This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 951 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 951 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these phrases describes theft by breaking a shop window? A) Put and take. B) Clean and jerk. C) Push and shove. D) Smash and grab. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Smash and grab. 2. What is a slight fluctuation in pitch caused by the player of a stringed instrument shaking a finger while stopping a string? A) Vibrato. B) Reverb. C) Whammy. D) Echo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vibrato. 3. To grue is to do what? A) Create a scene of horror. B) Grimace, or screw one's face up. C) Shudder, or feel strong aversion. D) To feel fear. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shudder, or feel strong aversion. 4. Which of these is a state of the United States of America? A) Rhode Island. B) Columbia. C) Puerto Rico. D) British Columbia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhode Island. 5. What is the technical term for a solution which holds more dissolved material than the medium would normally dissolve in its current conditions? A) Solute +. B) Overfull. C) Extrasaturated. D) Supersaturated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Supersaturated. 6. The song "Hey There" is from which musical? A) Li'l Abner. B) Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. C) The Pajama Game. D) Oklahoma!. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Pajama Game. 7. Which pop group was formed in the late 1960s by members of the Buffalo Springfield, The Byrds and the Hollies? A) Lamour, Moonshine and Pontiac. B) Hope, Brewers and De Soto. C) Crosby, Stills and Nash. D) Bing, Runners and Mercury. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crosby, Stills and Nash. 8. What lavishly colourful and costumed Andean dance features Saint Michael, the Devil, angels and demons? A) Flying Devil. B) Perdita Durango. C) Montero. D) The Diablada de Oruro. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Diablada de Oruro. 9. What nationality was Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel prize? A) British. B) American. C) Swedish. D) German. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Swedish. 10. What is a Herdwick? A) A sheep. B) A type of weaving pattern. C) A small rocky uninhabited islet. D) A kind of animal corral. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A sheep. 11. Where did the Spring of Nations, or the Year of Revolutions, happen in 1848? A) Europe. B) Chile. C) North America. D) Scandinavia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Europe. 12. What did Spanish canoeist Jovino González, Spanish cyclist Janet Puiggros Miranda, Swiss cyclist Oscar Camenzind and Irish distance runner Cathal Lombard, all in the 2004 Olympics, have in common with Spanish cyclist Maria Isabel Moreno in the 2008 Olympics? A) They fainted during the medal ceremony. B) They won gold medals. C) Their luggage was lost and they competed in borrowed clothing. D) They withdrew before competing in the finals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They withdrew before competing in the finals. 13. Which word means "like a fox" ? A) Vulpine. B) Lupin. C) Ursine. D) Canine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vulpine. 14. In the English language alphabet, how many consonants are there between the letters "I" and "U" ? A) 12. B) 11. C) 10. D) 13. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 10. 15. On 7 October 2023 Hamas (Palestinian) and other forces raided Israel reportedly killing how many people? A) 1, 400. B) 2, 000. C) 1, 139. D) 766. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1, 139. 16. This crime and police procedural British TV series, created and written by Jed Mercurio and first broadcast in 2012, had no official input from UK police but was advised anonymously by serving and retired police officers and police blogs. Which is it? A) Happy Valley. B) The Bill. C) Luther. D) Line of Duty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Line of Duty. 17. Which of these is true about Benjamin Franklin and a term as a US senator? A) He became senator in 1777. B) He represented Pennsylvania. C) He never was a senator. D) He resigned from the Senate in1781. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He never was a senator. 18. In 1695, John Trevor was forced to stand down as Speaker of the British House of Commons. Who was the next Speaker to be ousted? A) Geoffrey de Freitas. B) Arthur Peel. C) William Shepherd Morrison. D) Michael Martin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Michael Martin. 19. P B S Pinchback was the first non-white and first person of African American descent to become governor of a US state, serving for 35 days from 9 December 1872, to 13 January 1873. Which state was this? A) Mississippi. B) Missouri. C) Alabama. D) Louisiana. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Louisiana. 20. A play by Eugene O'Neill is "A Long ..... what ..... Journey into Night" ? A) Morning's. B) Day's. C) Evening's. D) Afternoon's. 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