This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge โ Quiz 511 ๐ Homepage ๐ Download PDF Books ๐ Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 511 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was the most recognisable feature of Moshe Dayan, who from 1953 to 1958 was the Chief of Staff of the Israel Defence Forces? A) Bowler hat. B) Black eye patch. C) Grey beard. D) White scarf. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Black eye patch. 2. For what was 10th century Andalusian intellectual Lubna of Cรณrdoba celebrated? A) Mathematics and allied sciences. B) Poetry, and its science. C) All of these. D) Calligraphy and translation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of these. 3. According to the nursery rhyme, Kitty Fisher found the pocket belonging to whom? A) Little Tommy Tucker. B) Jenny Wren. C) Little Bo Peep. D) Lucy Lockett. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lucy Lockett. 4. Which of these countries has the smallest area? A) Belgium. B) France. C) Portugal. D) Liechtenstein. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Liechtenstein. 5. What is the term for the reddish-brown hydrated oxide formed on iron? A) Derivation. B) Verdigris. C) Scrumpy. D) Rust. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rust. 6. Who composed the "Theme From The Pink Panther" ? A) Burt Bacharach. B) John Williams. C) Marvin Hamlisch. D) Henry Mancini. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Henry Mancini. 7. What provides the staple diet of a koala? A) Macadamia tree. B) Bamboo. C) Eucalyptus tree. D) Palm tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eucalyptus tree. 8. Which is used in playing the game "Guess Who" ? A) Marbles. B) Counters. C) Cards. D) Sticks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cards. 9. On which island is the port of Heraklion? A) Sicily. B) Cyprus. C) Crete. D) Malta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crete. 10. Which of these authors had the middle names of Augustine Aloysius? A) James Joyce. B) Oscar Wilde. C) Charles Dickens. D) Aldous Huxley. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) James Joyce. 11. Which part of the body can have an operation called by a name from a Greek word meaning "auger" ? A) Toe. B) Ankle. C) Head. D) Elbow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Head. 12. When were Northern Nigeria and Southern Nigeria formally amalgamated? A) 1900. B) 1914. C) 1814. D) 1960. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1914. 13. Steven Adams a basketballer from New Zealand joined the US team Thunder in 2013 just before they became the first-ever champions of the Orlando Summer League. One of his siblings is known on the world stage as who? A) Nicola Adams, boxer. B) Valerie Adams, shotput. C) Blair Adams, footballer. D) Danielle Adams, basketballer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Valerie Adams, shotput. 14. Woodrow Wilson whose "Fourteen Points" which contributed to the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 that concluded World War I, was prominent in which country? A) Switzerland. B) UK. C) France. D) USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) USA. 15. Which of these did not feature on the 1987 album "Trio", that sold over 3 million copies and won Grammy Awards for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and Best Country Collaboration with Vocals, and was nominated for the Album of the Year? A) Loretta Lynn. B) Dolly Parton. C) Emmylou Harris. D) Linda Ronstadt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loretta Lynn. 16. In India, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, the Transcaucasus, the Balkans, the Middle East, Central Asia, Burma and Bangladesh, what is a tandoor (also known as a tonir and a tone) used for? A) Cooking. B) Playing music. C) Killing animals. D) Eating, usually with bread. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cooking. 17. Who is the native American subject of a poem by Longfellow? A) Sitting Bull. B) Pocahontas. C) Hiawatha. D) Running Bear. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hiawatha. 18. What is a fresco? A) A motorway. B) A painting created by applying paint directly onto plaster on a wall or ceiling. C) A brand of citrus soft drink made by The Coca-Cola Company. D) A village on the island of Crete. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A painting created by applying paint directly onto plaster on a wall or ceiling. 19. What is the name for an alcoholic preparation of opium widely used in the 18th and 19th centuries to treat a number of different complaints? A) Laburnum. B) Laudanum. C) Londinium. D) Laudanosine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Laudanum. 20. When the Australian penny coin was replaced in 1938 with a coin carrying the central design of a leaping kangaroo, what had the centre of the previous reverse featured? A) Britannia on a throne. B) The words "ONE PENNY". C) A ram's head. D) Captain Cook's ship. 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