This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 301 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 301 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In what town is the TV soap "Days of Our Lives" set? A) Salem. B) Amity Park. C) Freedom City. D) Riverdale. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Salem. 2. Dracunculiasis is a disease caused by infection from what? A) Roundworm. B) Giardia. C) Botfly. D) Guinea worm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Guinea worm. 3. Who created and performed the most soundtracks for the film Wall Street:Money Never Sleeps? A) Craig Armstrong. B) Ali Zafar and Baqir Abbas. C) Shiny Toy Guns. D) David Byrne and Brian Eno. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) David Byrne and Brian Eno. 4. When did the Goa'uld first appear in the US/Canada TV series Stargate SG-1? A) 1994. B) 1997. C) 2005. D) 2001. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1997. 5. Which of these countries is associated with the bagpipes? A) China. B) India. C) Scotland. D) Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scotland. 6. Which snooker player, nicknamed "The Grinder", in 1980 became the first player from outside the United Kingdom to win the world snooker championship? A) Perrie Mans. B) Ken Doherty. C) Eddie Charlton. D) Cliff Thorburn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cliff Thorburn. 7. Which of these films was set in in World War II? A) I Was Monty's Double. B) The Quiet American. C) The Ugly American. D) Coming Home. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I Was Monty's Double. 8. What was unusual about the catching of two examples of a species of fish, called the "Coelacanth", in 1938 and 1953? A) Both had developed legs. B) Both were radioactive. C) They were thought to have been extinct for 50 million years. D) It was believed that they communicated by thought waves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were thought to have been extinct for 50 million years. 9. What is a geographical character of the west coast of North America? A) Marshes. B) Grasslands. C) Edges of tectonic plates. D) Inland seas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Edges of tectonic plates. 10. In the TV series "Madam Secretary" (2014-now) what organisation is the Secretary part of? A) The United Nations. B) Amazon. C) Facebook. D) The White House executive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The White House executive. 11. What pupates? A) A spider. B) A pregnant dog. C) An insect larva. D) A student. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An insect larva. 12. The phrase "up and under" is associated with which sport? A) Darts. B) Rugby. C) Hockey. D) Croquet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rugby. 13. Duke Kahanamoku, who won Olympic gold in Swimming (100 m freestyle) in 1912 at Stockholm and 1920 at Antwerp popularised what sport? A) Surfing. B) Marathon. C) Luge. D) Beach volleyball. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Surfing. 14. Which of these ships is the largest? A) HMS Victory, Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. B) HMS Endeavour, used for James Cook's first Pacific voyage, 1768-71. C) The "Golden Hind", captained by Sir Francis Drake for his global circumnavigation, 1577-1580. D) RRS Discovery, used by Robert F. Scott & Ernest Shackleton on their journey to the Antarctic, 1901. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) HMS Victory, Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. 15. The lychee is native to which area? A) Southern China and southeast Asia. B) Syria. C) Papua New Guinea. D) Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Southern China and southeast Asia. 16. Who directed the 2003 film starring Ewan McGregor, Billy Crudup and Albert Finney called "Big Fish" ? A) Tim Burton. B) Terry Gilliam. C) Clint Eastwood. D) Spike Lee. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tim Burton. 17. Where is the Lateran palace? A) Istanbul. B) Florence. C) Avignon. D) Rome. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rome. 18. What is the "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam" ? A) A political treatise. B) A code of conduct. C) A call to arms. D) A book of poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A book of poetry. 19. Two famous people with the homophone (same sound, different spelling) of boil and what as a name had a common interest in which area? A) Scientific innovation. B) Cooking. C) Genealogy. D) Stamp collecting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scientific innovation. 20. Which of these is a book by Dan Brown? A) The Michelangelo Cipher. B) The Da Vinci Code. C) The Titian Enigma. D) The Rodin Riddle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Da Vinci Code. ← 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