This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 314 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 314 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What name was popularly given to the event on 6 December 1989 when Marc Lépine killed 14 women and injured 10 women and 4 men, now commemorated annually in Canada as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women? A) The Murders on the Rue Morgue. B) The École Polytechnique Massacre. C) The Quebec Murders. D) The Feast of St Stephen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The École Polytechnique Massacre. 2. Liberia shares borders with Sierra Leone, Côte d'Ivoire, and which other country? A) Mozambique. B) Guinea. C) Ghana. D) Morocco. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Guinea. 3. A famous Icelandic freshwater diving site, the Silfra (Silver) Fissure, is known for the extreme clarity of its water and for which other of these? A) Its variety of corals. B) It is sited on top of an active underwater volcano. C) It is the deepest freshwater dive in the world. D) It is a crack between the Eurasian and North American continental plates. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is a crack between the Eurasian and North American continental plates. 4. Mother Teresa died in India on 5 September 1997, less than a week after which other notable figure? A) Diana, Princess of Wales. B) Actor James Stewart. C) Gianni Versace. D) Deng Xiaoping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diana, Princess of Wales. 5. During the Industrial Revolution in England Henry Cort became famous for what? A) The cotton gin. B) The reverbatory furnace. C) A puddling process for refining iron. D) Flying shuttle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A puddling process for refining iron. 6. Sir George Grey was Premier of which state or country 1877-1879, having previously served it as its autocratic and influential Governor 1845-53 and 1861-1868? A) Cape Colony. B) South Australia. C) New Zealand. D) Mauritius. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) New Zealand. 7. What was the collective name for the writers John Clennon, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Gregory Corso, Charles Bukowski & William Burroughs? A) The Now Generation. B) The Drug Generation. C) The Beat Generation. D) Generation X. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Beat Generation. 8. Which 19th century American poet wrote over 1, 000 poems which were published between 1890 and 1945, after her death? A) Judith Vollmer. B) Brenda Kay Winters. C) Candy Barr. D) Emily Dickinson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Emily Dickinson. 9. Who was First Minister of State in France from 1624 until his death in 1642? A) Montesquieu. B) Francis Walsingham. C) Maximilien Robespierre. D) Cardinal Richelieu. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cardinal Richelieu. 10. Which of these is not an Australian native? A) Ostrich. B) Wallaby. C) Kangaroo. D) Koala. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ostrich. 11. Who was president of the Society for Constructive Birth Control and Racial Progress in England and the author of books on sexual hygiene published between 1918 and 1935 including "Married Love", "Radiant Motherhood" and "Marriage in My Time" ? A) Germaine Greer. B) Margaret Pyke. C) Marie Stopes. D) Marilyn French. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marie Stopes. 12. Which of these is based in Arlington, Virginia in the USA? A) NASA headquarters. B) Golden Gate Bridge. C) Graceland museum. D) The Pentagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Pentagon. 13. Whose name is honoured in the "Thulin Prize", offered by the International Physical Education Federation (FIEP)? A) Ingrid Thulin. B) Major Joseph Thulin. C) Gunilla Thulin. D) Inge Thulin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Major Joseph Thulin. 14. What is called "kaymak" in Poland? A) Fortified monasteries. B) Salt mines. C) An upside-down house. D) A confection (similar to dulce de leche). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A confection (similar to dulce de leche). 15. Which hurricane demolished virtually everything on the islands of Abaco in September 2019? A) Maria. B) Katrina. C) Doria. D) Irma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Doria. 16. Syd Barrett was a founding member of which band? A) Manfred Mann. B) Pink Floyd. C) Deep Purple. D) The Grateful Dead. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pink Floyd. 17. The ICC Women's Cricket World Cup plays which of these? A) One Day International. B) Twenty20. C) Four innings Test match. D) One Day League. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One Day International. 18. What extra power does the flying king in some variants of checkers, or draughts, have? A) To move any distance along unblocked diagonals. B) To jump, and take, several adjacent opponent pieces in one move. C) To jump pieces on its own side. D) To move in any direction along unblocked areas of the board. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To move any distance along unblocked diagonals. 19. Annie Leibovitz is famous as what? A) Chef. B) Photographer. C) Sculptor. D) Dog trainer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Photographer. 20. Both opposing generals, the British general Wolfe, and the French general Montcalm, were killed in a battle for which city in 1759? A) Orleans. B) Quebec. C) Calais. D) Calcutta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quebec. ← 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