This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 169 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 169 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Havana is closest to which extremity of Cuba? A) Northern-most. B) Southern-most. C) Eastern-most. D) Western-most. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Northern-most. 2. A repeated brief memorable phrase or figure in pop music is called which of these? A) Ref. B) Ruff. C) Raff. D) Riff. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Riff. 3. In which event did Suriname, in 1988, win its first Olympic medal? A) Dressage. B) 100 m butterfly. C) Marathon. D) Discus throwing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 100 m butterfly. 4. The Council of Trent in the 16th century was held between believers of what religious faith? A) Sufi. B) Islam. C) Christianity. D) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Christianity. 5. Which of these is a dance-theatre version of a Tim Burton film, choreographed by Matthew Bourne with a score adapted from Danny Elfman's film themes by Terry Davies, that opened at Sadler's Wells, London, in December 2005? A) Petrouchka. B) Edward Scissorhands. C) Chess. D) Sleepy Ted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Edward Scissorhands. 6. Which film starring Clark Gable and Charles Laughton was set mainly on a ship at sea? A) The Old Man and the Sea. B) It Happened One Night. C) Men Against The Sea. D) Mutiny on the Bounty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mutiny on the Bounty. 7. Formaggio marcio is notable for containing what? A) Ham. B) Spinach. C) Live insect larvae. D) Apples. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Live insect larvae. 8. The Grand Old Party or GOP is the name for which political party in the USA? A) Republican. B) Democratic. C) Constitution. D) Green. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Republican. 9. The largest natural wetlands in Europe are formed as which river flows into its Sea? A) Ural. B) Rhone. C) Po. D) Danube. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Danube. 10. How many white squares are there on a chessboard? A) 64. B) 32. C) 16. D) 18. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 32. 11. Islamabad is the capital of which country? A) Bangladesh. B) Pakistan. C) Sri Lanka. D) Tibet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pakistan. 12. Which of these US states does not border Oklahoma? A) Arkansas. B) Nevada. C) Kansas. D) Texas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nevada. 13. Who was the second author to be awarded the Booker Prize twice? A) Arundhati Roy. B) J M Coetzee. C) Margaret Atwood. D) Peter Carey. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peter Carey. 14. The Yalu River lies along which border? A) Between Togo and Benin. B) Between China and North Korea. C) Between Peru and Chile. D) Between Russia and Lithuania. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Between China and North Korea. 15. What was a negative term US Southerners gave to Northerner speculators in the South soon after the Civil War? A) Gringos. B) Claim jumpers. C) Prospectors. D) Carpetbaggers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carpetbaggers. 16. Hertz is the standard SI unit for the measurement of what? A) Barometric pressure. B) Depth of water. C) Density of metals. D) Frequency. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frequency. 17. In 1927 Australian Sir Hubert Wilkins and Carl Ben Eielson were the first to do what? A) Make a sound film. B) Take a submarine to the North Pole. C) Photograph in the Galapagos Islands. D) Fly a plane to Antarctica, and make the first land-plane descent onto drift ice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fly a plane to Antarctica, and make the first land-plane descent onto drift ice. 18. Who devised a practical system for classifying fingerprints? A) Sir William Harvey. B) Sir Francis Galton. C) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. D) Sir Edward Henry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sir Edward Henry. 19. A style of intimate singing, developed and made popular in the first half of the 20th century by, among others, Bing Crosby, is called ..... ? A) Crooning. B) Jazz. C) Swing. D) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crooning. 20. Which of these is another name for the Opuntia, which is also known as the Paddle Cactus? A) Orange. B) Kiwifruit. C) Peach. D) Prickly pear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prickly pear. ← 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