This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 273 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 273 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is one of the uses of the space instrument MODIS? A) To detect subterranean water sources. B) To help determine the amount of water vapour in a column of Earth's atmosphere. C) To detect oil reserves. D) To detect mass movement of animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To help determine the amount of water vapour in a column of Earth's atmosphere. 2. American comedian, actress, writer, producer, and television host of over 50 years' standing, Joan Rivers, died in 2014 following what? A) A minor operation on her vocal cords. B) A car accident. C) An open heart operation. D) Falling off a stage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A minor operation on her vocal cords. 3. What type of visual art is often called "the art of writing" ? A) Cuneiform. B) Chalcedony. C) Campari. D) Calligraphy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Calligraphy. 4. What is a doosra? A) A dart that bounces off the wire (darts). B) A time period (polo). C) A bowling delivery (cricket). D) A bathing cap (synchronised swimming). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A bowling delivery (cricket). 5. Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand all have a coastline on what body of water? A) Andaman Sea. B) South China Sea. C) Gulf of Thailand. D) Indian Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gulf of Thailand. 6. Where are Bantu indigenous? A) Australia. B) Northern Mongolia. C) Chile. D) Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Africa. 7. Which of these is an instrument to measure the number of steps taken by someone walking? A) Pediatrician. B) Pedometer. C) Walk-a-thon. D) Foot-path. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pedometer. 8. Which of these parts of the United Kingdom is the furthest West? A) Northern Ireland. B) Scotland. C) Wales. D) England. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Northern Ireland. 9. Which song, one of the top popular recordings in the US in 1935 (introduced in the 1935 film "Gold Diggers"), won the 1935 Academy Award for Best Original Song? A) A Couple of Swells. B) Lullaby of Broadway. C) On the Good Ship Lollipop. D) Cheek to Cheek. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lullaby of Broadway. 10. Who built the original Palace of Versailles that was enlarged by Louis XIV? A) Louis XIII. B) Philippe II. C) Napoleon II. D) Philippe III. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Louis XIII. 11. What does an horologist make? A) Scary movies. B) Clocks. C) Furniture. D) Trouble. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clocks. 12. Where would one find a salp? A) In the structure of a mandolin. B) On the forest floor. C) On the nose of a star-nosed mole. D) In the sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the sea. 13. More than 75% of North Korea is what kind of land? A) Grass plains. B) Mountains. C) Semi-desert. D) Wetlands. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mountains. 14. Which is the southernmost of Central Asia's five republics? A) Turkmenistan. B) Uzbekistan. C) Georgia. D) Kazakhstan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Turkmenistan. 15. Which of these is a spondee? A) A metrical foot, in poetry, of two stressed syllables. B) A veterinary's tool. C) An abnormal bone spur in the spinal column. D) A drum rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A metrical foot, in poetry, of two stressed syllables. 16. Where was the battle fought between the Royalist forces under Prince Rupert and Oliver Cromwell's men in June 1645 that was the key to the final downfall of Royalist forces a year later? A) Agincourt. B) Naseby. C) Fairfax. D) Sheffield. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Naseby. 17. Where did the characters Beavis and Butthead, from the US TV series created by Mike Judge, first appear? A) Give Blood (1993). B) Door to Door (1993). C) Peace, Love and Understanding (1992). D) Frog Baseball (1992). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frog Baseball (1992). 18. Who was thrown into the Tiber by his uncle, was suckled by a wolf, co-founded Rome and was killed by his brother? A) Jupiter. B) Romulus. C) Caesar. D) Remus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Remus. 19. Which better describes the game of Scrabble? A) Foxhunting. B) War game. C) Word game. D) Ball game. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Word game. 20. What is the Spanish name for Saint James, son of Zebedee, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus? A) Quixote. B) Santiago. C) Joachim. D) Caballero. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Santiago. ← 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