This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 995 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 995 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What system or systems does an air fryer combine in order to cook food? A) Radiation and convection. B) Microwave and convection. C) Pulsing radiant heat. D) 3-D radiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Radiation and convection. 2. Which of these is a diamond pattern, often used in knitting? A) Variegated. B) Fair Isle. C) Aran. D) Argyle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Argyle. 3. A group of quails or snipe is usually called what? A) Gaggle. B) Covey. C) Shoal. D) Pod. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Covey. 4. Which country surrounds most of the Sea of Okhotsk? A) Scotland. B) Poland. C) Sweden. D) Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Russia. 5. Which of these British army ranks is the highest? A) Captain. B) Colonel. C) Major. D) Brigadier. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brigadier. 6. The "Byzantine Empire" is the term used since the 19th century to describe the Roman Empire of the Middle Ages, centred on its capital, where? A) Paris. B) Rome. C) Constantinople. D) Moscow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Constantinople. 7. What is the opening line of "Wonderful World" by Sam Cooke? A) Don't know much about history. B) I see leaves of green. C) It's late in the evening; she's wondering what clothes to wear. D) Wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen, Friendly old girl of a town. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Don't know much about history. 8. The early use of the new technology of the wireless telegram helped British police to capture whom on 31 July 1910? A) Lord Lucan. B) Dr Crippen. C) John Dillinger. D) Salvatore Maranzano. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dr Crippen. 9. What was called "dephlogisticated air" by Joseph Priestley when he isolated it in 1774? A) Hydrogen. B) Methane. C) Oxygen. D) Helium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxygen. 10. What is a British comic strip character created by Reg Smythe, first published in August 1957, now written by Roger Mahoney (artist) and Roger Kettle (writer)? A) Rockford. B) Popeye. C) Jiggs. D) Andy Capp. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Andy Capp. 11. Which 2010 British film directed by Hideo Nakata is about five teenagers who meet on the Internet and mutually escalate their worst impulses? A) Into the Woods. B) The Net. C) Gone Girl. D) Chatroom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chatroom. 12. Since the 17th century the name Aubusson has been particularly associated with what? A) Floor coverings and tapestries. B) Economic thought. C) Sword-making. D) Military techniques. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Floor coverings and tapestries. 13. When would one use an auger? A) To submerge a submarine. B) To cut down a tree. C) To bore a hole. D) To tune a diesel engine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To bore a hole. 14. Tennis player, Naomi Osaka, started playing in but then withdrew from which major tennis tournament citing mental health issues? A) 2021 Wimbledon. B) 2020 US Open. C) 2021 French Open. D) 2021 Miami Open. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2021 French Open. 15. Cloth used to be measured in what? A) Exes. B) Ems. C) Ens. D) Ells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ells. 16. What is the official language of New Caledonia A) English. B) French. C) German. D) Spanish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) French. 17. What nationality is the cinematographer Michael Seresin, who has worked on many films from Bugsy Malone (1976), Angela's Ashes (1999), The Life of David Gale (2003), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), to War of the Planet of the Apes (2017)? A) New Zealander. B) American. C) British. D) Canadian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) New Zealander. 18. In the English nursery rhyme "Hickory Dickory Dock", what ran up the clock? A) Jack Horner. B) Queen of Hearts. C) Mouse. D) Cow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mouse. 19. What is the name of the small village near Calcutta where the first hollow-nosed rifle bullets were made? A) Dum-dum. B) Hollow Point. C) Soft Point. D) Cordite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dum-dum. 20. What was the code name for the German invasion of Russia in World War II? A) The Crimean War. B) Operation Sea Lion. C) The Manhattan Project. D) Operation Barbarossa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Operation Barbarossa. ← 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