This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 219 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 219 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What sport is competed in the IBSF World Championships (previously the FIBT World Championships)? A) Beach cricket. B) Bobsleigh and skeleton. C) Speed preparation of burgers. D) Toboggan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bobsleigh and skeleton. 2. Ananas is the French word for which of these? A) Pineapple. B) Banana. C) Anarchy. D) Anatomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pineapple. 3. In June 1944, the names Juno, Omaha, Sword, Utah & Gold were given to what? A) Bridges. B) Mountains. C) Rivers. D) Beaches. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beaches. 4. In which conflict between 1455 and 1485 were there battles at St Albans, Northampton, Wakefield, Towton, Barnet, Tewkesbury and Bosworth? A) The Seven Years War. B) The Civil War. C) The Wars of the Roses. D) The Jacobite Rebellion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Wars of the Roses. 5. Which of these English monarchs is associated with red hair? A) King George VI. B) Queen Elizabeth II. C) King Henry VIII. D) Queen Elizabeth I. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Queen Elizabeth I. 6. Which of these states of the USA extends the furthest south? A) Illinois. B) New Mexico. C) Maine. D) South Dakota. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) New Mexico. 7. What happened on H Day in Sweden in 1967 (3 September)? A) The currency switched to decimal. B) Drivers switched from driving on the left side of the road to driving on the right side. C) Sweden adopted a common time zone with Norway. D) Swedish pop group ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drivers switched from driving on the left side of the road to driving on the right side. 8. Which of these was an Australian cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time, whose career Test batting average of 99.94 is claimed to be statistically the greatest achievement in any major sport? A) Ian Botham. B) Shane Warne. C) Stephen Fleming. D) Don Bradman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Don Bradman. 9. What is a domesticated animal that resembles a small llama in superficial appearance that are kept in herds that graze on the level heights of the Andes of South America at an altitude of 3, 500 m (11, 483 ft) to 5, 000 m (16, 404 ft) above sea-level, that were bred specifically for the fibre in their fleece? A) Albundy. B) Alcapone. C) Alpacino. D) Alpaca. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alpaca. 10. What does "popliteal" refer to? A) Centre of the poppy flower. B) Volcanic formations in the southern Andes. C) Structures at the back of the human knee. D) Population statistics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Structures at the back of the human knee. 11. In musical notation, what word means "exactly:neither sharp nor flat" ? A) Tonic. B) Ordinary. C) Pitched. D) Natural. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Natural. 12. What were the competitions of the contestants in the UK TV series "Last Man Standing", later "Last Woman Standing", based on? A) Different tribal or traditional sports. B) The ten decathlon sports. C) Fashion designs. D) Chess marathons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Different tribal or traditional sports. 13. On 31 July 2021 what was one event held across the City of London to mark its reopening as the lockdowns of COVID-19 eased? A) Jousting in pie carts. B) Continuous reading of Shakespeare sonnets. C) A Festival of Bells. D) Creating the longest sausage roll. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A Festival of Bells. 14. What is meant by "dramatis personae" ? A) Over-emotional people. B) List of people in a play. C) People from northern Italy. D) People interviewed in the street by TV journalists. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) List of people in a play. 15. Which is a piece of French territory on the mainland of South America? A) Martinique. B) Guadeloupe. C) French Guiana. D) Réunion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) French Guiana. 16. What is the study of formal speaking in pronunciation, grammar, style, and tone? A) Phonetics. B) Epiphone. C) Elocution. D) Vocal pedagogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elocution. 17. What is often thought of as the medieval forerunner of chemistry? A) Exorcism. B) Astrology. C) Theology. D) Alchemy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alchemy. 18. Which of these bodies of water goes to the greatest depth? A) Lake Erie. B) Lake Michigan. C) Lake Superior. D) Lake Huron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lake Superior. 19. What public disturbance early in June 1780 in London, described by Charles Dickens in "Barnaby Rudge", was put down by the military and followed by the execution of 11 people? A) Catholic uprising. B) Indian Mutiny. C) Waterfront Strike. D) Gordon riots. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gordon riots. 20. Which of these buildings, the birthplace of Charles I, is in Scotland? A) Sandringham House. B) Dunfermline Palace. C) St. James's Palace. D) Clarence House. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dunfermline Palace. ← 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