This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1205 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1205 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What made 23 June 2016 particularly significant to the UK and Europe? A) The UK voted in a referendum to leave the European Union. B) The UEFA Euro 2016 finals were played. C) Most of Europe was severely flooded after sudden torrential rain. D) Guðni Jóhannesson won Iceland's presidency. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The UK voted in a referendum to leave the European Union. 2. What is a "bichon frise" ? A) Wind. B) Lettuce. C) Dog. D) Muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dog. 3. What was the cause of the sinking of the "Lusitania" in May 1915 and the subsequent deaths of 1, 198 people? A) She hit an iceberg. B) She was torpedoed. C) A saboteur blew a hole in her hull with a bomb. D) She was sunk by pirates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was torpedoed. 4. Where is 0$^\circ$ longitude measured? A) Brussels. B) Vienna. C) Greenwich. D) Madrid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Greenwich. 5. Which of the five Great Lakes of North America is the only one that does not border the US state of Michigan? A) Ontario. B) Huron. C) Erie. D) Superior. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ontario. 6. What is a collector of coins and medals called? A) Philatelist. B) Numismatist. C) Philanderer. D) Drachmatist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Numismatist. 7. Since women's water polo was introduced for the 2000 Olympics, which country has won more gold medals than the next two highest countries combined? A) Hungary. B) Italy. C) Great Britain. D) Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hungary. 8. The drink of the Gods is nectar:what is the food of the Gods? A) Euphoria. B) Junket. C) Amphora. D) Ambrosia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ambrosia. 9. An introduction which an author writes to his or her book or other piece of writing is technically known as a what? A) Preface. B) Preamble. C) Prelude. D) Precedent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preface. 10. What did Emperor Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor, aim to achieve when he called the Diet of Worms together in 1521? A) To call Martin Luther to defend or recant his views on Indulgences in the Christian Church. B) A review of Church riches. C) To examine the doctrines of Christian redemption through grace or works. D) Stocktake of numbers of adherents. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To call Martin Luther to defend or recant his views on Indulgences in the Christian Church. 11. Who was elected President of Argentina in 1946 after a military coup and was forced to resign and leave in 1955? A) Isabel Martínez. B) Raúl Lastiri. C) Juan Perón. D) Carlos Menem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Juan Perón. 12. When was the "Year Without a Summer" felt in most of New England, Atlantic Canada, and parts of western Europe? A) 1709. B) 1740. C) 1816. D) 1954. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1816. 13. How large is the team paddling in championship dragon boat racing usually? A) 2. B) 20. C) 4. D) 100. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 20. 14. What is the main constituent of the atmosphere of Mars? A) Helium. B) Methane. C) Carbon dioxide. D) Nitrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon dioxide. 15. What type of instrument is a sitar? A) Blown reed instrument. B) Percussion. C) Bowed strings. D) Plucked strings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plucked strings. 16. Which of these has a trunk? A) Guitar. B) Fly. C) Elephant. D) Stream. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elephant. 17. Frank Lloyd Wright designed which of these buildings? A) Sears Tower, Chicago. B) Chrysler Building, New York city. C) Empire State Building, New York city. D) Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York city. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York city. 18. Who was the first player to hit 60 home runs in one season Major League Baseball in 1927, a record broken in 1961? A) Babe Ruth. B) Mickey Mantle. C) Roger Maris. D) Hank Aaron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Babe Ruth. 19. The IAF formed in 1968 is the International Association for Falconry and ..... ? A) Mews. B) Hunting. C) Conservation of Birds of Prey. D) Preserves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conservation of Birds of Prey. 20. Which American author wrote "The Song of Hiawatha" and "Tales Of A Wayside Inn" ? A) Robert Louis Stevenson. B) Charles Kingsley. C) Ralph Waldo Emerson. D) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. ← 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