This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 931 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 931 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does the US institute, NARAS founded in 1957, hand out annually? A) Grammy Awards. B) Tony Awards. C) Alexander von Humboldt Medal. D) ESPY Awards. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grammy Awards. 2. A famous, now infamous, Australian entertainer known for rapid paintings is who? A) Graham Harris. B) Rolf Harris. C) Brooke Harman. D) Rolf Mengele. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rolf Harris. 3. The Iguazu Falls are on the border of which two countries? A) China & Korea. B) Syria & Jordan. C) Thailand & Cambodia. D) Brazil & Argentina. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brazil & Argentina. 4. Which Austrian, the brother of Franz Joseph, was crowned Emperor of Mexico in 1864, and shot in 1867? A) Vespasian. B) Maximillian. C) Franz Ferdinand. D) Immanuel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maximillian. 5. Which is a watered-looking textile finish, usually on a fabric with defined ribs including grosgrain, taffeta, some silk, wool, cotton and rayon? A) Moiré. B) Seersucker. C) Twill. D) Mercerised. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moiré. 6. Which of these is a port in Norway? A) Ibsen. B) Bergen. C) Corfu. D) Oslo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bergen. 7. Where is the only wild population of the Saimaa ringed seal? A) Tasmania. B) Portugal. C) Finland. D) Chile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Finland. 8. Ulfberht was a mediaeval luxury what? A) Suit of armour. B) Gold-chased drinking vessel. C) Breed of horse. D) Sword. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sword. 9. What is historiography? A) Letters to historians. B) Study of old calligraphy. C) Ancient graffiti. D) Study of, or actual, written history with critically examined sources, and testable materials. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Study of, or actual, written history with critically examined sources, and testable materials. 10. Who was the first person from the USA to win the Nobel Prize for literature? A) Sinclair Lewis. B) Eugene O'Neill. C) Pearl S. Buck. D) William Faulkner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sinclair Lewis. 11. At the end of 2016 the Bayern Munich and Real Madrid football teams used kits with what unusual quality? A) They carried a logo of sympathy for victims of the 2016 Zika virus in Brazil. B) They were identical in design and colour. C) They were made from up-cycled marine plastic debris. D) They were made from fluoro fishnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were made from up-cycled marine plastic debris. 12. In fairy tales, black cats are associated with what people? A) Princesses. B) Witches. C) Goblins. D) Dragons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Witches. 13. The 2003 film "What A Girl Wants", with Amanda Bynes as the illegitimate daughter of a British politician played by Colin Firth, was a remake of which 1958 film starring Rex Harrison and Sandra Dee? A) Breakfast at Tiffany's. B) Gigi. C) Gidget Goes Hawaiian. D) The Reluctant Debutante. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Reluctant Debutante. 14. What does Thomas, chief minister for King Henry VIII of England 1532-1540 and powerful advocate for the religious Reformation, have in common with Oliver, leader of the government which in its early days beheaded King Charles I of England? A) They were both painted by Hans Holbein. B) They were both Earls of Essex. C) They were both closet Roman Catholics. D) The surname Cromwell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The surname Cromwell. 15. Who was Oliver's mentor, appointed by Fagin? A) Eliza Doolittle. B) Nancy. C) The Artful Dodger. D) Professor Higgins. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Artful Dodger. 16. Which of these is not a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice? A) Evita. B) Jesus Christ Superstar. C) Oliver!. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oliver!. 17. Which of these actresses was born in Australia? A) Isla Fisher. B) Cate Blanchett. C) Nicole Kidman. D) Sophie Monk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cate Blanchett. 18. In 2004, who released his long awaited album, "Smile" ? A) Bob Dylan. B) Paul McCartney. C) Brian Wilson. D) James Taylor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brian Wilson. 19. In France, which of these establishments specialises in selling bread? A) Charcuterie. B) Boulangerie. C) Pâtisserie. D) Brasserie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Boulangerie. 20. Which word can serve as a prefix or a suffix, or on its own as an adjective, to mean chief or leader? A) Diva. B) Cob. C) Arch. D) Master. 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