This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge โ Quiz 342 ๐ Homepage ๐ Download PDF Books ๐ Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 342 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who got the vote in Britain in 1829? A) Roman Catholics. B) All women. C) Convicts in prison. D) People who didn't own land. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Roman Catholics. 2. In which 1988 Academy Award-winning film did Dustin Hoffman play a character with special mental powers called Raymond Babbitt? A) Sleet Man. B) Snow Man. C) Shower Man. D) Rain Man. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rain Man. 3. Apart from being the inspiration for several commercial brands, what is a cacique? A) An antique Spanish boat. B) A species of parrot. C) A political leader or chief. D) A song. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A political leader or chief. 4. In what country is the lightning-prone mouth of the Catatumbo River? A) Venezuela. B) Argentina. C) Colombia. D) Suriname. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Venezuela. 5. In 1469, the crowns of the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon were united by the marriage of Isabella and Ferdinand. This was an important event in the history of which country? A) India. B) Spain. C) China. D) Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spain. 6. What power is the main source of electricity for Baja California? A) Wind. B) Hydro. C) Solar. D) Geothermal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Geothermal. 7. Dreams are most likely to happen during which stage of sleep? A) Deep sleep. B) Rapid eye movement (REM). C) Delta wave. D) Theta wave. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rapid eye movement (REM). 8. What was the official reason stated by the Soviet Union for boycotting the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, USA? A) Concerns over security, "chauvinistic sentiments" and "an anti-Soviet hysteria" in the USA. B) The USA led a boycott of the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, USSR. C) The anti-doping controls were too tight. D) The USA had offended them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Concerns over security, "chauvinistic sentiments" and "an anti-Soviet hysteria" in the USA. 9. What is the capital of Texas? A) Austin. B) Dallas. C) Houston. D) Paris. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Austin. 10. A 2002 computer worm played on the watchability of, and is named after, which female tennis player? A) Vera Zvonareva. B) Marion Bartoli. C) Svetlana Kuznetsova. D) Anna Kournikova. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anna Kournikova. 11. Paribas, formed in 1872 from two companies respectively in Paris and Amsterdam, operated in what field? A) Mercantile trading. B) Shipping. C) Finance. D) Horseracing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Finance. 12. Taste buds detect five known elements of taste perception, two of which are "sweet" and "savoury" (or "umami"). Which of these is not one of the others? A) Sour. B) Bitter. C) Tangy. D) Salty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tangy. 13. Whose daughter formally transitioned gender, legally changing name in 2010 from "Chastity" to "Chaz" ? A) Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach. B) Sonny and Cher Bono. C) Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall. D) Paul McCartney and Heather Mills. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sonny and Cher Bono. 14. Who wrote the plays "The Cherry Orchard", "Three Sisters", "The Seagull" and "Uncle Vanya" ? A) Osip Mandelstam. B) Leo Tolstoy. C) Henrik Ibsen. D) Anton Chekhov. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anton Chekhov. 15. What is meant by "magnum opus" ? A) An artist's greatest work. B) A beefy bouncer. C) Major surgery. D) A large bottle of champagne. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An artist's greatest work. 16. Who created the sculptures "Single Form" , in memory of Dag Hammarskjรถld, at the United Nations building in New York City, and "Construction (Crucifixion):Homage to Mondrian" in the grounds of Winchester Cathedral? A) Sir Jacob Epstein. B) Henry Moore. C) Dame Barbara Hepworth. D) David Smith. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dame Barbara Hepworth. 17. According to the nursery rhyme, what followed Mary everywhere? A) Kitten. B) Wolf. C) Lamb. D) Calf. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lamb. 18. What country is the world's largest coffee grower? A) India. B) Kenya. C) Saudi Arabia. D) Brazil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brazil. 19. What geological formation characterises the coastline of Norway? A) Volcanic caldera. B) Glacier-created fjords. C) Flood plains. D) River erosion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Glacier-created fjords. 20. Which of these labels denotes the driest champagne (or the lowest "sweetness level" according to EU labelling regulations)? A) Brut Natural or Brut Zรฉro. B) Brut. C) Doux. D) Sec. 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