This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 312 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 312 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Brian Lara is associated with which sport? A) Cricket. B) Hockey. C) Baseball. D) Rugby Union. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cricket. 2. Over several weeks after the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union agreed to give up its monopoly of power on February 7, 1990, the constituent republics of the USSR held their first competitive elections. How many republics were there? A) 15. B) 10. C) 8. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 15. 3. What is the only venomous lizard native to the USA? A) Komodo dragon. B) Tuatara. C) Alligator. D) Gila monster. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gila monster. 4. When did the Football Association in the UK present the FA Cup for competition? A) 1871. B) 1795. C) 1824. D) 1862. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1871. 5. The convention of moving the Olympic flame via a relay system from Olympia to the Olympic venue began with which Olympic Games? A) Antwerp, 1920. B) Amsterdam, 1928. C) Berlin, 1936. D) London, 1908. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Berlin, 1936. 6. Which English steeplechase is held annually at Aintree near Liverpool? A) Gold Cup. B) St Leger. C) Two Thousand Guineas. D) Grand National. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grand National. 7. Clint Eastwood played the character of Rowdy Yates in which US TV series of the 1960s? A) The Virginian. B) Wagon Train. C) Rawhide. D) Gunsmoke. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rawhide. 8. Which British ruler was nicknamed "The Merry Monarch" ? A) Henry VIII. B) Charles II. C) Victoria. D) George V. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Charles II. 9. Frida Kahlo, famous for her paintings, many of them self-portraits, was married to which other artist? A) Mexican painter Diego Rivera. B) French writer and poet AndrΓ© Breton. C) Austrian-Mexican painter, sculptor and art theorist Wolfgang Paalen. D) Mexican artist Raquel Tibol. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mexican painter Diego Rivera. 10. Where did the space probe New Horizons launched by NASA in 2006 aim to investigate? A) The black hole at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy. B) Beyond the known galaxies. C) Pluto and the Kuiper Belt. D) Saturn's rings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pluto and the Kuiper Belt. 11. Which musical with book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot opened in October 1967 at Joseph Papp's Public Theater? A) Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens. B) The Phantom of the Opera. C) Hair. D) Les Miserables. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hair. 12. If a painter is working in oils which of these would they be more likely to use? A) Roller. B) Sponge. C) Palette knife. D) Sable brush. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Palette knife. 13. George Washington became president of the USA in which century? A) 18th. B) 17th. C) 19th. D) 16th. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 18th. 14. Who is popularly recognised as being the first person to run a mile in under 4 minutes? A) Allen Newell. B) Roger Bannister. C) Joe Carstairs. D) James Treadwell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Roger Bannister. 15. When the passage of a wave, such as light or sound, changes to a different density medium what is originating it can appear reversed, shifted, and magnified in a process known as what? A) Diversion. B) Refraction. C) Separation. D) Relocation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Refraction. 16. Where in Sochi were the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2014 Winter Olympics held? A) Bolshoi Dome. B) Fisht Stadium. C) BC Place Stadium. D) Adler Arena. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fisht Stadium. 17. The first vice-president of the USA to be elected President, the father of a future President, assistant in drafting the Declaration of Independence and negotiating peace with Great Britain, and architect of vital government loans from the Netherlands, was who? A) George Washington. B) Lyndon Johnson. C) John Adams. D) Theodore Roosevelt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John Adams. 18. In which TV series did the characters Crockett and Tubbs appear? A) New York Mice. B) Seattle Price. C) Las Vegas Dice. D) Miami Vice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Miami Vice. 19. Which of these was known as "Mellow Johnny" ? A) Jacques Anquetil. B) John Lennon. C) Jean Valjean. D) Lance Armstrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lance Armstrong. 20. A male horse four years and under is called what? A) Foal. B) Gelding. C) Colt. D) Mare. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Colt. β PreviousNext βRelated 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 π Back to Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books