This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 601 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 601 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Aniseed is NOT the predominant flavouring of which of these drinks? A) Sambuca. B) Pastis. C) Arak. D) Orange Safari. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Orange Safari. 2. The song "Snoopy's Christmas" is set during what major period in history? A) Spanish Civil War. B) World War I. C) Boer War. D) World War II. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) World War I. 3. Who was the first General Secretary of the International Olympic Committee and later became its President, serving until 1924? A) Cyrano de Bergerac. B) Baron de Coubertin. C) Guy de Maupassant. D) Charles de Gaulle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Baron de Coubertin. 4. A "steamer", that covers the torso and the full length of the arms and legs, is a type of what? A) Radioactive suit. B) Armour. C) Spacesuit. D) Wetsuit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wetsuit. 5. What was the Pearl, created and first marketed by Peek Frean in 1865? A) Crochet stitch. B) Biscuit. C) Chair. D) Par-cooked rice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biscuit. 6. According to philosopher John Stuart Mill what " ..... is a machine for doing quickly and commodiously what would be done, though less quickly and commodiously, without it" ? A) A bicycle. B) A blender. C) Money. D) An agenda. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Money. 7. Curling stones are traditionally made of what? A) Schist. B) River stones. C) Greywacke. D) Granite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Granite. 8. Outside his professional life as a police detective, the character of Inspector Lynley in the UK series "The Inspector Lynley Mysteries" is what? A) The 8th Earl of Asherton. B) Jack the Ripper. C) A professional footballer. D) A writer of crime novels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The 8th Earl of Asherton. 9. Which of Queen Elizabeth II's children was last to leave the single state and get married? A) Edward. B) Charles. C) Anne. D) Andrew. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Edward. 10. What was Greta Garbo's first sound film (advertised as "Garbo speaks!"), in a filmed version of a play by Eugene O'Neill? A) Hallelujah. B) Disraeli. C) Bulldog Drummond. D) Anna Christie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anna Christie. 11. Which 2001 American black comedy film was based on a 1958 Friedrich DΓΌrrenmatt novel from his screenplay developed for the German film "It Happened in Broad Daylight" ? A) L.I.E. B) The Pledge. C) Sugar & Spice. D) Antitrust. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Pledge. 12. Who is the nursery rhyme gardener? A) Mary Mary. B) Little Bo Peep. C) Jack. D) The Little Mermaid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mary Mary. 13. Which of these cities has nicknames including the Granite City, the Grey City, the Silver City with the Golden Sands? A) Aberdeen. B) Edinburgh. C) Stockholm. D) Odessa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aberdeen. 14. In cricket, what term is used to describe the situation when a batsman is "out" from the first ball in both innings? A) Pair. B) King pair. C) Bronze duck. D) Silver duck. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) King pair. 15. What might a ferroequinologist observe or study? A) Canal barges. B) Racehorses. C) Circus roundabouts. D) Trains. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trains. 16. Claire Foy and Sverrir Gudnason appeared in what 2018 film, replacing what was to be a follow up to a critically acclaimed 2011 film, using the same characters but not the same actors and based on a book by a different author? A) Midsommar. B) The Killing. C) The Girl Who Played with Fire. D) The Girl in the Spider's Web. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Girl in the Spider's Web. 17. In 1660, John Milton's books were burned in London because of his attacks on whom? A) John Keats. B) Charles II. C) Oliver Cromwell. D) James II. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Charles II. 18. The episodes of which TV series ended with the family saying goodnight to each other? A) The Waltons. B) The Addams Family. C) The Munsters. D) Happy Days. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Waltons. 19. What is the name given to copper bars arranged in a cylinder, insulated from each other which rotates to connect each section of the armature in turn (in a motor) or to the external current (in a dynamo)? A) Generator. B) Commuter. C) Armutator. D) Commutator. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Commutator. 20. Which of these is the name of a World Heritage Site in Australia? A) Willandra Waters. B) Willandra Lakes. C) Willandra Ranges. D) Willandra Falls. 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