This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 543 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 543 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these is a stretch of water between Wales and Devon on the West coast of Britain? A) Bristol Channel. B) The Wash. C) The Solent. D) The Irish Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bristol Channel. 2. "The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven" is spoken by which Shakespearean character? A) Puck in "A Midsummer Night's Dream". B) Portia in "The Merchant of Venice". C) The Earl of Gloucester in "King Lear". D) Macbeth in "Macbeth". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Portia in "The Merchant of Venice". 3. According to the nursery rhyme, what did little Jack Horner pull out of his Christmas pie? A) Gum. B) Drum. C) His Mum. D) Plum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plum. 4. What did the "S" in American President Ulysses S. Grant's name stand for? A) Sidney. B) Sam. C) Simpson. D) S. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) S. 5. When was the first time the Paralympic Games were held in Russia? A) 1992. B) 2014. C) 2000. D) 2010. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2014. 6. What are Loo, Euchre, Rams, Hombre, and Maw? A) Types of carnival mask. B) Ball games. C) Card games. D) Names for a lavatory bowl. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Card games. 7. What is the most noticeable reaction when sodium is put into water? A) A flame and a virtually immediate explosion. B) The sodium dissolves instantly. C) The sodium turns yellow. D) The water turns red. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A flame and a virtually immediate explosion. 8. Bondi Beach is near which city? A) San Francisco. B) Naples. C) Hawaii. D) Sydney. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sydney. 9. How did Hannibal die in 183 BC? A) Killed in battle at Metauras. B) Crushed by an elephant. C) Froze to death in the Alps. D) Committed suicide. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Committed suicide. 10. What is the name for radiations of a wavelength longer than and immediately next to the visible spectrum? A) X Rays. B) Ultraviolet. C) Rainbow. D) Infrared. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Infrared. 11. What is the title extension of the 2020 film "Happy Happy Joy Joy" ? A) A fly marrying a bumble bee!. B) Asia in Amsterdam. C) The Ren & Stimpy Story. D) Work's Out the Window. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Ren & Stimpy Story. 12. In late middle English, when it was first used, what was the meaning of the word "jargon" ? A) Terms peculiar to printing technology. B) Language which is specialised to a particular village. C) A harvest tool. D) Chatter, or gibberish. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chatter, or gibberish. 13. What was the name of the English parliament that restored Charles II as king in 1660? A) The Court of the Star Chamber. B) The Long Parliament. C) The Barebones Parliament. D) The Convention Parliament. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Convention Parliament. 14. At the 1988 Summer Olympics, Indonesia gained its first Olympic medal when the women's team won a silver medal in what? A) Archery. B) Badminton. C) Weightlifting. D) Taekwondo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Archery. 15. The names of how many states of the USA both start and end with the letter "a" ? A) 3. B) 2. C) 1. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 16. What chess piece is also called a "castle" ? A) Rook. B) Blackbird. C) Crow. D) Shag. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rook. 17. When was the first award ceremony for the US's Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences held? A) 1951. B) 1919. C) 1941. D) 1929. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1929. 18. Who created the fictional detective Inspector Morse? A) Colin Dexter. B) Geoffrey Chaucer. C) Barbara Cartland. D) Asterix. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Colin Dexter. 19. She slopped her dripper is an example of what? A) Spoonerism. B) Malapropism. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spoonerism. 20. Which of these is not one of the Railway Stations on a traditional English Monopoly board? A) Liverpool Street. B) Fenchurch Street. C) Marylebone. D) Paddington. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paddington. ← 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