This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 857 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 857 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the surname of twin brothers Mike and Bob, who became the world's number 1 ranked men's tennis doubles team in 2007? A) Greenhalgh. B) Williams. C) Woods. D) Bryan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bryan. 2. Who played "Charlie" in the 2005 film "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" ? A) Johnny Depp. B) Macauley Culkin. C) Freddie Highmore. D) David Kelly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Freddie Highmore. 3. The United Provinces of Central America, or the Federal Republic of Central America, was the union in 1823 of what are now Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua. What are some of the reasons for its eventual failure? A) Takeover by Mexico. B) Major earthquakes through the region, and economic disaster. C) Liberal-Conservative dissensions, native revolt, civil war and cholera. D) Invasion by Venezuela. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Liberal-Conservative dissensions, native revolt, civil war and cholera. 4. In 2020, what became Berlin's only commercial international airport? A) Tegel, in Reinickendorf. B) Brandenburg, in Schönefeld. C) Tempelhof, in Berlin. D) Schönefeld, in Schönefeld. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brandenburg, in Schönefeld. 5. From the late 12th century until mid 19th century the warriors known as samurai dominated government in which country? A) Japan. B) China. C) Mongolia. D) Vietnam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Japan. 6. From which sport do we get the expression "selling a dummy" ? A) Rugby Union. B) Baseball. C) Golf. D) Polo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rugby Union. 7. What murderer lived at 10 Rillington Place, Notting Hill, London? A) George Chapman. B) John Christie. C) David Ferguson. D) Mark Martin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John Christie. 8. What is the name of the shallow sea between West Papua and the Gulf of Carpentaria in northern Australia? A) Bismarck. B) Banda. C) Arafura. D) Celebes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arafura. 9. What is the meaning of the motto on the Great Seal of the USA, "E Pluribus Unum" ? A) Better to die on your feet than live on your knees. B) Out of many, one. C) United we stand. D) Rust never sleeps. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Out of many, one. 10. In what position had Shimon Peres who died in September 2016 at the age of 93 most recently served in Israel? A) Director-General of the Ministry of Defence. B) Prime Minister. C) President. D) Minister of Immigrant Absorption. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) President. 11. With which field is Enrico Fermi associated? A) Architecture. B) Motor racing. C) Nuclear physics. D) Golf. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nuclear physics. 12. Where is the town that is the setting for the animated TV series "South Park" ? A) Rocky Mountains, Colorado. B) In the north of New York state. C) Southern New Mexico. D) Texas Panhandle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rocky Mountains, Colorado. 13. What is the colloquial name for people from Wiltshire, a county of South West England, that arose from a folk tale? A) Treehuggers. B) Sunlovers. C) Comet-tailers. D) Moonrakers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Moonrakers. 14. When introduced it needed only pencils, grid paper, 2 players and a shield blocking one person's game from the other; which game is it? A) Cathedral. B) Noughts and crosses (tic-tac-toe). C) Yahtzee. D) Battleships. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Battleships. 15. "The camel" is a move used in what? A) Figure skating. B) High jump. C) Gymnastics. D) Ballet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figure skating. 16. In the 4 events held when table tennis was introduced to the Olympic Games, in 1988, which country or countries won the gold medals? A) China and South Korea won 2 each. B) China. C) South Korea. D) Yugoslavia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) China and South Korea won 2 each. 17. What is the name of the celebration held for a man shortly before his wedding? A) Drake evening. B) Tom afternoon. C) Stag night. D) Peacock morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stag night. 18. Which country occupies the islands called Palawan, Mindoro, Marinduque, Masbate, Batanes, Bohol, Leyte and Samar? A) Canada. B) Philippines. C) Greece. D) Spain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Philippines. 19. In the human body, adductors and abductors are types of what? A) Nerve. B) Vein. C) Muscle. D) Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muscle. 20. Which of these is a simplified form of poker? A) Five Card Brag. B) Six Card Skite. C) Seven Card Liar. D) Four Card Boast. 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