This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 906 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 906 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which is essential in practising the art of topiary? A) Water. B) A spinning top. C) Thread. D) A plant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A plant. 2. Which of these processes involves inserting needle tips in the skin? A) Homeopathy. B) Cupping. C) Acupuncture. D) Iridology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acupuncture. 3. What is the next number in the series 1, 16, 81, 256, 625? A) 4096. B) 2401. C) 1296. D) 1269. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1296. 4. What is the birth name of Kim Wilde, the daughter of 1950s UK rock 'n' roller Marty Wilde, whose debut single "Kids in America" (1981) reached #2 in the UK Singles Chart? A) Kimi Räikkönen. B) Kim Smith. C) Kim Basinger. D) Kim Stanley. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kim Smith. 5. Which 1909 one-act opera was the first of the many collaborations between Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal? A) Ariadne auf Naxos. B) Elektra. C) Arabella. D) Capriccio. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elektra. 6. The British TV series "Porridge" was set in what prison? A) Wormwood Scrubs. B) Slade. C) Newgate. D) Brixton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slade. 7. Referred to as the father of history, the Greek writer Herodotus wrote about the social, political, cultural and economic lead-up to, events and consequences of what? A) The Trojan War. B) The Peloponnesian War (431-404 BCE). C) The rise of the Roman Empire. D) The Greco-Persian Wars (499-479 BCE) and their preliminaries. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Greco-Persian Wars (499-479 BCE) and their preliminaries. 8. Georgetown, Guyana, is situated at the mouth of which river? A) Cachoeira. B) Marowijne (Moroni). C) Doce. D) Demerara. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Demerara. 9. What is the thick watery substance filling the space between the lens and the retina of the eye? A) Aqueous humour. B) Vitreous enamel. C) Vitreous humour. D) Aqueous enamel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vitreous humour. 10. Which of the continents is the smallest in area? A) South America. B) Antarctica. C) Europe. D) Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Australia. 11. Which of these has had the most influence on the architecture of Barcelona? A) Georges-Eugène Haussmann. B) Frank Lloyd Wright. C) Christopher Wren. D) Antonio Gaudi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antonio Gaudi. 12. Which of these was a stage and early film actress, born in Paris, France, who became famous on the stages of Europe in the 1870s, and was soon in demand in Europe and the Americas? A) Millicent Martin. B) Greta Garbo. C) Sarah Bernhardt. D) Brigitte Bardot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sarah Bernhardt. 13. What is the generic title of a series of French comic strips that were written originally by René Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo? A) Pippi Longstocking. B) The Adventures of Tintin. C) The Adventures of Asterix. D) Maximo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Adventures of Asterix. 14. Which of these lines in a limerick have to rhyme? A) 1st & 3rd. B) 2nd & 3rd. C) 3rd & 4th. D) 3rd & 5th. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3rd & 4th. 15. Which of these actors became a quadriplegic after being thrown from a horse? A) Steve McQueen. B) Christopher Reeve. C) Burt Reynolds. D) Johnny Depp. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Christopher Reeve. 16. What is the name of the French National Theatre, established in 1680? A) Comédie Française. B) Commedia dell'arte. C) Theatre Nationale Française. D) Place de Napoléon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comédie Française. 17. Except for 1978, which team won every World Lacrosse Championship between 1967 and 2002? A) England. B) Canada. C) Australia. D) USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) USA. 18. Which US TV sitcom, set to theme music by George and Ira Gershwin, ran 1995 to 1998 and was nominated for 12 Emmy Awards, being given the 1996 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series-Musical or Comedy? A) Sex and the City. B) Cybill. C) Temporarily Yours. D) Will & Grace. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cybill. 19. In 2015 Baron Coe became President of which organisation? A) World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). B) International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). C) Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). D) International Olympic Committee (IOC). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). 20. In south-west Bolivia the Potosi desert has what nick-name internationally? A) The Gobi of the West. B) Salvador Dali. C) Atacama. D) Potto. 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