This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 362 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 362 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When was windsurfing first competed at the Olympics? A) 1976. B) 1988. C) 1968. D) 1984. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1984. 2. Where are monkfish typically caught? A) In fast flowing rivers. B) In the sea, at up to 500 metres depth. C) In shallow freshwater lakes. D) In Arctic seas within 5 metres of the surface. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the sea, at up to 500 metres depth. 3. Which of these is a light automatic personal weapon with limited range and accuracy, getting its power solely from the recoil, which was mass-produced cheaply during World War II? A) Sten gun. B) Bren gun. C) 25 pounder. D) Pom-pom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sten gun. 4. "Alfabet/alphabet:A Memoir of a First Language" is a record of the transition of which award-winning Canadian poet to speaking English? A) Selina Boan. B) Alisha Kaplan. C) Sadiqa de Meijer. D) Valina Zanetti. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sadiqa de Meijer. 5. In which US state are the Catskill Mountains? A) New York. B) Delaware. C) North Dakota. D) New Hampshire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) New York. 6. Which son of a king of Kent, chosen king of the West Saxons, conquered Cornwall, Mercia and other parts of England and is generally accepted as the first King to be recognised by all England? A) Canute. B) Egbert of the House of Cerdic. C) Arthur. D) Alfred. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Egbert of the House of Cerdic. 7. The Taj Mahal is nearest to which city? A) Mumbai. B) Goa. C) New Delhi. D) Agra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Agra. 8. World War I flying ace Baron von Richthofen, the Red Baron, was credited with how many "kills" before he himself was killed? A) 100. B) 20. C) 80. D) 50. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 80. 9. Set up in 1954 as a merger of smaller groups, the Front de LibΓ©ration Nationale fought a war for independence from France until 1962, when the French government signed a cease-fire agreement. The FLN became the only legal party in which country? A) Algeria. B) Morocco. C) Egypt. D) Tunisia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Algeria. 10. When Major-General Benedict Arnold of the US Army planned to surrender West Point in 1780 to whom did he plan to surrender? A) His tailor. B) Local Indian chief. C) French government. D) British Army. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) British Army. 11. Where is the Guinness Book of World Records published? A) Canada. B) Scotland. C) Japan. D) USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Canada. 12. What did Breton artist Jeanne Malivel (1895-1926) join with two other young artists to create? A) Les Nabis. B) The first Impressionist paintings. C) The artistic movement Seiz Breur (Seven Brothers). D) The Fauvist style. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The artistic movement Seiz Breur (Seven Brothers). 13. What is a sextant used for? A) Massage. B) Deciding the gender of chickens. C) Multiplying by sixty. D) Marine navigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Marine navigation. 14. Rabbets are used in what? A) Some religious services. B) Hunting foxes. C) Building and cabinet making. D) In cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Building and cabinet making. 15. What is the national anthem of the UK? A) Land of Hope and Glory. B) God Save the King. C) Rule Britannia. D) Jerusalem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) God Save the King. 16. Who is credited with inventing the railway sleeping car? A) Isambard Kingdom Brunel. B) George Mortimer Pullman. C) Thomas Alva Edison. D) Alexander Graham Bell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) George Mortimer Pullman. 17. Which of these is not a member of Enid Blyton's Famous Five? A) Quentin. B) Julian. C) Timmy. D) George. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quentin. 18. Who was Sancho Panza companion to? A) Basil Fawlty. B) Don Quixote. C) Gilbert Grape. D) Inspector Clouseau. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Don Quixote. 19. Which of these is a Canadian journalist, documentary-maker and BBC presenter? A) Christian Fraser. B) Lyse Doucet. C) Yalda Hakim. D) John Simpson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lyse Doucet. 20. Which American jazz musician, clarinettist and bandleader, known as "King of Swing", "Patriarch of the Clarinet", "The Professor", and "Swing's Senior Statesman", in the mid-1930s led one of the most popular musical groups in America, which was also one of the first racially-integrated musical groups? A) Sun Ra. B) Count Basie. C) Earl Hines. D) Benny Goodman. 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