This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 848 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 848 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The parable of "The Good Samaritan" is in which Christian gospel? A) Luke. B) Matthew. C) Mark. D) John. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Luke. 2. He was an 18th century composer, court musician and Austrian, whose first name was "Joseph" . What was his family name? A) Hummel. B) Schubert. C) Gluck. D) Haydn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Haydn. 3. What vitamin is riboflavin? A) C. B) A. C) B2. D) B1. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B2. 4. What is the Yuntai Skyscraper? A) A cliff face. B) A tree. C) A waterfall. D) A building. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A waterfall. 5. King George VI had two daughters:Elizabeth Alexandra Mary and which other? A) Beatrice Sophia. B) Alexandra Elizabeth. C) Mary Rose. D) Margaret Rose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Margaret Rose. 6. Bob Geldof was lead singer for which band? A) Gold Rush Cats. B) Diamond Dogs. C) Boomtown Rats. D) Bonanza Mice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Boomtown Rats. 7. If someone cadges something, what are they doing? A) Making a present of it. B) Boxing it up. C) Pasting up an advertisement. D) Borrowing, freeloading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Borrowing, freeloading. 8. Which of these, a late impressionistic work and one of his two self-portraits, is an 1878-79 painting by French artist Édouard Manet? A) Self-Portrait with Paulette. B) Self-Portrait with Palette. C) Self-Portrait with Pauline. D) Self-Portrait with Palomino. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Self-Portrait with Palette. 9. The plotline of which film begins in 1845 in Canada, when young James Howlett kills a groundskeeper named Thomas Logan who had killed his father? A) Prince of Persia:The Sands of Time. B) Twilight. C) The Last Station. D) X-Men Origins:Wolverine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) X-Men Origins:Wolverine. 10. In a coup in 2006, who seized power in Fiji? A) Frank Bainimarama. B) Mahendra Chaudhry. C) Sitiveni Rabuka. D) George Speight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frank Bainimarama. 11. In the film Spider-Man 2 (2004), which New York newspaper does Spider-Man's alter ego again take photographs for? A) The Daily Blog. B) The Daily Planet. C) The Daily Times. D) The Daily Bugle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Daily Bugle. 12. What country in Southeast Asia about 640 km (400 miles) northwest of Australia that occupies half of one island and two smaller ones, was colonised by Portugal in the 16th century, declared independence on 28 November 1975, was invaded by Indonesia 9 days later and became a sovereign state on 20 May 2002? A) East Timor. B) Papua. C) New Guinea. D) Torres Strait Islands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) East Timor. 13. Which of these was a character that appeared in the TV series "The X Files" ? A) The Marlboro Man. B) The Smoking Man. C) The Incendiary Man. D) Tobacco Man. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Smoking Man. 14. What was the first of a succession of Soviet state security organisations, created by a decree issued on 20 December 1917 by Vladimir Lenin and subsequently led by Felix Dzerzhinsky? A) The Cheka. B) SPECTRE. C) SMERSH. D) Tass. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Cheka. 15. What is the approximate population of the largest city or town in the Tierra del Fuego area at the extreme tip of the South American continent? A) 1, 500. B) 60, 000. C) 1.5 million. D) 67, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 67, 000. 16. What group was Roger Bannister representing when he broke the 4 minute mile at 3 minutes 59.4 seconds on 6 May 1954? A) Great Britain. B) Oxford University. C) England. D) Amateur Athletic Association. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Amateur Athletic Association. 17. Which Greek physician born in 460 BC to a family of priests and doctors lived most of his life on Cos and Cnidus and is generally considered to be the father of modern medicine? A) Euclid. B) Hippocrates. C) Pythagoras. D) Archimedes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hippocrates. 18. White headwear is worn by the Pope and what other Roman Catholic clergy? A) The Canons Regular of the Order of Prémontré. B) Redemptorists. C) Priests of the Congregation of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri. D) Dominicans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Canons Regular of the Order of Prémontré. 19. How many people made up the English pop rock group "Tears For Fears" ? A) 2. B) 4. C) 3. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2. 20. Quitline is a system of centres to help people to quit what? A) Eating meat. B) Sexual addiction. C) Tobacco or alcohol. D) Sugar. 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