This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 341 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 341 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The GΓΆta Canal connects GΓΆteborg, Sweden, with which body of water? A) Baltic Sea. B) Red Sea. C) Caspian Sea. D) Mediterranean Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Baltic Sea. 2. A "mugger" is a type of what? A) Crocodile. B) Monkey. C) Tiger. D) Elephant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crocodile. 3. What can a sommelier add to a restaurant experience? A) Designing and installing table decorations. B) Silver service. C) Cooking food at the table. D) Choosing and serving appropriate wine for the meal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Choosing and serving appropriate wine for the meal. 4. Rickets is caused by a deficiency in which vitamin? A) A. B) C. C) D. D) B1. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) D. 5. Which flowering plant in the pea family, cultivated as feed for cattle, horses, sheep, and goats, is known in the UK, Australia and New Zealand as lucerne, as lucerne grass in south Asia and as Kuthirai Masal in Tamil? A) Clover. B) Alfalfa. C) Corn. D) Wheat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alfalfa. 6. Which future member of The Monkees pop group appeared on the TV series "Coronation Street" ? A) Mickey Dolenz. B) Mike Nesmith. C) Davy Jones. D) Peter Tork. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Davy Jones. 7. Which of these is not a species of Chipmunk? A) Most chipmunk. B) Durango Chipmunk. C) Merriam's Chipmunk. D) Least Chipmunk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Most chipmunk. 8. In which state of Australia would you find the area known as the Barkly Tableland? A) Queensland. B) South Australia. C) Western Australia. D) Northern Territory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Northern Territory. 9. A merino is a type of what? A) Fish. B) Sheep. C) Antelope. D) Elephant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sheep. 10. What is notable about the date Friday 15 October 1582 in Western history? A) It was the first day observed under the Gregorian calendar. B) John Dee revealed the occult Enochian language. C) The first play by William Shakespeare was staged. D) The Douay-Rheims Bible, translated from the Latin Vulgate into English, was published. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was the first day observed under the Gregorian calendar. 11. "A Little Night Music" by Stephen Sondheim, Hugh Wheeler and Harold Prince, was based on which 1955 film directed by Ingmar Bergman? A) Smiles Of A Summer Night. B) The Rules Of The Game. C) A Lesson In Love. D) Dreams. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smiles Of A Summer Night. 12. Which of these is a type of fabric? A) Georgette. B) Annette. C) Birgitte. D) Kylie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Georgette. 13. What is the next number in the sequence 1, 7, 10, 13, 19, 23, 28, 31, 32, 44, 49, 68, 70, 79, 82, 86, 91, 94, 97, 100, 103, 109, 129, 130 ..... ? A) 133. B) 135. C) 148. D) 226. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 133. 14. The CN Tower is in which Canadian city? A) Quebec. B) Toronto. C) Vancouver. D) Edmonton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Toronto. 15. Florida produces 74 percent of which citrus fruit grown in the USA, 95% of which is processed, mostly as the official state beverage? A) Limes. B) Lemons. C) Oranges. D) Grapefruit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oranges. 16. What is Yidio? A) A toy. B) A slang term of abuse. C) An app. D) A poison-tipped arrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An app. 17. In the 18th century John Harrison solved the problem of determining longitude at sea using what instrument? A) Clock. B) Telescope. C) Sextant. D) Gyroscope. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clock. 18. In 1828 the Netherlands claimed the western half of what is now known as Papua New Guinea from what country? A) China. B) Germany. C) UK. D) Spain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spain. 19. In which nursery rhyme were horses, not unexpectedly, unable to mend what is understood to be an egg? A) Old King Cole . B) Mary Mary quite contrary . C) Little Jack Horner . D) Humpty Dumpty . Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Humpty Dumpty . 20. Who wrote the "Outlander" series of novels, in which the heroine, Claire Randall, travels in time? A) Diana Gabaldon. B) Jules Verne. C) Robert Louis Stevenson. D) J K Rowling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diana Gabaldon. 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