This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 700 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 700 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which 1986 Oscar-winning film borrows part of its structure from Ingmar Bergman's "Fanny and Alexander" ? A) Children of a Lesser God. B) Prizzi's Honour. C) Hannah and Her Sisters. D) Agnes of God. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hannah and Her Sisters. 2. Which racquet sport game is played by two or four players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball? A) Rounders. B) Squash. C) Pelotte. D) Padder Tennis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Squash. 3. Who published an autobiography entitled "A Journey" on 1 September 2010? A) Tony Blair. B) George W Bush. C) Dian Fossey. D) Keith Richard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tony Blair. 4. On 30 September 1399, Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Lancaster, became better known as whom? A) Duke of Wellington. B) Admiral Nelson. C) King Henry IV of England. D) Napoleon III. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) King Henry IV of England. 5. Mt Kilauea, a volcano in Hawaii, has been erupting continuously since when? A) January 1983. B) June 1991. C) April 2010. D) September 2013. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) January 1983. 6. The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) was formed in April 1949; when did Germany become a member of NATO? A) 1949. B) 1952. C) 1982. D) 1955. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1955. 7. What 1999 film had the tag line "Bigger, Longer and Uncut" ? A) South Park. B) Sex and the City 2. C) Austin Powers:The Spy Who Shagged Me. D) Sleepy Hollow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) South Park. 8. What effect does annealing glass have? A) Removes internal stresses. B) Creates a fisheye effect. C) Colours it deep yellow. D) Creates a cavity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Removes internal stresses. 9. How many tentacles surround a sea cucumber's mouth? A) 10 to 30. B) None. C) 2. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10 to 30. 10. The Honda Formula One team was taken over by which team for the 2009 season? A) Red Bull. B) Brawn. C) Target Chip Gnassi Racing. D) Williams. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brawn. 11. Which of these is a description of a mordent? A) Grace notes. B) Etching tool. C) Sarcastic remark. D) Acid used in etching. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grace notes. 12. What is the next in this series:Rome, Tokyo, Mexico City ..... ? A) Moscow. B) Munich. C) Montreal. D) Innsbruck. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Munich. 13. The Himalayan mountain range runs through Eastern China, Tibet, Nepal, India and which of these? A) Bangladesh. B) Bhutan. C) Thailand. D) Vietnam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bhutan. 14. "Degras" is what? A) A lawnmower. B) A defoliant. C) A substance used to detoxify the liver. D) A by-product in the production of chamois leather. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A by-product in the production of chamois leather. 15. What is referred to as earth's sister planet due to its similar size and mass? A) Venus. B) Mars. C) Mercury. D) Jupiter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Venus. 16. What decided the International Olympic Committee to hold the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics a year later, in 2021? A) Too many athletes had been injured in qualifying. B) The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic declared in 2020. C) A wish to reset the timing of the Games. D) The economic effect of a plague of locusts in most of the countries participating. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic declared in 2020. 17. The best selling 1976 autobiography of which leading country vocalist and songwriter during the 1960s and 1970s, "Coal Miner's Daughter", was made into a film starring Sissy Spacek (who won an Academy Award for Best Actress) and Tommy Lee Jones in 1980? A) Joni Mitchell. B) Dolly Parton. C) Mariah Carey. D) Loretta Lynn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Loretta Lynn. 18. Which of these is a popular ballet by Tchaikovsky? A) The Firecracker. B) The Christmas Cracker. C) The Nutcracker. D) The Water Cracker. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Nutcracker. 19. What was the first name of the painter Manet? A) Pierre. B) Claude. C) Γdouard. D) Francois. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Γdouard. 20. "In the Land of Blood and Honey", set in Sarajevo in the 1990s in the Bosnian war, was the directorial debut of what USA actress? A) Angelina Jolie. B) Jane Fonda. C) Lisa Kudrow. D) Courteney Cox. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Angelina Jolie. 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