This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 602 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 602 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the collective name for The Colossus of Rhodes, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Pharos at Alexandria, the Pyramids of Egypt, Pheidias' Statue of Jupiter at Olympus, the Temple of Diana at Ephesus and the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus? A) Bricks and Mortar. B) The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. C) Roman Ruins. D) Archaeology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. 2. Which character is the first to die in the British TV soap "Coronation Street" (in the seventh episode)? A) Mary Hardman. B) Elsie Tanner. C) Ena Sharples. D) Minnie Caldwell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mary Hardman. 3. Who developed and built Catch Me Who Can? A) Ole Kirk Christiansen. B) James Watt. C) Richard Trevithick. D) Karl von Drais. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Richard Trevithick. 4. Which of these is a New England state of the USA? A) Oklahoma. B) Vermont. C) Illinois. D) Tennessee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vermont. 5. Who was the principal villain in the 2004 movie 'Spider-Man 2'? A) Green Goblin. B) The Riddler. C) Dr. Otto Octavius. D) Sandman. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dr. Otto Octavius. 6. It started as a play in Germany in 1897 by Oscar Blumenthal and actor Gustav Kadelburg, was recreated as a silent film in 1926 and then as a musical in 1930 as which it has remained popular. What is the title? A) The White Horse Inn. B) The Student Prince. C) The King and I. D) Knickerbocker Holiday. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The White Horse Inn. 7. What is Sirius B, the smaller body of the Sirius binary star? A) White dwarf. B) Brown dwarf. C) Main sequence stars. D) T Tauri Star. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) White dwarf. 8. What would audiences watching the play "The Comedy of Errors" by William Shakespeare expect their main response to be? A) Noting facts for historical research. B) Laughter. C) To eat a lot of sweetmeats. D) To issue the playwright with a list of errors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Laughter. 9. What military slang term for members of the US Marine Corps was derived from a special collar once worn around the neck by both American and British Marines and soldiers from 1798? A) Leathernecks. B) Ruffles. C) Nehrus. D) Wings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leathernecks. 10. What is a wyvern? A) A crested dragon. B) A dragon with wings and one pair of legs. C) A male komodo dragon. D) A female eastern water dragon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A dragon with wings and one pair of legs. 11. When Kobe Bryant of the Lakers played the farewell game of his 20 year NBA career in 2016 what was his score as part of his side's 101-96 win? A) 81. B) 60. C) 25. D) NIL. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 60. 12. In November 2015 how did Michelle Payne make history? A) She was the first person to cast a coin in the newly renovated Trevi fountain in Rome. B) She was the first to complete a global loop using only solo human power. C) She was the first female jockey to win Australia's Melbourne Cup. D) She became the first female Australian astronaut. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She was the first female jockey to win Australia's Melbourne Cup. 13. Actor John Wayne is mostly associated with what type of film? A) Western. B) Romance. C) Period drama. D) Documentary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Western. 14. What was the name given to the line of German defences that ran across Italy from east to west, through the Apennine Mountains via the mountains behind the town of Cassino, to the mouth of the Sangro River in the east? A) Siegfried Line. B) Gothic Line. C) Gustav Line. D) Maginot Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gustav Line. 15. Claude Rouget de Lisle composed which well known tune in 1792? A) Lily Marlene. B) La Marseillaise. C) Chanson d'Amour. D) Mademoiselle from Armentieres. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) La Marseillaise. 16. What does the Latin term "compos mentis" mean? A) Of sound mind. B) Camp men. C) Fertiliser repairs. D) Communist Postmen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Of sound mind. 17. What characterises "Los Angeles smog" ? A) Hydrocarbons and smoke. B) Water and hydrocarbons. C) Water, hydrocarbons and soot particles. D) Nitrogen oxides, hydrocarbons and ozone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nitrogen oxides, hydrocarbons and ozone. 18. Which American singer who starred in "The New Mickey Mouse Club" from 1993 to 1994 and released her debut album " ..... Baby One More Time" in 1999 was ranked by Forbes in 2009 as the 13th most powerful celebrity and the 2nd biggest-earning young musician? A) Vera Lynn. B) Liza Minnelli. C) Annette Funicello. D) Britney Spears. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Britney Spears. 19. If the sides of a triangle measure 5, 13 and 12, what is the angle defined by the sides which are 5 and 12? A) 60 degrees. B) 45 degrees. C) 30 degrees. D) 90 degrees. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 90 degrees. 20. What does the suffix "some" mean in relation to the word to which it is attached? A) Having that quality. B) Any of these, depending on context. C) Causing that feeling or condition. D) A group of that number of people or things. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Any of these, depending on context. ← 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