This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 351 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 351 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The language known as Putonghua, Guoyu, Gwok Yu and Huayu, is spoken in Taiwan, Malaysia and Singapore and where else that it is the official language? A) People's Republic of China. B) New Zealand. C) Indonesia. D) Cambodia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People's Republic of China. 2. "Lewis Carroll" was the pseudonym of which author? A) Charles Lamb. B) David Beckham. C) C L Dodson. D) Marion Evans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C L Dodson. 3. What do the notes for the currency "euro" have on the back (verso)? A) Windows or gateways. B) Bridges. C) Historical figures. D) Forms of transport. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bridges. 4. Which of these bodies of water has the largest surface area? A) Aral Sea. B) Lake Superior. C) Lake Michigan. D) Great Bear Lake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lake Superior. 5. Particularly well-known for about a decade's work in film for Hitler's Germany, Leni Riefenstahl before and for the many years of her long life afterwards was variously a talented what? A) Researcher in bee diseases, sculptor, runner and writer. B) Athlete, singer and sailor. C) Swimmer, professional dancer, actress, painter, film maker and photographer. D) Farmer, lawyer, human rights advocate and mountaineer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Swimmer, professional dancer, actress, painter, film maker and photographer. 6. What is at the centre of the story of the ballet "Petrouchka" ? A) A woman who has been turned into a swan. B) A nutcracker. C) Competition to wear a glass slipper. D) Three puppets. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Three puppets. 7. The term "rope-a-dope" is from what sport? A) Boxing. B) Rodeo. C) Bungee jumping. D) American football. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boxing. 8. The firm founded in America in 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports is the forerunner to which firm? A) Nike Inc. B) Adidas. C) Skechers. D) Asics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nike Inc. 9. If a line is orthogonal to another, what is it? A) At a right angle to it. B) Diagonal. C) Parallel. D) Crossing it, at an undefined angle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At a right angle to it. 10. In 1992 participants from which country or countries competed under an Olympic flag instead of flags related to a country? A) Ireland and Andorra. B) San Marino. C) South Sudan. D) Yugoslavia and Macedonia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yugoslavia and Macedonia. 11. Which of these cities is a port? A) Montevideo. B) Geneva. C) Brasília. D) Ulan Bator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Montevideo. 12. What process concerns the passage of food through the human body? A) Peristalsis. B) Photosynthesis. C) Paralysis. D) Carcinogenesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peristalsis. 13. Schooner, midi, or handle are terms applied to what? A) Types of small size sailing vessel. B) A glass of beer or other alcohol. C) A hand tool. D) Equipment for digital music manipulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A glass of beer or other alcohol. 14. Who is the father of actress Lucy Davis, who played receptionist Dawn Tinsley in the UK TV series "The Office" (2001), junior writer Lucy Kenwright in the US TV series "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" and Dianne in the film "Shaun of the Dead" (2004)? A) Stephen Merchant. B) Jasper Carrott. C) Tony Blair. D) Julian Clary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jasper Carrott. 15. What was the first year that the Show Jumping World Championships were held, in Paris? A) 1953. B) 1946. C) 1933. D) 1926. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1953. 16. Where did the Phnom Penh stampede occur, on 22 November 2010 when 378 people died and upwards of 755 more were injured? A) In a motorway underpass. B) On a bridge. C) At a rock concert. D) In a stadium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On a bridge. 17. The year 1776 saw the first race of what became the St Leger Stakes, destruction of 36 Cherokee towns, the birth of Mary Pickersgill, the start of Captain Cook's third voyage, and what else? A) The Crimean War. B) Napoleonic War. C) French Revolution. D) American Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) American Revolution. 18. Joanna Koerten (1650-1715) in the Netherlands was sought after for what? A) Study in genetics of plant reproduction. B) Practising witchcraft. C) Painting and paper-cut art. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Painting and paper-cut art. 19. What causes a cornstarch and water or juice mixture to thicken when it is brought to the boil? A) The starch is a catalyst for chemical change in the water or juice. B) The proteins in the starch form closer bonds. C) Re-formation of starch molecules into new and denser compounds. D) Starch granules burst, and long-chain starch molecules leach out and form a network. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Starch granules burst, and long-chain starch molecules leach out and form a network. 20. What do Green Day, the Beverley Sisters, Ace of Base, Atomic Kitten, Blink-182, Cream, Depeche Mode, Destiny's Child and the Dixie Chicks have in common? A) They are all based in Soho, London. B) They are all trios. C) All of the members of each band met each other at their first day at school. D) They are all managed by Kevin Godley and Lol Creme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are all trios. ← 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