This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 349 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 349 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In what work does a tokamak figure? A) Archaeology. B) Thermonuclear fusion. C) Luge racing. D) North American architecture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thermonuclear fusion. 2. Churning cream produces what? A) A sore arm. B) Honey. C) Butter. D) Wine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Butter. 3. Who wrote the book that has come to be known as "The Origin of Species" ? A) Ian Fleming. B) Charles Darwin. C) Roald Dahl. D) T E Lawrence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Charles Darwin. 4. In early 2013 French actor Gerard Depardieu took on Russian citizenship and was registered as permanent resident of ..... ? A) Saransk, Russia. B) NΓ©chin, Belgium. C) Tokyo, Japan. D) Stockholm, Sweden. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saransk, Russia. 5. When they played together in 1970 musicians Bobby Whitlock, Carl Radle, Jim Gordon and Eric Clapton were known as what? A) Cream. B) Blind Faith. C) The Bluesbreakers. D) Derek and the Dominos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Derek and the Dominos. 6. At the end of the 8th century the Emperor of Japan moved his capital to which city? A) Tokyo. B) Nara. C) Kyoto. D) Fukushima. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kyoto. 7. Which South American country stretches over 3, 000 miles from north to south and less than 300 miles from east to west? A) Chile. B) Brazil. C) Venezuela. D) Ecuador. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chile. 8. What country would you get to first if you went due East from the port of Bari, Italy? A) Albania. B) Greece. C) Yugoslavia. D) Turkey. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Albania. 9. What are the games, instituted in 2014, known as The Invictus Games? A) A multi-sports contest for injured or sick services personnel. B) A contest where injured or sick services personnel journey to the North Pole. C) Trail sled dog racing in Siberia. D) Rugby contests in the Pacific Islands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A multi-sports contest for injured or sick services personnel. 10. The horse Red Rum finished second twice in the British Grand National, in 1975 and 1976; Rag Trade and which other were the horses that beat him? A) L'Escargot. B) Crisp. C) Rubstic. D) Ben Nevis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) L'Escargot. 11. The use of "expired" in the sentence "John and his driving licence expired last week" is an example of which figure of speech? A) Homonymy. B) Elision. C) Zeugma. D) Litotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Zeugma. 12. Which king of Egypt abdicated in favour of his infant son in July 1952? A) Faisal. B) Faud II. C) Farouk. D) Falange. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Farouk. 13. Where is the Atlantic Ocean's Gulf of Guinea? A) Off the northern coast of South America. B) Of the southern coast of Northwest Africa. C) Between New Guinea and Australia. D) To the east of Spain's southern coast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Of the southern coast of Northwest Africa. 14. "Chinese gooseberry" is another name for which of these? A) Lychee. B) Kiwifruit. C) Banana. D) Cape gooseberry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kiwifruit. 15. In most countries of the world, the third Sunday in June is dedicated to which group? A) Mothers. B) Fathers. C) Children. D) Lovers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fathers. 16. In snooker, what colour ball is spotted on the centre of the table? A) White. B) Red. C) Brown. D) Blue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blue. 17. When did the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, UK, host its first Snooker World Championship? A) 2001. B) 1949. C) 1977. D) 1585. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1977. 18. Which country did the Olympic sprinter represent, who asked for protection to stop her from being forcibly returned home during the 2020 Olympics? A) North Korea. B) Kyrgyzstan. C) Belarus. D) Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Belarus. 19. How do the strings in a spinet sit in relation to the keyboard? A) At an angle of around 30 degrees. B) Parallel. C) Right angles. D) Vertical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At an angle of around 30 degrees. 20. An article of the Swiss constitution dating from 1850 established what? A) The end of military foreign service. B) A royal navy. C) The regulations for cuckoo-clock making. D) A pact with Germany's Third Reich. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The end of military foreign service. 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