This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1035 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1035 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In Turkey, what is "Galatasaray Spor Kulübü" ? A) A music festival. B) A meal prepared on religious occasions. C) A dog obedience competition. D) A soccer club. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A soccer club. 2. What is the setting for the musical "Oliver!" ? A) Salzburg. B) London. C) New York, New York. D) Gary, Indiana. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) London. 3. The acronym "B.A.S.E.", as used in B.A.S.E jumping, stands for four categories of fixed objects from which one can jump, including buildings, antennae and earth (cliff). Which of these is the other? A) Sticks. B) Spans (bridges). C) Stones. D) Sand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spans (bridges). 4. The northern mass of the continent of the Americas is bounded by the Pacific, Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, by the Caribbean Sea, by South America and by which other? A) Greenland Sea. B) Bering Sea. C) Red Sea. D) Black Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bering Sea. 5. In the Battle of Langshan Jiang, or Wolf Mountain River, the force which eventually won the battle attacked its opponent's ships with not only double pump flamethrowers but also what? A) Ashes and beans. B) Eagles. C) Tear gas. D) Water cannons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ashes and beans. 6. What is the effect of modern Daylight Saving Time, Daylight Time, or Summer Time? A) Curtains fade faster. B) It shifts the time system forward one hour for part of the year. C) Crime rates increase. D) Rivers dry up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It shifts the time system forward one hour for part of the year. 7. Which President was the last completely, apart from the exterior walls, to rebuild the White House in Washington, D.C., USA? A) Harry S. Truman. B) Franklin D. Roosevelt. C) Dwight D. Eisenhower. D) Chester Arthur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harry S. Truman. 8. Australian Joan Sutherland is connected with what activity? A) Opera. B) Architecture. C) Sculpture. D) Fashion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Opera. 9. On 31 March 1971, Lieutenant William Calley was found guilty by a court martial for murdering 22 civilians in 1968-where? A) Koje Island, Korea. B) My Lai, Vietnam. C) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. D) Uli, Biafra, Nigeria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My Lai, Vietnam. 10. When was the Sami Parliament in Norway first elected? A) 1989. B) 1996. C) 1993. D) 1160. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1989. 11. The River Irwell runs through which English city? A) Aberdeen. B) Liverpool. C) Glasgow. D) Manchester. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Manchester. 12. Which country did a US Geological Survey estimate in 2002 to hold about 50% of the world's gold resource? A) Mongolia. B) Australia. C) Canada. D) South Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) South Africa. 13. Which of these expressions is commonly heard at a cricket match? A) Yoo hoo. B) 'Ello 'ello 'ello. C) Howzat. D) Oyez. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Howzat. 14. What name was given to Nepalese soldiers recruited into the Indian army? A) Sherpas. B) Sepoys. C) Chindits. D) Gurkhas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gurkhas. 15. Where is Nevsky Prospect? A) Part of the Kupol Gold Mine, Siberia. B) Moscow, Russia. C) The view north from the peak of Mount Elbrus, Russia. D) St Petersburg, Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) St Petersburg, Russia. 16. "Vera; or, The Nihilists" is the first play by which playwright? A) George Bernard Shaw. B) Oscar Wilde. C) Samuel Beckett. D) Fanny Kemble. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oscar Wilde. 17. What relation were Nat King Cole and Natalie Cole to each other? A) Mother and son. B) Brother and Sister. C) Uncle and niece. D) Father and daughter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Father and daughter. 18. Who was the youngest person to become president of the USA? A) Abraham Lincoln. B) John Kennedy. C) Barack Obama. D) Teddy Roosevelt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Teddy Roosevelt. 19. What happened in November 2020, after US President Donald Trump had announced it in 2017? A) He stepped down from office. B) The US's formal withdrawal from the 2015 Paris Agreement became effective. C) He shot someone on a public street without legal consequence. D) He became a great grandfather. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The US's formal withdrawal from the 2015 Paris Agreement became effective. 20. The organisation OPEC is concerned with production of what? A) Eggs. B) Petrol. C) Oil. D) Calcium. 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