This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 999 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 999 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In the UK, which of these is an abbreviation for a senior lawyer "appointed by letters patent to be one of Her Majesty's Counsel learned in the law" ? A) OK. B) QC. C) GQ. D) MC. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) QC. 2. A film released in 1971, starring David Hemmings and Michael Kitchen, based on a 1958 radio play by Giles Cooper, was called "Unman, Wittering and ..... " who? A) Zulu. B) Zigo. C) Xavier. D) Youngman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zigo. 3. What does "Forged in Fire", a US TV series first broadcast in 2015, portray? A) Competitions to forge bladed weapons. B) Wartime relations between countries and individuals. C) Romances which have bloomed under extreme hardship. D) Effects of volcanoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Competitions to forge bladed weapons. 4. What is Finniston Open Pit? A) Gold mine in Australia. B) Slate quarry in Wales. C) Fossil pit in the USA. D) Geological fault in Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gold mine in Australia. 5. Which was Giacomo Puccini's last opera? A) Turandot. B) Manon Lescaut. C) Pagliacci. D) Aida. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Turandot. 6. Uhu is a name for species of parrotfish in Hawai'i, the symbol for the chemical element Unhexunium (atomic number 161), a trump card in a Tapp Tarock deck, and the name also for a species of what? A) Owl. B) Skunk. C) Limpet. D) Kookaburra. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Owl. 7. What was unusual about Stamata Revithi running the marathon course at the 1896 Olympics, in Athens? A) She was a paraplegic. B) Female athletes could not compete in "strenuous events". C) Female athletes were not allowed to compete at all. D) She came alone and did not represent a country. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Female athletes were not allowed to compete at all. 8. What is the name of the transition from a liquid state directly to a gas of an element or compound? A) Ionisation. B) Condensation. C) Deionisation. D) Vaporisation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vaporisation. 9. Five spice powder is commonly used in which ethnic cuisine? A) Chinese. B) Japanese. C) Indonesian. D) Indian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chinese. 10. What is the name of the recording studio and record label established by Ray and Dave Davies, members of the British group "The Kinks" ? A) Hooter. B) Konk. C) Schnozzle. D) Mary Rose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Konk. 11. Which singer invested in the Ampex company in 1947 (which developed North America's first commercial reel-to-reel tape recorder), was the first to pre-record his radio shows and to master his commercial recordings on magnetic tape? A) Bing Crosby. B) Dean Martin. C) Frank Sinatra. D) Frankie Vaughan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bing Crosby. 12. As a science phenomenon, what is a sprite? A) Ignited methane in swamps. B) Large scale electrical discharges high above large stormclouds which are discharging lightning. C) A LIDAR detector. D) A very small high energy car engine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Large scale electrical discharges high above large stormclouds which are discharging lightning. 13. In which sport is it forbidden for anyone to play left handed? A) Baseball. B) Curling. C) Polo. D) Cricket. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Polo. 14. Who wrote the series of books about "Budgie The Helicopter" ? A) J K Rowling. B) Enid Blyton. C) Sarah Ferguson. D) Sue Townsend. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sarah Ferguson. 15. What does the P stand for in the abbreviation "VSOP" ? A) Port. B) Pale. C) Pretty. D) Parched. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pale. 16. According to a Time-Pew Research Centre poll published on 29 November 2010, the percentage of married people in the USA changed from 75% (of those over 18) in 1960 to what in 2008? A) 60%. B) 30%. C) 50%. D) 40%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 50%. 17. Which river flows through Cologne? A) Danube. B) Rhine. C) Main. D) Oder. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhine. 18. What is the lightest noble gas? A) Xenon. B) Argon. C) Krypton. D) Helium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Helium. 19. Joseph Smith is known as the founder of what movement? A) Unification Church. B) Scientology. C) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. D) Salvation Army. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 20. In 1996, who joined Paavo Nurmi, Larysa Latynina and Mark Spitz, tied for the record number of Olympic gold medals (9) up to that time? A) Huey Lewis. B) Jerry Lee Lewis. C) Jerry Lewis. D) Carl Lewis. 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