This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 944 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 944 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these is a film musical in which Mary Tyler Moore and Julie Andrews starred together? A) Steel Magnolias. B) 9 to 5. C) Thoroughly Modern Millie. D) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thoroughly Modern Millie. 2. A large part of the vegetation of the Okavango Delta, named one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Africa in 2013, is what? A) Acacia trees. B) Papyrus and reed rafts. C) Pampas grass. D) Lichens. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Papyrus and reed rafts. 3. Which song contains the line "You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life" ? A) The Safety Dance (You Can Dance If You Wanna). B) Roll Over Beethoven. C) Jumpin' Jack Flash. D) Dancing Queen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dancing Queen. 4. In grammar, what is the genitive case usually employed to indicate? A) Possession. B) Something which is the root of another. C) Direction. D) Effect of an action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Possession. 5. Who or what is the Medusa, whose glance was said to turn anyone who met it to stone? A) Titan. B) Gorgon. C) Cyclops. D) A god. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gorgon. 6. What was the nickname of tennis player Mark Philippoussis? A) Missileman. B) Left field. C) The Scud. D) Minuteman. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Scud. 7. In British and Irish media who or what is "Dave" ? A) A channel owned by UKTV, which is available in the United Kingdom and Ireland. B) The part of the cloud where journalists' research is stored. C) "The man in the street". D) The name of an as yet unreleased story or article. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A channel owned by UKTV, which is available in the United Kingdom and Ireland. 8. Besides Maria Sklodowska-Curie, three people have received two Nobel Prizes. Which of these is not one of them? A) Frederick Sanger. B) Linus Pauling. C) John Bardeen. D) Pierre Curie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pierre Curie. 9. What is the smallest state in the USA by land area? A) Rhode Island. B) New Jersey. C) Delaware. D) Connecticut. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhode Island. 10. What are mitochondria? A) Jaw muscles. B) Organelles in a living cell. C) Female human chromosomes. D) Ankle bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Organelles in a living cell. 11. The island of Anguilla, in the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean, is a largely autonomous overseas territory of which country? A) USA. B) UK. C) France. D) Brazil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) UK. 12. Which space age sit-com starred a black Liverpudlian, a computer, a robot and a hologram? A) Star Trek. B) Blakes Seven. C) Red Dwarf. D) Stargate SG-1. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Red Dwarf. 13. Jessye Norman, JosΓ© Carreras and Giuseppe Verdi are associated with what style of music? A) Jazz. B) Opera. C) Heavy metal. D) Country. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Opera. 14. Which cricket team was accused of being the subject of rigging the result of an international cricket game against England at Lords in August 2010? A) Sri Lanka. B) Bangladesh. C) India. D) Pakistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pakistan. 15. Who rose from Prime Minister (1922-1924) to President (1925-1928), and on 1 September 1928 was crowned King and declared Field Marshal of the Royal Army, proclaiming a constitutional monarchy? A) King Zag of Palestine. B) King Kong of New Amsterdam. C) King Zig of Turkey. D) King Zog of Albania. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) King Zog of Albania. 16. Vermicide is used to kill what? A) Rats. B) Worms. C) Frogs. D) Locusts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Worms. 17. In mathematical terms what does a martingale offer? A) The expected value of an outcome may differ from the current one given present and prior outcomes. B) The expected value of a process at one time is equal to the expected value of the process next time. C) The chances of a future outcome are not affected by past outcomes. D) A winning strategy can be based on past history. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The chances of a future outcome are not affected by past outcomes. 18. Over-arm throwing, long-distance throwing, freestyle and discus are the four disciplines competed for at the world championships in what? A) Handbag throwing. B) Quoits. C) Horseshoe throwing. D) Conkers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Handbag throwing. 19. Which book, the title of which references a device to demonstrate Earth's rotation, is a satirical and literarily playful novel by an Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, cultural critic, political and social commentator? A) Foucault's Pendulum. B) The Beacon of Philolaus Denied. C) The al-zΕ«raqΔ«. D) Brahe's Clock. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foucault's Pendulum. 20. Woody Guthrie, tired of radio overplaying Irving Berlin's "God Bless America", wrote a song in 1940 now known as ..... what? A) This Land Is Your Land. B) Roll On Columbia. C) Pastures Of Plenty. D) Star Spangled Banner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) This Land Is Your Land. 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