This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 323 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 323 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Kala-azar is a sandfly-borne disease, infections and death from which often reach epidemic proportions. What is it known as in medical terminology? A) Trypanosomiasis. B) Malaria. C) Zika. D) Visceral leishmaniasis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Visceral leishmaniasis. 2. Which country's shores are on the northernmost tip of the Bay of Bengal? A) Bangladesh. B) Sri Lanka. C) Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar). D) Kingdom of Bhutan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bangladesh. 3. The location of the city of Vancouver, sometimes called "Hollywood North", is best described in which of these? A) Between Ottawa and Toronto. B) North of New York City. C) Nova Scotia. D) On the west tip of the border between Canada and the USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On the west tip of the border between Canada and the USA. 4. What does a frenulum do in the human body? A) Erects the hairs as a reaction to cold. B) Helps to anchor or restrict movement of a mobile organ. C) Separates the nostrils. D) Regulates the production of saliva. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Helps to anchor or restrict movement of a mobile organ. 5. Which of these is a weightlifter who won Olympic golds in 1992 (Barcelona) in the-90 kg class, 1996 (Atlanta) in the-99 kg class and 2000 (Sydney) in the-94 kg class? A) Koo Stark. B) Kakhi Kakhiashvili. C) Karen Carpenter. D) Kim Kardashian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kakhi Kakhiashvili. 6. Dr John Dee (1527-1608), English mathematician, philosopher, astrologer, leading expert on navigation, and royal adviser from 1588, also worked in divination and what? A) Literary research. B) Alchemy. C) Steam propulsion. D) Identifying genomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alchemy. 7. Traditionally, what does "like" mean? A) Similar to. B) Um. C) You know what I mean. D) Er. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Similar to. 8. Where can the Edgeworth-Kuiper belt be found? A) Circling the sun on the far side of the planet Neptune. B) Between the planet Jupiter and the sun. C) In UK fashion design in 2018. D) As part of China's 21st century belt and road initiative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Circling the sun on the far side of the planet Neptune. 9. What immensely popular allegory was written initially by Guillaume de Loris and finished by Jean de Meun? A) Roman de Roncevaux. B) Roman d'Alexandre. C) Chanson de Roland. D) Roman de la Rose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Roman de la Rose. 10. Which of these buildings is in New York? A) Sathorn's Robot Building. B) Petronas Towers. C) Sears Tower. D) Chrysler Building. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chrysler Building. 11. What was first worn by British soldiers in India in 1845? A) Khaki. B) Berets. C) Steel capped boots. D) Green woollen socks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Khaki. 12. What operatic extravaganza, the first collaboration between dramatist W. S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan that was never published, premièred in London at the Gaiety Theatre on 26 December 1871 and closed on 8 March 1872, after 63 performances? A) Thespis, or The Gods Grown Old. B) Castle Adamant. C) A Maiden's Prayer. D) Bunthorne's Bride. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thespis, or The Gods Grown Old. 13. Which river, formed by the union of the Murad Nehri and the Karu Su, flows for 2781 km (1728 miles) through Turkey and Syria into Iraq, where it joins the Tigris to form the Shatt-el-Arab? A) Nizhnyaya Tunguska River. B) Amur River. C) Vilyuy River. D) Euphrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Euphrates. 14. In which book did the character Lisbeth Salander first appear? A) The Girl Who Played with Fire. B) Faceless Killers. C) Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow. D) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. 15. What island would you come to first if you travelled due east from Bangladesh? A) Madagascar. B) Tahiti. C) Taiwan. D) Easter Island. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taiwan. 16. What kind of musical instrument is an oud? A) Stringed. B) Percussion. C) Wind. D) Electronic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stringed. 17. Who was the lead singer of the band that created the record which was the first Motown single to sell a million copies, also was writer of one of the songs and co-writer of the song on the other side? A) Diana Ross. B) Charlie Fuqua. C) Wanda Rogers. D) Smokey Robinson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Smokey Robinson. 18. What are traditionally hung up on Christmas night for Santa Claus to fill with presents? A) Posters. B) Turkeys. C) Washing. D) Stockings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stockings. 19. Where is the city of Almaty? A) Turkmenistan. B) Georgia. C) Kazakhstan. D) Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kazakhstan. 20. Susan Brown was the first woman to take part in what event, in 1981? A) FA Cup. B) The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. C) The Whitbread Round the World yacht race. D) Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. ← 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