This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 1082 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1082 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Besides a back complaint, what else did John F Kennedy suffer from? A) Parkinson's disease. B) Addison's disease. C) Diabetes. D) Epilepsy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Addison's disease. 2. Where is the Republic of Karelia? A) Central Australia. B) South America. C) North of Georgia. D) Northwest Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Northwest Russia. 3. What does the "P" stand for in the CRISPR system used in gene-editing? A) Palindromic. B) Pathogen. C) Part. D) Parse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Palindromic. 4. Which of these is a species of flatfish native to marine or brackish waters of the North Atlantic, Black Sea, Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean Sea? A) Yesbut. B) Sackbut. C) Gambit. D) Turbot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Turbot. 5. An Iranian/Arabic word for wax, bitumen or asphalt is the stem for some senses of which English word? A) Cousin. B) Tar. C) Tyre. D) Mummy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mummy. 6. After the ending of the Civil War in the USA in 1865, slavery was abolished in the south and many of the freed slaves were given voting rights; what is another result? A) Confederate veterans were temporarily deprived of voting rights. B) Flying the Confederate flag was made an offence. C) A member of the newly formed Ku Klux Klan assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. D) Amendment XIII to the Constitution abolishing slavery and involuntary servitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Confederate veterans were temporarily deprived of voting rights. 7. Some parts of the Amazon rainforest are being laid waste by activities, including deposits of mercury, as part of what? A) Gold mining. B) Timber extraction. C) Marijuana cultivation. D) Farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gold mining. 8. Yaris Varoufakis first became well-known in Europe in 2015 in what capacity? A) Greek Prime Minister. B) Greek Finance Minister. C) Greek Foreign Minister. D) Greek Opposition Leader. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Greek Finance Minister. 9. Who was assassinated by FranΓ§ois Ravaillac, a mentally unbalanced defrocked monk, on 14 May 1610? A) Pope Pius VI. B) Philip II of Spain. C) Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. D) Henry IV of France. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Henry IV of France. 10. Which of these boxers was the last to win an Olympic gold medal? A) Joe Frazier. B) Cassius Clay. C) Lennox Lewis. D) George Foreman. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lennox Lewis. 11. In the UK during the First World War, what did "Dora" mean? A) The Prime Minister. B) The Defence of the Realm Act. C) Mustard gas. D) Bristol Type 22, British two-seater fighter plane. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Defence of the Realm Act. 12. What is produced by the cortex of supra-renal glands that stimulates the autonomic nervous system? A) Glycerine. B) Mescalin. C) Niacin. D) Adrenalin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adrenalin. 13. Who had their first cooking series on UK television in the 1970s? A) Jamie Oliver. B) Nigella Lawson. C) Delia Smith. D) Gordon Ramsay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Delia Smith. 14. The highly fertile land beside which South American river gives one type of sugar its name? A) Muscovado. B) Piloncillo. C) Demerara. D) Jaggery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Demerara. 15. How many countries in South America have land which lies south of the equator? A) 2. B) 9. C) 3. D) 15. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 9. 16. In the James Bond film "Thunderball" who played Bond girl Domino Derval? A) Claudine Auger. B) Honor Blackman. C) Daniela Bianchi. D) Ursula Andress. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Claudine Auger. 17. After World War II ended in Europe in 1945 when did rationing of food, clothing, petrol, etc (supplies restricted during and after the war) finally end in the last of the countries involved? A) 1960. B) 1949. C) 1946. D) 1954. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1954. 18. Who of these was a US senator for the state of New York from 2000 to 2008? A) Dan Moynihan. B) Hillary Clinton. C) Rudy Giuliani. D) John McCain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hillary Clinton. 19. What name is used for the index of activity on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange? A) Hang Seng. B) HKSE. C) FTSE. D) Dow Jones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hang Seng. 20. What is the effect of mixing manganese dioixide with hydrogen peroxide? A) The manganese dioxide breaks down into manganese and oxygen. B) The hydrogen peroxide's bleaching action is accelerated and increased. C) Nothing. D) The hydrogen peroxide breaks down into water and oxygen. 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