This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 858 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 858 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The city of Cologne is situated on which river? A) Missouri. B) Seine. C) Rhine. D) Limpopo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhine. 2. What was the name of the group formed in London in February 1944 to plan the invasion of Europe under General Dwight D Eisenhower? A) SHAPE. B) SHAEF. C) SPECTRE. D) SMERSH. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) SHAEF. 3. The comic actor Josh Widdicombe co-created which 2019 comedy panel show? A) Hypothetical. B) A League of Their Own. C) Celebrity Juice. D) Insert Name Here. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypothetical. 4. The screenplay for which 2000 film, set against the UK miners' strike in County Durham in 1984 & 1985, was inspired in part by A. J. Cronin's novel "The Stars Look Down" ? A) Once Upon a Time in the Midlands. B) Billy Elliot. C) Starlight Hotel. D) Jerry Maguire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Billy Elliot. 5. If you were on the Great Slave Lake where would you be? A) In the Vostok Station, Antarctica. B) Near Yellowknife, District of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories, Canada. C) Between the Irkutsk Oblast and the Buryat Republic in Siberia, Russian Federation. D) Near Grizzly Bear Mountain and on the Arctic Circle, Northwest Territories, Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Near Yellowknife, District of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories, Canada. 6. Shah Jahan directed the construction of which from 1632 to 1648? A) Vivekananda Rock Memorial. B) Global Vipassana Pagoda. C) India Gate. D) Taj Mahal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Taj Mahal. 7. Which of these is a character in "David Copperfield" ? A) Betsey Trotwood. B) Blind Pew. C) Muff Potter. D) Dr Watson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Betsey Trotwood. 8. What phrase indicates an instruction to hold mail until it is collected? A) PrΓͺt-Γ -Porter. B) Bon AppΓ©tit. C) Poste restante. D) A la Mode. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poste restante. 9. What do myrmecologists study? A) Ants. B) Fish. C) Reptiles. D) Gerbils. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ants. 10. What is the main commercial flatfish in Europe? A) Flounder. B) Plaice. C) Halibut. D) Turbot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plaice. 11. According to legend, who was the sweetheart of Robin Hood? A) Maid Marian. B) Lady Godiva. C) Nell Gwynn. D) Anne Boleyn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maid Marian. 12. Which of these was a celebrated 19th-century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician who represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives, served in the Texas Revolution, and died at the Battle of the Alamo? A) George Washington. B) Davy Crockett. C) Johnny Appleseed. D) Yankee Doodle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Davy Crockett. 13. She was as gentle as a lamb is an example of what? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Spoonerism. D) Malapropism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 14. Which of these is the name of the president of Egypt from 1956 to 1970? A) Paula Abdul Passer. B) Nehru Abdul Gasser. C) Gamal Abdel Nasser. D) Tamar Aku Rasta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gamal Abdel Nasser. 15. Which country is the world's largest producer of rice? A) India. B) USA. C) Vietnam. D) China. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) China. 16. Who won the gold medal for the 100m at the 1992 Olympics at 32 years of age and became the oldest Olympic 100 m champion by four years? A) Roger Black. B) John Regis. C) Linford Christie. D) Colin Jackson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Linford Christie. 17. What was the winning team in the Formula One Championship 2011? A) Top Gear, with Stig in a BMW. B) McLaren, with Lewis Hamilton in a Mercedes. C) Red Bull, with Sebastian Vettel in a Renault. D) Brabham, with Denny Hulme and a Repco engine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Red Bull, with Sebastian Vettel in a Renault. 18. Who developed the most widely used system of shorthand, which he proposed in "Stenographic Soundhand" in 1837? A) Isaac Pitman. B) Gene Kelly. C) Roy Rogers. D) Martin Luther. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Isaac Pitman. 19. The music soundscape of three out of the four "Dirty Harry" films is associated with what Argentine pianist, composer, arranger and conductor? A) Jerry Fielding. B) Lalo Schifrin. C) Burt Bacharach. D) Henry Mancini. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lalo Schifrin. 20. A 1987 film starring Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann, described as "one of Britain's biggest cult films", is what '' ..... and I" ? A) The King. B) Withnail. C) The church. D) The hatstand. 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