This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 168 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 168 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Platelets fulfil what primary function in human blood? A) Carrying oxygen. B) Circulating. C) Clotting. D) Carrying carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clotting. 2. What name is given to a positive whole number that can only be divided by 1 or itself? A) Prime. B) Irrational. C) Ordinal. D) Cardinal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prime. 3. What is the alternative title of Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado" ? A) The Big Cheese Does Not Get His Whey. B) The Bogun Shogun. C) There's a Nip in the Air. D) The Town of Titipu. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Town of Titipu. 4. Which was a founder member of the group which became Destiny's Child? A) Solange Knowles. B) Michelle Williams. C) Farrah Franklin. D) LaTavia Roberson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) LaTavia Roberson. 5. What are traditional ingredients of the dish known as coquilles saint jacques? A) Scallops, potatoes and cream. B) Cream, wine, eggs, mushrooms, shallots and scallops. C) Minced chicken, cream, parsley and scallops. D) Scallops, burnt butter, brandy and cream. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cream, wine, eggs, mushrooms, shallots and scallops. 6. What was the name of the group that invaded the Olympic village at Munich in 1972, killing 2 Israelis and holding 9 others hostage, resulting in a firefight killing 15 people, including all the athletes and 5 terrorists? A) Black September. B) Baader-Meinhof Group. C) The Manson Family. D) National Liberation Front. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Black September. 7. Which volcano, on the island of Sumatra, erupted in 2010 after a 400 year dormancy and has erupted every year from 2013 to 2019 including frequent volcanic earthquakes? A) Mount Sinabung. B) Mt Pinatubo. C) Mount Agung. D) Mount Tambora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mount Sinabung. 8. Where was the Polisario Front formally constituted in 1973? A) Poland. B) Mauritania. C) Algeria. D) Morocco. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mauritania. 9. What is a name given to a pointless, long drawn out story? A) Shaggy dog. B) Bald cat. C) Hairy budgie. D) Furry hamster. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shaggy dog. 10. In 2006, which country announced that it was withdrawing from test match cricket for 12 months? A) Australia. B) Pakistan. C) UK. D) Zimbabwe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Zimbabwe. 11. On 4 July 2009, Joey Chestnut logged his third consecutive win with a new world record in what annual contest? A) Coney Island's hot dog eating contest. B) The "Tube Challenge", to visit all London Underground stations in the shortest time. C) Climbing the stairs to the top of the Empire State Building in the shortest time. D) Fastest swim across the English Channel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coney Island's hot dog eating contest. 12. What are Taklimakan, Badain Jaran, Gurbantunggut, Shapotou (or Shatuotou) and Tengger? A) Deserts in China. B) Nomadic tribes in the Sahel. C) Lakes in northern Russia. D) Official languages in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deserts in China. 13. A preliminary framework agreement was reached in April 2015 between eight parties including the United Kingdom, Russia, France, the USA, the People's Republic of China, Germany plus the European Union over what issue? A) Military nuclear power in one of the countries. B) Method of applying trade sanctions. C) Free trade. D) Techniques to combat climate change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Military nuclear power in one of the countries. 14. Yerevan is a city in which country? A) Egypt. B) Turkey. C) Afghanistan. D) Armenia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Armenia. 15. Which of these people writes right handed? A) Gerald Ford. B) Barack Obama. C) Bill Clinton. D) Jimmy Carter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jimmy Carter. 16. What does the "C" stand for in the meteorological metric known as ACE? A) Cyclone. B) Cloud. C) Care. D) Conical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cyclone. 17. In Greek and Roman mythology, who is the son (with a twin sister, Artemis) of Zeus and Leto, who has been worshipped as a god of a number of responsibilities, including light, the sun, truth, prophecy, archery, medicine, healing, music, poetry and the arts? A) Mercury. B) Hector. C) Jupiter. D) Apollo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Apollo. 18. What are bell boots usually made of? A) Stiffened leather. B) Rubber. C) Suede. D) Linen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rubber. 19. What can Ehlers-Danlos syndrome relate to? A) Deafness. B) Aortic aneurysm. C) Dwarfism. D) Hypermobility, or double-jointedness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hypermobility, or double-jointedness. 20. How many planets orbit the sun between it and Earth? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. 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