This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 184 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 184 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was the main conclusion of the McLaren report to the World Anti-Doping Agency in December 2016? A) The results of specified Russian athletes at the 2014 Sochi Olympics should stand. B) Russia was NOT involved, on the state level, in doping cover-ups for athletes. C) Confirmed systematic manipulation of doping controls by Russia at international games 2012 to 2014. D) WADA should take over drug testing from the International Olympics Committee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Confirmed systematic manipulation of doping controls by Russia at international games 2012 to 2014. 2. What is the Seychelles love nut? A) A coconut. B) A species of brazil nut. C) The roots of the wild vanilla orchid. D) A pitcher plant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A coconut. 3. Who played Maria Lucas in the mini-series "Pride and Prejudice" (1995) and Dawn Tinsley in the UK series "The Office" (2001)? A) Stirling Gallacher. B) Lucy Davis. C) Hayley Mills. D) Mackenzie Crook. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lucy Davis. 4. The nectarine, which has a smooth, fuzzless skin, is a type of what? A) Plum. B) Horse. C) Peach. D) Duck. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peach. 5. Which letter is unique to the Icelandic alphabet? A) Ý (ypsilon í). B) Ð (eth). C) Þ (thorn). D) Æ (ai). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Þ (thorn). 6. Kaiser Wilhelm II was the last Emperor of which country, ruling from 15 June 1888 to 9 November 1918? A) England. B) France. C) Germany. D) Portugal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Germany. 7. What are raced in the Indianapolis 500? A) Aeroplanes. B) Cars. C) Horses. D) Boats. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cars. 8. Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone caused controversy in July 2009 by praising whom, because he "got things done" ? A) Oswald Mosley. B) Saddam Hussein. C) Benito Mussolini. D) Adolf Hitler. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adolf Hitler. 9. The Chang'e 4 mission in 2019 was the first to do what? A) Establish a habitable bubble on the ocean floor near the Mariana Trench. B) Take a party of paraplegic climbers to the top of Mt Everest. C) Land a craft on the far side of the moon. D) Take a trade mission to Antarctic bases. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Land a craft on the far side of the moon. 10. New Covent Garden Market, in Nine Elms, south west London, deals in what? A) Fruit, vegetables and flowers. B) Meat. C) Fish. D) Livestock. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fruit, vegetables and flowers. 11. The Perestroika Movement which began in October 2000 was in what field? A) Agriculture. B) Political science. C) Russian politics. D) Sociology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Political science. 12. Which American serial killer raped and murdered at least 33 young men and boys between 1972 and 1978, burying many in the crawl space underneath his home, who became known as "Killer Clown" for entertaining children in a clown suit and makeup as "Pogo the Clown" ? A) John Paul Getty, Jr. B) John Wayne Gacy, Jr. C) John Paul Jones. D) George Jones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John Wayne Gacy, Jr. 13. How many degrees do the internal angles of an octagon add up to? A) 180. B) 360. C) 1080. D) 720. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1080. 14. Death Valley is in which state of the USA? A) Texas. B) Vermont. C) California. D) Louisiana. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) California. 15. An American intelligence analyst with the US military, and eventually an activist and whistleblower, changed her name in 2013 from Bradley to what? A) Leigh. B) Chelsea. C) Elizabeth. D) Arsenal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chelsea. 16. Which UK TV series starred David Jason as market trader Derek "Del Boy" Trotter and Nicholas Lyndhurst as his brother Rodney? A) The Good Life. B) The Goodies. C) Absolutely Fabulous. D) Only Fools and Horses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Only Fools and Horses. 17. Which of these horse races does not form part of The Triple Crown in the USA? A) Kentucky Derby. B) Alabama Stakes. C) Preakness Stakes. D) Belmont Stakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alabama Stakes. 18. Trey Parker is the co-creator of which of these TV series? A) BASEketball. B) Sex and the City. C) South Park. D) The Book of Mormon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) South Park. 19. When China hosted the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, it had a stated aim of making the Games carbon-neutral. Which was one of the methods they chose? A) Using vehicles fuelled by hydrogen and renewable electricity. B) Combining venues if one did not have enough snow, instead of making artificial snow. C) Building competitors' accommodation as part of the venues, to save transport. D) Shortening the opening and closing ceremonies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Using vehicles fuelled by hydrogen and renewable electricity. 20. Which African country has as its capital a city whose name translates as "where people get honour and respect" ? A) Cameroon. B) Burkina Faso. C) Chad. D) Côte d'Ivoire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Burkina Faso. ← 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