This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 542 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 542 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Until 2004, when the International Judging System (IJS) (informally called the "Code of Points") was introduced, what was the highest score a judge could award in figure skating for each of the "free skate" and the "short" programmes? A) 10. B) 6. C) 15. D) 100. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 6. 2. Who was the first person to be officially designated Prime Minister in Britain? A) Sir Robert Walpole, 1721. B) Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, 1905. C) Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, 1547. D) William Pitt 'the Younger', 1783. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, 1905. 3. Jason Day, Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy lead the world rankings in early 2016 in what sport? A) Tennis. B) Swimming. C) Single sculls. D) Golf. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Golf. 4. Which organisation runs the undergraduate college in Annapolis, Maryland, USA, that is known as "The Academy" ? A) The US Navy. B) The US Army. C) The US Air Force. D) The Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The US Navy. 5. Who was the first British monarch to visit the United States of America? A) Queen Elizabeth II. B) King Edward VIII. C) Queen Victoria. D) King George VI. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) King George VI. 6. Which of these comes closest to the meaning of the French phrase "Joie de vivre" ? A) Joy of living. B) Life is a game. C) Long life. D) Living in sin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joy of living. 7. Acccording to the English nursery rhyme, what did little Jack Horner pull out of a pie? A) Slum. B) Crumb. C) Plum. D) Hum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plum. 8. What is or are "Stockman's Dogs" ? A) Grappling hooks for a cattleherder. B) A breed of sheep dog. C) A team within the UK Secret Service. D) A cartoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A cartoon. 9. Which of these, normally encountered as a gas with a characteristic pungent odour, contributes significantly to the nutritional needs of terrestrial organisms by serving as a precursor to foodstuffs and fertilisers? A) Chlorine. B) Nitrous oxide. C) Sulphur. D) Ammonia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ammonia. 10. What most immediately encouraged the 1497 reform of the Spanish monetary system, in which the maravedi as the main unit was dropped in favour of the solid silver peso de ocho (piece of eight)? A) Jews are expelled from Spain. B) The discovery of silver in Bolivia. C) Montenegro, the last free monarchy in the Balkans, is annexed by the Ottoman Empire. D) The unification of the rule of Spain under Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The unification of the rule of Spain under Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon. 11. Of the 26 times that the 100 metres has been included in the Olympic Games to 2008, which country has won the most gold medals (16)? A) Kenya. B) Great Britain. C) Jamaica. D) USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) USA. 12. Squared gives what result? A) 12, 345, 678, 987, 654, 321. B) 222, 222, 222. C) 123, 454, 321. D) 78, 987. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 12, 345, 678, 987, 654, 321. 13. Which city is sited on the Absheron Peninsula which juts into the Caspian Sea? A) Baku, Azerbaijan. B) Astrakhan, Azerbaijan. C) Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. D) Rasht, Iran. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Baku, Azerbaijan. 14. What does tyndallisation usually affect? A) Bacteria or spores in food. B) Fermenting of red grapes. C) Light on particles in a fine suspension. D) Neo-Nazi enthusiasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bacteria or spores in food. 15. To which areas is the Magellanic woodpecker native? A) Southern Portugal. B) Chilean Andes, Tierra del Fuego, south-western Argentina. C) Malaysia. D) The Moluccas, or "Spice Islands". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chilean Andes, Tierra del Fuego, south-western Argentina. 16. In 1928 Amelia Earhart received the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross for what? A) Highest flight by a female aviator. B) She was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. C) She was the first woman to fly solo across the North American continent and back. D) She set a world altitude record of 18, 415 feet (5, 613 m). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. 17. Which of these is a long-necked water-cooling vessel of porous earthenware? A) Redruth. B) Goglet. C) Zambora. D) Starling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Goglet. 18. Which of these is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal proliferation of (usually white) blood cells? A) Leukemia. B) Anthrax. C) Tuberculosis. D) Influenza. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leukemia. 19. What system, developed for military use, was made fully available to the public from midnight 1 May 2000 on the orders of US President Bill Clinton? A) Satellite telephone. B) GPS. C) Night vision goggles. D) Unmanned aircraft (drones). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) GPS. 20. Who composed the jazz piece "In a Mist" (1927)? A) Bix Beiderbecke. B) Duke Ellington. C) Jelly Roll Morton. D) Jimmie Rodgers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bix Beiderbecke. ← 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