This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 571 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 571 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these is not a nickname for New Orleans, Louisiana, USA? A) The City That Care Forgot. B) The Crescent City. C) The Big Easy. D) The Big Apple. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Big Apple. 2. William Trubridge has set 19 world (AIDA) records, from 2007 to July 2016, in what sport? A) Surfing. B) Freediving. C) Snorkelling. D) Hot air ballooning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Freediving. 3. What is the term for a period of isolation to prevent the spread of disease? A) Quarantine. B) Brilliantine. C) Benzedrine. D) Palatine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quarantine. 4. Which is the Muppet character who appeared in "The Muppet Show" from the third season and in a number of Muppet films, who throws fish which return to him and plays a fish organ (a line of fish that, when squeezed, each gargle a different note)? A) Lew Zealand. B) Dr. Julius Strangepork. C) Crazy Harry. D) Beauregard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lew Zealand. 5. In 1896 the first modern what, were held in Athens, Greece? A) Baking competitions. B) Chariot races. C) International singing competitions. D) Olympic Games. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Olympic Games. 6. Which of these was an American baseball player who holds the record for most World Series home runs? A) Mickey Mantle. B) Mickey Rooney. C) Mickey Mouse. D) Mickey Finn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mickey Mantle. 7. Part of the continent of South America is in the Northern Hemisphere. This include parts of Ecuador, and, wholly or partly, six other South American countries. Which of these is NOT one? A) Peru. B) Brazil. C) Colombia. D) French Guiana. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peru. 8. In 1497 one of the world's best known explorers rounded Cape Agulhas. Who was he, and what was he looking for? A) Christopher Columbus from Genoa, a sea route to south and east Asia. B) Marco Polo from Venice, a sea route to China. C) Ferdinand Magellan from Portugal, route for the first circumnavigation of the Earth. D) Vasco da Gama from Portugal, sea route from Europe to India. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vasco da Gama from Portugal, sea route from Europe to India. 9. When Winston Churchill wrote "Before this, we had no victory and after it we had no defeats", which event was he talking about? A) The Charge of the Light Brigade. B) The Battle of Waterloo. C) The Battle of the Bulge. D) The Second Battle of El Alamein. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Second Battle of El Alamein. 10. In April 2021 the Swiss Army started a trial of what? A) Reduction of the armed forces from about 120, 000 to 40, 000. B) Conscription for women. C) Relaxation of conscription for men. D) Specifically female underpants for women soldiers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Specifically female underpants for women soldiers. 11. Which of these is a small monkey found in Columbia and Brazil? A) Marmoset. B) Marmot. C) Mango. D) Mummer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marmoset. 12. What is a leat? A) An alternative English alphabet, used primarily on the Internet. B) An artificial watercourse or in-ground aqueduct. C) One of the wards of the county of Cumberland in north west England. D) A neck brace designed to help reduce neck injuries in helmeted sports. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An artificial watercourse or in-ground aqueduct. 13. Candyfloss (also called cotton candy or fairy floss, and similar to the Persian Pashmak and the Turkish PiΕmaniye) is a form of spun what? A) Flour. B) Sugar. C) Turpentine. D) Wool. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sugar. 14. "Poison arrow" or "poison dart" is what type of creature? A) Lizard. B) Snake. C) Frog. D) Crocodile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frog. 15. When was the first modern Olympic Games scheduled to be held in an Asian country? A) 1972. B) 1964. C) 1940. D) 1914. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1940. 16. What happened during a New York sprint car race to cause NASCAR driver Tony Stewart to withdraw from the 2014 Cheez-It 355 at Watkins Glen International race the day after? A) The Sprints race was not NASCAR-sanctioned and he was disqualified. B) His car spun out taking 10 more cars with it and he was hospitalised. C) Stewart's car struck and killed Kevin Ward Jr who was walking down the track. D) His patron died in a plane crash. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stewart's car struck and killed Kevin Ward Jr who was walking down the track. 17. What is music therapy? A) Help in growing plants. B) Repair of musical instruments. C) Assistance to composers struggling with their work. D) Use of music to help heal people with identified emotional, intellectual, physical or social needs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Use of music to help heal people with identified emotional, intellectual, physical or social needs. 18. John Frieda is a famous name in what field? A) Portrait photography. B) Architecture. C) Choreography. D) Hairdressing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hairdressing. 19. Scottish actor Anthony Robert McMillan, who assumed as his stage name that of a pioneering American jazz saxophonist and composer, stars in which of these films? A) Avatar (2009). B) Casino Royale (2006). C) Babe (1995). D) The Harry Potter series (2001-2011). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Harry Potter series (2001-2011). 20. How would a balmacaan be used? A) Eaten. B) Drunk. C) To turn a screw. D) Worn. 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