This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 18 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 18 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Colombia's principal river rises just north of the country's border with Ecuador, between which two mountain ranges? A) Negra and Paine. B) Darwin and Real. C) Del CΓ³ndor and De MΓ©rida. D) Central and Oriental. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Central and Oriental. 2. What famous detective is played by Robert Downey, Jr.? A) Sherlock Holmes. B) Hercule Poirot. C) Philip Marlowe. D) The Saint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sherlock Holmes. 3. Where are boto found? A) The Amazon forest canopy. B) The Amazon and Orinoco river systems. C) Swamps south of the Brazilian Planalto do Mato Grosso. D) The peaks of the Andes Mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Amazon and Orinoco river systems. 4. A mallet is used to hit the ball in which of these sports? A) Croquet. B) Baseball. C) Tennis. D) Squash. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Croquet. 5. What launcher was used by the European Space Agency, the first of which was successfully launched in 1979? A) Icarus. B) Beauteous. C) Ariane. D) Flaminia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ariane. 6. "A man, a plan, a canal, Panama!" is an example of what? A) Homonym. B) Anagram. C) Palindrome. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Palindrome. 7. What monochrome painting by Pablo Picasso, painted during the Spanish Civil War, is 3.5m by 7.8m? A) Nude Woman With A Necklace. B) Three Musicians. C) Guernica. D) Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Guernica. 8. What is Canada's largest province by area? A) Saskatchewan. B) Alberta. C) Ontario. D) Quebec. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Quebec. 9. Which car maker has a trident as its symbol? A) Maserati. B) Ferrari. C) Lamborghini. D) Fiat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maserati. 10. In 1562 a law passed in Venice limited the colour of gondolas used there to what colour? A) Black. B) Dark blue. C) White and gold. D) Red. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Black. 11. In 1692, Sarah Good, Elizabeth Howe, Susannah Martin, Sarah Wildes, Rebecca Nurse, Martha Carrier, George Jacobs Sr., George Burroughs, John Willard, John Procter and others were executed in connection with what? A) Witchcraft. B) Brawling in public. C) Larceny. D) Inciting revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Witchcraft. 12. Mercury and Venus are known as the two what? A) Useless planets. B) Harmless planets. C) Inferior planets. D) Dissed planets. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inferior planets. 13. In which decade was Elvis Presley born? A) 1910s. B) 1930s. C) 1950s. D) 1960s. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1930s. 14. Where would you find a eustachian tube? A) In the stomach. B) In the ear. C) On a stethoscope. D) On an intravenous drip. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the ear. 15. Jean de Ockeghem, composer of sacred and secular music, wrote in which century? A) Early 17th. B) Late 15th. C) 12th. D) 18th. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Late 15th. 16. Leopold of Saxe-Coburg was invited to be the first king of what country in 1831 after it gained independence from the Dutch? A) Luxembourg. B) Belgium. C) Portugal. D) Poland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Belgium. 17. Where was the World Netball Series held in October 2009? A) Melbourne, Australia. B) Rotorua, New Zealand. C) Manchester, England. D) Kingston, Jamaica. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Manchester, England. 18. According to the Bible, who was told by God to build an ark to escape the Great Flood? A) Adam. B) Goliath. C) Noah. D) John the Baptist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noah. 19. According to the Bible, which Moabitess married Boaz in Jerusalem and had two sons, Jesse and David? A) Mary. B) Naomi. C) Jezebel. D) Ruth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ruth. 20. In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and New Orleans, Louisiana, what is the name for the day called Shrove Tuesday in Ireland and the UK where it is celebrated with pancakes? A) Epiphany. B) Mardi Gras. C) Twelfth Night. D) Ash Wednesday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mardi Gras. β PreviousNext βRelated 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 π Back to Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books