This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 369 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 369 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where is the UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Cliffs of Bandiagara including burial caves of the ancient Tellem? A) Madagascar. B) Namibia. C) Mali. D) Ethiopia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mali. 2. In which of these years was there a US presidential election? A) 2007. B) 2009. C) 2008. D) 2006. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2008. 3. Of the six African Great Lakes clustered along the long East African Rift Valley, which is the largest by volume of water? A) Lake Malawi. B) Lake Victoria. C) Lake Tanganyika. D) Lake Kivu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lake Tanganyika. 4. How did Marvin Gaye, solo singer-songwriter from 1960s to the 1980s, die? A) Electrocuted by a microphone. B) Hit by a car. C) Shot by his father. D) Killed in a plane crash. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shot by his father. 5. Which is closest to Pyongyang, capital of North Korea? A) Los Angeles. B) Delhi. C) Canberra. D) Moscow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Delhi. 6. What wood, a member of the walnut family, is often used in making tool handles, wheel spokes, drumsticks, lacrosse stick handles and skis? A) Oak. B) Ash. C) Hickory. D) Willow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hickory. 7. Until 1997 which was recognised as the most massive bacterium so far discovered, reaching up to .75mm in length and large enough to be visible to the naked eye? A) Epulopiscium fishelsoni. B) Thiomargarita namibiensis. C) Paramecium tetraurelia. D) Metabacterium polyspora. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thiomargarita namibiensis. 8. Uranium is found in which of these ores? A) Serendibite. B) Pitchblende. C) Sepiolite. D) Idocrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pitchblende. 9. In the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact after Germany conquered Poland in 1939 what happened to Poland? A) It was assimilated into Germany. B) It was partitioned, between Germany and the USSR. C) A caretaker German government was installed. D) It became a Soviet state. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was partitioned, between Germany and the USSR. 10. Who became President of the USA on the death of Franklin D Roosevelt and remained in office until 1953? A) Dwight D. Eisenhower. B) Herbert Hoover. C) Calvin Coolidge. D) Harry S Truman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Harry S Truman. 11. Where did Mulligatawny enter the world cuisine from? A) Northern Ireland. B) Sri Lanka. C) Scotland. D) Pakistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sri Lanka. 12. What can be deduced from cosmogenic nuclides? A) Possible catalysts in a chemical process. B) Structure of an atom's nucleus. C) Processes of deep sea volcanoes. D) Geological and astronomical processes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Geological and astronomical processes. 13. Which of these is a root vegetable? A) Pea. B) Broccoli. C) Carrot. D) Lettuce. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carrot. 14. What is a b-girl or-boy? A) Baseball player. B) Basketball player. C) Breakdancer. D) Ballet dancer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Breakdancer. 15. Whose address is 9 Downing Street, London, next to that of the Prime Minister of the UK? A) The Chancellor of the Exchequer. B) The Deputy Prime Minister. C) The Chief Whip. D) The Speaker of the House of Commons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Chief Whip. 16. Who is the only US President who did not speak English as his first language? A) Rutherford B. Hayes. B) James K. Polk. C) Martin Van Buren. D) James A. Garfield. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Martin Van Buren. 17. What name was commonly used for the struggle that emerged after World War II between capitalism and communism that centred around the USSR & the USA and their partners, that lasted from about 1947 to 1991? A) The Big Freeze. B) The Mexican Stand-Off. C) The Cold War. D) The Gulf. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Cold War. 18. Apart from the official Rumi, or Roman, script what script is common in Malaysia? A) Pallava. B) Jawi. C) Kawi. D) Rencong. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jawi. 19. The character Grace Kelly featured in which American TV series? A) Grace. B) Saving Grace. C) Grace Under Fire. D) Alias Grace. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grace Under Fire. 20. American rapper Tramar Dillard is better known by what stage name? A) Flo Rida. B) Della Ware. C) You Taa. D) Ma Maine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flo Rida. ← 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