This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 265 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 265 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What animals travel in groups led by the "Old Man" or "Boomer" ? A) Kangaroos. B) Gnus. C) Lemmings. D) Frogs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kangaroos. 2. What was Dr Margaret Mead's field of study, pursued particularly in the South Pacific and Southeast Asia? A) Agriculture. B) Psychology. C) Archaeology. D) Anthropology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anthropology. 3. A five block area of which city was permanently closed to traffic in May 2009 in an attempt to make the city "more liveable" ? A) New York. B) San Francisco. C) Chicago. D) Las Vegas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) New York. 4. Raymond Chandler created which of these fictional detectives? A) Philip Marlowe. B) Hercule Poirot. C) Inspector Morse. D) Roderick Alleyn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Philip Marlowe. 5. What is the present name of a large group of islands in the heart of the western area of the Coral Triangle, known and highly prized by Arab traders, and by Europeans from at least the 16th century? A) The Comoros. B) Zanzibar. C) The Moluccas. D) The Philippines. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Moluccas. 6. Due to a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Britain at the time of the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games and the strict quarantine laws of Australia, where were the equestrian events held? A) London. B) Stockholm. C) Atlanta. D) Berlin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stockholm. 7. What type of apple is on the Apple Records logo? A) Cox's Orange Pippin. B) Golden Delicious. C) Gravenstein. D) Granny Smith. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Granny Smith. 8. Mikaya and Kilawna and their friend Edith who are travelling to the west coast, British Columbia, are characters in which play? A) Beat the Devil (2020). B) Kamloopa (2020). C) Women of the Fur Trade (2020). D) Conference of the Birds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kamloopa (2020). 9. What is the highest bid in a game of contract bridge? A) 7 no trumps. B) 7 hearts. C) 1 club. D) 6 spades. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 7 no trumps. 10. What was the name of the representative body in pre-revolutionary Russia that was revived in 1905? A) House of Keys. B) Reichstag. C) Duma. D) The Star Chamber. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Duma. 11. What is the adjective usually attached to someone called a codger? A) Creeping. B) Grey. C) Old. D) Sleepy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Old. 12. Which of these words best describes Cornwall, England? A) Duchy. B) Principality. C) Republic. D) Dictatorship. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Duchy. 13. What fictional character lives in a pineapple under the sea? A) SpongeBob SquarePants. B) Harry the Octopus. C) Opo the Crazy Dolphin. D) Skippy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SpongeBob SquarePants. 14. What is the basic ingredient of frumenty? A) Cracked wheat. B) Egg whites and sugar. C) Brown rice. D) Cream and rolled oats. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cracked wheat. 15. The upper pair of a slug's tentacles is used to detect light or movement; what is the lower pair used for? A) Touch. B) Detecting vibrations. C) Detecting chemicals. D) Mating display. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Detecting chemicals. 16. Which of these countries does not have a capital city where the name (in its English form) starts and ends with the same letter? A) Eritrea. B) Australia. C) Kazakhstan. D) Norway. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Australia. 17. By what name was the Castle of St Antoine that was built in Paris in 1369 as a fortress better known? A) Old Bailey. B) Bedlam. C) Parkhurst. D) Bastille. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bastille. 18. What does "twixt" mean? A) Twisted. B) Between. C) Twin. D) Cursed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Between. 19. Who was the British Leader of the Opposition during the Abdication Crisis? A) Sir Geoffrey Howe. B) Neville Chamberlain. C) Winston Churchill. D) Clement Attlee. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clement Attlee. 20. What is maqam? A) A style of plant sculpture. B) Knot-making. C) Indonesian masks. D) Middle Eastern music. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Middle Eastern music. ← 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