This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge โ Quiz 558 ๐ Homepage ๐ Download PDF Books ๐ Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 558 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The film "Revenant" (2015) was inspired by the experiences of what frontiersman? A) John C. "Grizzly" Adams. B) Daniel Boone. C) Hugh Glass. D) Meriwether Lewis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hugh Glass. 2. Held annually since 1923 which is the oldest active endurance race for sports cars? A) Indianapolis 500. B) 24 Hours of Le Mans. C) 24 Hours of Daytona. D) 12 Hours of Sebring. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 24 Hours of Le Mans. 3. Which body of water runs through the city of Istanbul? A) The Bosphorus. B) The River Danube. C) The Gulf of Antalya. D) The Gulf of Aqaba. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Bosphorus. 4. The Karnak Temple Complex, a conglomeration of ruined temples, chapels, pylons and other buildings, is near where? A) Guadalajara, Mexico. B) Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea. C) Angkor Wat, Cambodia. D) Luxor, Egypt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Luxor, Egypt. 5. Competitors representing which country won the most Olympic gold medals in Greco-Roman wrestling between 1896 and 2008? A) Sweden (SWE). B) The Soviet Union (URS). C) Finland (FIN). D) Hungary (HUN). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Soviet Union (URS). 6. In 1487, Portuguese navigator Bartholomew Diaz was the first European to sail past which landmark? A) Ceylon. B) Cape Verde. C) Cape Horn. D) Cape of Good Hope. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cape of Good Hope. 7. Where would a thorny devil usually be found? A) In ikebana arrangements. B) In mediaeval illustrated Christian gospels. C) In the art of Hieronymus Bosch. D) In the Australian arid scrubland or desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the Australian arid scrubland or desert. 8. In which 1925 silent film, directed by Fred Niblo, were extras offered a prize of $ 100 to the winner to make a race more exciting, resulting in a horrendous crash that remains in the movie? A) The Four Horsemen. B) The Sheik. C) Ben-Hur. D) Blood And Sand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ben-Hur. 9. The terms "Cosa Nostra", the "Camorra" and "The Honoured Society" are used to refer to which group of people? A) Scientologists. B) YMCA. C) Boy Scouts. D) Mafia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mafia. 10. Who did Juan Antonio Samaranch succeed when he assumed the presidency of the International Olympic Committee in August 1980? A) Jacques Rogge. B) Avery Brundage. C) Sigfrid Edstrรถm. D) Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin. 11. What was the title of a 2005 film biography of Johnny Cash, starring Joaquin Phoenix? A) Walk the Line. B) Fulsom Prison. C) Ring of Fire. D) Show Me the Money. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walk the Line. 12. Why did the protesters in the 2014 Umbrella Revolution use umbrellas? A) To protect against sunstroke. B) Because it rained heavily. C) To ward off pepper spray used by police. D) It looked good on TV news reports. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To ward off pepper spray used by police. 13. Sacrรฉ-Cลur Basilica is in which European city? A) Salzburg. B) Paris. C) Berlin. D) Vienna. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paris. 14. A sulphur-crested cockatoo named Snowball (hatched in 1996) became well-known in 2008 for what? A) Dancing. B) Singing opera. C) Hanging upside down for hours at a time. D) Finding his way home across continents after a two year gap. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dancing. 15. Who was the last king in France? A) Charles X. B) Louis XVI. C) Louis-Phillipe I. D) Louis XVIII. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Louis-Phillipe I. 16. What word's original meaning was "the hearing of a person's confession and their absolution before their execution" ? A) Shaft. B) Shift. C) Shrift. D) Skiff. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shrift. 17. Which country did Peder Balke, intensely dramatic landscape painter, pioneer of Modernism in his country, activist for social justice, and great-great-grandfather of jazz musicians Jon and Erik Balke, paint? A) Norway. B) Belgium. C) The Netherlands. D) Czechoslovakia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Norway. 18. Who was the Italian player head-butted by French captain Zinedine Zidane in the final of the football World Cup 2006? A) Paolo Maldini. B) Luciano Moggi. C) Lillo Foti. D) Marco Materazzi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Marco Materazzi. 19. In which country is the city of Lisburn? A) Scotland. B) Wales. C) Northern Ireland. D) England. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Northern Ireland. 20. Which of these dishes is native to France? A) Ratatouille. B) Goulash. C) Enchilada. 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