This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 12 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where is the approx. 186 km (116 mi) diameter Von Kármán crater? A) On the far side of the Moon, near to the South Pole. B) In the centre of Australia. C) Yucatán Peninsula. D) Free State, South Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On the far side of the Moon, near to the South Pole. 2. On 15 July 2004, which country imposed diplomatic sanctions against Israel after two Israeli citizens, Uriel Zosha Kelman and Eli Cara, suspected of being Mossad agents, were convicted of attempting to obtain local passports fraudulently? A) USA. B) United Kingdom. C) France. D) New Zealand. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) New Zealand. 3. Diego and 25 of his colleagues caught international attention in 2020 when they retired to Española in the Galápagos Islands. Why was this? A) They were the first judges in Ecuador to be removed from office because of their age. B) They had been internationally successful wrestlers. C) They were giant tortoises retiring from a successful breeding programme. D) They were Galápagos animals returned from zoos around the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were giant tortoises retiring from a successful breeding programme. 4. John McEnroe has married which of these? A) Rosemary Clooney and Debbie Reynolds. B) Patti Smith & Tatum O'Neill. C) Joni Mitchell and Mia Farrow. D) Tori Amos and Raquel Welch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Patti Smith & Tatum O'Neill. 5. Loch Ness is part of which canal? A) Glasgow. B) Bristol. C) Edinburgh. D) Caledonian. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Caledonian. 6. The Greek composer Vangelis composed the score for which of these films? A) Raiders of the Lost Ark. B) Chariots of Fire. C) On Golden Pond. D) Captain Corelli's Mandolin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chariots of Fire. 7. Which one of these could make a sauce? A) Celery "julienne", apple "julienne", grape or pineapple & walnuts in mayonnaise. B) Clarified butter, egg yolks, shallot, chervil, peppercorn & tarragon. C) Egg whites, caster sugar, white vinegar, cornstarch, and vanilla. D) Eggs, minced ham, vegetables, and seafood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clarified butter, egg yolks, shallot, chervil, peppercorn & tarragon. 8. Jacqueline du Pré was famous for playing what instrument? A) Piccolo. B) Kazoo. C) Tuba. D) Cello. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cello. 9. Which 2014 American film, shot from the point of view of a computer screen, is a Skype conversation which gains an unknown user? A) Annabelle. B) The Babadook. C) Unfriended. D) We Are What We Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unfriended. 10. Which of these countries does NOT appear in the CIA's classification of "Western Europe" ? A) Ireland. B) Luxembourg. C) Monaco. D) Liechtenstein. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Liechtenstein. 11. Since 1954, when they started, where have the World Freshwater Angling Championships taken place? A) China. B) USA. C) Europe. D) South Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Europe. 12. What chemical compound that is a colourless solid is about 3, 000 times stronger than acetic acid? A) Oxalic acid. B) Formic acid. C) Ascorbic acid. D) Folic acid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxalic acid. 13. "Rocket" is a type of what? A) Salad green. B) Parrot. C) Ferrari. D) Pasta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Salad green. 14. Genghis Khan was known by which of these names? A) Saladin. B) Torquemada. C) Bucephalus. D) Temujin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temujin. 15. Which of these was especially famous as a tap dancer? A) Dolly Parton. B) "Bojangles" Robinson. C) Eminem. D) Ed Sheeran. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Bojangles" Robinson. 16. Covering 75, 000 square km, what is the world's largest river delta? A) Ganges-Brahmaputra. B) Mekong River. C) The Camargue. D) Amazon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ganges-Brahmaputra. 17. Excluding Australia, what is the third largest island in the world? A) Greenland. B) Borneo. C) New Guinea. D) Madagascar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Borneo. 18. An unusual feature of which river is a submerged canyon and a waterfall parallel to the river instead of across it but seen for only half the year? A) Chorrillo del Salto river. B) Uruguay River. C) Paine River. D) Cocahuayco River. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Uruguay River. 19. Which of these is not an element? A) Zinc. B) Copper. C) Steel. D) Silver. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Steel. 20. Where is the Menai Strait? A) In Sydney Harbour, Australia. B) Between the island of Zanzibar and mainland Tanzania. C) Between the Isle of Anglesey and mainland Wales, UK. D) Between islands of the Cosmoledo Atoll in the Seychelles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Between the Isle of Anglesey and mainland Wales, UK. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGeneral QuizzesGeneral Knowledge Quiz 1General Knowledge Quiz 2General Knowledge Quiz 3General Knowledge Quiz 4General Knowledge Quiz 5General Knowledge Quiz 6General Knowledge Quiz 7General Knowledge Quiz 8General Knowledge Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books