This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 233 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 233 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What phrase used by the US during the Cold War to justify American intervention around the world, suggested that if any country came under the influence of communism, the surrounding countries would follow? A) Cold War. B) Good Neighbours. C) Domino Theory. D) The Grand Design. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Domino Theory. 2. Which of these distances is the longest? A) London to Edinburgh, UK. B) Cairo to Khartoum, Africa. C) Chicago to New York, USA. D) Perth to Sydney, Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Perth to Sydney, Australia. 3. Which of these is a language of north-western South Africa? A) Kanawa. B) Bwana. C) Lackawanna. D) Tswana. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tswana. 4. When Fleetwood Mac reunited to tour in 2018, their lineup included Mike Campbell and who else? A) Finbar Lynch. B) Tim Finn. C) Neil Finn. D) Finneas O'Connell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neil Finn. 5. Which legal case in 2000 famously saw decisions by the United States Supreme Court where the first two female Justices appointed to that Court were on opposite sides? A) Stewart v. Smith. B) Chickasaw Nation v. United States. C) Bush v. Gore. D) Sao Paulo State of Federative Republic of Brazil v. American Tobacco Co. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bush v. Gore. 6. What word is used to describe an illegal hunt of game or fish? A) Scramble. B) Poach. C) Boil. D) Benedict. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poach. 7. When the Simplon Tunnel opened it was the only permanent road access between which two countries? A) Switzerland and Germany. B) Italy and Switzerland. C) Italy and France. D) Austria and Italy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Italy and Switzerland. 8. Who were Box and Cox, collaborating English songwriters and performers who, in 1947, established the music publisher Box and Cox Publications? A) Elton Box and Desmond Cox. B) Noel Gay (Stanley Hill) & Frank Eyton. C) Christian Ludwig Boxberg & Chiara Margarita Cozzolani. D) Ivor Novello & Billy Reid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elton Box and Desmond Cox. 9. "The Leader of the Pack" was a #1 hit record world-wide between 1972 and 1976 for which group? A) The Ronettes. B) The Supremes. C) The Shangri-Las. D) The Shirelles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Shangri-Las. 10. The Seekers' song "The Carnival is Over" is sung to what music? A) A romantic song by French composer Francis Poulenc. B) A 16th century madrigal by English composer William Byrd. C) An early 20th century song by American composer George Gershwin. D) A 19th century song about Russian folk hero Stenka Razin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A 19th century song about Russian folk hero Stenka Razin. 11. What happened for the first time in the 1994 International Basketball Federation (FIBA) World Championship? A) Professional players were included. B) Currently active American NBA players participated. C) Women were included. D) The venue was in a country outside South America. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Currently active American NBA players participated. 12. Who is the character whose adventures are the centre of the online digital graphic novel Wormworld Saga? A) Rayla. B) Daniel Lieske. C) Jonas Berg. D) Wormwood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jonas Berg. 13. Like many of his contemporaries he thought of the English as the master race, he was an imperialist and successful entrepreneur and businessman who co-founded the De Beers Consolidated Mines diamond firm, and he was an enterprising politician. Who was he? A) Cecil John Rhodes. B) Charles Dunell Rudd. C) James Rochfort Maguire. D) Joseph Chamberlain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cecil John Rhodes. 14. How high should a badminton net be at the centre? A) 1.016 metres (3 ft 4 inches). B) 3.048 metres (10 ft). C) 1.524 metres (5 ft). D) .8128 metres (2 ft 8 inches). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1.524 metres (5 ft). 15. In which country were constitutional reforms initiated in 1954, resulting in a new constitution when Britain granted self-government in 1964? A) Togo. B) British Honduras. C) Nauru. D) Tonga. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) British Honduras. 16. World War I was triggered as a full-blown war when the United Kingdom declared war on Germany on 4 August 1914, when Germany invaded which country? A) Sweden. B) Belgium. C) Switzerland. D) Poland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Belgium. 17. James I of Scotland was crowned how many years after he succeeded to the throne? A) 50. B) 1. C) 18. D) He was never crowned. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 18. 18. What system of musical notation, originating in the 16th century, shows the fingering of notes on a fretted fingerboard? A) Hieroglyphics. B) Fretwork. C) Cuneiform. D) Tablature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tablature. 19. Which of these punctuation marks is not used to end a sentence? A) Exclamation mark. B) Full stop. C) Comma. D) Question mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comma. 20. Zola Budd became famous as what? A) Athlete. B) Artist. C) Animal trainer. D) Tennis player. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Athlete. ← 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