This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 933 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 933 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where is the British TV series "The English" (2022) set? A) The American West. B) India. C) Australia. D) Ireland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The American West. 2. Richmondtown is in which borough of New York? A) Jersey City. B) Staten Island. C) Virginia. D) Manhattan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Staten Island. 3. Which of these titles is applied to someone who is in charge of a prison? A) Governor. B) Abbot. C) Chancellor. D) Headmaster. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Governor. 4. What 1956 film, that satirises the U.S. occupation of Japan following World War II, starred Glenn Ford & Marlon Brando? A) The Pub of the October Moon. B) The Cafe of the September Moon. C) The Teahouse of the August Moon. D) The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Teahouse of the August Moon. 5. Each team in the Oxford and Cambridge race which takes place near to each Easter on the River Thames is required to have what? A) Pippin. B) Orange. C) Cox. D) Box. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cox. 6. In 2005, Dan Wheldon became the first British competitor to win what event in over 30 years? A) Indianapolis 500. B) Wimbledon Men's Singles. C) Boston Marathon. D) Tour de France. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indianapolis 500. 7. Bacha posh, whereby a family in which there are no sons may have a girl dress in characteristic male clothing and have her hair cut short, occupying a status in which she is treated as neither daughter nor son, is a cultural practice in areas of which country? A) Afghanistan. B) China. C) Kenya. D) Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Afghanistan. 8. Which 2003 drama film, named after a painting by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer and directed by Peter Webber, stars Scarlett Johansson, Colin Firth, Tom Wilkinson & Cillian Murphy? A) Girl with a Pearl Earring. B) The Milkmaid. C) The Astronomer. D) The Girl with the Wineglass. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Girl with a Pearl Earring. 9. What is one of the unusual features of the 4 mile (over 6 km) long Shanay-timpishka River in Amazonian Peru? A) The river is effectively one long waterfall. B) Although it is short it rises in Peru and disappears in Brazil. C) The water is at nearly boiling point. D) It runs through peaks of the Andes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The water is at nearly boiling point. 10. In the UK, there is an annual celebration held on the evening of 5 November. What event does it commemorate? A) The crowning of a King. B) A British military defeat. C) An attempt to blow up a building, a King and a Parliament. D) The end of a war. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An attempt to blow up a building, a King and a Parliament. 11. What does the "G" in the World Championship CS:GO stand for? A) Great. B) Global. C) Gormenghast. D) Grave. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Global. 12. What is a word for the heart, liver and lungs of a slaughtered animal? A) Tripe. B) Flange. C) Dross. D) Pluck. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pluck. 13. In the lyric "If I were a rich man ..... ", from the musical "Fiddler on the Roof", what describes "were" grammatically? A) Imperfect. B) Indicative. C) Future perfect. D) Subjunctive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subjunctive. 14. In the southern hemisphere, when does the winter solstice occur? A) September. B) December. C) March. D) June. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) June. 15. For a proper fraction, the numerator is A) Equal to the denominator. B) Greater than the denominator. C) Less than the denominator. D) Equal to 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Less than the denominator. 16. City Of Dreams was the second casino owned by James Packer to open in which European ex colony? A) Singapore. B) Hong Kong, China. C) Macau, China. D) Goa, India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Macau, China. 17. Which of these wines comes from Germany? A) Sekt. B) Spumante. C) Cava. D) Champagne. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sekt. 18. What is the name of the Moslem prayer that adherents repeat 5 times daily? A) Kylie. B) Fatima. C) Kyrie. D) Fatiya. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fatiya. 19. Which is the style of music, characterised by staccato offbeat rhythms, and owing much to the influence of mento, jazz, ska and rhythm and blues? A) Art pop. B) Rap. C) Soul. D) Reggae. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reggae. 20. Who was the second Stuart king on the English throne? A) Charles II. B) James I. C) James II. D) Charles I. 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