This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 638 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 638 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "So Dear to My Heart" (1948) was a film by whom, intended to be his first live action film but which in the end included animation? A) Alfred Hitchcock. B) D.W. Griffiths. C) Charlie Chaplin. D) Walt Disney. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Walt Disney. 2. Travelling up the St Lawrence River from its mouth, which is the first major city on its shores? A) Quebec. B) Montreal. C) Ottawa. D) Toronto. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quebec. 3. On a Monopoly board, what is the symbol for the water works? A) Tap. B) Toilet seat. C) Bath tub. D) Waterfall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tap. 4. What is the next in the series:Waterloo, Blackfriars, Blackfriars Railway, Millennium ..... ? A) Southwark. B) Cannon Street Railway. C) London. D) Tower. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Southwark. 5. Cape Horn is the southernmost point of what area? A) Tasmania. B) South Africa. C) New Zealand. D) Tierra del Fuego. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tierra del Fuego. 6. What is the name for an organised body of professional applauders employed in French theatres? A) Claque. B) Clique. C) Camargues. D) Capucines. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Claque. 7. The Meuse River rises in France and flows through which other country or countries? A) Belgium and the Netherlands. B) Germany. C) Italy. D) Switzerland and Italy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Belgium and the Netherlands. 8. Which of these is a fighter plane used by the British air force during World War II? A) Vomitfumes. B) Coughsmoke. C) Sneezeash. D) Spitfire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spitfire. 9. The national team of the Iroquois League was admitted to the international federation for what sport in 1990 and competes internationally, the only native American/First Nations team to do so? A) Snowboarding. B) Ice hockey. C) Lacrosse. D) Dog sled racing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lacrosse. 10. Which of these bands had hit records with "She Loves You", "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "P. S. I Love You" ? A) The Rutles. B) The Roaches. C) The Slaters. D) The Beatles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Beatles. 11. "Saki" was the pen-name of which Scottish short story writer who was killed during World War I? A) Edgar Allen Poe. B) Somerset Maugham. C) H. H. Munro. D) Guy de Maupassant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) H. H. Munro. 12. Which of these cities is in Libya? A) Tripoli and Benghazi. B) Alexandria. C) Casablanca. D) Beirut. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tripoli and Benghazi. 13. A book by D H Lawrence that caused controversy in the 1960s is "Lady Chatterley's ..... " what? A) Flatulence. B) Bicycle. C) Lingerie. D) Lover. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lover. 14. A British comedy, first staged in London's West End in 1971 that ran for nearly a decade to packed audiences though unanimously panned by critics, was "No Sex, Please, We're ..... " what? A) Electricians. B) British. C) Tired. D) Baking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) British. 15. What is the first name of the poet Coleridge? A) Bob. B) Samuel. C) RenΓ©. D) Leroy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Samuel. 16. What is the name of the index of average daily prices on the New York Stock Exchange? A) Dow Jones. B) Dave Jenkins. C) Dennis Jason. D) Drew Jackson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dow Jones. 17. Sim, a two-player game designed to be played with pencil and paper, calls for the players to do what? A) Find the quickest path through a maze. B) Avoid creating triangles in a basket of lines connecting 6 vertices. C) Draw the most recognisable character from the "The Sims". D) Play a chess game from the Siberian International Masters repertoire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Avoid creating triangles in a basket of lines connecting 6 vertices. 18. Bodrum, Fethiye, Marmaris, KuΕadasΔ±, Cesme, Didim and Alanya are tourist resorts in which country? A) South Africa. B) Samoa. C) France. D) Turkey. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Turkey. 19. Where was the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Frances Spencer on 29 July 1981, held? A) Westminster Abbey. B) St Paul's Cathedral. C) Windsor Guildhall. D) Buckingham Palace. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) St Paul's Cathedral. 20. Former New York City police chief Bernard Kerik, appointed US homeland security chief in 2004, was imprisoned for 4 years in February 2010 for what reason? A) Investment scam. B) Manslaughter. C) Nepotism. D) Tax fraud. 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