This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 188 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 188 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is a pluviometer used to measure? A) Wind gusts. B) Intensity of sunlight. C) Rainfall. D) Snow depth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rainfall. 2. Which of these Canadian provinces is the largest by land area? A) Newfoundland and Labrador. B) Ontario. C) Saskatchewan. D) Quebec. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Quebec. 3. When was the start date for the American TV series "Late Night with David Letterman", subsequently "Late Show with David Letterman" which closed in 2015? A) 1993. B) 1982. C) 1999. D) 1990. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1982. 4. Who wrote the Queensberry rules published in 1867 for the sport of boxing? A) Percy Douglas, 10th Marquess of Queensberry. B) John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry. C) John Graham Chambers, one of the founders of the British Amateur Athletic Club. D) Sir Montague Shearman, one of the founders of the Amateur Athletics Association. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John Graham Chambers, one of the founders of the British Amateur Athletic Club. 5. What is used to play the game Crazy Eights? A) A square ball. B) Cards. C) A round ball and unstrung racquets. D) Thin flat counters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cards. 6. Where are the Kul Tigin steles? A) Longqing Gorge, China. B) Orkhon Valley, Mongolia. C) Luang Prabang, Laos. D) Muong Hoa Valley, Vietnam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Orkhon Valley, Mongolia. 7. The Epcot Centre is part of which tourist attraction? A) Kakadu National Park. B) Universal Studios. C) Walt Disney World. D) Lincoln Memorial. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Walt Disney World. 8. What is the name of the line separating the numerator and denominator of a fraction if it is written as a diagonal line? A) Solidus. B) Vinculum. C) Stave. D) Secant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Solidus. 9. Which sport has been slowly declining in favour in the U.S., to the point where in 2021 it was illegal in 41 states, inactive in 5 more, and disappearing in 2 more? A) Hamburger eating. B) Conkers. C) Greyhound racing. D) Dumpster diving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Greyhound racing. 10. Famous scientists Marie Curie, Witelon and Nicolaus Copernicus were all ..... ? A) One-armed. B) Born in what is now Poland. C) Dead by the age of 25. D) Immigrants to Scandinavia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Born in what is now Poland. 11. What powers the form of transport known as lectica (ancient Rome), jiao (China), sedan chair (England), palanquin (India), gama (Korea) and tahtırevan (Turkey)? A) Dogs. B) Humans. C) Horses. D) 2 stroke motors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humans. 12. How many FIFA presidents were there between 31 May 2015 and 29 February 2016? A) 3. B) 2. C) 1. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 13. A fuss about nothing is called "a storm in a ..... " what? A) Sugar bowl. B) Teapot. C) Teacup. D) Milk jug. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Teacup. 14. Who created the character José Arcadio Buendía who founded the fictitious town of Macondo? A) Gabriel Garcia Márquez. B) Isabel Allende. C) Carlos Fuentes. D) Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gabriel Garcia Márquez. 15. Which game has the advertising tagline "The Game of Quick Draw" ? A) Paintball. B) Gunfight at the OK Corral. C) Pictionary. D) Canasta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pictionary. 16. Which 1981 British film featured actor Ben Cross, screenplay by Colin Welland, a score by Vangelis and a celebration of part of British sporting history? A) This Sporting Life. B) Chariots of Fire. C) Hoosiers. D) Weekend of a Champion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chariots of Fire. 17. Which land are the Seychelles closest to? A) Africa. B) South America. C) Australia. D) Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Africa. 18. Who led the mutiny on HMS Bounty on 28 April 1789? A) John Fryer. B) William Bligh. C) Peter Heywood. D) Fletcher Christian. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fletcher Christian. 19. Where did the short-lived Kronstadt rebellion of 1921 start? A) An island in the Gulf of Finland. B) On the border between Germany and Poland. C) In Brazil. D) South-west Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An island in the Gulf of Finland. 20. What name is given to 2 distinct diseases, one of which is a condition due to deficiency of secretion of the pancreas, the other associated with diseases of the pituatary gland? A) Alzheimer's. B) Diabetes. C) Strabismus. D) Stradivarius. 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