General knowledge questions and answers for competitive exams
1. The “H” stands for what on the pencil?
“Hard”
2. Banorte is a brand from which country?
Mexico
3. Preiddeu Annwfn is an Arthurian Tale in which mythology?
Welsh
4. Who is the first president to ride in a helicopter
Dwight D. Eisenhower
5. What is the most violent Shakespeare play of all?
Titus Andronicus (first published 1589)
6. Name a word with vowels in order.
Caespitosum
7. A lichen is a composite organism that arises from what?
Algae or cyanobacteria living in fungi
8. What product was originally called Baby Gays?
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9. According to the Penobscot tribal nation, who is said to be the god of Thunder and protector of the mountain?
Pamola
10. If you have a buccula what have you got?
Double Chin
11. Ravenna city is located in which country?
Italy
12. Cascara is a popular brand of which drink?
Coffee
13. Kanji Meaning for Otaku literally means what?
“house”
14. How many people speak in Arabic (Modern Standard)?
274 million people (2020)
15. What is a 29-line poem called?
Sonnet 29 is written in the typical Shakespearean sonnet form, having 14 lines of iambic pentameter ending in a rhymed couplet.
16. Which country won the FIFA WC in 1974?
West Germany
17. Who was the 1st Earl of Chester?
Gerbod the Fleming
18. Puerto Varas is a famous tourist spot in which country?
Chile
19. When you say “Wool” what anniversary do you celebrate?
7 years
20. Which insect is the symbol of female potency?
The Honey Bee
21. What is ku-gatsu in Japan?
September
22. Litmus is often absorbed onto filter paper for what test?
Materials for acidity
23. What is Kushari?
A dish in Egypt
24. Valdivia is a famous tourist spot in which country?
Chile
25. Which old Japanese art means “paper folding” and is hugely important in July’s Star Festival in Japan?
Origami
26. What does sulk mean?
To be angry or irritable
27. What links offshore trolling, surf fishing, and jetty/pier fishing?
Fishing Rod
28. When did the Roman leader Gaius Marius die?
86 BCE
29. What is a Siberian Husky?
Dog
30. Persia became Iran in 1935 what was it before it was?
Iran
31. What is a Flowerhorn?
Fish
32. What is the Alpha 2 code for Denmark?
DK
33. When was the Greek leader Demosthenes born?
384 BC
34. Israel Baline became more famous under what name?
Irving Berlin
35. What links Liberty’s Kids, Father Lefty, Las Vegas, The Contender, and Ultimate Beastmaster?
Sylvester Stallone on Television
36. What does scabbard mean in English?
A sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet.
37. Who wrote the famous novel Blindness?
Jose Saramago
38. How many one-legged popes have there been?
None
39. Which US state was known as “The mother of Presidents”?
Virginia 4 out of 1st 5
40. What is the most common food allergen?
Nuts
41. Which country has its Alpha 2 code DJ?
Djibouti
42. How many atolls are there?
439 atolls
43. Woodpecker Scalps – Porpoise Teeth – Giraffe Tails what links?
All been used as money
44. Where would you find or what are guntlines?
Rope – groves
45. Which movie does not go with Arnold Schwarzenegger: Kindergarten Cop, Total Recall, The Suicide Squad, Twins, and Red Heat?
The Suicide Squad
46. What is the Alpha 3 code for Equatorial Guinea?
GNQ
47. What is the outflow length of the rivers Congo–Chambeshi?
4,700 km
48. Famous fiction Tarzan of the Apes was written in which year?
1914
49. What is Independence Day in Georgia?
May 26 and April 9
50. Every year 30000 US people are seriously injured by what?
Exercise equipment
51. What was the city symbol of Pompeii?
A Winged Penis
52. Which country has its Alpha 3 code EGY?
Egypt
53. What is the world’s largest atoll?
The Great Chagos Bank
54. In Old English what is a Friesian?
A Sneeze
55. How did German mechanical engineer Wilhelm Röntgen die?
Cancer
56. What is the internet country domain TLD for French Polynesia?
.pf
57. What is jama’ah (Arabic)?
gathering; congregation
58. What is a holm?
A small island in a river or lake, near the mainland or a larger island
59. Who was supposed to play Betelgeuse in the movie?
Sammy Davis Junior
60. India has the largest Hindu population what country has second?
Nepal
61. What is the UN Code for Eritrea?
232
62. What is the internet country domain TLD for French Southern and Antarctic Lands?
.tf
63. The act of showing preference or rejection to a group of people based on a specific attribute is called what?
discrimination
64. Psychologist say when a woman wears red she wants what?
Another Woman
65. What links Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood and Nikolay Nikolaevich Semenov?
Received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1956
66. Apsley Railway Station is located in which country?
England
67. Which country has its UPC barcodes 868 – 869?
Turkey
68. Which country has its UN code 233?
Estonia
69. Who said, “Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar”?
Sigmund Freud
70. In the Phantom of the Opera how does the Phantom sign notes?
OG – Opera Ghost
71. What are the UPC barcodes for the Netherlands?
870 – 879
72. Which animal has its scientific name Sminthopsis macroura?
Stripe-faced dunnart
73. Juan Ramón Jiménez received the Nobel Prize in 1956 in which category?
Literature
74. What is polygamy?
marriage of one spouse to many different spouses
75. Who is the father of Radiology?
Wilhelm Roentgen
76. Ardgay Railway Station is located in which country?
Scotland
77. What is the scientific name for the Indian Rhinoceros?
Rhinoceros unicornis
78. tiny islands are often called what?
Islets
79. Who is an influencer?
Someone who affects or changes the way that other people behave
80. Great Brother is the Chinese translation of which drug?
Viagra
81. The cold passed reluctantly from the earth, and the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting – which novel has this first line?
The Red Badge of Courage
82. What is White Truffle?
An expensive food
83. Φεβρουάριος (Φεβ, Φ) – Fevouarios – what does this mean in Greek?
February
84. Karlstejn Castle is located in which country?
Czech Republic
85. “Slave Children’s Crusade” is a soundtrack in which of the Indiana Jones series?
Temple of Doom
86. Rice bran is a good source of which vitamin?
Vitamin B1
87. Foje is a famous brand in which country?
Iran
88. Mercedes-Benz car is from which country?
Germany
89. In North Carolina it’s against the law for who / what to fight.
Cats and Dogs
90. Which food item contains the most residual pesticides?
Peaches
91. The word stymie originated in what sport?
The golf ball blocking you
92. Albert Camus received the Nobel Prize in Literature in which year?
1957
93. What is the study of the laws and phenomena of aqueous vapors called?
Atmology
94. What special character can be obtained from the shortcut keys Alt+0242?
ò
95. Death lies on her like an untimely frost
Upon the sweetest flower of all the field.
– where are these lines from?
Romeo and Juliet, Act 4 Scene 5
96. 67% of dog owners do what at holiday time?
Buy a present for the dog
97. Lester Bowles Pearson received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 from which country?
Newtonbrook, Toronto, Canada, Born: April 23, 1897
98. What is a Dugout Canoe?
A long, narrow light craft that is usually monoxylous, made out of a single piece of wood
99. Why did certain buses in Staffordshire refuse to pick up people?
Keeping to schedule
100. What are popcorn, moss, and seed?
Knitting Stitches
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