This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 534 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 534 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. At what time of day does the church service called vespers take place? A) Morning. B) Evening. C) Afternoon. D) Midnight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evening. 2. Which river begins in the Rocky Mountains in south-west Colorado, crosses New Mexico and forms the border between Mexico and the USA before reaching the Gulf of Mexico? A) Rio Grande. B) Talahassee. C) Mississippi. D) Hudson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rio Grande. 3. Which wedding anniversary is "coral" ? A) 25th. B) 5th. C) 15th. D) 35th. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 35th. 4. What was the name of the Flintstones' pet? A) Dino. B) Blue Eyes. C) Homer Junior. D) Santa's Little Helper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dino. 5. Which movie star was found dead at her home in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California on 5 August 1962? A) Susan Hampshire. B) Elizabeth Taylor. C) Marilyn Monroe. D) Natalie Wood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marilyn Monroe. 6. Who led the expedition that discovered The Titanic on the bed of the Atlantic Ocean? A) Robert Ballard. B) Peter Gimbel and Joseph Fox. C) David Mearns. D) Capt. Alvin Golden. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Robert Ballard. 7. What ancient form of measurement was represented by the length of the forearm from the elbow to the middle fingertip? A) Gelderland morgen. B) Cubit. C) Carat. D) Bushel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cubit. 8. What was the common name of the Volkswagen Type 14, a 2+2 sold from 1955 to 1974 in coupe and convertible bodystyles, which was then the car most imported to the USA? A) Dino. B) 911. C) Karmann Ghia. D) Beetle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Karmann Ghia. 9. When was Nicolae CeauΘescu, at the time Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party and Head of State in Romania, deposed and later shot? A) 1789. B) 1889. C) 2001. D) 1989. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1989. 10. Time magazine was founded in 1923 by whom? A) Rupert Murdoch. B) Henry Luce. C) William Randolph Hearst. D) Dame Marjorie M. Scardino. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Henry Luce. 11. Which was the last Monty Python film to include all six Pythons? A) Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl. B) The Life of Brian. C) The Meaning of Life. D) Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Meaning of Life. 12. What device enables a player to use the same chord shapes on a guitar to be played a number of frets higher to raise the key uniformly? A) Nut. B) Strta. C) Capo. D) Bridge. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Capo. 13. SoHo for New Yorkers is what kind of area? A) A place of bars and restaurants. B) An entertainment district. C) Home to the Cascades Female Factory Historic Site and the Cascades Brewery. D) A place of artists' lofts, art galleries and trendy boutiques. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A place of artists' lofts, art galleries and trendy boutiques. 14. The names Corbett and Brambell are most associated with which well-known UK TV series? A) All Creatures Great and Small. B) Steptoe and Son. C) Dr Who. D) Are You Being Served?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Steptoe and Son. 15. The first Academy Award winner to refuse to accept their Oscar was Dudley Nichols in 1935. Why did he refuse? A) In protest at the film industry's discrimination and mistreatment of Native Americans. B) He thought that "The whole thing is a goddamn meat parade. I don't want any part of it.". C) Because of conflicts between the Academy and the Writer's Guild. D) He thought that "writing should not be competition". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because of conflicts between the Academy and the Writer's Guild. 16. Marlborough and Hawke's Bay are wine producing regions of where? A) South Australia. B) California. C) New Zealand. D) South Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) New Zealand. 17. Which US TV series (2008-13) had immense audience as well as critical acclaim (and awards, e.g. two of its main actors won Emmy Awards in multiple years) and figures in the Guinness Book of Records? A) The Sopranos. B) Mad Men. C) Breaking Bad. D) The Wire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Breaking Bad. 18. Strictly speaking what would Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh's name lead one to expect? A) He is a philosopher. B) He loves horses. C) He is plain-speaking. D) He is French. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He loves horses. 19. Who was the first US president to succeed to the Presidency upon the assassination of his predecessor and the first US President to be impeached? A) Abraham Lincoln. B) Andrew Johnson. C) Richard Nixon. D) Lyndon Johnson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Andrew Johnson. 20. What is the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet? A) Zayin. B) Tav. C) Ayin. D) Alef. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alef. β PreviousNext βRelated 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 π Back to Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books