This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 815 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 815 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What series of books would you go to to read about Snowy, Captain Haddock, Professor Calculus and Thomson and Thompson? A) The Adventures of Tintin. B) The Adventures of Asterix. C) Pippin. D) Maximo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Adventures of Tintin. 2. In biology what are Retzius lines? A) Seam lines on the cranium. B) Growth lines or bands in tooth enamel. C) Fine muscles directly in front of the urinary bladder. D) Veins alongside the abdominal walls. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Growth lines or bands in tooth enamel. 3. What name is given to someone who enforces racing rules and regulations at many types of race track? A) Steward. B) Sommelier. C) Butler. D) Attendant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Steward. 4. What was the name of Margaret Thatcher's husband? A) Harry. B) Thomas. C) Dick. D) Dennis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dennis. 5. Where was the prophet Muhammad born? A) Cairo. B) Jerusalem. C) Tashkent. D) Mecca. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mecca. 6. Yukio Hatoyama, who became Prime Minister of Japan in September 2009, announced his resignation on 2 June 2010, citing what as the main reason? A) The immoral activities of close family members. B) Lying to parliament about the sinking of the South Korean warship "Cheonan". C) His claiming excessive expenses. D) Breaking his promise to remove a US base from Okinawa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Breaking his promise to remove a US base from Okinawa. 7. What is common to the 1953 films "Man in the Dark", "House of Wax", "The Mad Magician", "Dangerous Mission", "Son of Sinbad", "Melody", "Fort Ti" and "It Came from Outer Space" ? A) They all starred Vincent Price. B) They were all features in 3-D. C) They were all directed by John Huston. D) They were all in black and white. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They were all features in 3-D. 8. Which of these novelists was born in South Africa? A) Keri Hulme. B) Michael Ondaatje. C) J. M. Coetzee. D) Ngaio Marsh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) J. M. Coetzee. 9. What is the Prix Goncourt awarded for? A) Literature. B) Sculpture. C) Chemistry. D) Physics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Literature. 10. Where are the Onyang hot springs? A) Seoul, Korea. B) Tbilisi, Georgia. C) Sanxiang County, Zhongshan, Guangdong Province, China. D) Reykjavik, Iceland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seoul, Korea. 11. Walter Gropius is associated with what activity? A) Painting. B) Sculpture. C) Fashion. D) Architecture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Architecture. 12. What was the stage name of Jean François Gravelet, a French acrobat who crossed Niagara Falls in 1859 on a tightrope 160 feet above the water? A) Evel Knievel. B) Charles Blondin. C) Prince Rainier. D) Marcel Marceau. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Charles Blondin. 13. In both world wars, what did the British call German submarines? A) U Boats. B) V Boats. C) F Boats. D) B Boats. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) U Boats. 14. Which of these is the name of one of the daughters of Paul and Linda McCartney? A) Swank. B) Rodham. C) Moon Unit. D) Stella. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stella. 15. What was the first event to be competed in the modern Olympic Games? A) Weightlifting. B) Discus. C) 100m qualifying heat. D) Fencing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 100m qualifying heat. 16. What book was to have been called, in translation, "Four and a Half Years (of Struggle) Against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice" ? A) Mein Kampf. B) The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms. C) Die Feldgleichungen der Gravitation (The Field Equations of Gravitation). D) The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mein Kampf. 17. Which board, for a standard game, has the most squares? A) Chess. B) Snakes and Ladders. C) Scrabble. D) Noughts and crosses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scrabble. 18. Which of these is a character in the "Alien" series of films? A) Ethan Hunt. B) Thomas A. Anderson. C) Dr. Emmett Brown. D) Warrant Officer Ripley. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Warrant Officer Ripley. 19. Shane Smith is known for co-founding what media company? A) Vice. B) PBS. C) Univision. D) NBC. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vice. 20. Calvados brandy, from the French region of Basse-Normandie or Lower Normandy, is made with which of these? A) Apples. B) Grapes. C) Plums. D) Turnips. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apples. ← 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