This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 510 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 510 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Early European almanacs were aimed mainly at informing which people in a community? A) Courtiers. B) Farmers. C) Clerics. D) Alchemists. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Farmers. 2. Prior to its being recognised as a Winter Olympic, and Paralympic, Sport what sport was governed by the ICF? A) Climbing. B) Canoeing. C) Cross-country. D) Curling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Curling. 3. What was designed for an event in Beijing in 2008, to remain lit in 65 km/h (40 mph) winds and in rain of up to 50 mm (2 in) per hour? A) Bicycle lamps. B) Cigarette lighters. C) Roadside braziers. D) The Olympic torch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Olympic torch. 4. Which of these signs of the zodiac has no horns? A) Taurus. B) Aquarius. C) Aries. D) Capricorn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aquarius. 5. In what period of English history was the 2015 UK TV series "Wolf Hall" set? A) Immediately before the invasion of William the Conqueror. B) Regency. C) The reign of King Henry VIII. D) The Anarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The reign of King Henry VIII. 6. Who recited "Mary Had A Little Lamb" to demonstrate his invention? A) Guglielmo Marconi. B) Alexander Graham Bell. C) John Logie Baird. D) Thomas Edison. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thomas Edison. 7. Who did "True Blood" star Anna Paquin marry on 21 August 2010? A) John Mayer. B) Stephen Moyer. C) Matthew Fox. D) Jon Hamm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stephen Moyer. 8. Who directed as well as wrote the 2017 film, "Star Wars:The Last Jedi", the last film appearance of Carrrie Fisher (as General Leia Organa, former princess of Alderaan)? A) J J Abrams. B) Chris Weitz. C) Rian Johnson. D) George Lucas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rian Johnson. 9. When was camogie established as a sport? A) 1939. B) 1905. C) 1923. D) 1903. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1903. 10. Sean Parnell made international news in July 2009. Who is he? A) The lieutenant governor of Alaska who became governor after Sarah Palin's resignation. B) The first of Barack Obama's appointments to the Supreme Court. C) Eater of 102 hotdogs in 30 minutes. D) The first British soldier to die in Afghanistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The lieutenant governor of Alaska who became governor after Sarah Palin's resignation. 11. Which of these is a pyrotechnic composition of a metal powder and a metal oxide, which produces a reaction that is not explosive, but creates short bursts of high temperatures on a small area for a short period? A) Thermite. B) Naphthalene. C) Chlorine. D) Sodium chloride. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thermite. 12. The cities of Benghazi and Tripoli are in which country? A) Egypt. B) Ethiopia. C) Morocco. D) Libya. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Libya. 13. What element is named after the sons of the Earth Goddess in Greek mythology? A) Argon. B) Lithium. C) Titanium. D) Xenon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Titanium. 14. What computer term is given to a finite set of one or more actions that invoke a software or operating system operation when triggered easily by the user? A) Hotkeys. B) Warmlocks. C) Tepidhandles. D) Coldhinges. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hotkeys. 15. Twenty20 is a format of which sport? A) Football, or soccer. B) Baseball. C) Softball. D) Cricket. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cricket. 16. The English parliament met for the first time under that name in which century? A) 17th. B) 16th. C) 13th. D) 12th. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 13th. 17. Daphne du Maurier wrote which of these books? A) Tess of the d'Urbervilles. B) Rebecca. C) Heidi. D) Emma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rebecca. 18. What type of creature is a "bandicoot" ? A) Marsupial. B) Rodent. C) Reptile. D) Bird. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marsupial. 19. From 1996, when equestrian events were first included in the Summer Paralympics, until 2016 how many countries of the 41 which have competed hold bronze and/or silver medals but no gold? A) 5. B) 0. C) 2. D) 15. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5. 20. The film "Bright Star", directed by Jane Campion, released in May 2009 and starring Ben Whishaw and Abbie Cornish, is a period drama about Fanny Brawne's romance with whom? A) Keats. B) Shelley. C) Byron. D) Wordsworth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Keats. ← 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