This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 575 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 575 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In economics, what is TWI? A) Trade Weighted Index. B) Trans World Incorporation. C) Trending While Intransigent. D) Taxation World Index. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trade Weighted Index. 2. Which of these is dish originating in Louisiana, USA? A) Disco. B) Combo. C) Mambo. D) Gumbo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gumbo. 3. Which of these flags does not have a cross on it? A) Denmark. B) Belgium. C) Finland. D) Norway. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Belgium. 4. Which film, based on the 1976 autobiography by American anti-war activist Ron Kovic, won 4 Golden Globes and 8 nominations for an Oscar (including 2 wins)? A) Platoon. B) Born on the Fourth of July. C) JFK. D) Heaven and Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Born on the Fourth of July. 5. Where in Britain is Bishop Rock lighthouse? A) Scilly Isles. B) Anglesey. C) Lundy. D) Channel Islands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scilly Isles. 6. The Royal New Zealand Plunket Society founded in 1907 was established to focus on what? A) Research on the sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae. B) Support for the game of cricket. C) Provide health services for babies and young children. D) Promoting railway systems in NZ. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Provide health services for babies and young children. 7. In 2001 at least how many films released in the USA were sequels, prequels, or the start of a series? A) 3. B) 7. C) 12. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 12. 8. Which of these plays by Shakespeare was set in England? A) Hamlet. B) Julius Caesar. C) Romeo and Juliet. D) The Merry Wives of Windsor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Merry Wives of Windsor. 9. What medical tool was developed in the early 1950s, consisting of two parts, a ball surrounded by a cage constructed using Plexiglas later changed to silicone-coated material? A) Cardiac pacemaker. B) Artificial hip-joint. C) Medical ventilator. D) Artificial mechanical heart valve. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Artificial mechanical heart valve. 10. In the 2000 film, who played "Billy Elliot"s dancing teacher? A) Felicity Kendall. B) Julie Walters. C) Mis brodie. D) Helen Mirren. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Julie Walters. 11. What is a name for the strong, cold, gusty north-easterly winter wind which blows to the Adriatic Sea from the Dinaric Alps? A) Bise. B) Bora. C) Meltemi. D) Euroclydon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bora. 12. Bitumen is made to go onto what? A) Ice cream. B) Road. C) Feet. D) Garden plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Road. 13. What is the official process whereby one nation or state requests and obtains from another nation or state the surrender of a suspected or convicted criminal? A) Exile. B) Extrapolation. C) Extradition. D) Suspension. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Extradition. 14. What is Kavachi in the South Pacific? A) A fermented drink. B) An active submarine volcano. C) A sacred mountain peak. D) A ceremonial funerary dance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An active submarine volcano. 15. What was the family name of the Mafia mob depicted in the "Godfather" movies? A) Berlusconi. B) Mussolini. C) Corleone. D) Ravioli. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Corleone. 16. Despite being named for the Ebola River in Congo the virus was first isolated some distance away; where? A) Yalikonde. B) Kinshasa. C) Yambuku. D) Yandongi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yambuku. 17. What nationality is retired racing driver Alain Prost? A) Finnish. B) French. C) Greek. D) Albanian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) French. 18. Who opened their own business in 1885, by 1890 was recognized as one of France's foremost Art Nouveau jewellery designers, and in the 1920s became famous for his work in the Art Deco style? A) Mary Quant. B) Aubrey Beardsley. C) Barbara Hepworth. D) RenΓ© Lalique. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) RenΓ© Lalique. 19. From May 1822 to March 1823 and from April 1864 to May 1867, Mexico was governed as a what? A) Constitutional and hereditary monarchy with an Emperor. B) Tributary of Brazil. C) Republic. D) Plutocracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Constitutional and hereditary monarchy with an Emperor. 20. What British sitcom, written by and starring Jennifer Saunders and co-starring Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha, June Whitfield and Jane Horrocks, was first broadcast by the BBC in 1992? A) The Goodies. B) Absolutely Fabulous. C) Only Fools and Horses. D) The Good Life. 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