This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 204 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 204 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Table Mountain in South Africa overlooks which city? A) Johannesburg. B) Cape Town. C) Port Elizabeth. D) Kimberley. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cape Town. 2. Who would Gwalchmei, also known in legend as Sir Gawain, be most likely to have talked with? A) King Alfred. B) Robert the Bruce. C) Richard the Lionheart. D) King Arthur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) King Arthur. 3. The "promession" technique, announced in May 2010, was proposed to be used for what? A) Surgery. B) Burial. C) Dance. D) Fighting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Burial. 4. What is the approximate speed of light in miles per second? A) 465, 000. B) 372, 000. C) 93, 000. D) 186, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 186, 000. 5. In Scottish legend, what is a kelpie? A) A burrowing animal that brings good luck. B) A prehistoric monster who lives in Loch Ness. C) A sporran with magical powers. D) A malignant water spirit in the shape of a horse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A malignant water spirit in the shape of a horse. 6. Which issue in the state of Western Australia has been defeated each time it has been put to a plebiscite in 1975, 1984, 1992 & 2009? A) Providing an aboriginal reservation. B) Sunday trading. C) Daylight saving. D) Seceding from the Commonwealth of Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Daylight saving. 7. What best describes geometry? A) Mapping positions and relationships. B) Lines and angles. C) Areas and volumes. D) Questions of shape, size, relative position of figures, and the properties of space. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Questions of shape, size, relative position of figures, and the properties of space. 8. Where in Africa is the Great Escarpment, which surrounds a plateau part of which is known as the Great Karoo? A) Southern Africa. B) Mali. C) Egypt. D) Zambia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Southern Africa. 9. How did Princess Grace of Monaco die in 1982? A) A freak accident with a roulette wheel. B) A bomb explosion. C) Assassination by sniper's rifle. D) A car crash. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A car crash. 10. For which Olympic Games was the longest torch relay in Olympic history to that date held? A) 2018 Winter Olympics. B) 2012 Summer Olympics. C) 2016 Summer Olympics. D) 2014 Winter Olympics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2014 Winter Olympics. 11. When did the style of football known as "Total Football" reach the World Cup? A) 1978. B) 1968. C) 1974. D) 1986. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1974. 12. What was the first of the World Trade Centre buildings to be rebuilt after 9/11? A) 5 World Trade Center. B) The Marriott World Trade Center (a hotel). C) 6 World Trade Center for US Customs and the US Commodities Exchange. D) 7 World Trade Center. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 7 World Trade Center. 13. The main ingredients of gunpowder are saltpetre, charcoal and what else? A) More carbon. B) Sulphur. C) Lead. D) Hydrochloric acid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sulphur. 14. When did boxing first appear as a contestable sport in an Olympiad? A) 1924. B) 1904. C) 776 BCE. D) 688 BCE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 688 BCE. 15. What is the chemical symbol for Nickel? A) Ne. B) Na. C) N. D) Ni. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ni. 16. What is the stage name of Roberta Joan Anderson, whose recording career began in 1968? A) Joni Mitchell. B) Roberta Flack. C) Bobby Bland. D) Robbie Williams. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joni Mitchell. 17. What is the mathematical result of taking a number, squaring it, multiplying by double the first prime number, quartering the result, dividing by the first number, and then taking away the first number? A) 10. B) 1. C) The first number. D) 0. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 0. 18. What is typically used to make bullet casings or cartridges? A) Copper. B) Brass. C) Bronze. D) Tin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brass. 19. Loihi Seamount, an active undersea volcano, is around 35 km (22 miles) off the southeast coast of where? A) England. B) Hawaiʻi. C) Argentina. D) Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hawaiʻi. 20. Between them, who controls over half of the shares and voting rights of the world's largest cosmetics and beauty company, L'Oréal? A) Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr. B) The Bettencourt family, & Nestlé. C) Peter and Douglas Revson. D) Nelson Rockefeller and Goodyear. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Bettencourt family, & Nestlé. ← 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