This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 53 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 53 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is a yardstick used in economics? A) Gross domestic product. B) Nett national income. C) Military spending. D) National business literacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gross domestic product. 2. What famous picture was stolen from its frame in the Louvre in 1911, was recovered in Florence and returned in 1913? A) The Night Watch. B) Mona Lisa. C) Guernica. D) Woman Going Downstairs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mona Lisa. 3. The War of the Pacific 1879-1883 was fought where? A) Western South America. B) West Indies. C) New Zealand. D) Western Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Western South America. 4. Who recited the poem "The Gift Outright" at John F Kennedy's inauguration as president of the USA in 1961? A) Lawrence Ferlinghetti. B) Christina Rossetti. C) Robert Frost. D) Bob Dylan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Robert Frost. 5. Usually, how many feet should one stand away from an eye chart? A) 5. B) 15. C) 10. D) 20. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 20. 6. Which Italian-American tenor and Hollywood movie star of the late 1940s and 1950s was called "the greatest voice of the twentieth century" by Arturo Toscanini and was referred to as the "New Caruso, " and a "singing Clark Gable" ? A) Mario Lanza. B) Luciano Pavarotti. C) Carlo Ponti. D) Salvador Dali. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mario Lanza. 7. What is the last name of "Ellen" ? A) De Maupassant. B) DeGeneres. C) De Bergerac. D) Demerara. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) DeGeneres. 8. The first what was sent from "L'Illustration", Paris, to the London "Daily Mirror" on 8 November 1907? A) International news story, by teleprinter. B) Newspaper photograph, by cable. C) Live interview, by radio. D) International news story, by telephone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Newspaper photograph, by cable. 9. Following work in 2016 on observations in Hubble's Ultra Deep Field how many galaxies are there estimated to be in the known universe? A) Between 100 and 200 billion. B) About 5 billion. C) About 100 billion. D) At least 2 trillion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At least 2 trillion. 10. Who wrote the play "The Cocktail Hour", a US comedy exploring the world of upper-class families in the Northeast set in an apartment in the 1970s, and promised his parents it would not be produced in his hometown during their lifetimes because "the details are so close to home" ? A) Henrik Ibsen. B) Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (MoliΓ¨re). C) Peter Shaffer. D) A. R. Gurney. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. R. Gurney. 11. Which of these made his fortune from shipping? A) Rupert Murdoch. B) Aristotle Onassis. C) John Paul Getty. D) George H W Bush. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aristotle Onassis. 12. Which is the largest of the flightless birds still living? A) African ostrich. B) Cassowary. C) Rhea. D) Moa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) African ostrich. 13. In Raumschach 3-D chess which piece moves through the six faces of a cube in any rank, file, or column? A) Unicorn. B) Queen. C) Rook. D) Bishop. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rook. 14. The celebrated and wealthy Spartan, Euryleonis, was known for her prowess as a what? A) Priestess. B) Warrior. C) Monarch. D) Horse breeder and chariot racer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Horse breeder and chariot racer. 15. Which is the object in the sentence "I solve puzzles" ? A) "Solve". B) "I". C) "Puzzles". D) There isn't one. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Puzzles". 16. Who was the founder of the Christian Science movement? A) Betsy Ross. B) Mary Baker Eddy. C) Aleister Crowley. D) Charles Manson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mary Baker Eddy. 17. Which structure of cantilever design, designed by Sir W. M. Arrol, was begun in 1883 and opened in 1890? A) Clifton Suspension Bridge. B) Forth Railway Bridge. C) London Bridge. D) Hammersmith Bridge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Forth Railway Bridge. 18. Why does the Archbishop of York sign himself "Ebor" ? A) It is his surname. B) It is his first name. C) Eboracum was the Roman name for York from 75AD. D) It is an anagram of "bore". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eboracum was the Roman name for York from 75AD. 19. What is the inner core of the Earth believed to consist of? A) Iron-nickel alloy. B) Chocolate. C) Brass. D) Rubber. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iron-nickel alloy. 20. Which game is played between two teams of up to sixteen players, eleven of whom are permitted to be on the pitch at any one time, on a field 91.40m by 55m (100 by 60 yards)? A) Rugby League. B) Netball. C) Cricket. D) Hockey. 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