This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 334 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 334 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which river did the Pont d'Avignon of the French song bridge? A) Saone. B) Rhine. C) Rhône. D) Loire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhône. 2. Who or what was the subject of 1996 Oscar-nominated American documentary "The Line King" directed by Susan Warms Dryfoos? A) National Football League (NFL). B) Andy Warhol. C) Gianni Versace. D) Al Hirschfeld. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Al Hirschfeld. 3. Which of these modern-day countries was not one of those ruled by the King of Denmark in 1297? A) Norway. B) Sweden. C) Denmark. D) Poland. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poland. 4. Runner Caster Semenya, the subject of extensive press coverage after gender testing following her win in the women's 800m at Berlin in August 2009, was from which country? A) Jamaica. B) South Africa. C) Bermuda. D) England. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) South Africa. 5. Pingping, who died aged 21 in March 2010, was reputed to be what? A) The longest living budgerigar. B) The last wild panda. C) The next Dalai Lama. D) The world's shortest man. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The world's shortest man. 6. What is the name for the measurement and description of navigable waters necessary for safe navigation of vessels? A) Mal de mer. B) Oceanography. C) Bathygraphy. D) Hydrography. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hydrography. 7. What world championship, the fourth to date, was held in Germany in August 2015? A) Aeroplane acrobatics. B) Handbag throwing. C) B.A.S.E. Jumping. D) Wife carrying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Handbag throwing. 8. Which of these was a British children's TV programme first aired in 1958? A) Purple Roger. B) Green Simon. C) Black Mark. D) Blue Peter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blue Peter. 9. Which Greek city was also known as Lacedaemon? A) Corinth. B) Athens. C) Antioch. D) Sparta. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sparta. 10. Who was the capacity crowd's sustained loud applause for, when Croatian-Australian Ajla Tomljanović won in the third round of the Women's Singles of the 2022 US Open? A) Her opponent. B) Her. C) A capering dog on the court. D) Officials' decision finally to close the retractable roof over the stadium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her opponent. 11. Mary Lillian Ellison (1923-2007) was famous in what field? A) Professional wrestling. B) Concert pianist. C) Women's cricket. D) Microbiology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Professional wrestling. 12. When did the Aksumite, or Axumite, Empire, flourish? A) From about the late first millennium BCE to the 10th century CE. B) About 6000 to 4500 BCE. C) About the 16th to the 20th century. D) In the early 20th century. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) From about the late first millennium BCE to the 10th century CE. 13. What is a "homily" ? A) Sermon. B) Potato cake. C) Woollen hat. D) Species of ape. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sermon. 14. Which Soviet leader was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990? A) Mikhail Gorbachev. B) Andrei Gromyko. C) Konstantin Chernenko. D) Yuri Andropov. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mikhail Gorbachev. 15. What type of material is silicon? A) Wood. B) Element. C) Compound. D) Glass. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Element. 16. Which Russian author wrote "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina" ? A) Boris Pasternak. B) Henrik Ibsen. C) Leo Tolstoy. D) Yuri Gagarin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Leo Tolstoy. 17. Which of these US states extends the furthest south? A) Hawai'i. B) Florida. C) Texas. D) Louisiana. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hawai'i. 18. How many players from each team usually make up a rugby union scrum? A) 7. B) 6. C) 5. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 8. 19. What phrase appeared on screen at the end of Warner Brothers cartoons? A) Keep Cool 'Til After School. B) Ars Gratia Artis. C) That's All, Folks. D) Mel Blanc Rules!. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That's All, Folks. 20. In which British sitcom does a draughtsman give up his job to live a self-sufficient lifestyle, planting fruit and vegetables, and running chickens, pigs and a goat in the garden, to the horror of their next-door neighbours? A) The Goodies. B) To The Manor Born. C) The Good Life. D) Absolutely Fabulous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Good Life. ← 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