This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 901 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 901 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who was the fourth (and the first female) Prime Minister of the State of Israel, who was described as the "Iron Lady" (before Margaret Thatcher), "the best man in the government" and the "strong-willed, straight-talking, grey-bunned grandmother of the Jewish people" ? A) Golda Meir. B) Ada Deer. C) Indira Gandhi. D) LaRue Parker. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Golda Meir. 2. Which blood vessel supplies blood to the brain? A) Internal carotid artery. B) External carotid artery. C) Brachiocephalic artery. D) Jugular vein. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Internal carotid artery. 3. What are some of the main tools of synthetic geometry? A) Synthesising functions in geometry, trigonometry and calculus. B) Coordinate systems and formulae. C) Axiomatic methods, straight edge, compass. D) Synthesising functions in geometry, logarithms, and calculus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axiomatic methods, straight edge, compass. 4. What is the name for monocotyledonous, usually herbaceous plants with narrow leaves growing from the base, that include cereals, bamboo, turf, sedges and rushes? A) Tattle. B) Grass. C) Snitch. D) Narc. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grass. 5. The character who declares "Sam I am" features in which children's book? A) The House at Pooh Corner. B) Green Eggs and Ham. C) Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy. D) Madeline. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Green Eggs and Ham. 6. What is the name for the movement of water across a partially permeable membrane from an area of high water potential (low solute concentration) to an area of low water potential (high solute concentration)? A) Evaporation. B) Dehydration. C) Osmosis. D) Distillation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osmosis. 7. What was the most immediate trigger for the ending of the French Fourth Republic in 1958? A) Unrest in French Indochina. B) A coup d'Γ©tat in Algeria seizing power from France. C) Failure of Germany to pay its war reparations. D) The Treaty of Rome. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A coup d'Γ©tat in Algeria seizing power from France. 8. What does the Greek word "Eureka" mean? A) I am dripping on your shoes. B) It's a sudden and unexpected discovery. C) The volumes match. D) I have found it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I have found it. 9. In 2011 in response to prolonged allegations by Republican Donald Trump that President Barack Obama was not qualified to be president because he was not American, Obama published what? A) His recipe for pumpkin pie. B) A video of him winning a burger eating contest when he was 19. C) The long form of his birth certificate. D) His family tree showing his direct descent from Chief Sitting Bull. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The long form of his birth certificate. 10. Anonymous street artist Banksy opened a hotel in March 2017 in Palestine next to the Israeli wall which runs along much of the Israeli-declared border in the West Bank; what was one of its characteristics? A) No windows open on to the wall. B) It contains no paintings of any kind. C) It is open only to Palestinians. D) All outside windows face the wall. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All outside windows face the wall. 11. What is the word for bending at least one knee to the ground, a gesture of deep respect for a superior that was introduced in 328 BC by Alexander the Great into his court, a practice then already followed in Persia? A) Kneeling. B) Curtseying. C) Genuflection. D) Kerning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Genuflection. 12. Which of these is not a dance? A) Salto. B) Sarabande. C) Tarantella. D) Flamenco. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Salto. 13. Which of these deserts is in Africa? A) Negev. B) Gobi. C) Gibson. D) Kalahari. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kalahari. 14. Sandcrack is a damage in an animal's what? A) Facial skin. B) Hooves. C) Underbelly. D) Legs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hooves. 15. Which is a traditional topping for lasagne? A) Cheese. B) Whipped cream. C) Mashed potato. D) Pastry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cheese. 16. Who called the first of what became three general elections in the UK between 2015 and 2019? A) Gordon Brown. B) Theresa May. C) Boris Johnson. D) David Cameron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) David Cameron. 17. What is the rich soil known as loess? A) Rotted leaf mould. B) Rock which has been ground by glacier action. C) Deep sea matter thrown to mountain height by tectonic action. D) An accumulation of wind-blown dust. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An accumulation of wind-blown dust. 18. What is another name for "mother of pearl" ? A) Nacre. B) Jet. C) Turquoise. D) Jade. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nacre. 19. What is the setting for the 1993 film "Alive", which stars Ethan Hawke, Vincent Spano and Josh Hamiltonset and is narrated by John Malkovich? A) The Andes. B) London Zoo. C) Vietnam War. D) American Civil War. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Andes. 20. What is the height of a triangle with an area of 16 square metres and a base 4 metres long? A) 4 metres. B) 4 feet. C) 8 metres. D) 8 feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 8 metres. β PreviousNext βRelated 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 π Back to Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books