This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 617 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 617 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Koalas are native to which country? A) India. B) Australia. C) Spain. D) Brazil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Australia. 2. In the long-running US serials "Law and Order" and the off-shoot " ..... Special Victims Unit" there is a connection with the even longer running UK serial "Coronation Street" in the person of an actor who has played which role? A) Executive ADA Michael Cutter. B) Father Greg Pilkington. C) Journalist, Merton Densher. D) Hugh, Earl of Manton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Executive ADA Michael Cutter. 3. How is it generally accepted that Coney Island in New York got its name? A) It was named for cricketer Jeremy Coney. B) It was named after theatre impresario Ray Coney. C) The inhabitants had invented Coney Sauce. D) It was overrun by rabbits. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was overrun by rabbits. 4. Which fictional characters appear in plays by Shakespeare, Tom Stoppard and W S Gilbert? A) Henry V and Catherine. B) Romeo and Juliet. C) Anthony and Cleopatra. D) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. 5. Where is the Niterói Contemporary Art Museum, opened in 1996? A) Chile. B) Brazil. C) Spain. D) Argentina. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brazil. 6. What was Britbox's first original drama series released in the US? A) Spitting Image. B) The Bletchley Circle:San Francisco. C) The Wheel in Space. D) Hemlock Grove. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Bletchley Circle:San Francisco. 7. In the darts game "21", how many throws are permitted in order to get to the score of 21? A) 3. B) 8. C) 5. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 8. Of whom or what was Oscar Wilde reputedly speaking in one of his last reported remarks, "One of us will have to go" ? A) His publisher. B) His priest. C) His hotel wallpaper. D) His barber. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His hotel wallpaper. 9. Who is cartoon character "The Phantom" married to? A) Diana Dors. B) Diana Prince. C) Diana Spencer. D) Diana Palmer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diana Palmer. 10. What does julep always contain as a base? A) Bourbon. B) Sugar or syrup. C) Chicken stock. D) Tomato juice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sugar or syrup. 11. According to the saying, what "wasn't built in a day" ? A) Rome. B) The Eiffel Tower. C) Titanic. D) Parliament. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rome. 12. Paraplegic New Zealand sportswoman Neroli Fairhall won Paralympics and Commonwealth Games golds and held medals and titles in international and World Championship contests for what discipline? A) Shooting. B) Archery. C) Discus. D) Fencing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Archery. 13. Traditionally what area does the "Southern Cone" cover? A) Tasmania and New Zealand. B) Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay. C) Southern Africa and Madagascar. D) The Philippines, Vietnam and Malaysia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay. 14. What caused the disaster in December 2004 which killed an estimated 227, 898 people in 14 countries round the north-eastern Indian Ocean? A) An undersea earthquake. B) A volcanic eruption. C) A flood. D) A wildfire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An undersea earthquake. 15. Which is a distinguishing characteristic of true fungi? A) Their surface cells contain cholesterol. B) They are eukaryotes. C) Their cell walls are constructed from cellulose. D) They excrete digestive enzymes and absorb externally digested nutrients. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They excrete digestive enzymes and absorb externally digested nutrients. 16. Which of these forms the main diet of the American bald eagle? A) Insects. B) Fish. C) Seaweed. D) Old shoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fish. 17. Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group purchased which historic London theatre in 2000? A) Zirconium. B) Palladium. C) Beryllium. D) Germanium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Palladium. 18. Who was Mel Gibson's co-star in the "Lethal Weapon" series of films? A) Eddie Murphy. B) Danny Glover. C) Jamie Foxx. D) Denzel Washington. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Danny Glover. 19. Which of these is part of a car's transmission system? A) Hard drive. B) Differential. C) Cavity magnetron. D) Receiver. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Differential. 20. What is the role of Alexandre Desplat in the films "Golden Compass", "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" (I & II), "The Grand Budapest Hotel", "The King's Speech" and "The Imitation Game" ? A) Composer of the musical score. B) Cinematographer. C) Producer. D) Script writer. 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