This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 552 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 552 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which was the only team from Africa to survive the first knock-out round in the men's World Cup 2022? A) Morocco. B) Zanzibar. C) Malawi. D) Zaire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Morocco. 2. The study of space involves cosmic scale thought in the fields of cosmology, astronomy and which other? A) Astrology. B) Astrophysics. C) Quantum mechanics. D) String theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Astrophysics. 3. To which of these does the word "Molotov" not refer? A) A type of home-made bomb, consisting of petrol in a bottle. B) An appointee to the Petrograd Soviet in 1917. C) A drink made with a base of gin and absinthe. D) A city in the Ural range of mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A drink made with a base of gin and absinthe. 4. Which of these cities is on the delta of the river Neva? A) Moscow. B) St Petersburg. C) Prague. D) Kiev. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) St Petersburg. 5. Which of these is almost the world's largest moth? A) Peppered moth. B) Madagascan Sunset moth. C) Death's-head hawkmoth. D) Atlas moth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Atlas moth. 6. What nationality is the 2017 PDC World Darts Champion? A) German. B) English. C) Irish. D) Dutch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dutch. 7. Mike Leigh directed what 1999 film, starring Jim Broadbent and Timothy Spall, about a famous music theatre partnership? A) Viva Forever. B) Topsy-Turvy. C) Let Them Eat Cake. D) Happy-Go-Lucky. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Topsy-Turvy. 8. Which is the weakest force? A) Gravity. B) Electromagnetic. C) Nuclear. D) Friction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gravity. 9. What was a unique aspect of the 2015 presidential election in Croatia? A) It was the first election since Croatia became a member of the European Union. B) The first woman president was elected. C) It saw the first president elected from the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ). D) It was the first election to achieve a result without need for a run-off. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The first woman president was elected. 10. The condition whereby hostages form sympathetic bonds with their captors is known as what? A) Cupboard love. B) Stockholm syndrome. C) Captive audience. D) Epstein-Barr virus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stockholm syndrome. 11. What name is given to a style of journalism that is written subjectively, often including the reporter as part of the story via a first-person narrative? A) Fozzie. B) Gonzo. C) Rizzo. D) Scooter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gonzo. 12. What is the name of the art form where objects are glued to, usually, a piece of paper or canvas? A) Tatting. B) Appliqué. C) Embroidery. D) Collage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Collage. 13. Which player made a comeback to international tennis in 2006 after 4 years? A) Steffi Graf. B) Martina Hingis. C) Gabriela Sabatini. D) Kim Clijsters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Martina Hingis. 14. Which Scottish ballerina made her international debut in 1941, married Ludovic Kennedy in 1950, appeared in films from 1948 to 1960, and died in 2006? A) Moira Shearer. B) Margot Fonteyn. C) Alicia Markova. D) Rowena Jackson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moira Shearer. 15. What actor links the films "12 Years a Slave", "August:Osage County" and "Penguins of Madagascar" ? A) Abigail Breslin. B) Benedict Cumberbatch. C) Brad Pitt. D) Christopher Knights. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Benedict Cumberbatch. 16. In 1942, Ecuadoran cities Guayaquil, Portoviejo and Guaranda and surrounding areas were substantially damaged. What was the cause? A) A tornado. B) An out-of-control wildfire. C) A military exercise by German forces in the course of World War II. D) An earthquake. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An earthquake. 17. What rating system for talk shows, defined as the ratio of interrupted sentences versus all sentences within a typical program, expressed as a percentage, was invented by author Stephen Euin Cobb? A) Yelling criteria. B) Ignorance index. C) Debate ratio. D) Intelligence quotient. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ignorance index. 18. What is the name of the official proceedings of the UK's House of Commons? A) Hansard. B) Hasbeen. C) Harmonium. D) Handel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hansard. 19. Who was one of David Letterman's first guests in "Late Night with David Letterman" when it debuted in 1982? A) Bill Murray. B) George Burns. C) Hank Aaron. D) Harvey Pekar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bill Murray. 20. What event affecting television happened in the United States on 8 September 2008 and in Canada on 31 August 2011? A) Beginning of cessation of analog transmissions. B) Deregulation of broadcasting organisations. C) Abolition of the FCC. D) Legislation requiring broadcasts in ethnic languages. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beginning of cessation of analog transmissions. ← 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