This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 555 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 555 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The musical "The Sound of Music" is set in what city? A) Salzburg. B) Berlin. C) Rome. D) Budapest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Salzburg. 2. A landmark decision by the US Supreme Court in 1966 was in favour of what appellant? A) Norma McCorvey, under the name of Jane Roe. B) Ernesto Miranda. C) Angelika Schneider. D) Sam Sheppard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ernesto Miranda. 3. Broken Arrow, Edmond, Enid, Lawton, Midwest City, Moore, Norman, Stillwater and Tulsa are 9 of the 10 largest cities in which state of the USA? A) Oklahoma. B) Maine. C) Idaho. D) Texas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oklahoma. 4. Who was the leader of the Peasant's Revolt in 1381 who, after killing a poll tax collector, marched on London with supporters and was killed there at Smithfield by the Lord Mayor of London? A) John Luddite. B) Martin Luther. C) Henry Tolpuddle. D) Wat Tyler. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wat Tyler. 5. With what is the 12th century Chrétien de Troyes associated? A) Poetry. B) French politics. C) Tournament jousting. D) Theological essays. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poetry. 6. Why did Lawrence Lemieux, a Canadian sailor competing in the 1988 Summer Olympics and finishing in 21st place in his race, receive the Pierre de Coubertin medal? A) For his services in setting the 1988 Games up. B) He was severely injured but continued racing. C) He abandoned his race to save an injured competitor. D) He donated vital equipment from his own craft to ensure the eventual winners could race. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He abandoned his race to save an injured competitor. 7. What word, originally applied to a large, flawless diamond, is now used to denote a model of excellence or perfection of any kind? A) Paradiddle. B) Paradigm. C) Paradox. D) Paragon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paragon. 8. What was the title of Stephen King's first novel, in which a telekinetic woman exacts deadly revenge on her high school classmates? A) Amelia-Anne. B) Carrie. C) Matilda. D) The Woman In Black. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carrie. 9. A sequence of overlapping and parallel mountain ranges, commonly called the American Cordillera, forms the backbone of the Americas and stretches from where to where? A) The Yukon to Nicaragua. B) The Yukon to New Mexico. C) British Columbia to Mexico. D) Brooks Range in Alaska, to Tierra del Fuego. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brooks Range in Alaska, to Tierra del Fuego. 10. What is a tepui? A) A Māori weapon. B) A native dwelling in New Guinea. C) A species of muskrat. D) A tabletop mountain in the Guiana Highlands of South America. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A tabletop mountain in the Guiana Highlands of South America. 11. What is a common nickname for the English city of Oxford? A) The city of dreaming spires. B) The city of dreamers. C) Arcadia. D) Sylvania. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The city of dreaming spires. 12. Which of these events occurred last? A) Elizabeth I became Queen of England and Ireland. B) Galileo said that the Sun, not the Earth, is at the centre of the universe. C) End of the Hundred Years' War. D) The Mayflower set sail. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Mayflower set sail. 13. Who is thought to have had a dog, but apparently not a cat? A) Schrader. B) Schröder. C) Schrödinger. D) Schrek. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Schrödinger. 14. King Umberto II ruled Italy for thirty-four days from 9 May 1946 to 12 June 1946. What caused his reign to end? A) He died of natural causes ("old age"), 7 weeks after his father. B) He was assassinated by partisans on the way to Turin. C) A public referendum decided Italy should be a republic. D) He abdicated to marry an American divorcee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A public referendum decided Italy should be a republic. 15. What are fulgurites? A) Glass formed in sand, silica or soil by lightning strikes. B) Parasites found mostly in cows and sheep. C) People who want to ban censorship altogether. D) People who want to prevent the use of modern machinery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Glass formed in sand, silica or soil by lightning strikes. 16. Which of these words is Italian for "cat" ? A) Sapristi. B) Pizza. C) Gatto. D) Cannelloni. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gatto. 17. What is the name for the temperature at which, theoretically, all molecular activity ceases and chemical reactions become impossible? A) Ground zero. B) Freezing point. C) Absolute zero. D) Critical mass. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Absolute zero. 18. Where was a nuclear reactor accident that resulted in a severe release of radioactivity following a massive power excursion which destroyed the reactor on 26 April 1986 at 01:23:45 a.m.? A) Chernobyl. B) Sellafield. C) 8 Mile. D) St Petersburg. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chernobyl. 19. When was the first find of gold in New Zealand, which preceded New Zealand's gold rush? A) 1852. B) 1861. C) 1840. D) 1752. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1852. 20. In the film "Batman & Robin", released in 1997, who played the villain called "Mr Freeze" ? A) Jim Carrey. B) Danny DeVito. C) Arnold Schwarzenegger. D) Jack Nicholson. 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