This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 235 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 235 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. With which country do you associate the didgeridoo? A) Australia. B) Spain. C) Pakistan. D) China. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Australia. 2. Who played "Jemima" in the then new musical "Cats" in 1981, and later starred in more of Lloyd Webber's work, with two roles written for her:in the mass "Requiem" , and "Christine DaaΓ©" in "The Phantom of the Opera" ? A) Sarah Brightman. B) Julie Covington. C) Elaine Paige. D) Yvonne Elliman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sarah Brightman. 3. Who presided over the 1976 Olympic Games in Canada? A) Lord Killanin, president of the IOC. B) Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. C) Queen Elizabeth II. D) David Crombie, Mayor of Toronto. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Queen Elizabeth II. 4. People of the Yazidi faith live mainly where? A) Japan. B) Middle East. C) India. D) Afghanistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Middle East. 5. In his influential work "De Magnete", Dr William Gilbert, Queen Elizabeth I of England's personal physician towards the end, recorded an experimental approach to scientific discovery in fields including ..... ? A) Errors in alchemy. B) Use of magnets in medical procedures. C) Growing herbs used in medical treatments. D) Electricity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Electricity. 6. In the Okie Noodling Tournament, first contested in 2003, what do participants compete to do? A) Sketch. B) Kiss. C) Knit. D) Catch fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Catch fish. 7. According to Britain's Sea Fish Industry Authority, what is the name for a young pilchard? A) Sardine. B) Whitebait. C) Anchovy. D) Carp. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sardine. 8. What advance in the design of the bicycle was introduced in 1885? A) Rubber tyred "penny farthing". B) Wheels of equal size, with a chain-driven rear wheel. C) Dunlop's pneumatic tyre. D) The "Macmillan" bicycle with the rear wheel driven by levers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wheels of equal size, with a chain-driven rear wheel. 9. Which US president started and pursued the hardline rivalry after World War II between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, usually called the Cold War? A) Franklin D. Roosevelt. B) Harry S Truman. C) John Kennedy. D) Dwight D. Eisenhower. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harry S Truman. 10. Carnotite is a source of what? A) Table salt. B) Mercury. C) Uranium. D) Yellow ochre. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Uranium. 11. Which French revolutionary, who was instrumental in the death of the King and the establishment of the Republic, was guillotined in 1794? A) De Gaulle. B) Robespierre. C) De Maupassant. D) Cardinal Richelieu. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Robespierre. 12. Which ocean or sea is on the coast of Paraguay? A) None. It is landlocked and does not have a coastline. B) Atlantic Ocean. C) Pacific Ocean. D) Caribbean Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) None. It is landlocked and does not have a coastline. 13. The "Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act" signed into law in the US state of Arizona on 23 April 2010 to take effect on 28 July 2010, concerns what? A) Funding for "Neighbourhood Watch" groups. B) Illegal immigration. C) Installation over 10, 000 CCTV cameras. D) Harsher penalties for drunk drivers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Illegal immigration. 14. World War I took place mostly on what continent between 1914 and 1918? A) Africa. B) Asia. C) Europe. D) North America. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Europe. 15. Which one of these has no part to play in the ring at a bull fight? A) The bull. B) Matador. C) Picador. D) Ecuador. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ecuador. 16. Which German writer, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, later expatriated from Germany and becoming an American citizen, was the author of works including "Buddenbrooks", "Mario and the Magician" and "The Magic Mountain" ? A) Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951). B) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832). C) Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805). D) Thomas Mann (1875-1955). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thomas Mann (1875-1955). 17. Who is credited with finding the cross used by Jesus and the remains of the Three Wise Men? A) Saint Marie-Bernarde Soubirous. B) Saint Lucia. C) Saint Helena. D) Saint Joan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Saint Helena. 18. Freetown is the capital city of which country? A) Liberia. B) Sierra Leone. C) Denmark. D) The Gabon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sierra Leone. 19. The first electric what were installed in 1914 in Ohio, USA? A) Traffic lights. B) Civil Defence sirens. C) Fire alarms. D) Washing machines. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Traffic lights. 20. What happened when Sigurd, or Siegfried, according to the Eddic poem FΓ‘fnismΓ‘l, killed the dragon Fafnir and tasted its heart's blood? A) He could understand the language of the birds. B) He turned into a dragon. C) He became super strong. D) He could breathe under water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He could understand the language of the birds. β PreviousNext βRelated 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 π Back to Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books