This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge โ Quiz 7 ๐ Homepage ๐ Download PDF Books ๐ Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 7 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is a word for the living content of a cell that is surrounded by a plasma membrane? A) Protocol. B) Protoplasm. C) Protractor. D) Prototype. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protoplasm. 2. In French cuisine, what is the name for a baked dish originating in Germany that is based on a custard made from eggs and milk or cream in a pastry crust, which usually is blind baked before the other ingredients are added for a secondary baking period? A) Pavlova. B) Pizza. C) Quiche. D) Flan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quiche. 3. Who were Great Uncle Bulgaria, Tobermory, Orinoco, Bungo, Tomsk, Wellington and Madame Cholet? A) Teletubbies. B) Wombles. C) Appointees to the UN Security Council, 2001. D) Frequent members of UK Prime Minister Tony Blair's cabinet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wombles. 4. The Safari Rally, a round of the World Rally Championship from 1973 to 2002 held in Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika, was first run as a commemorative event, in what year? A) 1963. B) 1945. C) 1953. D) 1969. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1953. 5. Which 20th century painter claimed to have invented a new technique called "action painting" and was called by the contemporary press "Jack The Dripper" ? A) Paul Klee. B) Jackson Pollock. C) Andy Warhol. D) Sam Golden. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jackson Pollock. 6. In what connection is the term "bulb of percussion" used? A) Tennis racquets. B) Drumming. C) Stone tool-making. D) Streamlining. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stone tool-making. 7. Who appeared on the first postage stamp? A) Edward VIII. B) Henry VIII. C) Victoria. D) James II. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Victoria. 8. A movement whose followers were known derisively as Lollards centred on the views of which priest, philosopher and theologian and his colleagues? A) Jerome of Prague. B) Martin Luther. C) Peter Waldo. D) John Wycliffe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) John Wycliffe. 9. Which resort shares both the summit of Mont Blanc and the title of highest commune in France with Saint-Gervais-les-Bains? A) Grenoble. B) Cannes. C) St. Moritz. D) Chamonix. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chamonix. 10. The Constitution of Cรกdiz, the first Constitution of Spain, was ratified in 1812 under whose authority? A) Joseph Bonaparte. B) Ferdinand VII. C) The Supreme Central Junta. D) Charles IV. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Supreme Central Junta. 11. When was the period of English history known as "The Anarchy" or "The Nineteen-Year Winter" ? A) 14th century. B) 20th century. C) 12th century. D) 18th century. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 12th century. 12. What is the contraction of the German "Geheime Staatspolizei" used in English? A) Ghastly. B) Gestapo. C) Glitzy. D) Gympie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gestapo. 13. What nationality was the first singles winner of the US Open (at that time, the United States National Championships) for tennis? A) Australian. B) British. C) French. D) American. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) American. 14. What estate, presented to the British nation in 1917, is the official residence of the Prime Minister? A) Fort Worth. B) Chequers. C) Camp David. D) Smithers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chequers. 15. What is the capital of the archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean called The Falkland Islands? A) Stanley. B) Georgia. C) St. George's. D) The Settlement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanley. 16. What ocean borders the US state of California? A) Pacific. B) Atlantic. C) Indian. D) Arctic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pacific. 17. Where, in 2011 and since, is a major gathering place in Egypt for expressing protest? A) The Circle. B) Bermuda Triangle. C) Dunedin Octagon. D) Tahrir Square. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tahrir Square. 18. In 2018 Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua OBE from the UK holds multiple world championships in which sport? A) Rowing. B) Boxing. C) Equestrian. D) Tennis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Boxing. 19. The foundations for which science were laid by Adam Smith in 1776 and followed up by people such as John Stuart Mill and David Ricardo? A) Economics. B) Acoustics. C) Thermodynamics. D) Hydraulics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Economics. 20. British artists William Hogarth, Joshua Reynolds, and Thomas Gainsborough were working in what century? A) 18th. B) 17th. C) 19th. D) 16th. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 18th. โ PreviousNext โRelated QuizzesGeneral QuizzesGeneral Knowledge Quiz 1General Knowledge Quiz 2General Knowledge Quiz 3General Knowledge Quiz 4General Knowledge Quiz 5General Knowledge Quiz 6General Knowledge Quiz 8General Knowledge Quiz 9General Knowledge Quiz 10 ๐ Back to Homepage ๐ Download PDF Books ๐ Premium PDF Books