This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 263 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 263 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When did Canada become a fully sovereign country? A) 1 July 1867. B) 31 December, 1967. C) 29 March, 1982. D) 1 January, 1948. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 29 March, 1982. 2. What name is given to the cabin that is suspended from a balloon? A) Bungee. B) Babylon. C) Gondola. D) Bassinette. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gondola. 3. Where is The Rialto bridge? A) Florence. B) Venice. C) Pisa. D) Rome. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Venice. 4. What does the "E" stand for in "LED" ? A) Extended. B) Electronic. C) Emitting. D) Embedded. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emitting. 5. What is an ingredient in Bún măng vịt, a famous noodle dish in Vietnam? A) Cashew nuts. B) Carrots. C) Bamboo shoots. D) Barley. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bamboo shoots. 6. Ronan Keating was a member of which band? A) The Temptations. B) West Life. C) Backstreet Boys. D) Boyzone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Boyzone. 7. Which fictional character in a popular book published in 1876 was born in St Petersburg? A) Lyubov Andreyevna Ranevskaya. B) Ivan Denisovich. C) Tom Sawyer. D) John Gabriel Borkman. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tom Sawyer. 8. Which of these areas is on the southern tip of Portugal? A) Riviera. B) Costa del Sol. C) Algarve. D) Palm Beach. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Algarve. 9. In cuisine what is barding? A) Wrapping lean meat, usually when it is to be roasted, with strips or layers of fat. B) Accompanying meals with music. C) Declaiming poetry written about food. D) An earthenware casserole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wrapping lean meat, usually when it is to be roasted, with strips or layers of fat. 10. In which of these areas would you be most likely to find a traditional dwelling called a rondavel? A) Pacific Islands. B) Alaska. C) Mongolia. D) South Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) South Africa. 11. What is a geminid? A) Someone born under the star sign Gemini. B) A type of meteor. C) A twin. D) A quasi gemstone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A type of meteor. 12. Where would a Mercator Projection be employed? A) On a construction site. B) In a financial report. C) In a movie theatre. D) On a map. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On a map. 13. The Russo Japanese War of 1904-1905 ended when the Russian Fleet under Rozhdestvensky was defeated at the Battle of Tsushima by a fleet led by whom? A) Admiral Byrd. B) Admiral Togo Heihachirō. C) Admiral Crichton. D) Admiral Nelson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Admiral Togo Heihachirō. 14. When the outermost layer of the eye and the inner surface of the eyelids are inflamed, the eyes are said to be what? A) Bloodshot. B) Sapaimed. C) Bonereadied. D) Gorefired. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bloodshot. 15. The film actor Marion Michael Morrison is better known by what name? A) Stewart Granger. B) John Wayne. C) Richard Widmark. D) Burt Lancaster. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John Wayne. 16. What legal name is given to a document that is written by the person who signs it? A) Hologram. B) Monogram. C) Holograph. D) Testament. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Testament. 17. Which Grand Prix, that had taken place for 31 years at the same circuit, was dropped from the 2009 Formula One Championship? A) United States Grand Prix. B) French Grand Prix. C) Canadian Grand Prix. D) European Grand Prix. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Canadian Grand Prix. 18. The first Olympic Games to be held in South America were held where? A) Quito Ecuador. B) Santiago, Chile. C) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. D) Bogotá, Colombia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 19. What bid, in some card games, means that to win the player must lose every trick? A) Misère. B) Bezique. C) Nap. D) Anti-slam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Misère. 20. What is the word for an annual calendar that contains statistics and information of specialist interest? A) Dictionary. B) Lexicon. C) Thesaurus. D) Almanac. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Almanac. ← 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