This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 649 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 649 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which is the third element on the periodic table? A) Beryllium. B) Lithium. C) Sodium. D) Neon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lithium. 2. Where did the University of Paris called "La Sorbonne" get its name from? A) The building's original purpose. B) The suburb it is in. C) Its shape. D) Its founder. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Its founder. 3. What is the next in the series 1, 4, 25, 676? A) 9999998. B) 1096. C) 555888. D) 458329. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 458329. 4. What large flightless bird found in Mauritius by the Portuguese is believed to have died out in 1681? A) Dodo. B) Kiwi. C) Emu. D) Moa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dodo. 5. What cemetery near Sturgis, South Dakota, is associated with a gold rush, land wars, and a famous 19th century last stand? A) Fort Custer National Cemetery. B) Hot Springs National Cemetery. C) Black Hills National Cemetery. D) Fort Snelling National Cemetery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Black Hills National Cemetery. 6. Where is Glacier Bay National Park? A) Norway. B) New Zealand. C) Sweden. D) Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Canada. 7. What are the names of the two daughters of Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall that have embarked on modelling careers? A) Charlotte and Dakota. B) Margaret and Carolina. C) Anne and Minnesota. D) Elizabeth and Georgia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Elizabeth and Georgia. 8. Who was the first artistic director of the National Theatre in London? A) John Gielgud. B) Jonathan Miller. C) Laurence Olivier. D) Peter Brook. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Laurence Olivier. 9. Which of these might you use if you were mountain climbing? A) Courvoisier. B) Caribbean. C) Carabinieri. D) Carabiner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carabiner. 10. In March 2010, Brean Hammond of Nottingham University claimed that the play "Double Falsehood" by Lewis Theobald is based on the play "Cardenio", which was co-written by John Fletcher and whom? A) Oscar Wilde. B) W S Gilbert. C) George Bernard Shaw. D) William Shakespeare. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) William Shakespeare. 11. "Well you can tell by the way I use my walk, I'm a woman's man, no time to talk" are lyrics from which song by the Bee Gees? A) How Deep Is Your Love. B) Night Fever. C) Jive Talkin'. D) Stayin' Alive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stayin' Alive. 12. What is the result when NaCl and water are mixed at normal room temperature? A) Brine. B) NaOH. C) HCl. D) Cloudy water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brine. 13. Where was the final of the 1999 Rugby World Cup held? A) France. B) Wales. C) England. D) South Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wales. 14. Which of these could not be described as "calico" ? A) Breed of butterfly. B) Type of textile. C) Cat with a five-colour coat. D) The daughter of rock musician Alice Cooper. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cat with a five-colour coat. 15. What did James Bond frequently ask for that was to be "shaken, not stirred" ? A) Pina colada. B) Whisky sour. C) Vodka martini. D) Pimms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vodka martini. 16. Someone habitually dressed in ragged, worn clothing is sometimes described as "out at ..... " what? A) Odds. B) Elbow. C) The seams. D) The knee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elbow. 17. Which would be most useful in observing the stars? A) Binoculars. B) Binnacles. C) Binders. D) Binomials. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Binoculars. 18. George Orwell wrote most of his bleak dystopian novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four", published in 1949, while living on which lonely and bare island in the Inner Hebrides in the south west of Scotland? A) RΓΉm. B) Islay. C) Mull. D) Jura. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jura. 19. Alice B. Toklas, who wrote a cook book which has not been out of print since it was first published in 1954 (the most famous recipe in it is "Hashish Fudge") was the life-partner of what American author? A) Edgar Allan Poe. B) Ernest Hemingway. C) Gertrude Stein. D) Alan Ginsberg. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gertrude Stein. 20. Drakensberg is a name for an escarpment in what area? A) The Swiss Alps. B) Southern Africa. C) The Balkans. D) The Maghreb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Southern Africa. β PreviousNext βRelated 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 π Back to Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books