This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 654 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 654 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In the films "Batman Forever" (1995) and "Batman & Robin" (1997) who was Bruce Wayne's ward? A) Tonto. B) Passepartout. C) Dick Grayson. D) Sancho Panza. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dick Grayson. 2. The iris takes its name from the Greek word meaning what? A) Delicate. B) Opening. C) Rainbow. D) Blue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rainbow. 3. Which painter, born in Antwerp, was invited by Charles I to be the court painter, and was knighted in 1632? A) Jan Brueghel the Younger. B) Hans Holbein. C) Hendrick van Balen. D) Anthony van Dyck. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anthony van Dyck. 4. Who wrote the Radetzky March? A) John Philip Sousa. B) John Radetzky. C) Michael Stipe. D) Johann Strauss Sr. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Johann Strauss Sr. 5. What relation was Gargantua to Pantagruel in the eponymous 16th century works by FranΓ§ois Rabelais? A) Uncle. B) Son. C) Brother. D) Father. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Father. 6. What is a farrow? A) Coral island. B) Field not being used. C) Burial mound. D) A litter of pigs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A litter of pigs. 7. Which of these is a breed of horse is known for its spotted coat? A) Stallion. B) Palomino. C) Appaloosa. D) Brumby. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appaloosa. 8. Which of these was an Italian military and political figure who joined the Carbonari Italian patriot revolutionaries In his twenties, and fled Italy after a failed insurrection? A) Barihairi. B) Hariblondi. C) Larimousi. D) Garibaldi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Garibaldi. 9. Which of these comes closest to the meaning of the French phrase "Billet doux" ? A) Love letter. B) Return ticket. C) Bed and breakfast. D) Overdue invoice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Love letter. 10. Saint Augustine, the oldest city in the USA, is in which state? A) New Hampshire. B) Philadelphia. C) Virginia. D) Florida. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Florida. 11. Which of these is used to describe the colour of a horse? A) Beach. B) Bay. C) Peninsula. D) Bight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bay. 12. In Greek mythology, Hera sent two serpents to kill which baby? A) Jason. B) Heracles. C) Odysseus. D) Achilles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heracles. 13. A machine or system described as "Turing complete" is one which can be thought of as being able to do what? A) Use any computing language. B) Learn by trial and error. C) Solve any problem that can be shown as algorithms given enough time, memory and the right inputs. D) Be ready for development to the next level. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Solve any problem that can be shown as algorithms given enough time, memory and the right inputs. 14. John Lombe's water-powered silk mill at Derby, operational from 1721, is generally acknowledged as being the first what? A) Company to hire women. B) Water-powered machine. C) Workplace to recognise a union. D) Factory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Factory. 15. The Bretton Woods Agreements, signed by 44 nations in 1944, were about what? A) A forestry initiative. B) Ending World War II. C) International finance. D) Setting up the new country of Israel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) International finance. 16. Which web series was the forerunner to the 2016 US TV show "Insecure" ? A) Emergency Contacts. B) Broad City. C) Awkward Black Girl. D) Subwat:The Series. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Awkward Black Girl. 17. Who was the Greek Goddess of health, who was usually represented by a serpent on a staff? A) Schwarzkopf. B) Palmolivia. C) Buglessia. D) Hygieia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hygieia. 18. Which Chief of Staff of the US Army retired in 1937 but returned to lead the defence of the Philippines in WWII, and to direct both the occupation of Japan and the allied effort early in the Korean War? A) George Custer. B) John Wayne. C) George S. Patton. D) Douglas MacArthur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Douglas MacArthur. 19. What mountains give rise to the headwaters of the Irtysh River and the main tributaries of the River Ob? A) Urals. B) Caucasus. C) Hindu Kush. D) Altai, or Altayn Nuruu. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Altai, or Altayn Nuruu. 20. Which international agreement did the US join In November 2016, withdraw from in November 2020, and re-join in February 2021? A) Joint Plan of Action. B) Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation. C) FATCA agreement between Canada and the United States. D) 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation. 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