This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 705 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 705 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these was an influential American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement who in 1945 married Lee Krasner, an important influence on his career? A) Andy Warhol. B) Mark Rothko. C) Edward Hopper. D) Jackson Pollock. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jackson Pollock. 2. What is the focus of the 2020 Netflix series "The Healing Powers of Dude" ? A) A boy and his emotional support dog. B) Homeopathy. C) The creation of a piece of music. D) A travelling populist pastor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A boy and his emotional support dog. 3. What was the first book to be printed in England, in 1477? A) "Morte d'Arthur". B) "The Canterbury Tales". C) "The Dictes or Sayengis of the Philosophres". D) "The Game and Plays of the Chesse". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "The Dictes or Sayengis of the Philosophres". 4. What is a pinetum? A) A garden dedicated to pines. B) Someone who is very hungry. C) A bonsai pine tree. D) An asteroid in the main belt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A garden dedicated to pines. 5. Which country is led in 2016, in fact though not in name, by someone held by the country under house arrest for almost 15 of the 21 years from 1989 to 2010? A) Thailand. B) Kampuchea. C) Singapore. D) Myanmar/Burma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Myanmar/Burma. 6. Who worked with Rihanna to choreograph her performance at the Superbowl 2023? A) Saroj Khan. B) Sienna Lalau. C) Parris Goebel. D) Eminem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parris Goebel. 7. What dance was Elizabeth I, Queen of England, described as particularly liking? A) Pavane. B) La Volta. C) Almain. D) Country dance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) La Volta. 8. What relationship does T S Eliot have to toilets? A) Pun. B) Synonym. C) Anagram. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anagram. 9. Where are tenrecs mostly found? A) Galapagos Islands. B) Fiji. C) Sri Lanka. D) Madagascar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Madagascar. 10. In 1979, Lord Louis Mountbatten was killed when a IRA bomb exploded where? A) In his office. B) In the boot of his car. C) Under his bed. D) On his boat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On his boat. 11. In 1968, which book by Philip K Dick was published that became the basis for the 1982 film "Blade Runner" ? A) Something Wicked This Way Comes. B) I, Robot. C) The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. D) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. 12. What sounds the closest to a low point? A) Nadia. B) Apology. C) Senate. D) Media. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nadia. 13. What tournament was threatened in 1976 because of the shortage of horse chestnut seeds in Northamptonshire, England? A) Best Australian Drover's Hat. B) The Great British Bake Off. C) Chelsea Flower Show. D) World Conker Championship. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) World Conker Championship. 14. What or who is a gongoozler? A) A person who threads a loom for weaving. B) An inquisitive person who stands staring for prolonged periods at something happening. C) A person who operates a canal lock. D) Someone who makes an unwelcome pass at a woman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An inquisitive person who stands staring for prolonged periods at something happening. 15. In 1937, what name was given to the part of Ireland that was not under British rule? A) Irish Free State. B) Eire. C) Republic of Ireland. D) Erin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eire. 16. "The Miracles" backed which singer? A) Rod Stewart. B) Smokey Robinson. C) Barry White. D) Tony Orlando. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Smokey Robinson. 17. Which of these is an historical novel by Arthur Conan Doyle which deals with the Duke of Monmouth's landing in England in 1685, the raising of his army, its defeat at Sedgemoor, and the reprisals which followed? A) When the World Screamed. B) Micah Clarke. C) A Study in Scarlet. D) The Coming of the Fairies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Micah Clarke. 18. What is the title of Mike Leigh's 2014 film, featuring Timothy Spall in the title role in a biopic of a celebrated British painter? A) Mr Plod. B) Mr Constable. C) Mr Turner. D) Mr Sweeney. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mr Turner. 19. Which of these has the smallest land area? A) England. B) Wales. C) Scotland. D) Northern Ireland. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Northern Ireland. 20. What is the only country not to identify itself on its postage stamps? A) Tonga. B) United States Of America. C) United Kingdom. D) Switzerland. 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