This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 179 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 179 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Emperor Bokassa was overthrown as ruler of what country in September 1979? A) Haiti. B) Central African Republic. C) Myanmar. D) Ethiopia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Central African Republic. 2. What is the former home and burial place of George Washington? A) Mt Vernon. B) Camp David. C) Gettysburg. D) Arlington. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mt Vernon. 3. Why do haloclines occur? A) Weathering of rock by growth of salt crystals. B) When seawater salinities differ, forming a vertical area of increasingly saltier and denser waters. C) Volcanic eruptions under water or ice. D) Where the structure in the vitreous body of the eye is disrupted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When seawater salinities differ, forming a vertical area of increasingly saltier and denser waters. 4. Since downing the Berlin Wall in 1989, Europe has built multiple new walls, to control immigration, to manage internal populations, to stake out territory. By 2017 how many walls had been put up by the various European countries? A) 15. B) 5. C) 2. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 15. 5. Which river runs through the cities of Turin, Piacenza and Ferrara, and is connected to Milan through a network of channels? A) Po. B) Missouri. C) Ohio. D) Rio Grande. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Po. 6. Which of these is a fish? A) Eel. B) Starfish. C) Sperm whale. D) Jellyfish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eel. 7. What is the name of the golf trophy for competition between teams of professional golfers from Europe and the USA that was first contested between Great Britain and the USA in 1927? A) Borg Warner Trophy. B) America's Cup. C) Ranfurly Shield. D) Ryder Cup. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ryder Cup. 8. In what world championships was the Scotch Cup awarded? A) Beer drinking. B) Curling (men's). C) Flower arranging. D) Wife carrying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Curling (men's). 9. Of the five events contested in the first World Shooting Championship in 1897, which country won most medals? A) USA. B) Switzerland. C) South Sudan. D) Slovakia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Switzerland. 10. Which of these African countries has the largest area? A) South Africa. B) Kenya. C) Ghana. D) Nigeria. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) South Africa. 11. What is the name for an inflammation of the larynx characterised by coughing, harshness (or loss) of voice, choking sensation and difficulty in breathing? A) Influenza. B) Asphyxia. C) Suffocation. D) Laryngitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Laryngitis. 12. Who is a cartoonist, best known for his appearances in "The New Yorker" since 3 January 1977, which published 819 of his cartoons, many of which involved animals? A) Gary Larson. B) James Thurber. C) Leo Cullum. D) Charles M Schulz. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Leo Cullum. 13. What, in 1929, made the first voyage around the world by air? A) Graf Zeppelin. B) Spirit of St. Louis. C) Thrust II. D) Bluebird 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Graf Zeppelin. 14. What does the Russian word "Sputnik" mean? A) Beeper. B) Circle. C) Fellow traveller. D) Astronomical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fellow traveller. 15. In the 2020 Olympic Games, the International Olympics Committee (IOC) replaced the gold medal for which winner? A) Daiki Hashimoto, gymnastics. B) Yuki Ota, fencing. C) Naohisa Takato, judo. D) Miu Goto, softball. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Miu Goto, softball. 16. Who played Alan's young son, Jake, in the TV series "Two and a Half Men" ? A) Jon Cryer. B) Charlie Sheen. C) Angus T. Jones. D) Ron Howard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Angus T. Jones. 17. Which is Nepal's eastern neighbour? A) India. B) Bhutan. C) Bangladesh. D) China. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) India. 18. Which of these teams did not win the English Premier (Soccer) League in the first 26 years after it started in 1992? A) Liverpool. B) Blackburn Rovers. C) Manchester United. D) Arsenal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Liverpool. 19. What is one description of a lunar eclipse? A) New moon. B) Blue moon. C) Full moon. D) Red moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red moon. 20. What name is given to a chemical compound in which water combines with other substances without alteration of the arrangement of the atoms in the water? A) Hydroxide. B) Hydrate. C) Hydroxyl. D) Hydrostatics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hydrate. ← 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