This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 572 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 572 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In the 1960s Tom Elwes instituted which championship in Congham in Norfolk, England? A) World Snail Racing Championship. B) World Conker Championship. C) World Series of Poker. D) International Frog Jumping Championship. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) World Snail Racing Championship. 2. At a banquet, the ghost of whom enters and sits in Macbeth's chair? A) Banquo. B) Christmas Past. C) His father, King Hamlet. D) Burnham. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Banquo. 3. What were Scotsmen prohibited from wearing 1746-1782 under the Highland Garb Act, after the rising in Scotland in 1745? A) Tam o' Shanter. B) Sporran. C) Tartan. D) Sword. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tartan. 4. The 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck were marked by what? A) A fire in the Olympic Village. B) Blinding snowstorms. C) Avalanches. D) Lack of snow, a hot dry wind, and rain that melted snow and ice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lack of snow, a hot dry wind, and rain that melted snow and ice. 5. Which vehicle maker has marketed models called Diamante, L300, Chariot and Delica? A) Mitsubishi. B) Nissan. C) Honda. D) Dodge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mitsubishi. 6. What is the black hole information paradox propounded by Stephen Hawking in the 1970s? A) A black hole can slowly radiate energy. B) No information about a black hole can escape it. C) As a black hole evaporates the information about its initial state disappears. D) A black hole has a property called "quantum hair". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) As a black hole evaporates the information about its initial state disappears. 7. What was the occupation of the eponymous character in the film "Mary Poppins" ? A) Nanny. B) Parking warden. C) Coal miner. D) Exotic dancer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nanny. 8. What is Andrew Stanton most associated with? A) Establishing SIGGRAPH, an annual conference on computer graphics and interactive techniques. B) Developing animation techniques for the 1973 film Westworld. C) Pixar Animation Studios. D) DreamWorks Animation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pixar Animation Studios. 9. Which of these is part of traditional Chinese cuisine? A) Eucalyptus leaves. B) Pasta. C) Bamboo shoots. D) Flamingo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bamboo shoots. 10. What was the title of Susan Boyle's hit record at the end of 2009? A) I Hated a Dream. B) I Had a Dream. C) I Dreamed a Dream. D) I Loved a Dream. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I Dreamed a Dream. 11. Which city-building video game was developed by Will Wright, was released for a number of platforms from 1989 to 1991, and eventually generated a game which has become one of the best-selling franchises in the video game industry? A) SimCity. B) Warcraft. C) Cities XXL. D) The Sumerian Game. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SimCity. 12. In 1955 a book was published following discussion initiated by Sir Hugh Beaver and based on the idea of settling pub arguments. What brand name was attached to the book? A) Gordons. B) Clayton. C) Guinness. D) Green. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Guinness. 13. After she beat Francesca Schiavone during the 2010 Sony Ericsson Tennis Championships in Doha, who was ranked World No. 1 on the WTA Tour? A) Caroline Wozniacki. B) Samantha Stosur. C) Elena Dementieva. D) Vera Zvonareva. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caroline Wozniacki. 14. Which of these is an executive toy consisting of 5 suspended spheres, so that when one is lifted and released, it swings down to push the last one upward? A) Fleming's Cradle. B) Hawking's Cradle. C) Pasteur's Cradle. D) Newton's Cradle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Newton's Cradle. 15. Who played Rick Deckard in the 1982 film "Blade Runner" ? A) Harrison Ford. B) Sean Connery. C) Roger Moore. D) John Malkovich. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harrison Ford. 16. Who was president of the USA at the end of the Vietnam War when the last U.S. diplomatic, military, and civilian personnel were evacuated from Saigon by helicopter on 29 April 1975? A) George Washington. B) Gerald Ford. C) Richard Nixon. D) Franklin D. Roosevelt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gerald Ford. 17. Which Welsh folk singer was one of the first to sign to The Beatles' "Apple" label, and is best known for her 1968 single "Those Were The Days" ? A) Bonnie Tyler. B) Petula Clark. C) Alison Moyet. D) Mary Hopkin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mary Hopkin. 18. What does the sport of kurash entail? A) A bow and arrow. B) Wrestling. C) Clubs. D) Throwing balls. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrestling. 19. Which English lawyer wrote "Dulcamara", "Pygmalion and Galatea", and "The Wicked World" before he became a librettist and lyricist for comic operas? A) Noel Coward. B) George Bernard Shaw. C) W S Gilbert. D) Oscar Wilde. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) W S Gilbert. 20. What was opened in 1059 at the mouth of Luoyang River in Quanzhou, Fujian province, northern China? A) The end of the Grand Canal, the world's longest canal. B) The Temple of Heaven. C) A deep sea port. D) The first stone bay bridge in China. 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