This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 846 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 846 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where is the US Bullion Depository, a fortified building used to store US official gold reserves, and a US Army post that holds the US Army Armor Center and the US Army Armor School? A) Fort Knox. B) Fort Sumter. C) Fort Lauderdale. D) Fort Worth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fort Knox. 2. Producer Alex Korda engaged Anton Karas to score which entire film, after it had been edited together, using only one instrument? A) The Third Man. B) Anna Karenina. C) The Jungle Book. D) Richard III. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Third Man. 3. On an 11 stringed lute, ten strings are tuned in pairs, and the highest single string is called what? A) Chanterelle. B) Catline. C) Soprano. D) The oud. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chanterelle. 4. What is another name for ultra-violet light? A) Black light. B) Neon light. C) Night light. D) Blue light. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Black light. 5. What is the French equivalent of the word "mister" ? A) Frere. B) Herr. C) Señor. D) Monsieur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Monsieur. 6. Which of these is a type of dog? A) Puddle. B) Poodle. C) Middle. D) Noodle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poodle. 7. Who was separated from her husband in June 2009 to film "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" in Australia? A) Beyonce. B) Jennifer Aniston. C) Courtney Cox-Arquette. D) Katie Holmes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Katie Holmes. 8. Why did the International Olympics Committee ban Russian athletes from competing under the Russian flag at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil? A) Previous long-term state-sponsored doping of Russian athletes. B) Russia had excluded Muslims from the team. C) The Russian Olympic Committee had not paid its subscription. D) None of the athletes qualified. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Previous long-term state-sponsored doping of Russian athletes. 9. What was Julia Gillard's profession? A) Supermodel. B) Athlete. C) Politician. D) Singer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Politician. 10. What is a mango? A) Fruit. B) Deer. C) Dance. D) Musical instrument. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fruit. 11. In 2014 at the age of 93 Phyllis Latour Doyle, "Pippa", received the Chevalier de l'Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur, (the Legion of Honour, knight class) for activities in occupied France in World War II; where was she born, and where did she grow up? A) South Africa. B) Kenya. C) England. D) New Zealand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) South Africa. 12. Which of these features in "My Fair Lady" ? A) Goodwood Limbo. B) Epsom Quadrille. C) Ascot Gavotte. D) Aintree Amble. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ascot Gavotte. 13. James Esdaile, John Elliotson, Jean-Martin Charcot, Hippolyte Bernheim, Pierre Janet, Émile Coué, Morton Prince, Clark L. Hull, Andrew Salter, Theodore R. Sarbin, Ernest Hilgard, Martin Theodore Orne, and Nicholas Spanos are associated with what? A) The United Nations Secretariat. B) Seeking a cure for AIDS. C) Hypnosis. D) The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hypnosis. 14. What Jewish celebration commemorates an event concerning children and lamb's blood? A) Purim. B) Palm Sunday. C) Hanukkah. D) Passover. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Passover. 15. How many countries does the approximately 1, 750 km (1, 087 mi) long River Limpopo flow through or beside? A) 4. B) 2. C) 3. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4. 16. What was Henry VIII's warship, the Mary Rose, doing when she sank in 1545? A) Defending the Channel Islands. B) Being launched on her maiden voyage. C) Leading the attack on a French invasion fleet in the Solent, the straits north of the Isle of Wight. D) Invading Scotland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Leading the attack on a French invasion fleet in the Solent, the straits north of the Isle of Wight. 17. Who was President of France for over 10 years from 1958? A) Charles de Gaulle. B) Georges Pompidou. C) Félix Gaillard. D) Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Charles de Gaulle. 18. Which of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments is played on grass courts? A) Australian Open. B) French Open. C) U.S. Open. D) Wimbledon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wimbledon. 19. Which of these would you expect to receive in a Chinese restaurant? A) Fortune cookie. B) Roti. C) Saké. D) Pineapple. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fortune cookie. 20. What caused the end of the Triple Alliance treaty signed in 1882 between Germany, Austria and Italy against the power of Russia and France? A) In 1901, the German Kaiser wanted to marry a French flower-seller. B) Italy joined the Allies during World War I in 1915. C) Russia wanted to hold the Olympic Games in 1900 and wanted many countries to compete. D) In 1884, Austria ran out of ammunition and wanted to buy more from Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Italy joined the Allies during World War I in 1915. ← 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