This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 30 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 30 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The city of Leningrad, Russia, is now known as what? A) St Petersburg. B) Constantinople. C) Wellington. D) Kampala. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) St Petersburg. 2. Which country or entity uses the Juche calendar? A) Mongolia. B) The Faroe Islands. C) Bavaria. D) North Korea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) North Korea. 3. How many multiples of 4 are there between 21 and 39? A) 5. B) 4. C) 3. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4. 4. What is a group of jellyfish called? A) Slap. B) Whallop. C) Punch. D) Smack. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Smack. 5. What is the technical term for measles? A) Vanilli. B) Manzanilla. C) Tacacoma. D) Morbilli. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Morbilli. 6. Which of these songs is from "The King and I" ? A) Getting to Know You. B) Get Me To The Church On Time. C) Summertime. D) Tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Getting to Know You. 7. What is a measure of the disorder of a system? A) Extortion. B) Ecstasy. C) Entrapment. D) Entropy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Entropy. 8. Which Greek dramatist, who lived from 485 to 406BC, wrote "Medea", "Orestes" and "Iphigenia in Tauris" ? A) Sophocles. B) Eumenides. C) Aeschylus. D) Euripides. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Euripides. 9. Which 13th century philosopher, linguist, empirical scientist, writer and Franciscan Friar known as Doctor Mirabilis, was known for his mediaeval Latin work "Opus Major" ? A) Roger Bacon. B) Kevin Bacon. C) Faith Bacon. D) Francis Bacon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Roger Bacon. 10. In 1660 Robert Hooke developed what? A) The law of elasticity. B) A method to determine the absolute value of pi. C) A code system that could be used by telegraphy. D) A 15 note musical scale. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The law of elasticity. 11. London's Hatton Garden is the centre of trade in what? A) Meat. B) Fish. C) Flowers. D) Jewellery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jewellery. 12. Which of these colours absorbs the least amount of light? A) Red. B) White. C) Violet. D) Black. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) White. 13. One of the concerns internationally with Iran's activities before a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in 2015 was the extent to which it ..... ? A) Threw open access to its historical sites. B) Dominated camel racing in the Middle East. C) Used artificial silk in carpet manufacture. D) Enriched uranium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Enriched uranium. 14. A clavichord is what type of instrument? A) Brass. B) Woodwind. C) Keyboard. D) String. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Keyboard. 15. The coast of Algeria, together with the northern coasts of Tunisia and Morocco, lie on the line where what two tectonic plates meet? A) Eurasian and Nubian. B) Eurasian and North American. C) North American and Arabian. D) Nubian and Somalian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eurasian and Nubian. 16. What is a "marmite" ? A) Casserole dish. B) Soup bowl. C) Side plate. D) Goblet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Casserole dish. 17. Who was the first person to win "The Big Four" Grammy Awards (Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year & Best New Artist) in one year? A) Christopher Cross. B) John Mayer. C) John Lennon. D) Sheena Easton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Christopher Cross. 18. In January 2024 Prince Frederick acceded to the throne of Denmark as a result of what? A) A revolution. B) He took the throne from his father. C) A national referendum. D) His mother Queen Margrethe abdicated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His mother Queen Margrethe abdicated. 19. What country is bordered by North Macedonia, Greece, Montenegro and Kosovo? A) Estonia. B) Bulgaria. C) Ethiopia. D) Albania. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Albania. 20. An essay written by the father of which British Prime Minister, "Of a History of Events Which Have Not Happened", formally examines counterfactuals to understand how we think of and record history? A) Benjamin Disraeli. B) Boris Johnson. C) Horace Walpole. D) Margaret Thatcher. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Benjamin Disraeli. ← 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