This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 816 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 816 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which constellation, that lies between Taurus to the west and the dim Cancer to the east, with Auriga and Lynx to the north and Monoceros and Canis Minor to the south, is associated with the myth of Castor and Pollux, collectively known as the Dioscuri? A) Capricorn. B) Leo. C) Ursa Major. D) Gemini. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gemini. 2. Where did Sherlock Holmes lose his struggle with Moriarty but did not die after all? A) Eiffel Tower. B) Reichenbach Falls. C) Mont Blanc. D) London Bridge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reichenbach Falls. 3. Which couple were married on 7 April 1997, had a son named Lennon Francis in September 1999, and divorced a year later? A) Liam Gallagher and Patsy Kensit. B) Liam Gallagher and Lisa Moorish. C) Noel Gallagher and Sara MacDonald. D) Noel Gallagher and Meg Mathews. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Liam Gallagher and Patsy Kensit. 4. In 1912 in Sweden 17 national federations formed the IAAF; what did the second "A" stand for? A) Amateur. B) Athletic. C) American. D) A-listers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Athletic. 5. The 1929 silent comedy film "Spite Marriage" was co-directed by Edward Sedgwick and which of its stars? A) Buster Keaton. B) Mary Pickford. C) Harpo Marx. D) Bela Lugosi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Buster Keaton. 6. How many nouns are in the following sentence: "Roger told his dog not to jump on the furniture with muddy feet" ? A) 1. B) 2. C) None. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. 7. With what area are the Beaker people, or the Beaker Culture, most associated? A) Eastern Mongolia. B) Northwestern and central Europe. C) Central and South America. D) Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Northwestern and central Europe. 8. Where is a fore-topgallant found? A) Beside a horse's withers. B) On a ship. C) In a wine cellar. D) In a genealogical record. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On a ship. 9. Who established a precision tool making business in Manchester in 1883, and perfected a system of standard measurements and gauges? A) Henry Maudslay. B) Joseph Whitworth. C) Joseph Bramah. D) James Nasmyth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joseph Whitworth. 10. Who was Europe's captain in the 2008 Ryder Cup? A) Eamonn Darcy. B) Colin Montgomerie. C) Tiger Woods. D) Nick Faldo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nick Faldo. 11. Which of these is a "lexicon" ? A) Dictionary. B) Atlas. C) Thesaurus. D) Index. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dictionary. 12. Which of these performs a "veronica" ? A) Ballroom dancer. B) Figure skater. C) Synchronised swimmer. D) Bullfighter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bullfighter. 13. Nicholas II was the last Emperor of which country until he abdicated following the February Revolution of 1917? A) Italy. B) Mexico. C) Spain. D) Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Russia. 14. On what were the live action films in a French series 1999-2012 depicting the adventures of two warriors from ancient Roman-occupied Europe based? A) Children's books about a character called Anatole who lived outside Paris. B) Julius Caesar's Commentaries on his battles in Gaul. C) The comic book series about the adventures of Astérix and Obélix. D) Vercingétorix, a Gaulish chieftain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The comic book series about the adventures of Astérix and Obélix. 15. Which residence of Scots kings was built next to a ruined abbey by James IV, and rebuilt by Charles II? A) St James Palace. B) Windsor Castle. C) Edinburgh Castle. D) Holyrood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Holyrood. 16. What is the study of the relation between the motion of a body and the forces acting on it? A) Pneumatics. B) Buoyancy. C) Dynamics. D) Gravity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dynamics. 17. Where in the body would the bone known as a baculum be found? A) In the feet. B) In the throat. C) At the base of the spine. D) In the generative organ. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the generative organ. 18. New York city consists of the boroughs of The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Staten Island, and which other? A) Jersey. B) Queens. C) New Amsterdam. D) Hampton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Queens. 19. The crater Grimaldi on the Moon is named after whom? A) Professor Rosa Grimaldi. B) Francesco Grimaldi (d.1392) who founded his family's rule in Monaco. C) Entomologist David A. Grimaldi (b.1957). D) The priest, mathematician and physicist, Francesco Maria Grimaldi (1618-1663). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The priest, mathematician and physicist, Francesco Maria Grimaldi (1618-1663). 20. Why were the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles boycotted by the Soviet Union and most of the communist world (though China, Romania, and Yugoslavia participated)? A) As a lever in political negotiations with the US. B) A global economic recession that affected much of the developed world. C) Because of suspected US involvement in the assassination of Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat in 1981. D) In retaliation for the US-led boycott of the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In retaliation for the US-led boycott of the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. ← 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