This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 570 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 570 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What nationality is Justine Henin, winner of 7 Grand Slam singles titles and an Olympic gold medal, who retired from professional tennis in 2008 when ranked World No. 1 and returned in 2010? A) Belgian. B) Japanese. C) French. D) Argentinian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Belgian. 2. What was the surname of the family who looked after Paddington Bear? A) Brown. B) Green. C) Grey. D) Black. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brown. 3. Which of these words is a generic Chinese term for a dish of stir-fried noodles, either soft noodles, or, in "Hong Kong" style, thin crispy noodles? A) Chow mein. B) Chowder. C) Chop suey. D) Ciao. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chow mein. 4. Who caused a scandal when, on 2 February 1950, she gave birth to the son of Italian film director Roberto Rossellini while married to neurosurgeon Peter Lindstrom? A) Greta Garbo. B) Ingrid Bergman. C) Katharine Hepburn. D) Audrey Hepburn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ingrid Bergman. 5. In which decade was the experimental form of composition which became known as musique concrΓ¨te first explored in depth? A) 1940s. B) 1970s. C) 1980s. D) 1890s. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1940s. 6. Members of what family were killed in the Massacre of Glencoe in Scotland, on 13 February 1692? A) Mackenzie. B) Campbell. C) McDonald. D) Fergusson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) McDonald. 7. Which singer, composer, actor, comedian, librettist, theatre builder, patron of the arts and impresario also wrote the libretto for Mozart's "The Magic Flute" ? A) Emanuele Conegliano (Lorenzo da Ponte). B) Emanuel Schikaneder. C) Christoph Friedrich Bretzner. D) Pietro Metastasio. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emanuel Schikaneder. 8. According to the nursery rhyme, what happened just before the clock struck one? A) The mouse ran up it. B) It fell off the wall. C) The cow jumped over the moon. D) Jack fell down and broke his crown. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The mouse ran up it. 9. Which of these is a seaport in Croatia? A) Rip it. B) Split. C) Get out of here. D) Take to your heels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Split. 10. What does the Republic of Ireland call itself? A) The Irish Free State. B) Hibernia. C) The Republic of Ireland. D) Γire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Γire. 11. What is a 'single make' open-wheel auto racing series wherein competitors represent their nation as opposed to themselves or a team? A) A1 Grand Prix. B) Formula One. C) Indycar Racing. D) NASCAR. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A1 Grand Prix. 12. How many claws does a cat have? A) 16. B) 20. C) 18. D) 22. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 18. 13. Which of these has a pouch? A) Female kangaroo. B) Violin. C) Grasshopper. D) Railway station. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Female kangaroo. 14. Which of these are creatures from Greek mythology that had the head and body of a woman and the wings and feet of a bird? A) Lutenists. B) Pianists. C) Trumpeters. D) Harpies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Harpies. 15. Which ex-husband and wife shared in long-running British TV series 1981-91 and 1997-2011? A) John and Joyce Nettles. B) Timothy West and Prunella Scales. C) Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson. D) John Cleese and Connie Booth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John and Joyce Nettles. 16. What caused it to snow in New England at least once every month during 1816? A) An asteroid breaking up over Canada. B) Global cooling. C) The opening of the first Westinghouse factory in North America. D) The eruption of Tambora. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The eruption of Tambora. 17. "Elia" was the pseudonym of which author? A) Charles Dickens. B) Charles Lamb. C) H. H. Munro. D) Jonathan Swift. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Charles Lamb. 18. All snowflakes are geometric figures with how many sides or points? A) 12. B) 4. C) 6. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6. 19. The Tetris theme music is taken from a folk song native to which country? A) Russia. B) France. C) Hungary. D) Poland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Russia. 20. The Mesolithic is one of the areas archaeologists divide which Age into? A) Stone. B) Bronze. C) Iron. D) Prehistory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stone. β PreviousNext βRelated 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 π Back to Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books