This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 582 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 582 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the name for a fraudulent investment operation that pays returns to separate investors from their own money or money paid by subsequent investors rather than from any actual profit earned? A) The Pool-side Hustle. B) A Tontine. C) A Ponzi scheme. D) A Madhoff Pyramid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A Ponzi scheme. 2. Which country, now landlocked, lost its coastal territory in the War of the Pacific (1879-84)? A) Mongolia. B) Paraguay. C) Bolivia. D) Laos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bolivia. 3. What are the two main symbols of the Freemasons? A) Triangle and circle. B) Brick and trowel. C) Dog and gramophone. D) Set square and compass. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Set square and compass. 4. What are the usual colours on a mat for Twister? A) Red, yellow, silver and blue. B) Red, yellow, green and blue. C) Red, yellow, green and black. D) Red, brown, green and blue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red, yellow, green and blue. 5. In competitive tennis what is the Sunshine Double? A) Winning the Australian Open and the US Open in the same year. B) Winning the Indian Wells and Miami Masters in the same year. C) Winning the Indian Wells and Miami Masters. D) Winning the Australian Open and the US Open in the same 12 months. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Winning the Indian Wells and Miami Masters in the same year. 6. What is the meaning of the Spanish word "mañana" ? A) Supermodel. B) Yellow-skinned fruit. C) Male aggression. D) The day after today. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The day after today. 7. Who designed the British World War II fighter plane, the Spitfire? A) Barnes Wallis. B) Christopher Cockerell. C) Reginald Mitchell. D) Clive Sinclair. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reginald Mitchell. 8. The Kadima, Likud and Shas political parties are active in which country? A) France. B) Turkey. C) Crete. D) Israel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Israel. 9. According to the Bible, who visited Solomon? A) Ruth. B) Lot's Wife. C) Mary Magdalene. D) The Queen of Sheba. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Queen of Sheba. 10. Peter Mayhew played which character in the original Star Wars trilogy ("Star Wars", "The Empire Strikes Back" & "Return of the Jedi")? A) Darth Vader. B) Han Solo. C) Luke Skywalker. D) Chewbacca. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chewbacca. 11. Which science fiction webseries was created and written by Lilly (formerly Andy) and Lana (formerly Laurence) Wachowski and J. Michael Straczynski for Netflix? A) Sense8 (2015). B) Jupiter Ascending (2015). C) The OA (2016). D) Stranger Things (2016). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sense8 (2015). 12. Where do the Tungusic peoples live? A) Southern Argentina. B) The Arctic. C) Eastern Siberia. D) Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eastern Siberia. 13. Which of these is most likely to be found at the end of a piece of music? A) Codex. B) Codicil. C) Coda. D) Code. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coda. 14. What is the function of the small pieces of composite or plastic used in tennis racquets called string savers? A) To dampen the movement of a string against its cross string. B) To strengthen the strings. C) To reduce wear where a string is attached to the frame. D) To provide extra resilience. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To dampen the movement of a string against its cross string. 15. Which of these is the name for an intermediate coal with poor heat generating capability? A) Alright. B) Lignite. C) Stalagmite. D) Acolyte. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lignite. 16. Which of these domestic pets is native to South America? A) Marmot. B) Hamster. C) Gerbil. D) Guinea pig. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Guinea pig. 17. Who, in 1948 at London, equalled the record of winning 4 gold medals at one Olympics, set at the previous Games by Jesse Owens? A) Stanislawa Walasiewicz. B) Audrey Williamson. C) Fanny Blankers-Koen. D) Shirley Strickland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fanny Blankers-Koen. 18. Which of these is a washed rind Italian cheese that has a strong aroma, a comparatively mild flavour with an unusual fruity tang, and a crust that is thin and studded with salt crystals? A) Anzio. B) Arpeggio. C) Caravaggio. D) Taleggio. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Taleggio. 19. Which of these is an infectious disease caused by a virus that affects the brain and spinal cord? A) Poliomyelitis. B) Tetanus. C) Pellagra. D) Rabies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poliomyelitis. 20. In "Speed The Plough" by Thomas Morton (1798) which character never appeared, but became a symbol of public prudery and conventional morality? A) Mrs Whitehouse. B) Mrs Bucket. C) Annie Walker. D) Mrs Grundy. 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