This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 516 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 516 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "The Edge of Love" (2008), a film starring Matthew Rhys, Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy & Keira Knightley, is biographical about which couple? A) King Edward VIII and Mrs. Simpson. B) Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles. C) Welsh poet Dylan Thomas and his wife Caitlin. D) Henry VIII and Jane Seymour. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Welsh poet Dylan Thomas and his wife Caitlin. 2. The song "Don't Let's Be Beastly To The Germans" was banned by the BBC in 1942. Who was the artist? A) Vera Lynn. B) Stanley Holloway. C) Noel Coward. D) Harry Lauder. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noel Coward. 3. A Greek word meaning "amber" indirectly inspired what English word coined in 1646 by Sir Thomas Browne? A) Melancholy. B) Radium. C) Electricity. D) Acoustics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Electricity. 4. Where in the body is the scapula? A) Shoulder. B) Ribs. C) Knee. D) Elbow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shoulder. 5. "The Warden", "Barchester Towers", "Dr Thorne", "Framley Parsonage", "The Small House of Allington" and "Last Chronicle of Barset" are collectively known as what? A) The Trollope Chronicles. B) The Barsetshire Novels. C) Books of the Dead. D) The Harry Palmer Mysteries. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Barsetshire Novels. 6. Which of these composers was known for his work in dance in the reign of Louis XIV of France? A) Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier. B) Jean-Baptiste Lully. C) Simon Le Duc. D) Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jean-Baptiste Lully. 7. Where in Africa are the Murchison, or Kabalega, Falls? A) Between Lake Kyoga and Lake Albert on the White Nile River, Uganda. B) On the Sénégal River, Mali. C) In Western Zambia upstream from the Victoria Falls. D) On the Zambezi River at the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Between Lake Kyoga and Lake Albert on the White Nile River, Uganda. 8. Single buck or double buck in a sports competition refers to what? A) A method of sawing through a piece of wood. B) A style of springboard dive. C) An archery single or double shoot. D) A command in dressage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A method of sawing through a piece of wood. 9. Which of these Walt Disney Feature Animation films was the last to be released? A) The Hunchback of Notre Dame. B) Pocahontas. C) Hercules. D) The Lion King. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hercules. 10. Which is not another name for allspice? A) Pimento. B) Jamaica pepper. C) Clove. D) Newspice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clove. 11. Where is most of the triple junction continental rift known as Sirte Basin found? A) Tunisia. B) Libya. C) The dark side of the Moon. D) Morocco. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Libya. 12. What sport is competed in AC World Championships? A) Paralympic cricket. B) Association croquet. C) Conkers. D) AI canoe racing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Association croquet. 13. In what field are the names Kaufmann, Glass, Glennie and Barenboim best known? A) Anthropology. B) Literature. C) Dance. D) Music. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Music. 14. What name was given to Australian bandits who raided its remoter settlements until the late 19th century? A) Outbackers. B) Bushrangers. C) Swagmen. D) Billabongs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bushrangers. 15. Castor oil is used in the production of which of these? A) Floor polish. B) Vehicle brake fluid. C) Soap. D) Lemonade. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vehicle brake fluid. 16. Which of these is an expression identified with Sherlock Holmes? A) "Not on my watch". B) "The game is afoot". C) "Too much information". D) "How YOU doin'?". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "The game is afoot". 17. What was Queen Elizabeth I's stated object in favouring Sir Francis Drake's voyage, which ended in circumnavigating the globe, which set off in 1577? A) To establish colonies in what was to become America. B) To bring back as much treasure as the ship could hold. C) To "be revenged on the King of Spain for divers injuries that we have received". D) To "find out places meet to have traffic". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To "find out places meet to have traffic". 18. Where is the 82, 000 seat Maracana Stadium? A) Madrid. B) Buenos Aires. C) Mexico City. D) Rio de Janeiro. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rio de Janeiro. 19. How many recognised constellations are there? A) 158. B) 1, 028. C) 88. D) 4, 268. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 88. 20. The Royal Navy introduced limes to the standard diet for crewmen to prevent what? A) Scurvy. B) Malaria. C) Measles. D) Polio. 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