This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 593 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 593 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Hamlet in the play of the same name was a Prince of which country? A) Denmark. B) England. C) Greece. D) Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Denmark. 2. What is another name for the gladioli? A) Sword lily. B) Kumara. C) Delphinium. D) Rose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sword lily. 3. In what field is a technique of "tilt shift" used? A) Circus. B) Photography. C) Printing. D) Oceanography. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Photography. 4. What glands produce adrenaline and cortisol? A) Suprarenal. B) Parotid. C) Lymph. D) Mucous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suprarenal. 5. Beginning in the late 15th century, expeditions mainly from Britain and which other country explored, and later settled, along the Atlantic coast of Canada? A) France. B) Spain. C) Portugal. D) Italy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) France. 6. She was known during her training and work as Nora Baker, and was posthumously awarded a British George Cross, appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire and awarded a French Croix de Guerre with Gold Star. What was her real name? A) Yolande Beekman. B) Madeleine Damerment. C) Noor Inayat Khan. D) Eliane Plewman. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noor Inayat Khan. 7. What is the object of rolling dice in the game Yahtzee? A) To match a preselected sequence, and to achieve the best poker category. B) To achieve a maximum number of sixes. C) To achieve the number closest to 123 from adding two of them and multiplying three. D) To achieve a sequence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To match a preselected sequence, and to achieve the best poker category. 8. What country was divided at the 38th parallel in 1945? A) UK. B) Korea. C) USA. D) Finland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Korea. 9. Who hit the top spot in 2002 with "U Got it Bad" ? A) Flo Rida. B) Justin Timberlake. C) Nelly. D) Usher. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Usher. 10. In the James Bond film "Quantum of Solace" who played Bond girl Camille Montes? A) Eva Green. B) Olga Kurylenko. C) Halle Berry. D) Sophie Marceau. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Olga Kurylenko. 11. Ouzo is flavoured with what? A) Cinnamon. B) Wormwood. C) Aniseed. D) Parsley. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aniseed. 12. The "Zapruder film" is famous for being a colour film of which event? A) Assassination of John F Kennedy. B) Raising of the US flag at Iwo Jima. C) Crash of the Mercedes car carrying Diana Spencer. D) Osama Bin Laden celebrating on 12 September 2001. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assassination of John F Kennedy. 13. What kind of weather is prevalent in the Guiana Highlands? A) Periodic drought. B) Temperate and rainy. C) Tornado. D) Frequent hail and snow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temperate and rainy. 14. What is the main grain used to make bourbon? A) Barley. B) Corn. C) Rye. D) Buckwheat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Corn. 15. Which is an example of a black dwarf in our galaxy? A) Ursa Major-B. B) A black hole. C) Sirius-B. D) None, so far it is a theoretical construct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None, so far it is a theoretical construct. 16. Who painted the famous paintings known as "The Cardplayers" and "Les Grandes Baigneuses" ? A) Thomas Gainsborough. B) Renoir. C) Cézanne. D) Rembrandt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cézanne. 17. The Jefferson Memorial, completed in 1943, is in which city? A) Edge Hill, Woodford, Virginia. B) Washington DC. C) New York, New York. D) San Francisco, California. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Washington DC. 18. What is the name of the belt of a judo uniform? A) Obi. B) Wan. C) Kenobe. D) Darth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Obi. 19. What is "Too much money chasing too few goods" ? A) Inflation. B) Deflation. C) Stagnation. D) Depression. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inflation. 20. The last time that anyone spoke to Adolf Hitler, he was in what city? A) Rome. B) London. C) Washington. D) Berlin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Berlin. ← 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