This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 1207 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 1207 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these gather in a Lodge? A) Members of the UK Parliament. B) Bees. C) Freemasons. D) Rooks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Freemasons. 2. Where are the World stone skimming championships held? A) Porters Lake in Nova Scotia, Canada. B) Easdale Island, Scotland. C) Loch Lomond, Scotland. D) Lake Pyhäselkä, Finland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Easdale Island, Scotland. 3. Which land mass is closest to the Maldives? A) Madagascar. B) Yemen. C) Sri Lanka. D) Pakistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sri Lanka. 4. LeBron James and many fellow NBA players, such as Kobe Bryant, Derrick Rose, teammates Kyrie Irving, and Kevin Love wore "I Can't Breathe" t-shirts in warm-ups before games in 2014, in support of what? A) The 2014 Asthma Foundation appeal. B) The family of Eric Garner who was killed in 2014 while being arrested by police. C) Moves to curb climate change. D) Critics of smog in cities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The family of Eric Garner who was killed in 2014 while being arrested by police. 5. Who was the legless World War II fighter pilot who was detained in German prisoner of war camps for 4 years? A) Douglas MacArthur. B) Douglas Meinhof. C) Douglas Bader. D) Douglas Adams. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Douglas Bader. 6. Who died at 17 rue Beautrellis, Paris, on 3 July 1971? A) Brian Jones. B) Jimi Hendrix. C) Janis Joplin. D) Jim Morrison. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jim Morrison. 7. On 29 August 1966, where did The Beatles give their last concert? A) Shea Stadium, New York. B) Candlestick Park, San Francisco. C) Wembley Stadium, London. D) The Fillmore East, New York. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Candlestick Park, San Francisco. 8. In his digital graphic novel "The Wormworld Saga", German author and artist Daniel Lieske centres on the adventures of a small boy. What is the boy's name? A) Raya. B) Till Eulen. C) John Keen. D) Jonas Berg. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jonas Berg. 9. The lyric about marriage "It's an institute you can't disparage" is from which song? A) "Joy to the World" by Hoyt Axton. B) "Je t'aime moi non plus" by Serge Gainsbourg. C) "You're my World" by Umberto Bindi, Gino Paoli & Carl Sigman. D) "Love and Marriage" by Sammy Cahn & Jimmy Van Heusen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "Love and Marriage" by Sammy Cahn & Jimmy Van Heusen. 10. At which Winter Olympic Games were there mascots called Neve (which was a female snowball), and Gliz (which was a male ice cube)? A) 2006, Turin, Italy. B) 1998, Nagano, Japan. C) 1980, Lake Placid, New York, USA. D) 1992, Albertville, France. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2006, Turin, Italy. 11. Who opened the 1980 Summer Olympic Games? A) Ronald Reagan, President of the USA. B) Elizabeth II, Queen of the UK. C) Yuri Andropov, Chairman of the USSR. D) Leonid Brezhnev, Chairman of the USSR. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Leonid Brezhnev, Chairman of the USSR. 12. Basel, Strasbourg, Karlsruhe, Mannheim, Mainz, Koblenz, Bonn, Cologne and Düsseldorf are on which river? A) Limpopo. B) Thames. C) Rhine. D) Swan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhine. 13. What is the sum of 1 and 1, in base-2, when expressed as a number in base-10? A) 4. B) 10. C) 2. D) 0. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2. 14. The Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution abolished slavery, but also by inference allowed what? A) Restriction of voting rights. B) Penal labour by convicts. C) Imposition of high taxation on freed slaves. D) Requirement for slaves to buy themselves from their former owners. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Penal labour by convicts. 15. What series of 29 British films made between 1958 and 1978 were made by a collection of actors including Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, and Kenneth Connor? A) Harry Palmer. B) James Bond. C) Carry On . D) Doctor Who. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carry On . 16. What date is "Singles' Day" in China? A) 13 February. B) ! January. C) 11 November. D) 21 February. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 11 November. 17. What is the earliest definitely known use of the axled wheel? A) As an ornament. B) As a punishment tool used by the gods. C) To generate electricity. D) For making pottery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) For making pottery. 18. The wearer of the Efe mask in Nigeria, Togo and Benin dance, chants for protection from evil, to honour the Earth, to honour social elders and elite, to honour women as a central part of the society, and to ..... ? A) Call for rain. B) Deliver comedy, poetry, comment and satire. C) Bless expectant mothers. D) Formalise nuptials among the community. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deliver comedy, poetry, comment and satire. 19. The island known in ancient myth and legend as the "land of the lotus eaters" , where Odysseus was said to have been stranded on his voyage, lies off the coast of what country? A) Libya. B) Sicily. C) Morocco. D) Tunisia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tunisia. 20. Where is the Zanderij formation, 40 miles (64 km) of rolling hills on bleached sand sediments rich in quartz? A) The Netherlands. B) The Republic of Suriname. C) The Republic of Angola. D) Netherlands Antilles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Republic of Suriname. ← 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