42 Most Important General Knowledge Questions and Answers for Basic Level

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Question 1

According to the Christmas song what did my true love give to me on the fifth day of Christmas?

Answer: Five Gold Rings

Question 2

In a car, what might be disc or drum?

Answer: Brakes

Question 3

What is a word refers to a decorative structure that can hang above a baby's crib?

Answer: Mobile

Question 4

What body part are you said to have 'in the door' if you're lucky, and 'in the grave' if you're not?

Answer: a foot

Question 5

Which term describes a spy who operates within the intelligence service of another country?

Answer: Mole

Question 6

What is the term for the tendency of an object to float, or the upward pressure of fluid in an object?

Answer: Buoyancy

Question 7

Complete this popular saying: 'Give credit where credit is _______'

Answer: Due

Question 8

Which game involves a patient called Cavity Sam, from whom players must remove objects using a pair of tweezers?

Answer: Operation

Question 9

Where is Capitol Hill?

Answer: Washington DC

Question 10

What does the "touch of Midas" turn everything?

Answer: Gold

Question 11

Transformers are ___________ in disguise.

Answer: Robots

Question 12

Who Make Macintosh Computers?

Answer: Apple

Question 13

What is the name given to the art of miniaturising trees and maintaining their small size?

Answer: Bonsai

Question 14

Which computer company was set up by Steven Jobs and Stephen Wozniak?

Answer: Apple

Question 15

In the field of psychiatry, which term means self-love?

Answer: Narcissism

Question 16

What word is used in the NATO Phonetic Alphabet for the letter A?

Answer: Alpha

Question 17

What word is used in the NATO Phonetic Alphabet for the letter B?

Answer: Bravo

Question 18

What word is used in the NATO Phonetic Alphabet for the letter D?

Answer: Delta

Question 19

What word is used in the NATO Phonetic Alphabet for the letter E?

Answer: Echo

Question 20

What word is used in the NATO Phonetic Alphabet for the letter Y?

Answer: Yankee

Question 21

What colour do you get when you mix yellow with red?

Answer: Orange

Question 22

In the nursery rhyme Baa Baa Black Sheep, how many bags of wool does the sheep have?

Answer: 3

Question 23

What word precedes both 'Dane' and 'Depression'?

Answer: Great

Question 24

What French word means 'to feel sorry for' and means 'street' in France?

Answer: Rue

Question 25

What is the familiar expression for something that draws attention away from the main issue?

Answer: Red Herring

Question 26

What is the sound made by a horse when it 'whinnies'?

Answer: Neigh

Question 27

What is the name of the toothed object commonly used to straighten hair?

Answer: Comb

Question 28

What type of baby product is Huggies?

Answer: Diapers

Question 29

What is the fancy name for women's underwear, which is derived from a French word?

Answer: Lingerie

Question 30

Which expert should you call if you're building with stone?

Answer: Mason

Question 31

What is the verb that means to shorten a word or phrase by omitting letters?

Answer: Abbreviate

Question 32

What is the "P" in UPS, the world's largest package delivery company?

Answer: Parcel

Question 33

What is the most basic juggling pattern?

Answer: A cascade

Question 34

What is the term for a list of places to visit on a journey?

Answer: Itinerary

Question 35

What is the name of the endearing cat sound that is caused by the vibration of the false vocal cords?

Answer: A purr

Question 36

What is the slang term commonly used for a tornado?

Answer: Twister

Question 37

What word describes something that is difficult to read, like with bad handwriting?

Answer: Illegible

Question 38

What word means that an object is impossible to see through?

Answer: Opaque

Question 39

What is the name of the cycle in a washing machine that dries clothes?

Answer: The spin

Question 40

What type of comparison is the phrase 'He was like an eagle chained to the ground' an example of?

Answer: A simile

Question 41

What are the rotating blades on an aircraft called?

Answer: Propellers

Question 42

What is a barrier that blocks flowing water?

Answer: Dam