This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 370 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 370 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which country, after its Act of Union agreement expired, held a four-day plebiscite in 1944 and became an independent republic on 17 June 1944, with Sveinn Björnsson as the first President? A) Faeroes Islands. B) Greenland. C) Iceland. D) Finland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iceland. 2. Which of these is a composer, best known for writing hymns? A) Ian Fleming. B) John Lennon. C) William Caxton. D) Charles Wesley. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Charles Wesley. 3. Ben Hogan, Sam Snead and Byron Nelson competed against each other in the 1940s in which sport? A) Rugby union. B) Tennis. C) Athletics. D) Golf. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Golf. 4. Why were the fossilised remains of an extinct race, discovered in 1856, called "Neanderthal man" ? A) They were named after a cat that frequently visited the dig. B) They were found by Heinrich Neandertàl. C) Carbon dating proved they came from the Neanderthal period. D) They were found in the Neander Valley. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They were found in the Neander Valley. 5. What caused a major oil spill in Tampa Bay, Florida, USA in August 1993? A) A phosphorus freighter and two oil-carrying barges collided. B) An offshore oil rig exploded. C) An oil tanker ran aground during a storm. D) An oil well collapsed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A phosphorus freighter and two oil-carrying barges collided. 6. Which of these people was a co-founder of Rolling Stone magazine? A) Benny Andersson. B) Mick Jagger. C) Jean Michel Jarre. D) Jann Wenner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jann Wenner. 7. Périgordins are what or who? A) People of the Dordogne. B) Winemakers. C) Truffle-seeking pigs. D) Circus performers of Provence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People of the Dordogne. 8. Meryl Streep plays which American chef, author and television personality in a 2009 film written and directed by Nora Ephron? A) Julia Child. B) Clarissa Dickson Wright. C) Delia Smith. D) Mrs Beeton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Julia Child. 9. Sputnik Planum, near to Tombaugh Regio, is found where? A) On the dwarf planet Pluto. B) On the dark side of the Moon. C) On Saturn's moon, Titan. D) On a body in one of Saturn's rings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On the dwarf planet Pluto. 10. An arm of which ocean lies to the east of the island which was for a time called Formosa? A) Atlantic. B) Indian. C) Pacific. D) Southern. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pacific. 11. Which of these is a theory about the creation of the universe? A) Big boobs. B) Big Ben. C) Big Bertha. D) Big bang. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Big bang. 12. What is another name for the Southern Boobook owl, also called the Mopoke or Ruru? A) Kookaburra. B) Morepork. C) Pterodactyl. D) Bald eagle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Morepork. 13. Who was vice president to George H W Bush? A) Walter Mondale. B) Al Gore. C) Dan Quayle. D) Nelson Rockefeller. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dan Quayle. 14. Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes developed what online computer application? A) Yahoo!. B) Twitter. C) Facebook. D) Google. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Facebook. 15. A hi-hat, jam block, octoban, rototom and trigger pad are all parts of what? A) Moon lander. B) Drum kit. C) Kitchen equipment used by Jamie Oliver. D) Cart-horse harnesses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drum kit. 16. The Iron Cross was awarded to soldiers in World Wars I and II by which country? A) Italy. B) France. C) Germany. D) Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Germany. 17. What are alternative names for "typhus" ? A) Foot and mouth disease. B) Mad cow disease. C) Prison fever. D) Dutch elm disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prison fever. 18. The longest-running speech radio show in the world (58 years) that was discontinued in March 2004, was Alistair Cooke's "Letter from ..... " where? A) America. B) France. C) Down below. D) Behind the lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) America. 19. The character Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer) featured in his own successful spin-off ("Frasier") from which US TV series? A) Family Guy. B) Happy Days. C) Will and Grace. D) Cheers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cheers. 20. Which of these is meat that comes from a pig? A) Coretta. B) Francetta. C) Vendetta. D) Pancetta. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pancetta. ← 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