This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 673 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 673 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The hero of which film starring Alec Guinness was a mousy bank clerk with steel-rimmed glasses and bowler hat who devised a plan to smuggle gold bars out of England disguised as small souvenir replicas of the Eiffel Tower? A) Kind Hearts and Coronets. B) The Lavender Hill Mob. C) A Run For Your Money. D) The Lady Killers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Lavender Hill Mob. 2. How many tusks does a typical adult male walrus have? A) 2. B) 4. C) 6. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2. 3. The capital of the U S A, Washington, DC, is bordered by Maryland and which other state? A) Pennsylvania. B) Virginia. C) New York. D) Maine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Virginia. 4. During the period from the 12th to 15th centuries CE, what was the land from the Gulf of Finland in the west to the northern Ural Mountains in the east (including the Lake Ladoga regions of modern Russia) known as? A) The Novgorod Republic. B) The Republic of Karelia. C) Primorskaya Oblast. D) Republic of Manchuria. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Novgorod Republic. 5. Which of these is a musical that tells the story of cowboy Curly McLain and his romance with farm girl Laurey Williams? A) Nebraska!. B) Wyoming!. C) Oklahoma!. D) South Dakota!. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oklahoma!. 6. Which American comedy TV series that ran for eleven seasons to 1993 and was set in a Boston bar, was created by James Burrows, Glen Charles and Les Charles? A) Frasier. B) Cheers. C) The Mary Tyler Moore Show. D) Friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cheers. 7. Which of these is a jumping toy for children? A) Walking stick. B) Pogo stick. C) Hockey stick. D) Shooting stick. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pogo stick. 8. Which state did the first African American elected to the US Senate serve? A) Mississippi. B) Massachusetts. C) Illinois. D) Louisiana. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mississippi. 9. Where do the Berg winds blow? A) South Africa. B) Norway. C) Iceland. D) Antarctica. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) South Africa. 10. What does the Federation Internationale de Natation administer? A) Dog crossbreeding principles. B) Birth control. C) Lettering standards. D) Aquatic sports. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aquatic sports. 11. What is the name for a device that measures the rate of rotation of a revolving shaft? A) Altimeter. B) Pedometer. C) Tachometer. D) E C Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tachometer. 12. Which hormone controls the female reproductive cycle? A) Testosterone. B) Oestrogen. C) Prostaglandin. D) Thiamine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oestrogen. 13. A word opposite in meaning to another in the same language is called what? A) Syllogism. B) Synonym. C) Antonym. D) Antimacassar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antonym. 14. In 2011 the Classic Brit Awards named who as "Artist of the Decade" ? A) Il Divo. B) Amy Winehouse. C) John Barry. D) Andrea Bocelli. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Il Divo. 15. The initials "FDC" are connected with what activity? A) Philately. B) Model railroading. C) Basketball. D) Chess. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Philately. 16. Who recorded the theme songs for three James Bond films? A) Shirley Bassey. B) Nina Simone. C) Tom Jones. D) Paul McCartney. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shirley Bassey. 17. Which of these British Prime Ministers was the oldest when first elected? A) Margaret Thatcher. B) Winston Churchill. C) Tony Blair. D) John Major. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Winston Churchill. 18. After about eight centuries of occupation by various countries Latvia declared independence, just after the World War I armistice in 1918, from what country? A) Germany. B) Russia. C) Lithuania. D) Sweden. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Russia. 19. In mediaeval western Europe what did the term "villein" mean? A) A convicted felon. B) A peasant tied to an area of land, to a manor, or to the lord of a manor. C) A soldier for hire. D) A person shunned by a village or community. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A peasant tied to an area of land, to a manor, or to the lord of a manor. 20. At what were the Allies and the US aiming in their Operation Market Garden in 1944 in World War II? A) Creating an invasion route from the Netherlands into northern Germany. B) Liberating the Dutch cities of Eindhoven and Nijmegen. C) To defeat and expel Japanese forces from the Philippines. D) Carrying food and supplies to Berlin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Creating an invasion route from the Netherlands into northern Germany. ← PreviousNext →Related 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 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books