This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 227 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 227 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. One win away from eventing's Grand Slam in the UK in 2013, New Zealand equestrian Jock Paget had what mishap? A) He was hospitalised after a car crash. B) He broke his leg. C) All the horses in his stable went down with enteritis. D) His horse tested positive for drugs after his previous victory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His horse tested positive for drugs after his previous victory. 2. When did Circassia, or Adiga Xheku, a land in the North Caucasus along the northeast shore of the Black Sea, cease to exist as a separate land? A) 1864. B) 1917. C) 1220. D) 1815. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1864. 3. Why did the para-athletes Zakia Khudadadi and Hossain Rasouli arrive late to the Paralympics in Tokyo in 2021? A) Their flights had been repeatedly delayed. B) They were in extended quarantine for COVID-19. C) They were caught in the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. D) They had not been told they were competing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were caught in the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. 4. What change was implemented in Turkey on 1 December 1928? A) Introduction of Six Arrows as the symbol and flag of the Turkish Republican People's Party (CHP). B) Turkey became a purely secular republic. C) The modern Turkish alphabet was established. D) Village Institutes were developed to reduce the gap that existed between urban and rural areas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The modern Turkish alphabet was established. 5. Who introduced the term "horsepower" in a scientific context? A) Amelia Earhart. B) James Watt. C) Mahatma Gandhi. D) Vladimir Putin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) James Watt. 6. The 1935 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for what 1932 discovery by a British scientist? A) The existence of the neutron. B) A way to mass manufacture penicillin. C) Medicine to combat venereal diseases. D) A way to create blue LEDs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The existence of the neutron. 7. Where do the hunter-gatherer Twa or Batwa people mostly live? A) High mountains and plains around Lake Kivu in Congo and Rwanda, and Burundi. B) Along the north-west coast of Africa. C) North-east Thailand. D) Tierra del Fuego. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) High mountains and plains around Lake Kivu in Congo and Rwanda, and Burundi. 8. Which of these places is in Mali? A) Timbuktu. B) Salamanca. C) Alexandra. D) Alamein. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Timbuktu. 9. Who uses a petri dish? A) Scientist. B) Mechanic. C) Plumber. D) Chef. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scientist. 10. A misogynist hates or despises what or whom? A) All other people. B) Women, or other women. C) Small furry animals. D) Bean soup. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Women, or other women. 11. Who became the head of the UK's Lawn Tennis Association in 2006? A) Roger Taylor. B) Roger Draper. C) Roger Moore. D) Roger Waters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Roger Draper. 12. Silk comes from which of these? A) Vines. B) Llamas. C) Birds' nests. D) Caterpillars. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Caterpillars. 13. Who was vice-president to US president Ronald Reagan? A) Dan Quayle. B) Bob Dole. C) Dick Cheney. D) George H. W. Bush. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) George H. W. Bush. 14. From which language do we get the word "dungarees" ? A) Hindi. B) Farsi. C) Norse. D) Greek. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hindi. 15. Generally how saline are tears? A) Maximum 5% salt by weight. B) Maximum 1% salt by weight. C) Maximum 0.01% salt by weight. D) Maximum 10% salt by weight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maximum 1% salt by weight. 16. What is the title of the officer in charge of supply in the British army? A) Quartermaster. B) Halfmaster. C) Wholemaster. D) Tenthmaster. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quartermaster. 17. Which of these is a book that features Sherlock Holmes? A) The Cat in the Hat With a Pipe and All That. B) Holmes Alone. C) The Sign of the Four. D) Hard Drugs Can Assist the Mental Processes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Sign of the Four. 18. Who was the mother of Marie Antoinette, wife of Louis XIV of France? A) Madame Marie Curie. B) Queen Elizabeth I of England. C) Catherine the Great of Russia. D) Maria Theresa of Austria. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maria Theresa of Austria. 19. Which animal features on the Venezuelan coat of arms? A) A jaguar. B) The Venezuelan troupial. C) A white horse. D) A giant anteater. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A white horse. 20. The Scripps National Spelling Bee is held annually in the USA in the ballroom of which hotel? A) Hyatt Regency, Atlanta, Georgia. B) The Grand Hyatt, Washington, D.C. C) Park Hyatt Hotel, Century City, L.A., California. D) Hyatt Regency, California. 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