This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 595 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 595 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. During World War I, US president Woodrow Wilson raised an army through conscription and gave total command to whom? A) General John J. Pershing. B) General Douglas MacArthur. C) General Dwight D. Eisenhower. D) General George S. Patton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) General John J. Pershing. 2. The character names Purdey and Ducky are indirectly linked by which UK TV scifi series? A) The Andromeda Strain. B) The Prisoner. C) Sapphire and Steel. D) Thunderbirds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sapphire and Steel. 3. The line "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures, the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge, has marked the upward surge of mankind ..... " is from which film? A) Heaven and Earth. B) JFK. C) Wall Street. D) Wall Street:Money Never Sleeps. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wall Street. 4. Who was the mother of James V of Scotland (the father of Mary, Queen of Scots and the son of King James IV of Scotland)? A) Eleanor of Aquitaine. B) Mary of Guise. C) Catherine of Aragon. D) Princess Margaret Tudor of England. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Princess Margaret Tudor of England. 5. Where are armadillos native? A) South America. B) North America. C) Borneo. D) Malaysia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) South America. 6. Which of these became a World Formula One Champion while driving for Williams? A) Jacques Villeneuve. B) James Hunt. C) Jackie Stewart. D) Mario Andretti. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jacques Villeneuve. 7. Which of these is an island holiday destination and a type of shorts? A) Corfu. B) Tasmania. C) Crete. D) Bermuda. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bermuda. 8. Who was responsible for taking Caracas from the Spaniards? A) El Cid. B) Che Guevara. C) Simon Bolivar. D) Davy Crockett. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simon Bolivar. 9. In the late 16th century when the phrase was first recorded in England, what did the phrase "wild goose chase" refer to? A) A form of horse race. B) A form of falconry. C) A day in the year when serfs and servants were allowed to hunt for wild meat. D) The formation for beaters in bird hunt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A form of horse race. 10. Which group of over 7000 islands has main islands called Luzon, Mindanao, Samar, Negros, Palawan, Panay, Mindora, Leyte, Cebu, Bohol and Masbate? A) Marquesas. B) Philippines. C) Indonesia. D) Tonga. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Philippines. 11. Which of these is a Japanese dish? A) Tae Kwando. B) Tae Kawai. C) Sukiyaki. D) Sumimoto. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sukiyaki. 12. Dan Quayle was Vice President to which president of the USA? A) George H Bush. B) Richard Nixon. C) Ronald Reagan. D) George W Bush. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) George H Bush. 13. A verse or any writing with fixed lines, the first letter, syllable or word of which forms a message when read downwards is called what? A) Acronym. B) Acrostic. C) Abecedarius. D) Cryptic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acrostic. 14. Which was a "first" that marked the opening ceremony of the 1976 Summer Olympics? A) The first female to light the Olympic flame. B) The Olympic flame was lighted by two people. C) Two black American athletes raised their black-gloved fists in their medal award ceremony. D) Use of a synthetic all-weather surface for track and field events. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Olympic flame was lighted by two people. 15. Student protests on the streets of central Dublin on 3 November 2010 involving 25, 000 to 40, 000 protesters, and in London 2 weeks later with 10, 000 protesters, were in opposition to what? A) Religious intolerance. B) Military action in Afghanistan. C) Conscription. D) A proposed increase in university fees & cuts to student grants. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A proposed increase in university fees & cuts to student grants. 16. In 2014 what Formula One team was Lewis Hamilton driving for? A) Mercedes AMG. B) McLaren. C) Red Bull. D) Williams. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mercedes AMG. 17. Writers of episodes for the UK comedy TV series "Doctor in the House" (1969-70) included comic artists Graham Chapman, Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Bernard McKenna and who else? A) Michael Palin. B) John Cleese. C) Dudley Moore. D) Peter Sellers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John Cleese. 18. Which of these was a German rocket scientist who worked in America after World War II? A) Heinrich Himmler. B) Vincent van Gogh. C) Wernher von Braun. D) Paul von Hindenburg. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wernher von Braun. 19. Which country, whose chief port is La Guaira, became a republic after seceding from the Republic of Colombia in 1830? A) Caracas. B) Venezuela. C) Bolivia. D) Guatemala. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Venezuela. 20. What is the capital of the Isle of Man? A) Eric. B) Douglas. C) Bob. D) Tom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Douglas. ← 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