This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 225 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 225 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What programme run by the US Government since 1961 involves volunteers who work abroad for 24 months in the areas of education, business, information technology, agriculture & the environment? A) Central Intelligence Agency. B) Greenpeace. C) Amnesty International. D) The Peace Corps. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Peace Corps. 2. Where is the oldest fragment of Earth's continental crust in South America? A) Sete Voltas Massif (São Francisco craton, Brazil). B) Buck Reef Chert. C) Barberton greenstone belt. D) Tirumala Hills. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sete Voltas Massif (São Francisco craton, Brazil). 3. Which chief laid siege to Fort Detroit in 1763, an action that led to widespread rebellion against colonists in the area around Ohio and Illinois? A) Pontiac. B) Cadillac. C) Potomac. D) Buick. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pontiac. 4. What is Little Brown Jug? A) An annual harness race for three-year-old pacing standardbred horses. B) A three year aged 12% barley wine. C) Jug in the shape of Henry Elwes, aka Toby Fillpot, played with buzzed lips as a musical instrument. D) Mad 30's image of Alfred E. Neuman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An annual harness race for three-year-old pacing standardbred horses. 5. Between 1696 and 1851, the British government imposed a tax on what part of a house? A) Number of chimneys. B) Roof area. C) Front door area. D) Number of windows. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Number of windows. 6. Which political organisation was founded by José Antonio Primo de Rivera in 1933, during the Second Spanish Republic? A) Riviera. B) Nazism. C) Fascism. D) Falange. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Falange. 7. What is the term for the conversion of a solid directly into a vapour by applying heat? A) Distillation. B) Evaporation. C) Sublimation. D) Expiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sublimation. 8. Which of these is a shooting target? A) Clay pigeon. B) China eagle. C) Concrete sparrow. D) Wooden thrush. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clay pigeon. 9. Usually, the United Kingdom holds general elections every five, or sometimes four, years. In the 20th century, how many times did the UK hold more than one general election in one year? A) 1. B) 2. C) None. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 10. Which of these best fits the meaning of "demonym" ? A) A public demonstration. B) A home for small devils. C) A name for the residents of a place. D) A name for a small devil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A name for the residents of a place. 11. Which of these is a dressing often served with seafood? A) Titanic. B) Marie Rose. C) Peggy Sue. D) Marie Clare. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marie Rose. 12. Which fictional detective first appeared in the book "Cover Her Face" ? A) Miss Marple. B) Adam Dalgliesh. C) Lord Peter Wimsey. D) Hercule Poirot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adam Dalgliesh. 13. What does the S stand for in the acronym "NASCAR" ? A) Sport. B) Stock. C) Street. D) Scratch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stock. 14. The Gulfs of Tonkin and Thailand both lead to which body of water? A) Dead Sea. B) Cosmonauts Sea. C) Gulf of Carpentaria. D) South China Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) South China Sea. 15. What vitamin is retinol? A) B1. B) B2. C) B3. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. 16. Which US state would you go to to see Niagara Falls? A) New Hampshire. B) New York. C) Vermont. D) North Dakota. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) New York. 17. An ecosystem includes its living organisms, physical landscape and what else? A) Magnetism. B) Sunlight. C) Meteorological environment. D) Sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meteorological environment. 18. Who founded the London Philharmonic Orchestra? A) Benjamin Britten. B) Malcolm Sargent. C) Edward Elgar. D) Thomas Beecham. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thomas Beecham. 19. The Angel Falls in Venezuela are on which river? A) Orinoco River. B) Río Kerepacupai Merú. C) Carrao River. D) Rio Negro. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Río Kerepacupai Merú. 20. What coal-fired power station in North Yorkshire, England, near the River Ouse, has the highest generating capacity of any power station in the UK? A) Battersea. B) Sellafield. C) Drax. D) Cowes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drax. ← 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