This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 885 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 885 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which mystic symbol among Buddhists was adopted in its clockwise form by the Nazi party in Germany? A) Crescent moon. B) Red cross. C) Fleur de lis. D) Swastika. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Swastika. 2. The family of games in which a ball is propelled into a table where it bounces off various obstacles, scoring points either en route or when it comes to rest, is called what? A) Pinball. B) Arcade. C) Billiards. D) Bagatelle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pinball. 3. The asteroid 16 Psyche which orbits the sun between Mars and Jupiter is ..... (what)? A) Unusually metal-rich. B) Retrograde. C) Slowly disintegrating. D) Orbiting perpendicular to the rest of the asteroid belt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unusually metal-rich. 4. British novelist, playwright and poet Deborah Levy has received several honours for her work, including recognition in the Man Booker Prize awards; how many of her books were listed for a Man Booker Prize? A) 2. B) 1. C) 5. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3. 5. Which planet has 5 rings that are named for the astronomers Johann Gottfried Galle, Urbain Le Verrier, William Lassell, FranΓ§ois Arago and John Couch Adams? A) Jupiter. B) Neptune. C) Saturn. D) Uranus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neptune. 6. What name is given to the age at the end of which the extinction event happened which saw the end of the dinosaur? A) Carboniferous. B) Triassic. C) Cretaceous. D) Devonian. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cretaceous. 7. From which musical does the song "Maria" come? A) Porgy And Bess. B) Oklahoma. C) The Sound Of Music. D) West Side Story. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) West Side Story. 8. Which of these is a popular theory for the reason for the existence of Stonehenge? A) The ruins of the world's first skyscraper. B) A religious site. C) A corral for mammoths. D) A mason's storage yard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A religious site. 9. The narrator of which poem has to wear an albatross around his neck? A) Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. B) Now We Are Six. C) Hiawatha. D) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. 10. What numbers are on the two yellow pool balls? A) 1 and 9. B) 6 and 14. C) 2 and 10. D) 5 and 13. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1 and 9. 11. Which country's air forces owned the two planes that fatally crashed in April and May 2009? A) Indonesia. B) Thailand. C) Somalia. D) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indonesia. 12. Who married film star Grace Kelly in April 1956? A) Prince Rainier of Monaco. B) The Shah of Iran. C) Aly Khan. D) Hugh Heffner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prince Rainier of Monaco. 13. Where is El Nino, a warm current that affects the world's weather? A) South Atlantic. B) North Atlantic. C) Arctic. D) Pacific. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pacific. 14. When was the flight of the first Orbital Class Rocket, parts of which are capable of reflight? A) 2020. B) 2010. C) 1980. D) 2000. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2010. 15. A nobleman who spent at least 32 years in asylums and prison (10 in the Bastille), the Marquis de Sade (1740-1814) was famous for a life preoccupation which led to famous (hopefully) fictional writings, of which kind? A) Lives of the saints. B) Romantic comedy. C) Erotica combining philosophy with pornography, emphasising violence, criminality and blasphemy. D) Children's stories. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Erotica combining philosophy with pornography, emphasising violence, criminality and blasphemy. 16. What is the main material out of which a pool cue is usually made? A) Bone. B) Ivory. C) Gutta-percha. D) Wood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wood. 17. What game is played by usually 2 persons on a table 12' by 6' 1 1/2" and 6 pockets using 3 balls? A) Billiards. B) Snooker. C) Bobs. D) Shove ha'penny. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Billiards. 18. Which of these Italian places is on the coast? A) Ravenna. B) Siena. C) Rome. D) Verona. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ravenna. 19. Which film, using characters called Jason, Plato and Judy, dealt with the problems of urban, high school age children of well to do middle class parents? A) The Heavenly Kid. B) The Blackboard Jungle. C) Rebel Without A Cause. D) Sunset Boulevard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rebel Without A Cause. 20. Who was the wife of Richard I of England (the Lionheart)? A) Berengaria of Navarre. B) Anne of Cleves. C) Eleanor of Aquitaine. D) Joan of Arc. 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