This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 239 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 239 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where was the cocktail "daiquiri" invented? A) Cuba. B) Italy. C) Spain. D) Brazil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cuba. 2. Which two countries fought the four-day "Football War" from 14 July 1969 after they had met for an elimination match as a preliminary to the World Cup? A) Brazil & Argentina. B) Honduras & El Salvador. C) Mexico & Panama. D) Bolivia & Chile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Honduras & El Salvador. 3. Actors Saoirse Ronan, Julie Walter, Domnhall Gleeson and Jim Broadbent appeared in which film? A) Stockholm, Pennsylvania. B) Atonement. C) The Grand Budapest Hotel. D) Brooklyn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brooklyn. 4. Where was the Boer War fought? A) Northern Europe. B) Southern Africa. C) Western Australia. D) Eastern India. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Southern Africa. 5. What is a besom used to do? A) Prune. B) Dig. C) Mulch. D) Sweep. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sweep. 6. What is the name of the model for the formation and evolution of the solar system first developed in the 18th century by Emanuel Swedenborg, Immanuel Kant, and Pierre-Simon Laplace? A) Gravitational collapse exposition. B) Nebular hypothesis. C) Giant molecular cloud theory. D) Big bang theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nebular hypothesis. 7. Mt Rushmore is near which US city? A) Keystone, South Dakota. B) Tombstone, Arizona. C) Las Vegas, Nevada. D) Charleston, North Carolina. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Keystone, South Dakota. 8. Which car manufacturer is based in Wolfsburg? A) Lamborghini. B) Porsche. C) Mercedes. D) Volkswagen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Volkswagen. 9. Chen Cheng-po and Ran In-ting (Lan Yin Ding) are celebrated artists who grew up and painted during the Japanese occupation of where? A) Manchuria. B) Mongolia. C) Northern China. D) Taiwan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Taiwan. 10. What is a bridleway in England and Wales? A) A particularly narrow pathway. B) A route for a horse pulling a barge along a canal. C) A public right of way for people on foot, on horseback or leading a horse. D) A way for a horse to cross a canal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A public right of way for people on foot, on horseback or leading a horse. 11. Which of these branches of zoology is to do with the study of insects? A) Taxonomy. B) Behavioural ecology. C) Entomology. D) Ichthyology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Entomology. 12. What is the name of the strait which links the Gulf of Aden with the Red Sea? A) The Strait of Gibraltar. B) The Strait of Hormuz. C) Port Said. D) Bab-el-Mandeb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bab-el-Mandeb. 13. Among the many works of 19th century British poet and playwright Robert Browning, was ..... ? A) If . B) The Pied Piper of Hamelin. C) The Lady of Shalott. D) The Charge of the Light Brigade. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Pied Piper of Hamelin. 14. In winter, snow falls in the lowlands in which of these? A) Ecuador. B) Venezuela. C) Tierra del Fuego. D) Suriname. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tierra del Fuego. 15. What is the name for a condition of decay in timber caused by attacks of fungi? A) Rotation. B) Mushrooming. C) Toad in the hole. D) Dry rot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dry rot. 16. Where would you NOT find Fourier transforms being used directly? A) Creating a JPEG image. B) Reconstructing a crystal structure from its diffraction pattern. C) Preparing fertilisers. D) Equalising audio recordings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Preparing fertilisers. 17. In what sport is a "triple salchow" performed? A) Gymnastics. B) Surfing. C) Figure skating. D) High jump. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Figure skating. 18. How often is the Vendée Globe competed? A) Every three years. B) Annually. C) Biennially. D) Every four years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Every four years. 19. What was the objective of Operation Pastorius, in 1942 at the start of the USA's involvement in World War II? A) To spread counterfeit currency in Germany. B) To sabotage key economic and physical infrastructure in the USA. C) To spread fundamental Christianity among Japanese military. D) To annex Germantown, Philadelphia, USA (settled in 1683 by Pistorius), to inter German residents. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To sabotage key economic and physical infrastructure in the USA. 20. In 2004, which country was the first to appoint a prime minister from a Green Party? A) Canada. B) Latvia. C) Romania. D) Italy. 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