This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 719 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 719 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these film directors is Australian? A) Peter Weir. B) Sam Mendes. C) Alfred Hitchcock. D) John Huston. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peter Weir. 2. What is the name of the London theatre named after a mineral spring discovered in 1683 when a music house was built there? A) Odeon. B) Haymarket. C) Sadler's Wells. D) Majestic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sadler's Wells. 3. During World War II, what was the name given to deliberately created simulations of burning towns that were constructed in Britain to decoy German night bombers away from bombing real towns? A) Sitting ducks. B) Blitzens. C) Bonfires. D) Starfish sites. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Starfish sites. 4. Aimée is the first name of which of these singers? A) Duffy. B) Madonna. C) Enya. D) Rhianna. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Duffy. 5. Mesons have an extremely brief life span, but when they exist where are they most likely to be found? A) Hovering over a flowing stream. B) In an atom. C) Underneath an Arctic ice shelf. D) In the centre of a whirlpool. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In an atom. 6. Which of these is an instrument used to measure horizontal and vertical angles? A) Troglodyte. B) Theodolite. C) Armalite. D) Stalactite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theodolite. 7. In what relationship are the pairs of words which can mean:a rug, and non-glossy surface; deposit something, and a golf shot; fixed, and a badger home? A) The words in each pair are spelt the same but only one is current after the 18th century. B) The words in each pair differ by an added final "t". C) The words in each pair come from the same root but were borrowed two or more centuries apart. D) The words in each pair are a homophone of the other. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The words in each pair differ by an added final "t". 8. Where were the Devil's Dykes situated? A) Stretching from the foot of Devils Tower, Wyoming, USA. B) Between Hungary, Serbia and Romania. C) By the Devils Churn, Oregon, USA. D) North of Rome, Italy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Between Hungary, Serbia and Romania. 9. Compared to playing the string open, placing a finger behind the 12th fret on a guitar finger board raises the note by how much? A) Half an octave. B) An octave. C) Two octaves. D) One and a half octaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An octave. 10. What name was given to the first day of the crash in the 1929 New York stock market, October 24? A) Black Monday. B) Black Tuesday. C) Black Thursday. D) Mardi Gras. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Black Thursday. 11. What is the Walvis Ridge? A) A feature of reptilian brains. B) A hotspot seamount chain. C) A mountain range in the Western Ghats. D) A frown line between eyebrows. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A hotspot seamount chain. 12. What is the word for an asexual form of reproduction found in females where growth and development of embryos occurs without fertilisation by a male? A) Parthenogenesis. B) Apomixis. C) Hermadolphia. D) Agamospermy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parthenogenesis. 13. When Sir Alex Ferguson retired in May 2013 after 26 years as manager for Manchester United Football Club who succeeded him? A) Wayne Rooney. B) José Mourinho. C) David Moyes. D) David Beckham. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) David Moyes. 14. Lake Winnipeg is in which Canadian province? A) Quebec. B) Saskatchewan. C) Alberta. D) Manitoba. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Manitoba. 15. Who was the 2001 Wimbledon Women's Singles Champion? A) Serena Williams. B) Venus Williams. C) Martina Navrátilová. D) Natasha Zvereva. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Venus Williams. 16. What is an ornamental string of feathers? A) Boa. B) Python. C) Rattler. D) Mamba. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boa. 17. Which of these is an album by Fifty Cent? A) Get Rich or Die Trying. B) Take It, It's Yours. C) Dollars. D) Work? Moi?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Get Rich or Die Trying. 18. What was the name of Vincent Van Gogh's brother? A) Theo. B) Thierry. C) Thomas. D) Timothy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theo. 19. André Malraux and Marcel Proust are among the laureates of what premier French literary prize, awarded annually, including during both World Wars, since 1903? A) Prix Médicis. B) Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie Française. C) Prix Goncourt. D) Prix Femina. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prix Goncourt. 20. Pope Francis, when he was elected Bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic church on 14 March 2013, marked a number of firsts for this papacy. Which of these was NOT one? A) First from outside Europe for over 1, 200 years. B) First Jesuit. C) First Pope named Francis. D) First non-Italian pope. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) First non-Italian pope. ← 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