This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1024 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1024 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When King George II of Great Britain and Ireland died in 1760, who succeeded him? A) His brother. B) His son. C) His grandson. D) His sister. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His grandson. 2. At midnight on 30 June 2012 a change was made to a system which affected all countries. What was it? A) The UN recognised the Action Group for Syria as a decision-making authority. B) Governmental annual report dates for the subsequent year were changed to 31 March. C) The Libor system in banks was dismantled globally. D) A leap second was added to the universal time record (UTC). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A leap second was added to the universal time record (UTC). 3. Where are you said to be being led when you are deceived? A) Beyond the pale. B) Down the drain. C) Across the Rubicon. D) Up the garden path. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Up the garden path. 4. Where was the men's World Cup 2022 held? A) Syria. B) Bahrain. C) Qatar. D) Iraq. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Qatar. 5. Which of the following countries was not one of Israel's opponents in the Six Day War in June 1967? A) Jordan. B) Syria. C) Egypt. D) Iraq. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Iraq. 6. Where is the pororoca found? A) In Lake Titicaca. B) The lower Amazon River. C) In the forests of Suriname. D) In deep caves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The lower Amazon River. 7. What river runs through Cincinnati, Ohio, USA? A) Mississippi. B) Ohio River. C) Platte River. D) Salt River. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ohio River. 8. What is the term for light created by means of heat? A) Fluorescence. B) Incandescence. C) Ambience. D) Deviance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incandescence. 9. What is the highest uninterrupted waterfall in the world? A) Victoria Falls. B) Niagara Falls. C) Angel Falls. D) Sunderland Falls. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Angel Falls. 10. Composer Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) is associated with which instrument? A) Steel guitar. B) Mandolin. C) Ukulele. D) Violin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Violin. 11. What was the name of the TV doctor played by Richard Chamberlain in a US TV series in the 1960s? A) Kilkenny. B) Kildare. C) Kerry. D) Killarney. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kildare. 12. Eleven Pacific-rim countries signed what free trade agreement in March 2018? A) CETA. B) TPPA. C) CPTPP. D) CSKFTA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) CPTPP. 13. Where are the sheer cliffs of the Drakensberg? A) Austria. B) Lichtenstein. C) Southern Africa. D) Switzerland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Southern Africa. 14. This actor is the youngest of 5 children, his great-grandfather was blind and a piano tuner and music teacher, he won a Primetime Emmy Award 2014 for Outstanding Actor, and among many films and TV series starred in the film version of "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"; who is he? A) James Bolam. B) Martin Freeman. C) Laurence Fox. D) Brad Pitt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Martin Freeman. 15. These are the first lines from what song: "There's a saying old, says that love is blind, Still we're often told, "seek and ye shall find"', So I'm going to seek a certain lad I've had in mind" ? A) Someone to Watch Over Me. B) Terry. C) If I Fell. D) The Man I Love. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Someone to Watch Over Me. 16. Keith Urban, who has had 2 platinum albums and 11 #1 singles in the USA, and is a winner of 3 Grammy Awards, was born where? A) Caboolture, Queensland, Australia. B) Nashville, Tennessee, USA. C) Whangarei, New Zealand. D) Ecclesfield, Sheffield, England. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Whangarei, New Zealand. 17. What is it called when, at the start of a snooker game, the white ball is hit onto the other balls, which are neatly arranged in the shape of a triangle? A) Break. B) Strike. C) Wipeout. D) Bully. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Break. 18. Nirmala Nagpal, known as Saroj Khan or Master Ji, is known in India and internationally in what field? A) Music. B) Choreography for film. C) Information technology. D) Conservation economics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Choreography for film. 19. What city was founded in 1868 near the Salt River, near its confluence with the Gila River? A) Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. B) Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. C) Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. D) Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phoenix, Arizona, USA. 20. How is a bodhrán usually played? A) With a tipper or beater. B) Strummed. C) With a keyboard. D) Blown. 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