This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 374 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 374 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When Europeans came to their land, the Charrúa people were the predominant tribe in what became which country? A) Colombia. B) Peru. C) Uruguay. D) Suriname. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Uruguay. 2. Who is the only president of the USA to serve non-consecutive terms? A) Lyndon Johnson. B) Grover Cleveland. C) Thomas Jefferson. D) Bill Clinton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grover Cleveland. 3. What does the "L" stand for in the letters "SWALK" written on an envelope? A) Longing. B) Letter. C) Loving. D) Lathered. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loving. 4. Bordering Tanzania, Mozambique and Zambia and completely enclosed by them, is which country? A) Malawi. B) Lesotho. C) Botswana. D) Zimbabwe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Malawi. 5. The "cur-" of the word "curfew" is the English assimilation of a French word meaning what? A) Curb. B) Crush. C) Cover. D) Priest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cover. 6. Who plays Dr. Addison Montgomery in the US TV series "Private Practice" ? A) Helen Worth. B) Felicity Huffman. C) Kate Walsh. D) Anna Paquin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kate Walsh. 7. The international venue Roland Garros hosts tournaments in what sport? A) Curling. B) Football (soccer). C) Swimming. D) Tennis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tennis. 8. Which of these has had the most widespread influence on the architecture of present-day Paris? A) Antonio Gaudi. B) Frank Lloyd Wright. C) Christopher Wren. D) Georges-Eugène Haussmann. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Georges-Eugène Haussmann. 9. Phil Taylor (1960-now), ranked world number one in 2012 in the Professional Darts Corporation order of merit, holds a record 16 darts World Championship titles; in what year did he win his first World Championship? A) 1990. B) 1998. C) 1999. D) 1970. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1990. 10. Other than being churchmen in the Middle Ages which of these is also true of Odo of Cluny, Notker the Stammerer and Wulfstan the Cantor? A) They are early mediaeval composers. B) They were champion swordsmen. C) They lived until they were 100. D) They were all assassinated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They are early mediaeval composers. 11. A placenta in which the umbilical cord is attached at the placental margin is called what? A) Battledore placenta. B) Placenta previa. C) Placenta accreta. D) Placenta increta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Battledore placenta. 12. Which country, between 1964 and 1973, became the most bombed country in the world? A) Laos. B) Japan. C) Germany. D) Korea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Laos. 13. Matricide takes place when ..... ? A) Someone kills their mother. B) A woman kills her child. C) Someone is killed while lying in bed. D) A carpet is used to smother someone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Someone kills their mother. 14. What name is given to art that depicts scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, where sky is almost always included, and weather is usually an element of the composition? A) Pointillism. B) Abstract expressionism. C) Landscape. D) Still life. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Landscape. 15. If an animal bears live young it is termed what? A) Vital. B) Vivid. C) Vituperative. D) Viviparous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Viviparous. 16. Omar Sharif played the title character in the 1965 film of what 1957 novel by the Russian writer Boris Pasternak? A) Dr Zhivago. B) Goethe's Faust. C) Second Birth. D) Childhood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dr Zhivago. 17. When Dartmoor Prison first opened in 1809 what was its purpose? A) To house prisoners-of-war. B) To house serious offenders. C) A correctional house for young offenders. D) A workhouse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To house prisoners-of-war. 18. The 2009 season of the Indian Premier League, a Twenty20 cricket competition initiated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, was held where? A) Egypt. B) India. C) South Africa. D) Jamaica. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) South Africa. 19. He was born in Florence in 1265, fought in the Guelph-Ghibelline conflict as both soldier and politician, was in the Physicians' and Apothecaries' Guild, and is still renowned as a poet and writer of a great work of Italian literature. Who was he? A) Giacomo da Lentini. B) Giovanni Boccaccio. C) Petrarch. D) Dante Alighieri. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dante Alighieri. 20. On which dates in the Gregorian calendar do places on earth currently have approximately 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night? A) 11 January and 15 June. B) 21 December and 22 June. C) 20 March and 21 September. D) 25 March and 29 December. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 20 March and 21 September. ← 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