This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 209 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 209 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The second Secretary-General of the United Nations, Dag Hammarskjöld, died in office in 1961 and became subsequently one of only four people to receive a posthumous Nobel Peace Prize. How did he die? A) From a heart attack. B) Stabbed in a street in Sweden. C) A bomb exploded in his car. D) In a plane crash. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In a plane crash. 2. The Salt Flat of Uyuni, the world's largest salt flat, is in which country? A) Chile. B) Bolivia. C) Paraguay. D) Nigeria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bolivia. 3. Which was the earliest to be an influential figure in the development of ballet as a performance art? A) George Balanchine. B) Sergei Diaghilev. C) King Louis XIV of France. D) Marius Petipa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) King Louis XIV of France. 4. How is khoya, or mawa, often used? A) As fuel for cooking. B) To spice mutton dishes. C) To make sweets. D) To grease cooking vessels. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To make sweets. 5. Which of these, a pioneer in ballooning, motor racing and aviation, co-founded a company to make prestige cars and died in a flying accident in 1910? A) Enzo Ferrari. B) F H Royce. C) David Brown. D) C S Rolls. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) C S Rolls. 6. New Order was formed in 1980 by Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook and Stephen Morris, who were the three surviving members of which band? A) The Police. B) Joy Division. C) The Jam. D) The Pretenders. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joy Division. 7. What type of music is Handel's "Messiah" ? A) Etude. B) Oratorio. C) Sonata. D) Operetta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oratorio. 8. In the 8th century world map created by Spanish theologian and monk, Beatus of Liebana, how is the Earth shown? A) As one of 8 planets. B) As three areas, Europe encircled by Africa and Asia. C) As four areas, Europe and Africa above Asia and "the unknown". D) As three areas, upper half Asia, lower half divided between Africa and Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) As three areas, upper half Asia, lower half divided between Africa and Europe. 9. In November 2010, Swiss voters decided to expel what category of people from the country? A) Hindus. B) Citizens of the USA. C) Foreigners convicted of serious crimes. D) People who can speak fewer than 2 of the 4 official languages. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foreigners convicted of serious crimes. 10. Who married the Prince of Wales in April 2005? A) Anne. B) Diana. C) Sophie. D) Camilla. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Camilla. 11. In which of these sports does game-play centre around innings where teams alternate at batting and fielding (with a maximum of nine players fielding at one time) with points scored by the batting team completing a circuit around the field through four bases or posts without being put 'out'? A) Rounders. B) Cricket. C) Bowls. D) Luge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rounders. 12. For which 2013 animated musical film was the song "Let It Go" created? A) Vivo. B) Tangled. C) Frozen. D) Wish. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frozen. 13. In what country did the Boxer War, or Boxer Rebellion, happen? A) Australia. B) USA. C) China. D) Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) China. 14. Who or what is Rosemary, the stone image carved behind the choir of the 13th-14th century St. Mary's Church in Lübeck, third largest church in Germany? A) A rosemary plant. B) A mouse. C) The wife of Henry III, Duke of Saxony under whom the bishopric was established in Lübeck. D) The Duchess of Bavaria who funded the building of the choir. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A mouse. 15. Granite is an example of what sort of rock? A) Metamorphic. B) Sedimentary. C) Igneous. D) Heavy metal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Igneous. 16. What do the Archipelago de Colon (the Galapagos Islands), the city of Quito and Lake Victoria share in common? A) They lie on the equator. B) They are a source of lapis lazuli. C) They harbour active volcanoes. D) They are destinations in Jules Verne's book, Around the World in Eighty Days. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They lie on the equator. 17. Which of these is a British medal instituted in 1886 awarded to officers of the army, the navy and, from 1 April 1918, the air force? A) DFC. B) DCM. C) DSO. D) DSC. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) DSO. 18. Which Apollo mission brought the first rocks and other material from the Moon? A) Apollo 12. B) Apollo 11. C) Apollo 14. D) Apollo 15. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apollo 11. 19. The website for UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) provides text in English, French and how many other languages? A) 10. B) 1. C) 8. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. 20. Which propagandist broadcaster during World War II was jailed for 10 years in October 1949? A) Mamie. B) Singapore Dahlia. C) Tokyo Rose. D) Mata Hari. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tokyo Rose. ← 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