This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 618 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 618 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was the name of the unfortunate fish in the 1988 film starring John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline and Michael Palin? A) Mobius Dickens. B) Fishy McFishface. C) Wanda. D) Salome. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wanda. 2. What is something for which the French mechanic Arsène Millochau (1867?-1948) is celebrated? A) Finishing the first Tour de France (2, 428 km) in 1903, in last place. B) Driving the first train in Algeria. C) Inventing the three-speed bicycle. D) Being the first to buy a Brownie camera. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Finishing the first Tour de France (2, 428 km) in 1903, in last place. 3. What does the science of metrology study? A) Weather patterns. B) Measurement. C) Properties of metals. D) Conurbations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Measurement. 4. From the first Pokémon World Championship in 2004 until 2019 where were the tournaments held? A) UK. B) France. C) Taiwan. D) USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) USA. 5. Ayers, Blake's Pride, Concorde and Louise Bonne are types of what? A) Chrysanthemum. B) Apple. C) Grape. D) Pear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pear. 6. In which city did American colonists dump tea imported from England into a harbour in 1773? A) Salem. B) Pittsburg. C) Boston. D) New York. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Boston. 7. The first time that Roger Bannister ran under 4 minutes for a mile at an international meeting was at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, B.C. Which country was he representing? A) USA. B) Austria. C) England. D) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) England. 8. In the mid 1990s what major fossil discovery was made in Liaoning, China? A) The first mushroom genus described from the fossil record. B) Well-preserved fossils of feathered dinosaurs. C) The first evidence of pre-Cambrian animal life, fossils with delicate tissue. D) The earliest known vertebrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Well-preserved fossils of feathered dinosaurs. 9. Which of these is a book by Ian Fleming that has James Bond as one of its characters? A) Milly Molly Mandy. B) Othello. C) Goldfinger. D) Murder on the Orient Express. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Goldfinger. 10. Why is "Chantilly porcelain", made from 1730 to 1800 near the Château de Chantilly (Oise, France), technically an imitation porcelain? A) All designs were copied from Wedgewood. B) It was not fired. C) Kaolin (i.e. "china clay") was not an ingredient. D) It was painted in one colour only. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kaolin (i.e. "china clay") was not an ingredient. 11. What was the nickname of the defending champion in the 2014 World Snooker Championship? A) The Rocket. B) The Jester from Leicester. C) Interesting. D) On-Fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Rocket. 12. What is a quinella? A) A monozygotic twin. B) A type of bet on a horse race. C) A five man gun crew. D) A female quintuplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A type of bet on a horse race. 13. Which Norwegian musician, initially a concert pianist, composed the incidental music for the première of Henrik Ibsen's play "Peer Gynt" in 1876? A) Arne Nordheim. B) Harald Sæverud. C) Edvard Grieg. D) Jean Sibelius. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Edvard Grieg. 14. What part of a turtle is its plastron? A) Part of its beak. B) The bony plate covering its underside. C) The leathery skin between the head and the shell. D) Its tail. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The bony plate covering its underside. 15. In heraldic terms, impalement has largely replaced what practice? A) Blazoning. B) Charging. C) Division. D) Dimidiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dimidiation. 16. Sonny Bill Williams has worked in a number of sporting codes; which of these is not one of them? A) Rugby Union. B) Boxing (heavyweight). C) Rugby League. D) Football, or soccer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Football, or soccer. 17. Of Africa's 54 internationally recognised territories and states how many have a coast on the Mediterranean Sea? A) 9. B) 5. C) 7. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5. 18. Where did the world's first commercial passenger tram run? A) Mumbai, India. B) Wales, UK. C) Chicago, USA. D) Nelson, New Zealand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wales, UK. 19. In 2003, Britain's first what was opened just north of Birmingham? A) Nuclear power plant. B) Toll motorway. C) Camel racing track. D) Nature reserve for the Red-billed Chough. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Toll motorway. 20. Leo Zulueta is a notable artist in what field? A) Tattoo art. B) Harp playing. C) Danish cuisine. D) Pavement art. 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