This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 609 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 609 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these, a short Texan pop singer of the 60s, 70s and 80s whose children died in a fire and whose wife died in a car crash, died of a heart attack on 6 December 1988? A) Elvis Presley. B) Roy Orbison. C) Phil Everly. D) Bob Dylan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Roy Orbison. 2. What private, coeducational, liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA, was founded as a women's college in 1861, and became coeducational in 1969? A) Vassar. B) Bryn Mawr. C) Radcliffe. D) Mount Holyoke. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vassar. 3. The word "pronto" comes to English from which language? A) Greek. B) Spanish. C) Italian. D) Portuguese. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Italian. 4. What technique do some woodpeckers, who nest in tree cavities, use to protect the nestlings? A) They close the entrance up except for a small gap for the mate to deliver food. B) They excavate and maintain resin wells immediately below and around the nest cavities. C) They peck and polish a long slippery slide below and around the nest. D) They station previous years' nestlings on permanent watch round the nest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They excavate and maintain resin wells immediately below and around the nest cavities. 5. What does "FA" stand for in the phrase "The FA cup" ? A) First Archery. B) Free Arthur. C) Fine Antique. D) Football Association. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Football Association. 6. Which is the only country in the South American mainland to have English as its official language? A) Guyana. B) None. C) Suriname. D) South Georgia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Guyana. 7. In which country did the USA enter a war by sending military advisors in 1950, escalating their involvement until finally combat units played an active part between 1965 and 1975? A) Spain. B) Vietnam. C) Kuwait. D) New Caledonia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vietnam. 8. Which 1980s pop group was led by Boy George? A) Culture Club. B) ABBA. C) Duran Duran. D) Rolling Stones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Culture Club. 9. In 1968 the first Legoland was established where? A) Ballard, Seattle. B) Belland, Canada. C) Bullock, Alabama. D) Billund, Denmark. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Billund, Denmark. 10. Martin Scorsese's 2016 film "Silence" is based on a true story and a novel written by what 1966 prize-winning author? A) Trivium. B) Shūsaku Endō. C) Bridget Stutchbury. D) Thomas Harris. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shūsaku Endō. 11. Which Roman emperor was nicknamed "Little Greek" ? A) Vespasian. B) Nero. C) Augustus. D) Hadrian. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hadrian. 12. What is the modern length of a Chinese mile, or li, in ISO metres? A) 1, 500. B) 5, 000. C) 1, 000. D) 500. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 500. 13. The name of Niccolo Paganini is associated with which instrument? A) Trombone. B) Violin. C) Bass guitar. D) Piano. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Violin. 14. Who sleeps in a walnut shell in a story by Hans Christian Andersen? A) Thumbelina. B) Tiny Tim. C) Mrs Tittlemouse. D) Tom Thumb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thumbelina. 15. Between which latitudes north does the southern border between Canada and the United States of America run? A) 40 and 50 degrees. B) 45 and 50 degrees. C) 45 and 55 degrees. D) 40 and 45 degrees. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 40 and 50 degrees. 16. The professional career of which English singer, actress, and composer began as an entertainer on radio in World War II, and during the 1960s became internationally known for hits, including "Downtown", "Colour My World" and "Don't Sleep in the Subway" ? A) Julie Andrews. B) Vera Lynn. C) Cilla Black. D) Petula Clark. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Petula Clark. 17. What is the first sign in the Chinese zodiac cycle? A) Pig. B) Rat. C) Ox. D) Dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rat. 18. Which of these characters has the most words to say in a single play? A) Hugh, in "Weed" by Anthony McCarten. B) Abigail, in "Abigail's Party" by Mike Leigh. C) Godot, in "Waiting For Godot" by Samuel Beckett. D) Iago, in "Othello" by William Shakespeare. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Iago, in "Othello" by William Shakespeare. 19. Players start with 5 of their counters on the inner board and 10 on the outer board in which game? A) Backgammon. B) Parcheesi. C) Ludo. D) Chess. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Backgammon. 20. "Speed of Sound" by British rock band Coldplay marked a milestone in February 2006, which was what? A) It became the billionth song downloaded on iTunes. B) Played at the celebration when the Human Genome Project published the last chromosome sequence. C) The CD was given as a present to Paul McCartney when he turned 64. D) USA observatories adopted it as a theme song during Mercury's transit of the sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It became the billionth song downloaded on iTunes. ← 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