This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 736 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 736 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Danish oil, used as a wood finish, is usually made with polymerised linseed oil and what other oil? A) Tung. B) Flaxseed. C) Olive. D) Hemp. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tung. 2. What is another name for the type of animal called poatsoj (in some Sami languages), tuktu (in the eastern Arctic), and caribou? A) Musk ox. B) Moose. C) Elk. D) Reindeer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reindeer. 3. When Edward the Confessor ruled over England, royal petitions became so frequent that they were referred to the Chancellor. Which special court was set up to hear them? A) Assizes. B) Old Bailey. C) Lincoln's Inn. D) Chancery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chancery. 4. What does "simple" mean? A) A herbal remedy. B) Not complicated. C) Any of these. D) Mentally disabled from birth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Any of these. 5. What is pinyin? A) Phonetic script used in mainland China, Singapore and sometimes in Taiwan. B) A skittle in ten-pin bowling in Japan. C) A type of noodle. D) A species of bamboo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phonetic script used in mainland China, Singapore and sometimes in Taiwan. 6. Which drug, used as a stimulant in heart failure, can cause convulsions and paralysis if overdosed? A) Insecticide. B) Arsenic. C) Strychnine. D) Oestrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Strychnine. 7. In IT systems what does the "P"in "PLC '' stand for? A) Protocol. B) Programmable. C) Programme. D) Personal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Programmable. 8. According to the saying, "too many cooks ..... " do what? A) Cry over spilt milk. B) Spoil the broth. C) Save nine. D) Eat all the pies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spoil the broth. 9. Who was briefly married to Jason Alexander in January 2005? A) Madonna. B) Dido. C) Beyonce. D) Britney Spears. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Britney Spears. 10. What is another name for a ghost? A) Recognition. B) Disposition. C) Apparition. D) Antipasto. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apparition. 11. What did Jacuzzi, an Italian immigrant to the USA, invent? A) Whirlpool bidets. B) Bubble bath. C) Low-flow shower heads. D) A pump to enable a whirlpool to be created in a bath. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A pump to enable a whirlpool to be created in a bath. 12. The city was founded under the rule of King Byzas around 660 BC. What name was officially adopted for the city in 1930? A) Byzantium. B) Constantinople. C) Istanbul. D) Bosphorus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Istanbul. 13. Which First lady, after the death of her husband, became US Representative to the UN General Assembly? A) Bess Truman. B) Shirley Temple Black. C) Jacqueline Kennedy. D) Eleanor Roosevelt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eleanor Roosevelt. 14. What is the fictional Voight-Kanpff (or Voigt-Kampff) test designed to do? A) Test brain function of people thawed from the cryogenic state. B) Test for lying. C) Detect non-human "flesh". D) Distinguish between bioengineered beings and humans, based on emotional response. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Distinguish between bioengineered beings and humans, based on emotional response. 15. The largest ice fields in the southern hemisphere outside Antarctica are located where? A) Patagonia. B) Falkland Islands (Malvinas). C) South Georgia. D) South Sandwich Islands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Patagonia. 16. In which computer game is the player in the role of "The Stranger", who uses a special book to travel to an island and thence to several worlds known as "Ages" ? A) Myst. B) The SIMS. C) Riven. D) Grand Theft Auto. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myst. 17. Which 18th century Italian adventurer was imprisoned in Venice, escaped and managed state lotteries in Paris, then travelled to England, Poland and Spain before retiring in Bohemia? A) Giovanni Jacobo Casanova. B) Marco Polo. C) Sebastian Cabot. D) Christopher Columbus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Giovanni Jacobo Casanova. 18. The 4-yearly Maccabiah Games are designed and held for athletes of what faith or culture? A) Islam. B) Jewish. C) Hindu. D) Sikh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jewish. 19. In what field is John Galliano famous? A) Circus performance. B) Architecture. C) Cocktail bartending. D) Fashion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fashion. 20. Which president of the USA was assassinated in 1865? A) Studebaker. B) Lincoln. C) Chrysler. D) Pontiac. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lincoln. ← 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