This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 537 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 537 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the name for the centre of an atom? A) Solar plexus. B) Nucleus. C) Orbit. D) Transport. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nucleus. 2. Which British music chart television programme was originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006? A) Six-Five Special. B) UK Top 40. C) Oh Boy!. D) Top of the Pops. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Top of the Pops. 3. Between 1180 and 1185 the Genpei War (or the Jishō-Juei War) was waged between which two forces? A) Japan and Korea. B) Japan and China. C) The Emishi (or Ebisu) and Japanese Imperial forces. D) The Minamoto and the Taira clans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Minamoto and the Taira clans. 4. The shape of which island nation could be described as a spear point, or a teardrop? A) Borneo. B) Madagascar. C) Corsica. D) Sri Lanka. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sri Lanka. 5. The Darling family are from which film? A) Peter Pan. B) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. C) Mary Poppins. D) The Railway Children. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peter Pan. 6. What does an angler try to catch? A) Mumps. B) Englishmen. C) Fish. D) Geometric figures. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fish. 7. What is the capital city of Turkey? A) Rabat. B) Istanbul. C) Ankara. D) Beirut. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ankara. 8. Which of these comes closest to the meaning of the French phrase "bon appétit" ? A) After dinner mint. B) Good zoo. C) Large brassiere. D) Enjoy your meal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Enjoy your meal. 9. The podcast which grew out of "This American Life", and first aired in 2014, is called ..... ? A) Housewives. B) Criminal. C) Serial. D) Where. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Serial. 10. Rimsky-Korsakov named a piece of music "The Flight of the ..... " what? A) Bluebirds. B) Concorde. C) Hippopotamuses. D) Bumblebee. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bumblebee. 11. What is the stage name of Natalie Renee McIntyre, a US R & B and soul singer-songwriter, record producer and actress with a distinctive raspy voice and a singing style heavily influenced by Billie Holiday & Betty Davis? A) Aretha Franklin. B) Etta James. C) Irma Thomas. D) Macy Gray. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Macy Gray. 12. When were the first Olympic Games held in the USA? A) 1932. B) 1904. C) 1984. D) 1996. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1904. 13. Which of these is not a line from the French nursery song "Frère Jacques" ? A) Frère Jacques, frère Jacques. B) Dormez-vous? Dormez-vous?. C) Bring me a martini, Bring me a martini. D) Din, dan, don. Din, dan, don. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bring me a martini, Bring me a martini. 14. What nationality is Marat Safin, who won his first Grand Slam tennis tournament at the US Open in 2000? A) Chinese. B) Indian. C) Russian. D) French. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Russian. 15. The French call it La Manche. What do the English call it? A) English Channel. B) Dogger Bank. C) Isle of Man. D) Guernsey. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) English Channel. 16. The IWC, established in 1946, is the International ..... what ..... Commission? A) Whaling. B) Wrestling. C) Worrying. D) Warcrimes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Whaling. 17. When did the first edition of the conservative and anti-Communist monthly magazine, "The Reader's Digest", appear? A) 1958. B) 1890. C) 1922. D) 1965. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1922. 18. What became known as the Carrington Event in 1859? A) Mauna Loa, Hawaii, erupted for 300 days. B) The first ringing of Big Ben. C) A major geo-magnetic storm. D) France legislated to set A above middle C to a frequency of 435 Hz, to standardise the pitch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A major geo-magnetic storm. 19. What is common to a stuga, lavvu or goahti? A) They are flightless. B) They are dwellings. C) They are ice formations. D) They are breeds of reindeer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are dwellings. 20. Which was the last of these Star Wars films to be released? A) The Phantom Menace. B) The Empire Strikes Back. C) Return of the Jedi. D) A New Hope. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Phantom Menace. ← 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