This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 923 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 923 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What expression that probably comes from a description of the components of a musket means "everything" ? A) Blood, sweat and tears. B) Bell, book and candle. C) Lock, stock and barrel. D) Hook, line and sinker. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lock, stock and barrel. 2. By what name is the writer Alfred Maximovitch Peshkov better known? A) Maxim Gorky. B) Graham Greene. C) Anton Chekhov. D) Franz Kafka. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maxim Gorky. 3. The Mocha coffee bean is named after what? A) A type of sacking. B) A camel. C) A type of chocolate. D) A port. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A port. 4. The scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene Epoch is known as what? A) Palaeontology. B) Palaeoanthropology. C) Palaeoecology. D) Paleolithology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Palaeontology. 5. In what country was the French colony of Cochinchina, which was conquered in 1862? A) Korea. B) Laos. C) Vietnam. D) Burma (Myanmar). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vietnam. 6. There are 1, 860 steps from where to where? A) The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, New York, USA, to the crown. B) Ground level to the top of the Empire State Building, New York, USA. C) The floor of St Paul's Cathedral, London, UK, to the Whispering Gallery inside the dome. D) To the top of the Leaning Tower, Pisa, Italy from ground level. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ground level to the top of the Empire State Building, New York, USA. 7. The characters of Doris Schwartz and Leroy Johnson appeared in what 1980s TV series? A) Boston Legal. B) Twin Peaks. C) M*A*S*H. D) Fame. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fame. 8. An astrolabe was used for astrology, navigation and what else? A) Calculating speed of a star's travel. B) Examination of star chemistry. C) Astronomy. D) Religious festivals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Astronomy. 9. Who is the next in this series:John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr, George Clinton, Elbridge Gerry ..... ? A) Martin Van Buren. B) Daniel D. Tompkins. C) John C. Calhoun. D) William R. King. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Daniel D. Tompkins. 10. What is the main ingredient in biriani? A) Veal. B) Rice. C) Broccoli. D) Milk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rice. 11. What is another name for the zodiac sign "water carrier" ? A) Aries. B) Aquarius. C) Capricorn. D) Leo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aquarius. 12. Which artist, born in Leeuwarden in 1898, is famous for his optical illusions such as "Ascending And Descending", "Convex and Concave", and "Metamorphosis I" ? A) René Magritte. B) M C Escher. C) Samuel Jesserun de Mesquita. D) G H s'Gravesande. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) M C Escher. 13. "Joseph" had what garment that was worth putting in the title of a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, ? A) Coat. B) Hat. C) Shirt. D) Trousers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coat. 14. Where does the Suriname common toad, or Pipa toad, lay and hatch its eggs? A) In foam nests laid in pools of water in the crook of branches or leaves. B) In pockets on the female's back. C) In stagnant ponds. D) In streams. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In pockets on the female's back. 15. What film production company was named after brothers Harry (born Hirsz), Albert (born Aaron), Sam (born Szmul), and Jack (born Itzhak)? A) Chemical Brothers. B) United Artists. C) Wright Brothers. D) Warner Brothers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Warner Brothers. 16. In which game would you use a wooden ball called a cochonnet? A) Rounders. B) Croquet. C) Hockey. D) Boules. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Boules. 17. Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a young artillery officer of Alsatian-Jewish descent, was convicted in France in 1894 and again in 1899 of treason. Evidence against whom, the real culprit, surfaced by 1896 but was suppressed and only given weight to exonerate him in 1906 after a prolonged public campaign? A) Herbert von Bismarck. B) Emile Zola. C) Lieutenant-Colonel Jean Sandherr. D) Major Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Major Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy. 18. Which of these is the second-largest city and the last royal capital of Myanmar? A) Mandalay. B) Mandolin. C) Mandrake. D) Mandrill. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mandalay. 19. Which of these is a character from the musical "Annie" ? A) Robin. B) Obelix. C) Snowy. D) Daddy Warbucks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Daddy Warbucks. 20. The mythical figure of Adonis was said to have what quality? A) Beauty. B) Eloquence. C) Musicianship. D) Strength. 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