This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 553 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 553 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In the TV series "The Flintstones", who were the parents of Pebbles and Bam Bam? A) Barney & Betty (both). B) Fred & Wilma (Pebbles); Barney & Betty (Bam Bam). C) Fred & Wilma (both). D) Fred & Wilma (Bam Bam); Barney & Betty (Pebbles). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fred & Wilma (Pebbles); Barney & Betty (Bam Bam). 2. The plot of "The Nutcracker" ballet is an adaptation of a short story by whom? A) Heinrich Heine. B) Alexander Pushkin. C) Charles Perrault. D) E.T.A. Hoffmann. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) E.T.A. Hoffmann. 3. What was the most typical subject of paintings by Dégas? A) Umbrellas. B) Wolves. C) Ballet dancers. D) Horses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ballet dancers. 4. Who is the "moi" to whom the quote "Après moi, le déluge" is attributed? A) King Louis XV of France. B) Maximilien Robespierre. C) Charlemagne. D) René Descartes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) King Louis XV of France. 5. Where do Aeolian forces have most impact? A) Mid-ocean. B) Mountain peaks. C) Semi-dry, sparsely vegetated or desert land. D) In erupting volcanoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Semi-dry, sparsely vegetated or desert land. 6. What is another name for the larkspur? A) Delphinium. B) Gladiolus. C) Hibiscus. D) Aspidistra. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Delphinium. 7. Which of these is not a member of the dog family? A) Hyena. B) Dingo. C) Wolf. D) Fox. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyena. 8. Mstislav Rostropovich is most associated with which musical instrument? A) Oboe. B) Violin. C) Piano. D) Cello. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cello. 9. What was the name of Han Solo's spacecraft in the first "Star Wars" film to be released? A) Red Dwarf. B) Tardis. C) USS Enterprise. D) Millennium Falcon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Millennium Falcon. 10. The warriors known as "berserkers" were legendary figures in which mythology? A) Germany. B) Danish. C) Finnish. D) Norse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Norse. 11. What term is used to describe a wine with bold, brash and audacious flavours? A) Blowzy. B) Sassy. C) Spunky. D) Voluptuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sassy. 12. The French National Assembly is housed in which building? A) Les Invalides. B) Panthéon. C) Palais Bourbon. D) Elysée Palace. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Palais Bourbon. 13. In March 2009, 53rd Street in New York city was renamed what? A) Springsteen Street. B) Letterman Lane. C) U2 Way. D) Britney Spears Street. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) U2 Way. 14. What do the Edwin Smith Papyrus and the Ebers Papyrus from the 16th century BCE record? A) Mathematical treatises. B) Methods of care and treatment of human ailments. C) Egyptian religious systems. D) Grain shipments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Methods of care and treatment of human ailments. 15. The girth goes on which part of the horse? A) Across the nose. B) Around the ribs. C) Under the tail. D) Around the neck. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Around the ribs. 16. A child's skull found in 1829 in Engis, Belgium, (labelled Engis 2) was eventually recognised as the earliest remains of what to be found? A) Homo neanderthalensis, or Neanderthals. B) Homo sapiens. C) Denisova hominin. D) Homo floresiensis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Homo neanderthalensis, or Neanderthals. 17. The 2017 films "Sandy Wexler" and "Win It All" are both what? A) Documentaries. B) Star vehicles for Adam Sandler. C) Films made for online viewing. D) Musicals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Films made for online viewing. 18. Which caricaturist, starting in 1778, went on to savage George III, major politicians, Napoléon Bonaparte, war, French Jacobins and debauched English gentlemen, and to establish the "honest" countryman John Bull as the epitome of Englishness? A) George Townshend. B) William Hogarth. C) Thomas Rowlandson. D) James Gillray. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) James Gillray. 19. Geoff Capes, twice the world's strongest man, won 2 Commonwealth Games gold medals in which sport? A) Wrestling. B) Weightlifting. C) Shot put. D) Diving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shot put. 20. What name was given to a group of racing drivers that included Woolf Barnato, Glen Kidston, Henry Birkin, Bernard Rubin, Dudley Benjafield & Sammy Davis, who were responsible for four consecutive victories at the Le Mans 24 hours from 1927 to 1930? A) The Dream Team. B) The Rat Pack. C) The Bentley Boys. D) The Morris Minors. 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