This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 855 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 855 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Psephology is the study of what? A) Fossils. B) Bumps on the head. C) Rocks and stones. D) Elections and voting patterns. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Elections and voting patterns. 2. The co-creator and co-host of British radio show "The Museum of Curiosity" (2008 to present) also created what other show? A) The Infinite Monkey Cage. B) QI. C) Mock the Week. D) Whose Line Is It Anyway. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) QI. 3. A nationalist organisation, subsequently with paramilitary initiatives, was formed in 1959 with what name? A) Euskal Herritarrok. B) Batasuna. C) Euskadi Ta Askatasuna. D) Aukera Guztiak. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Euskadi Ta Askatasuna. 4. What London landmark has served as the Royal Mint, the Public Records Office, a royal menagerie, a residence and a prison? A) Tower of London. B) Buckingham Palace. C) Somerset House. D) The Monument. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tower of London. 5. Which of these is an African capital city named after a US president? A) Washington. B) Monrovia. C) Lincolnia. D) Kennedy City. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monrovia. 6. Where did United Airlines flight 93, hijacked by terrorists on 11 September 2001, crash? A) Nevada. B) Washington DC. C) New York City. D) Pennsylvania. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pennsylvania. 7. What are "peripherins" ? A) Sponges. B) Molluscs. C) Proteins. D) Plankton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Proteins. 8. The city previously known as Byzantium and Constantinople is in what modern day country? A) Laos. B) Canada. C) Bermuda. D) Turkey. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Turkey. 9. Where in London, covering 350 acres (140 hectares), would you find the Serpentine (an artifical lake), Rotten Row (for riding horses) and a bird sanctuary? A) Richmond Park. B) St James's Park. C) Regent's Park. D) Hyde Park. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyde Park. 10. According to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, where did the village smithy stand? A) On the burning deck. B) Under the spreading chestnut tree. C) Down by, down by, down by the riverside. D) Alone on a hill. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Under the spreading chestnut tree. 11. After the records of the UK Singles Chart started in 1952 who was the first singer to be No 1? A) Al Martino with "Here In My Heart". B) Jo Stafford with "You Belong to Me". C) Eddie Fisher with "Outside of Heaven". D) Kay Starr with "Comes A-Long A-Love". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Al Martino with "Here In My Heart". 12. How did US president William McKinley die in 1901? A) Plane crash. B) Skiing accident. C) Land mine explosion. D) Assassination. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assassination. 13. Where was the Yushin Constitution introduced in 1972, dramatically increasing presidential powers in the area and creating a virtual dictatorship? A) Taiwan. B) South Vietnam. C) Mongolia. D) South Korea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) South Korea. 14. What is a natural number called if it has exactly two distinct divisors? A) Integer. B) Prime number. C) Composite number. D) Perfect number. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prime number. 15. Who introduced the song "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" ? A) The Andrews Sisters. B) Bette Midler. C) The Ink Spots. D) Hall Johnson Choir. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Andrews Sisters. 16. In the English version of the "Asterix" books, the character of Unhygienix has what occupation? A) Minstrel. B) Blacksmith. C) Fishmonger. D) Wizard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fishmonger. 17. Which sporting event has a trophy known as the Claret Jug? A) The British Rugby League National Championship. B) The World Ocean Yacht Racing Championship. C) The Formula One Constructors' Championship. D) The British Golf Open. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The British Golf Open. 18. When writer Franz Kafka described someone as true to their lineage in "strength, health, appetite, loudness of voice, eloquence, self-satisfaction, worldly dominance, endurance, presence of mind, [and] knowledge of human nature", of whom was he speaking? A) His sister. B) His father. C) A character in his work "Metamorphosis". D) Kaiser Wilhelm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His father. 19. What is the next in this series:1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy ..... ? A) Titus. B) Philemon. C) Hebrews. D) Colossians. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Titus. 20. In the film "Basic Instinct" (1992) Detective Nick Curran and Catherine Tramell were played by which actors? A) Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone. B) Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman. C) Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. D) Ralph Fiennes and Kate Winslet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone. ← 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