This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 183 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 183 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Cathay is now a poetic name for which country? A) China. B) Japan. C) Korea. D) Iraq. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) China. 2. Which 19th century author improved the system of signalling at sea and wrote "Mr Midshipman Easy", "Masterman Ready" and "The Children of the New Forest" ? A) Frederick Marryat. B) C S Forrester. C) Jules Verne. D) H G Wells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frederick Marryat. 3. In considering bids to host Summer Olympics, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) made what unusual decision in 2017? A) They awarded both the next two Games at the same time. B) They deferred the decision for two years. C) They dispensed with bids. D) They delegated the decision to a sub-committee. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They awarded both the next two Games at the same time. 4. What is diachronic linguistics? A) Parallel language development. B) Historical changes in the sounds and grammar of language. C) The study of pitch in language. D) Forecasting language change. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Historical changes in the sounds and grammar of language. 5. Puppet characters Princeton, Kate and Nicky feature in what award-winning 2004 musical? A) Caroline or Change. B) Never Gonna Dance. C) Avenue Q. D) Belles Belles Belles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Avenue Q. 6. What instrument was played by the Devil in the song "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" ? A) Harmonica. B) Guitar. C) Violin. D) Drums. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Violin. 7. What is the third largest port of Belgium, accessed by a canal 200 metres (660 feet) wide and 32 kilometres (20 miles) long, which ends near the Dutch port of Terneuzen? A) Liège. B) Charleroi. C) Ghent. D) Kortrijk. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ghent. 8. What is added to steel to make stainless steel? A) Cement. B) Tungsten. C) Gravel. D) Chromium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chromium. 9. Who beat Muhammad Ali in his last professional fight in 1982? A) Sonny Liston. B) Trevor Berbick. C) Mike Tyson. D) Shane Sutciffe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trevor Berbick. 10. A mouse has 7 vertebrae in its neck; how many does a giraffe have? A) 16. B) 20. C) 7. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 7. 11. In the words of the old song, "My old man said 'Follow the van, and don't ..... what ..... On the way' ''? A) Shilly shally. B) Dilly dally. C) Willy wally. D) Billy bally. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dilly dally. 12. Which painting of five figures by Pablo Picasso in 1907 was criticised for breaking the rules of composition, perspective and truth to nature, showing dislocated shapes seen simultaneously from different angles? A) Three Musicians. B) Le Bonheur de Vivre. C) Guernica. D) Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. 13. Who was the first Astronomer Royal in Britain? A) Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow. B) Edmond Halley. C) Nevil Maskelyne. D) John Flamsteed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) John Flamsteed. 14. The island of Angelsey is in which country? A) Scotland. B) Wales. C) Éire. D) Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wales. 15. In finance markets, what does FTSE stand for? A) Financial Times Stock Exchange. B) Future Trading Stock Exchange. C) Fast Trading Stock Exchange. D) Financial Trading Stock Exchange. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Financial Times Stock Exchange. 16. The Olympic symbol consists of five what? A) Rings. B) Ducks. C) Balls. D) Triangles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rings. 17. In April 1998 the death of Pol Pot, defeated Cambodian dictator, was recorded as being due to what? A) Execution. B) Malaria. C) Heart failure at home in bed. D) Failure of his parachute in a skydive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heart failure at home in bed. 18. In 2007, who set a record by being the only soccer player to play on three World Cup-winning teams? A) Ronaldo. B) Pelé. C) Cafu. D) Zico. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pelé. 19. Which of these characters from the British TV series "Coronation Street" owned a public house with her husband? A) Annie Walker. B) Elsie Tanner. C) Hilda Ogden. D) Ena Sharples. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Annie Walker. 20. Changi airport is in which country? A) Vietnam. B) Taiwan. C) Hong Kong. D) Singapore. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Singapore. ← 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