This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 962 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 962 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who invented the revolver? A) James Revolver. B) Cole Porter. C) Portland James. D) Samuel Colt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Samuel Colt. 2. Which avant-garde art movement, pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque around 1906, revolutionized European painting and sculpture and inspired related movements in music and literature? A) Pop Art. B) Surrealism. C) Impressionism. D) Cubism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cubism. 3. In which US state did the siege of the Alamo take place? A) Texas. B) New Mexico. C) Tennessee. D) Florida. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Texas. 4. Which of these is the branch of anthropology that compares and analyses the origins, distribution, technology, religion, language and social structure of the ethnic, racial, and/or national divisions of humanity? A) Linguistics. B) Ethnography. C) Ethnology. D) Humanitarianism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethnography. 5. What organ in the human body does the term amaurosis apply to? A) Cervix. B) Liver. C) Pancreas. D) Eye. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eye. 6. These are the last lines of which play: "I made the last payment on the house today. Today, dear. And there'll be nobody home. We're free and clear. We're free. We're free ..... We're free ..... " A) "The Grapes of Wrath" by Frank Galati. B) "The Scottish Play" by Michael Holiday. C) "Man of the Moment" by Alan Ayckbourn. D) "Death of a Salesman" by Arthur Miller. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "Death of a Salesman" by Arthur Miller. 7. What process does fracking use to promote access to oil, natural gas, geothermal energy, or water from deep underground? A) Injecting fluid at high pressure into a well bore. B) Invocation. C) Thumping the ground with ranks of pile drivers. D) Vacuum suction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Injecting fluid at high pressure into a well bore. 8. In which of these years did the Spanish Armada sail to attack England? A) 1914. B) 1273. C) 1998. D) 1588. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1588. 9. What were the women nicknamed "canary girls" in World War I in Britain? A) Some of Britain's factory workers. B) Military entertainers. C) Miners. D) Health researchers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Some of Britain's factory workers. 10. Before he became a major criminal and one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives what was the occupation of the central character of the US TV series "The Blacklist" ? A) Submarine commander. B) Naval Intelligence officer. C) FBI detective. D) Military Intelligence Corps officer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Naval Intelligence officer. 11. The Straits of Florida flow between the Gulf of Mexico and where? A) North Sea. B) Pacific Ocean. C) Atlantic Ocean. D) Panama Canal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Atlantic Ocean. 12. Which of these names refers to a Mexican ritual that involves 5 people climbing a 30 meter pole from which 4 launch themselves (tied with ropes) to the ground while one stays on top, dancing and playing a flute & drum? A) Whirling dervishes. B) The Passion of Iztapalapa. C) La Ofrenda. D) The Flyers of Papantla. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Flyers of Papantla. 13. Who is the 45th person to hold the post of President of the United States since it was established in 1789? A) Barack Obama. B) Hillary Clinton. C) As at 2017, no-one, because the election has not yet been held. D) Donald Trump. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) As at 2017, no-one, because the election has not yet been held. 14. The 1961 film "The Misfits" was the last film made by Clark Gable and who else? A) Marilyn Monroe. B) Thelma Ritter. C) Montgomery Clift. D) Eli Wallach. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marilyn Monroe. 15. What award is the equivalent of the Oscars for live American theatre? A) Emmys. B) Tonys. C) Grammys. D) BAFTAs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tonys. 16. From which continent are native tribes and ethnic groups called the Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, Amhara, Somali, Fula, Shona, Zulu, Hutu, Maasai, Tutsi and Nubians? A) Asia. B) Australia. C) Europe. D) Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Africa. 17. Which of these is a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C in the diet? A) Malnutrition. B) Tetanus. C) Mumps. D) Scurvy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scurvy. 18. Which Winter Olympics sport has involved the use of a .30-06 Springfield? A) Curling. B) Alpine skiing. C) Speed skating. D) Biathlon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biathlon. 19. What happens when Venus is said to be in "inferior conjunction" ? A) It is precisely on the same side of the Sun as the Earth. B) It is precisely on the opposite side of the Sun from the Earth. C) It is in line with Mercury, the Earth and the Sun. D) It is in line with Mars, the Sun and the Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is precisely on the same side of the Sun as the Earth. 20. What is the word for an itinerant tinsmith who mends household utensils? A) Tinker. B) Tailor. C) Soldier. D) Sailor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tinker. ← PreviousNext →Related 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 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books