This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 561 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 561 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The cochlea is part of which part of the body? A) Ear. B) Eye. C) Nose. D) Throat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ear. 2. Who plays Gail Platt in the British TV soap opera "Coronation Street" ? A) Anne Kirkbride. B) Barbara Knox. C) Julie Goodyear. D) Helen Worth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Helen Worth. 3. Which village, now a suburb of Dublin, was famed for an annual rowdy fair that was held between 1204 and 1855? A) Shellaleigh. B) Donnybrook. C) Ceilidh. D) Hooley. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Donnybrook. 4. The lead singer of which band is known as Suggs? A) Oasis. B) Madness. C) The Barron Knights. D) INXS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Madness. 5. What phrase refers to someone who is between two people or groups who are arguing but who does not want to agree with either of them? A) Snake in the Grass. B) Piggy in the Middle. C) Stick in the Mud. D) Jack in the Box. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Piggy in the Middle. 6. What date in the western Gregorian Calendar is currently the date for the Russian Orthodox Church Christian New Year? A) 1 January. B) 14 January. C) 28 January. D) 25 March. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 14 January. 7. Which 1967 film ended with the deaths of the characters played by Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty? A) Bonnie and Clyde. B) Thelma and Louise. C) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. D) Funny Girl. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bonnie and Clyde. 8. Who of these was a musician and dancer? A) Confucius (c. 551-c. 479 BCE). B) Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900). C) Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881). D) Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687). 9. The two goal posts, located at the same end of the field, are the furthest apart in which of the following sports? A) American football. B) Hockey. C) Association football (soccer). D) Rugby Union. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Association football (soccer). 10. What is an American food made from small pieces of cornmeal bread that are deep fried or baked, the ingredients of which include cornmeal, flour, eggs, salt, baking soda, milk, and water, and sometimes kernel corn, onion, spring onion and peppers? A) Shushgoslings. B) Quietkitties. C) Silentchickies. D) Hushpuppies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hushpuppies. 11. In 1918, when did the armistice take effect at the end of World War I? A) 9am on 9 September. B) 10am on 10 October. C) 12 noon on 12 December. D) 11am on 11 November. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 11am on 11 November. 12. Which New York Yankees baseball identity is credited with coining the phrase "It's deja vu all over again" ? A) Babe Ruth. B) Casey Stengal. C) Joe DiMaggio. D) Yogi Berra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yogi Berra. 13. Which of these is a contagious disease, an upper respiratory tract illness characterised by sore throat, low fever, and an adherent membrane on the tonsils, pharynx, and/or nasal cavity, once common, that has largely been eradicated in industrialised nations through widespread vaccination? A) Quinsy. B) Epilepsy. C) Diphtheria. D) Tonsillitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diphtheria. 14. What name is given to the earth's crust? A) Barysphere. B) Lithosphere. C) Hydrosphere. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lithosphere. 15. The name of the city of Firenze in Italy is usually anglicised to what? A) Ferrara. B) Faenza. C) Florence. D) Verona. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Florence. 16. What is fundamental to the common methods used in cryptography? A) Prime numbers. B) The Al-Khalil textbook. C) A crib. D) A powerful magnifying glass. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prime numbers. 17. What is the word for the weight on a line of a fishing rod? A) Sinker. B) Plumb-bob. C) Groper. D) Scuttler. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sinker. 18. What fraction, having 10 or a multiple thereof as the denominator, is represented by a full stop? A) Proportional distribution. B) Vulgar fraction. C) Calculus. D) Decimal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decimal. 19. Which is (very) slightly acid forming? A) Soy milk. B) Raw cow's milk. C) Raw goat's milk. D) Pasteurised cow's milk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pasteurised cow's milk. 20. Quakers are also known by what name? A) Society of Friends. B) Seventh Day Adventists. C) Mormons. D) Plymouth Brethren. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Society of Friends. ← 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