General Knowledge Quiz 794 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

Select an option to see the correct answer instantly.

1. Which composer wrote "Night and Day", "I Get a Kick out of You", "Well, Did You Evah!" and "I've Got You Under My Skin" ?
2. What did the oceanographer and racing boat captain Charles J. Moore see when he was returning from a race in 1997?
3. What can be a description of such expressions as "from whence", "cling onto", "continue on", or "comprised of"/
4. Which plant has leaves and flowers (each of which consists of 5 or 6 small yellow flower heads surrounded by leaflets in star form that bloom between July and September) that are covered with white hairs and appear woolly?
5. "Black Cherry" and "Supernature" are albums by which band?
6. What kind of game or sport does the word "faro" refer to?
7. What river rises in the Black Forest and travels 1, 775 miles to empty into the Black Sea?
8. What name is given to a molecule or atom in which the total number of electrons is not equal to the number of protons?
9. The crosses of how many saints make up the British flag, the Union Jack?
10. France's largest international airport and one of the world principal aviation centres, also known as Roissy, is usually known by the name of what historical figure?
11. The Colorado beetle destroys what kind of crop?
12. What was the last of these Star Wars films to be released?
13. "Easter Parade", the highest grossing musical film of 1948, starred which retired dancer and prominent entertainer?
14. What was the profession of the person who invented the mechanism of the door lock for London toilets operated by payment of a coin, initially one penny?
15. The song "Consider Yourself" is from what musical?
16. Which country held its first democratic elections in 1990, and retired its title as "People's Republic of ..... " in February 1992?
17. In the 1920s and 1930s, Bessie Smith was known as what?
18. In the 2015 World Rowing Championships which country was not in the top four medal winners?
19. What does "pernickety" mean?
20. The colourless, odourless, sweet-tasting and non-toxic compound glycerine, or glycerin, is or can be an ingredient in which of these?