This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 373 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 373 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why were the Winter Olympic Games at Lillehammer in 1994 held only 2 years after the previous ones, at Albertsville? A) The Lillehammer venues were to be torn down in 1995. B) Error by the International Olympic Commission. C) To change the timing, to alternate with the Summer Olympics. D) Impending war in the Middle East. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To change the timing, to alternate with the Summer Olympics. 2. Which TV comedy series started screening first? A) Curry and Chips. B) The Benny Hill Show. C) Monty Python's Flying Circus. D) Clangers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monty Python's Flying Circus. 3. When did Francisco Franco take power to rule Spain? A) 1936. B) 1939. C) 1930. D) 1945. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1939. 4. Whose services, at least originally, did competitors in an archery contest need? A) Farrier. B) Fletcher. C) Farnarkler. D) Flan-maker. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fletcher. 5. With what is Christopher H. Lloyd most associated? A) Gardening. B) Science fiction. C) Theological research. D) Deep-sea diving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gardening. 6. Which of these rivers runs through Denver, Colorado, USA? A) Mississippi. B) Salt River. C) Ohio River. D) Platte River. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Platte River. 7. Urticaria affects what part of the body? A) Bones. B) Bladder. C) Skin. D) Blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skin. 8. What test is the character played by Domnhall Gleeson asked to administer to the android in the film "Ex Machina" ? A) Stamford Biunet test. B) Rorschach test. C) IQ test. D) Turing test. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Turing test. 9. Which of these is a reversible figured fabric of silk, wool, linen, cotton, or synthetic fibres, with a pattern formed by weaving? A) Damask. B) Tulle. C) Tashkent. D) Astana. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Damask. 10. What was the 7 m (23 ft) tall bronze statue of Christ the Redeemer of the Andes created to encourage and then celebrate? A) Building a road across the Andes. B) Christianisation of peoples living in the Andes. C) End of hostilities in the Spanish-American War. D) Resolution of a border dispute between Argentina and Chile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Resolution of a border dispute between Argentina and Chile. 11. In baseball, what is the name of the position where the pitcher stands to throw the ball to a batter of the opposing team? A) Home base. B) Footplate. C) Mound. D) Jack. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mound. 12. Which of these countries has the highest population? A) France. B) Bangladesh. C) Ethiopia. D) Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bangladesh. 13. Which parts of the Earth's surface are thought to closest to the core? A) The Kermadec Trench. B) The Horizon Deep. C) The Galathea Depth. D) The Challenger Deep. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Challenger Deep. 14. Modern versions of which appliance (commonplace by the 1970s in domestic residences in the USA) are descended from the 1886 invention of Josephine Cochrane which she unveiled at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair? A) Sewing machine. B) Microwave oven. C) Vacuum cleaner. D) Dishwasher. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dishwasher. 15. Where is the newspaper "The Village Voice" published? A) New York. B) London. C) San Francisco. D) Chicago. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) New York. 16. Meerkats are native to which continent? A) South America. B) Australia. C) Asia. D) Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Africa. 17. Queen Salote Tubou ruled over which country from 1918 to 1965? A) Tonga. B) Netherlands. C) Romania. D) Sweden. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tonga. 18. Staten Island, New York, is at the mouth of which river? A) Missouri. B) Mississippi. C) Hudson. D) Potomac. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hudson. 19. What is Norway's currency? A) Mark. B) Euro. C) Krone. D) Lira. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Krone. 20. Which of these is another name for passion fruit, which grows in India, New Zealand, the Caribbean, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Indonesia, Peru, California, Florida, Haiti, Hawaii, Australia, East Africa, Israel and South Africa? A) Granadilla. B) Grenadine. C) Grenadier. D) Grenoble. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Granadilla. ← 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