This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 950 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 950 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Something formed to resemble glass is known as what? A) Crazed. B) Vitriform. C) Vulcanised. D) Serrated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vitriform. 2. The Chuckchi Sea washes the shores of which two countries? A) Greenland and the USA. B) Indonesia and Australia. C) Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands. D) Russia and the USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Russia and the USA. 3. For a scholar studying in the centres of learning in 15th or 16th century Timbuktu, which of these would be the nearest body of water? A) Indian Ocean. B) Atlantic Ocean. C) Mediterranean Sea. D) Niger River. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Niger River. 4. Who played gangster Don Logan in the 2000 film "Sexy Beast" ? A) Michael Caine. B) Anthony Hopkins. C) Ben Kingsley. D) Terence Rigby. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ben Kingsley. 5. Which of these is the capital of Egypt? A) Beirut. B) Mogadishu. C) Khartoum. D) Cairo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cairo. 6. Where is the geographic centre of South America? A) Just northeast of CuiabΓ‘, Brazil. B) In Brasilia, Brazil. C) In Primavera do Leste, Brazil. D) Just west of Rondonopolis, Brazil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Just northeast of CuiabΓ‘, Brazil. 7. What government system is in place in Lesotho, an enclaved country in the Republic of South Africa? A) Parliamentary or constitutional monarchy. B) Republic. C) Plutocracy. D) Dictatorship. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parliamentary or constitutional monarchy. 8. The third series of which drama was commissioned by the online company Netflix, to stream in October 2016? A) Married At First Sight. B) Under the Dome. C) Black Mirror. D) Quantico. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Black Mirror. 9. Who fell out of favour with Queen Elizabeth I over his intrigue with Elizabeth Throgmorton, was imprisoned and eventually beheaded? A) Lord Melchett. B) Sir Francis Drake. C) Sir Walter Raleigh. D) Captain Flashman. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sir Walter Raleigh. 10. What award is the equivalent of the Oscars for British industries involved in film, television, video games and forms of animation? A) Emmys. B) BAFTAs. C) Tonys. D) Grammys. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) BAFTAs. 11. The film "Mortal Kombat Legends:Snow Blind" (2022) mainly follows which character? A) Tremor. B) Kenshi. C) Blaze. D) Ashrah. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kenshi. 12. Triathlon has been an Olympic sport since the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Which country has won the most medals in the men's event in the first 3 Olympiads to 2008? A) New Zealand. B) Canada. C) Australia. D) Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) New Zealand. 13. Apart from the name's being linked to advertising campaigns, what are gitanes? A) Gypsies. B) Bike riders. C) Smokers. D) Influencers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gypsies. 14. Where is Mozart's opera "The Marriage of Figaro" set? A) Italy. B) Spain. C) France. D) Argentina. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spain. 15. A cornea is found in what part of the body? A) Nose. B) Ear. C) Eye. D) Foot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eye. 16. On a standard dartboard, what is immediately to the right of the number 20? A) 5. B) 1. C) 19. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1. 17. What is blanching? A) Covering in flour. B) Removing the skin. C) Cutting off the flowers. D) Immersing briefly in hot water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Immersing briefly in hot water. 18. Chelsy Davy has been romantically linked to whom? A) Boy George. B) Simon Cowell. C) Prince Henry of Wales (Prince Harry). D) Ringo Starr. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prince Henry of Wales (Prince Harry). 19. What is a "carillon" ? A) A church built as a memorial. B) A set of bells played by a keyboard. C) A method of preparing lobster. D) Large migratory bird. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A set of bells played by a keyboard. 20. The makers of M & Ms refused to allow the sweet to be associated with what 1982 US film, because they believed one of the characters was so ugly that children, who were the film's intended main audience, would be terrified? A) E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. B) Close Encounters of the Third Kind. C) Star Trek II:the Wrath of Khan. D) Gremlins. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. 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