This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 772 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 772 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. From where did the guillotine get its name? A) From the name of the man who first operated it in 1792. B) Deputy to the Estates-General who proposed beheading as the death penalty in the French Revolution. C) From the word "guilloter" which may mean "to behead". D) From the name of the village where it was made for French Revolutionary use. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deputy to the Estates-General who proposed beheading as the death penalty in the French Revolution. 2. Edgar Wright, writer/director of the 2017 US/UK film "Baby Driver", drew initial inspiration for the film from which music, which also provided the backdrop to the film's opening scene? A) "Start a Fire" by John Legend, Hurwitz, Marius de Vries and Angelique Cinelu. B) "Another Little Drink Wouldn't Do Us Any Harm" by Clifford Grey and Nat Ayer. C) "A Million Dreams" by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. D) "Bellbottoms" by the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "Bellbottoms" by the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. 3. Whose last words have been reported to be "Kiss Me, Hardy" ? A) Captain James Cook. B) Duke of Wellington. C) Sir Walter Raleigh. D) Lord Nelson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lord Nelson. 4. Dichromacy is a form of what? A) Colour blindness. B) Diabetes. C) Albinoism. D) Cancer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Colour blindness. 5. Which of these is a chronic inflammatory disease of the digestive tract? A) Diphtheria. B) Salmonella. C) Crohn's disease. D) Catatonia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crohn's disease. 6. According to legend, what was the Pied Piper asked to drive out of Hamelin? A) Beavers. B) Door to door salesmen. C) Rats. D) Locusts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rats. 7. Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to as speedway (or flat track motorcycle racing in the USA) takes place on a flat oval track usually consisting of what? A) Cobblestones. B) Granite. C) Dirt or loosely packed shale. D) Concrete. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dirt or loosely packed shale. 8. In 2010, Iyad Allawi and Nuri Al-Maliki contested an election in which country? A) Iran. B) Iraq. C) Pakistan. D) Yemen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Iraq. 9. What type of building is famous in Milan, Venice, Florence, Seville, Paris, Chartres, Amiens, Rheims, Cologne, Mainz and Trèves? A) Railway station. B) Cathedral. C) Town Hall. D) Opera House. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cathedral. 10. The largest eruption in South America in recorded history was in 1600, of which volcano? A) Huaynaputina, Peru. B) Nevados Ojos del Salado, Chile/Argentina. C) Chimborazo, Ecuador. D) Monte Pissis, Argentina. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Huaynaputina, Peru. 11. Most of the world's caviar comes from where? A) North Sea. B) Black Sea. C) Aral Sea. D) Caspian Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Caspian Sea. 12. According to the Guinness Book of Records, what film became, in 1995, the biggest box office failure? A) Cutthroat Island. B) Waterworld. C) Plan 9 from Outer Space. D) Around the World in 80 Days. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cutthroat Island. 13. Who collaborated with Andrew Lloyd Webber to create the musical "The Beautiful Game" ? A) Bjorn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson. B) Tim Rice. C) Paul McCartney. D) Ben Elton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ben Elton. 14. Cayenne pepper is a condiment prepared from the dried and pounded pods of several species of what? A) Peas. B) Capsicum. C) Cacti. D) Coconuts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Capsicum. 15. What can you do with a "toby" ? A) Drink out of it. B) Turn it off. C) Smoke it. D) Any of these depending on where you are. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Any of these depending on where you are. 16. What nationality is sailor Russell Coutts, MBE, winner of numerous international match races, World Championships victories and America's Cups? A) Australian. B) New Zealander. C) American. D) British. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) New Zealander. 17. What was or is Icesave? A) An online savings account brand. B) The financial rescue of Iceland following its economic collapse 2008-2011. C) A climate change group dedicated to preserving the Arctic. D) A snowmaking machine for ski slopes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An online savings account brand. 18. By what name is Saloth Sar (19 May 1925-15 April 1998) better known? A) Pol Pot. B) Yahya Jammeh. C) Ayub Khan. D) Suharto. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pol Pot. 19. Why was the winner of the women's 2021 Boston Marathon not declared until December 2022? A) An administrative mistake. B) CoViD lockdowns had delayed the race until the end of 2022. C) The winner on the day was later disqualified for doping violations. D) The winner on the day later declined the title and retired. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The winner on the day was later disqualified for doping violations. 20. During World War II the British Broadcasting Corporation prefaced many of its broadcasts by the opening bars of which music? A) Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. B) Parry's "Jerusalem". C) Beethoven's "Ode to Joy". D) Elgar's Enigma Variations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. ← 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