This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 573 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 573 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these is most likely to have a sharp edge? A) Halidom. B) Halibut. C) Halbstarker. D) Halberd. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Halberd. 2. What does "parsimonious" mean? A) Loyal to a particular cause. B) Carried and suckled in a pouch on the mother's belly. C) Careful in the use of money or other resources. D) Scrupulously exact. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Careful in the use of money or other resources. 3. Who had a team of Dr. Eric Foreman, Dr. Robert Chase, and Dr. Allison Cameron and replaced them with Dr. Eric Foreman, Dr. Remy "Thirteen" Hadley, Dr. Chris Taub and Dr. Lawrence Kutner? A) Dr. Sheldon Hawkes. B) Dr. John "J.D." Dorian. C) Dr. Gregory House. D) Dr. Finlay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dr. Gregory House. 4. Arizona and 3 other US states share a border with Mexico. Which of these is NOT one of them? A) Texas. B) California. C) New Mexico. D) Nevada. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nevada. 5. In backgammon how does a player lose a gammon? A) The player has dropped the doubling stakes based on the doubling cube. B) The player cannot move either die in a turn. C) When one of the player's blots is hit. D) The player has not managed to bear off any of their pieces before the game ends. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The player has not managed to bear off any of their pieces before the game ends. 6. The Chicago documentary "Hoop Dreams" (1994) follows two inner-city black children at school on scholarships related to what sport? A) Football. B) Baseball. C) Basketball. D) Frisbee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Basketball. 7. What was the original commercial television programme which inspired American Idol, and who created it? A) Got Talent (2005), created in the UK by Simon Cowell [SYCOtv]. B) Pop Idol (2001), created in the UK by Simon Fuller. C) The X Factor (2004), created in the UK by Simon Cowell. D) Popstars (1999), crated in New Zealand by Jonathan Dowling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Popstars (1999), crated in New Zealand by Jonathan Dowling. 8. What character created by Robert Ludlum appeared in a film trilogy released between 2002 to 2007? A) Edward Cullen. B) Harry Callaghan. C) Luke Skywalker. D) Jason Bourne. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jason Bourne. 9. What legendary land was between the Scilly Isles and Cornwall before it was overwhelmed by the sea? A) Camelot. B) Lyonesse. C) Atlantis. D) Utopia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lyonesse. 10. The US Navy funded most of the early technology development in the 1960s into what was then named a "CURV" . What do the initials stand for? A) Circular Universal Radio Valve. B) Cable-controlled Undersea Recovery Vehicle. C) Climatic Underwater Reef Ventilation. D) Co-ordinated Urban Renewal Vectors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cable-controlled Undersea Recovery Vehicle. 11. Gaiseric, or Genseric, was the ruler of what people in the 5th century? A) The Visigoths. B) The Vandals and the Alani. C) The Huna. D) The Norsemen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Vandals and the Alani. 12. Which New Zealand cricketer, a left-handed batsman who captained New Zealand in 4 Tests in the early 1950s, was one of Wisden's cricketers of the year for 1950? A) Bert Sutcliffe. B) Richard Hadlee. C) Glenn Turner. D) Martin Crowe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bert Sutcliffe. 13. What was the last record to be played on Radio Caroline South before its radio ship was towed into harbour over unpaid debts on the morning of 3 March 1968? A) "The Legend of Xanadu" by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich. B) "Mighty Quinn" by Manfred Mann. C) "Cinderella Rockefella" by Ester and Abbie Ofarim. D) "Everlasting Love" by Love Affair. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Cinderella Rockefella" by Ester and Abbie Ofarim. 14. In January 2009, what did global accountancy firm KPMG ask its 11, 000 British staff to do, that was widely reported? A) March on parliament to demand a bail-out check. B) Switch to a 4 day week or take a long holiday at 30% pay. C) Schedule coffee and toilet breaks to improve desk-sharing routines. D) Print in grey on both sides of each piece of paper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Switch to a 4 day week or take a long holiday at 30% pay. 15. What is a name given to a dried fish dish? A) Goa steak. B) Calcutta veal. C) Delhi mutton. D) Bombay duck. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bombay duck. 16. What colour is the dye made from woad? A) Yellow. B) Red. C) Blue. D) Brown. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blue. 17. Who first demonstrated his safety mechanism for elevator operation at the 1853 New York World's Fair? A) Nathan Ames. B) Robert Schindler. C) Harald Herlin. D) Elisha Otis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Elisha Otis. 18. Chameleons, parrots, cuckoos, woodpeckers, some owls and some other birds are characterised by zygodactyly. What do they have? A) Five toes. B) Feet with three digits forward and one back. C) Very short toes. D) Feet with two digits facing forward (digits 2 and 3) and two back (digits 1 and 4). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Feet with two digits facing forward (digits 2 and 3) and two back (digits 1 and 4). 19. The lead character in a televised series of books by which American author of detective fiction, has only one enduring and close relationship with Reggie, and when Reggie dies, Steve? A) Robert B. Parker. B) James Lee Burke. C) Patricia Cornwell. D) Erle Stanley Gardner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Robert B. Parker. 20. Which of these games has 9 squares on a standard board? A) Noughts and Crosses. B) Chess. C) Snakes and Ladders. D) Scrabble. 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