This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 348 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 348 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was the name of the uprising in Rhode Island that attempted to extend voting rights because, by 1829, only landowners could vote, and thus 60% of the state's free white men could not (as well as non-whites and women)? A) Rhode Island Tea Party. B) Suffragette movement. C) Dorr Rebellion. D) The War of the Roses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dorr Rebellion. 2. The words "taonga", "kaitiaki" and "whΔnau" have all entered the English language spoken in what country or area, from that of the people indigenous to it? A) The Pantanal. B) Easter Island. C) Borneo. D) New Zealand. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) New Zealand. 3. In what language did Pliny the Elder write? A) Latin. B) Greek. C) Egyptian. D) Arabic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Latin. 4. What event near Bucharest, Romania, in March 1977 led to 1, 578 deaths, 11, 221 injured, and estimated losses of about US$ 2 billion? A) Wildfire. B) Civic uprising. C) A volcanic eruption. D) An earthquake. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An earthquake. 5. Who composed the operas "The Mask of Orpheus" (1986) and "Gawain" (1991)? A) Sir Harrison Birtwistle. B) Philip Glass. C) John Adams. D) Thomas AdΓ¨s. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sir Harrison Birtwistle. 6. A "beat" is a physical area allocated to whom? A) Butcher. B) Actor. C) Executioner. D) Policeman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Policeman. 7. In the final Test match of his career, international cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan became the first bowler to take 800 Test wickets. What nation did he represent? A) India. B) Sri Lanka. C) Bangladesh. D) Pakistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sri Lanka. 8. Who was the first British monarch of the House of Windsor? A) George V. B) Victoria. C) Edward VII. D) Stephen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) George V. 9. The Champagne area of France is nearest to which of these countries? A) Italy. B) Spain. C) Portugal. D) Belgium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Belgium. 10. What is a common feature of komodo dragons, aphids, and whiptail lizards? A) They are indigenous to Indonesia. B) Live birth. C) They can survive for several months without water. D) The ability to reproduce asexually. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The ability to reproduce asexually. 11. In May 2009, suspected NAZI death camp guard John Demjanjuk was deported from where to Germany? A) New South Wales, Australia. B) Chihuahua, Mexico. C) Ohio, USA. D) Berkshire, England. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ohio, USA. 12. Which of these is a small deciduous tree? A) Quince. B) Artichoke. C) Chilean guava. D) Mangelwurzle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quince. 13. Who or what lives in a vespiary? A) Sheep. B) Motor scooters. C) Monks. D) Wasps. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wasps. 14. The Jordan, Bear and Weber Rivers empty into which major lake in central USA? A) Great Bear Lake. B) Lake of the Woods. C) Great Salt Lake. D) Lake Titicaca. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Great Salt Lake. 15. What area does the only floating zip code in the US cover? A) The Mississippi River. B) The J. W. Westcott II in Michigan and the ships it services. C) The SS Klondike on the Yukon River. D) The St Lawrence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The J. W. Westcott II in Michigan and the ships it services. 16. In Star Wars, what is the name of Han Solo's spacecraft? A) USS Enterprise. B) The Tardis. C) Millennium Falcon. D) Endeavour I. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Millennium Falcon. 17. Which is the third in what the American author and illustrator Maurice Sendak describes as a trilogy of books based on psychological development, starting with "In the Night Kitchen" ? A) Tell Them Anything You Want. B) Where the Wild Things Are. C) Outside Over There. D) The Changeling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Outside Over There. 18. What is unusual about the feet of people who have "Morton's toe" ? A) The 5th toe is the same size as the 2nd toe. B) The 2nd toe is longer than the big toe. C) The little toe curves in towards the big toe. D) The big toe curves in towards the little toe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The 2nd toe is longer than the big toe. 19. Which was the first Olympic Games in which athletes from Kosovo were able to compete under the flag of their own country? A) 2018. B) 2014. C) 2016. D) 2020. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2016. 20. In signing the Concordat of Worms in 1122, Henry V of Germany and the Holy Roman Emperor resigned the right of the Emperor to do what? A) Own lands on which religious structures were built. B) Determine the form of religious services. C) Appoint religious office holders. D) Use the style of Holy Father. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appoint religious office holders. 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