This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 308 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 308 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why was the running of a record-breaking sub-two hour marathon (26.2. miles), in Vienna in October 2019 by an internationally well-known athlete, not recognised as an official world record? A) The shoes and conditions were judged by World Athletics to be unduly favourable. B) The runner had a strong following wind. C) The timing equipment was later found to be faulty. D) The invigilator had to leave before the end of the run. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The shoes and conditions were judged by World Athletics to be unduly favourable. 2. What is the main ingredient of a plain omelette? A) Cabbage. B) Raisins. C) Beef. D) Eggs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eggs. 3. What is the capital of the province of Alberta, Canada? A) Medicine Hat. B) Calgary. C) Lethbridge. D) Edmonton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Edmonton. 4. What nationality is supermodel Elle MacPherson? A) Australian. B) Canadian. C) Jamaican. D) Indian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Australian. 5. The Terracotta Army marched underground frozen in time from the burial of an emperor in the third century BCE until 1974 CE, where? A) Potters' Field. B) Ceramica. C) China. D) Porcelaine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) China. 6. The Kaua'i mole duck, the Great auk, the Cuban giant owl and the Stephens Island wren are all flightless birds and are ..... ? A) Extinct. B) The subject of a New Zealand Department of Conservation ten year study. C) Particularly susceptible to lead poisoning from hunters' lead shot. D) Amphibious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Extinct. 7. Baksheesh may be given as what? A) Any of these. B) Charity. C) Bribe. D) Gratuity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Any of these. 8. What does her name suggest about the Greek goddess Aphrodite? A) She shines in the dark. B) Her skin is golden. C) She is the personification of sexual love and tension. D) She came from sea foam. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She came from sea foam. 9. A place known as Haishenwai or Urajio and now a major seaport on the East Sea has been known by what name since the 1860 Treaty of Beijing? A) Vladivostok. B) Novgorod. C) Yokohama. D) Seoul. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vladivostok. 10. In Greek legend, what were Stheno, Euryale and Medusa, winged female monsters with snakes for hair who turned mortals to stone if they looked directly at them? A) Gorgons. B) Satyrs. C) Minotaurs. D) Cobras. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gorgons. 11. Which of these capital cities is not at present sea level? A) Libreville, Gabon. B) Djibouti, Djibouti. C) Luanda, Angola. D) Banjul, Gambia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Luanda, Angola. 12. Which of these people played a major role in the discovery of DNA? A) Nancy Wake. B) Rosalind Franklin. C) Emmeline Pankhurst. D) Mary Whitehouse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rosalind Franklin. 13. What is a synonym for the musical term "ostinato" ? A) Showy. B) Riff. C) Trill. D) Forceful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Riff. 14. In the musical "The King and I", who was "I" ? A) Anna. B) Maria. C) Jane. D) Eliza. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anna. 15. What event coincided with the closing ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics and Paralympics in 2014? A) A magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck under the Okhotsk Sea. B) The International Paralympic Committee suspended the Russian Paralympic Committee. C) A referendum was held in Crimea on whether to remain with the Ukraine or to join Russia. D) Russia staged a mock naval battle in the Black Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A referendum was held in Crimea on whether to remain with the Ukraine or to join Russia. 16. The latter half of the 11th century and the battle of Manzikert in 1071 marked the beginning of a long decline and eventual disappearance of what? A) The Western Roman Empire. B) The Byzantine, or the Greek-speaking Roman, Empire. C) The Ghana Empire. D) The Mongol Empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Byzantine, or the Greek-speaking Roman, Empire. 17. What is the setting for the first film titled "Night at the Museum" (2006) an adventure comedy film based on a 1993 children's book by Milan Trenc? A) Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City. B) Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC. C) Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City. D) American Museum of Natural History, New York City. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) American Museum of Natural History, New York City. 18. Who was the only golfer in the President's Cup tournament held at San Francisco in 2009 to win all 5 of his matches? A) Greg Norman. B) Fred Couples. C) Tiger Woods. D) Vijay Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tiger Woods. 19. Which Beatrix Potter character invades Mr McGregor's garden? A) Mrs Tiggy-winkle. B) Peter Rabbit. C) Jeremy Fisher. D) Old MacDonald. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peter Rabbit. 20. In David Hockney's painting "Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy", what is Percy? A) Aspidistra. B) Statue of an elephant. C) Cat. D) Fiat Bambina. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cat. ← 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