. D) Somalia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethiopia. 6. What is the value of the Chandrasekhar limit? A) Less than 0.075 solar masses. B) About 0.5 solar masses. C) About 1.4 solar masses. D) About 2.1 solar masses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) About 1.4 solar masses. 7. Which English landscape painter painted "Dedham Vale", "The Valley Farm", "The Hay Wain" and "The Cornfield" ? A) Brian Sergent. B) John Constable. C) J. M. W. Turner. D) Joshua Reynolds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John Constable. 8. Dr Alison Lapper gave what TEDx talk in 2022? A) Why great leaders take humour seriously. B) "A seat at the table" isn't the solution for gender equity. C) Can art support mental health. D) A brain implant that turns your thoughts into text. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can art support mental health. 9. What does "tour de force" mean? A) An exceptional creative achievement. B) Taking over a government. C) Ability to act appropriately in social situations. D) Newly rich. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An exceptional creative achievement. 10. Which of these is Japanese chanted poetry drama, using masks and originally devised for aristocratic audiences? A) Bunraku. B) Kyogen. C) Noh. D) Kabuki. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noh. 11. Which of these is a form of colour blindness? A) Dichromacy. B) Trachoma. C) Blepharochalasis. D) Ptosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dichromacy. 12. Where is the volcano called Krakatoa? A) Japan. B) Indonesia. C) Kenya. D) Madagascar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indonesia. 13. What are the next two in this series:Treasury Bill, Peter, Munich Mouser, Nelson, Peter II, Peter, Peta, Wilberforce ..... ? A) Humphrey and Sybil. B) Hacker and Basil. C) Bernard and Polly. D) Tony and Cherie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humphrey and Sybil. 14. Which of these is a card game? A) Bridge. B) Over. C) Troubled. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bridge. 15. Which of these bands is led by two brothers? A) Oasis. B) Roxy Music. C) The Pet Shop Boys. D) The Beatles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oasis. 16. Which of these eras in Britain is most recent? A) Victorian. B) Georgian. C) Jacobean. D) Elizabethan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Victorian. 17. Who established scientifically that an individual's fingerprints provide permanent identification? A) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. B) Sir Edward Henry. C) Sir Francis Galton. D) Sir William Harvey. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sir Francis Galton. 18. "Rapacious" implies what? A) Roomy. B) Greedy. C) Street-wise. D) Warlike. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Greedy. 19. What word's original meaning was "the common people" ? A) Posh. B) Hoity Toity. C) Hoi polloi. D) Upper crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hoi polloi. 20. After winning the UK series "The X Factor", Steve Brookstein released his first single on 20 December 2004, which debuted on the UK Singles Chart at #2 and later was #1 on 2 January 2005 for 1 week. It was a cover of what song? A) "Against All Odds" by Phil Collins. B) "My Way" by Frank Sinatra. C) "Yesterday" by The Beatles. D) "Albatross" by Fleetwood Mac. 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