This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 580 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 580 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who composed the music for the musical "Chess" ? A) Richard Rodgers. B) Andrew Lloyd Webber. C) Lionel Bart. D) Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson. 2. Which of these US prisons is still operational? A) Lincoln Heights Jail, Los Angeles, California. B) Alcatraz, San Francisco, California. C) Sing Sing, Ossining, New York. D) Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sing Sing, Ossining, New York. 3. "Campbell's Soup Cans", produced in 1962 by Andy Warhol, consists of a number of canvases, each 20 inches by 16 inches (50.8 x 40.6 cm), each with a painting of a can. How many canvases are there? A) 32. B) 16. C) 64. D) 57. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 32. 4. Lake Titicaca is in which mountain range? A) Andes. B) Rockies. C) Urals. D) Caucasus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Andes. 5. What was the original name of the ship, the Golden Hind, used by Francis Drake to circumnavigate the globe? A) Pingu. B) Puff Daddy. C) Pelican. D) Petunia Clark. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pelican. 6. Ansel Adams and Terence Donovan were prominent in what field? A) High jump. B) Sculpture. C) Photography. D) Boxing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Photography. 7. When was the film "Pinky" made, dealing with the experience and challenges of an African American who has lived as white? A) 1949. B) 1969. C) 1989. D) 1929. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1949. 8. What was the purpose of the international body, IWC, when it was set up in 1946? A) Elimination of war. B) Study of the properties of wings. C) Establishment of wingdings as commercial fonts. D) The orderly development of the whaling industry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The orderly development of the whaling industry. 9. What is a phrase for a brief nap? A) 40 winks. B) 30 blinks. C) 20 tics. D) 50 spots. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 40 winks. 10. What are Soohorang and Bandabi, the official mascots for the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics respectively? A) A polar bear and a snow leopard. B) A white tiger and an Asiatic black bear. C) A fish and a swallow. D) A ray of light and a snowflake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A white tiger and an Asiatic black bear. 11. What sport is featured in the play "Daisy Pulls It Off" by Denise Deegan? A) Polo. B) Chess. C) Netball. D) Hockey. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hockey. 12. Laminitis is inflammation in layers of what? A) The eye. B) Skin round the fingernails. C) Tissue in the hooves of horses or cattle. D) Skin in the gum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tissue in the hooves of horses or cattle. 13. The Victoria Falls are on the border of Zimbabwe and which other country? A) Namibia. B) Zambia. C) South Africa. D) Angola. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zambia. 14. Rembrandt painted a number of paintings of himself, all containing what title? A) Me again. B) Self portrait. C) Only me. D) Pretentious? Moi?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Self portrait. 15. In September 2015 Malcolm Turnbull became Prime Minister of what country? A) United Kingdom. B) Canada. C) Australia. D) New Zealand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Australia. 16. Twin brothers Phil and Steve Mahre won gold and silver in the 1984 Winter Olympics in which sport? A) Orienteering. B) Luge. C) Speed skating. D) Alpine skiing (in the slalom). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alpine skiing (in the slalom). 17. Which of these characters appear in the Charles Dickens novel "Martin Chuzzlewit" ? A) Mr Pluck and Mr Pyke. B) Charity and Mercy Pecksniff. C) Mr and Mrs Sowerberry. D) Miss Havisham and Estella. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Charity and Mercy Pecksniff. 18. People from Brittany in France are known as what? A) Bruges. B) Brittanese. C) Brut. D) Breton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Breton. 19. Military signals are usually played on which instrument? A) Bass guitar. B) Violin. C) Piano. D) Bugle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bugle. 20. What does the firm Condé Nast do? A) Shipping. B) Mining. C) Publishing. D) Celebrity business management. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Publishing. ← PreviousNext →Related 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 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books