This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 289 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 289 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was a feature of the results of the dressage events in the 1988 Summer Olympics? A) All the events were rained out and the competition could not be held. B) All of them were tied. C) No team competed. D) They were all won by women. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They were all won by women. 2. Which US college satirical and humour magazine, first published in 1908 and still current, has featured work by Dr. Seuss, Buck Henry, Chris Miller, and Mindy Kaling including cartoons by F.C. Stockman? A) The Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern. B) The Daily Currant. C) Harvard Lampoon. D) The Brown Jug. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern. 3. Who was awarded FIFA's Ballon d'Or every year from 2009 to 2012, and again in 2015, 2019 and 2021? A) Ronaldinho. B) Lionel Messi. C) Cristiano Ronaldo. D) Zinedine Zidane. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lionel Messi. 4. In the acronym NASA, what does the last "A" stand for? A) Administration. B) Agency. C) Alliance. D) Aeronautics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Administration. 5. Among the major cities which lie close to the Blue and White Nile River are three cites which are the capital of their countries, Cairo, Khartoum and which other? A) Jinja. B) Juba. C) Addis Ababa. D) Kampala. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Juba. 6. Which best fits the description "an acoustic resonator, resonating at a specific constant pitch" ? A) Electronic tuner. B) Pitch pipe. C) Savart wheel. D) Tuning fork. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tuning fork. 7. Why did the East European country of Circassia cease to exist in the 19th century? A) It was destroyed by multiple earthquakes in 1864. B) It lost the Russian-Circassian War. C) About 97% of the people died in a flare up of the Black Death. D) It decided to merge with the kingdom of Alania. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It lost the Russian-Circassian War. 8. If you have played 50 games and won 30, giving a 60% success rate, how many more games would you have to play to achieve a 75% success rate, assuming that you win them all? A) 15. B) 8. C) 20. D) 30. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 30. 9. The four 1980 Olympic Games were held in Lake Placid, USA (Winter), Geilo, Norway (Winter Paralympics), Arnhem, Netherlands (Summer Paralympics) and what other venue? A) New York City, USA. B) Moscow, USSR. C) Johannesburg, South Africa. D) Christchurch, New Zealand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moscow, USSR. 10. Chip Ganassi is a prominent figure in what sport? A) Speed eating. B) Motor racing. C) Lumberjack competition. D) Snail racing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motor racing. 11. In 2008, Keira Knightley played the title role in which film? A) The Queen. B) Princess of Thieves. C) The Duchess. D) Anna Karenina. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Duchess. 12. Derek Jacobi played Claudius in which BBC TV series? A) I, Claudius. B) You, Claudius?. C) Me Claudius, You Are Agrippa. D) Rome. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I, Claudius. 13. The Korean word transliterated as "getbol" is Korea's term for which vital part of its shoreline ecology? A) Mangrove swamps. B) Tidal mudflats. C) Pinnacle rocks for bird nesting. D) Coral reefs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tidal mudflats. 14. Which publisher(s) founded an imprint in 1908, now owned by Harlequin UK, which by the 1930s began to cater for escapist fiction and continues to do so exclusively? A) James and John Harper. B) Gerald Rusgrove Mills and Charles Boon. C) Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. D) Alfred A. Knopf. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gerald Rusgrove Mills and Charles Boon. 15. Roger Moore first played James Bond in which film? A) A View to a Kill. B) The Spy Who Loved Me. C) For Your Eyes Only. D) Live and Let Die. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Live and Let Die. 16. What do Americans call what the English call "chips" ? A) German grills. B) French fries. C) British boils. D) Belgian bakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) French fries. 17. Quezon City is the most populous city in which country? A) The Philippines. B) Malaysia. C) Brunei. D) Vietnam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Philippines. 18. What word describes someone skilled in horsemanship? A) Egalitarian. B) Equestrian. C) Egg-shaped. D) Evocative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Equestrian. 19. What symptoms most usually present with the first stages of seborrheic dermatitis? A) Flaky nails. B) An increase in freckles. C) Sore toes. D) Flaky and red skin on the head or torso. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flaky and red skin on the head or torso. 20. In 1994 the international Wassenaar Agreement replaced CoCom, with the aim of contributing to regional and international security by preventing the export of what, in quantity or of a kind which could lead to destabilising accumulation? A) Materials which can be used to make nuclear weapons. B) Chemical weapons. C) Arms, and goods or IT which can be used as weapons, including by terrorists. D) Oil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arms, and goods or IT which can be used as weapons, including by terrorists. ← 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