This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 401 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 401 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why is the America's Cup so called? A) The winning boat in the first race was skippered by Captain America. B) The contest was originally intended to be between US and UK boats. C) The race was first hosted by the New York Yacht Club. D) The first race for the trophy was won by the "America". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The first race for the trophy was won by the "America". 2. The official World Cup for which sport, held every second year from 1986 to 2004 and annually thereafter, is hosted by a number of countries from Canada, USA, UK, multiple European countries, to Japan, New Zealand, Australia, and Ireland? A) Track Cycling. B) Orienteering. C) Show jumping. D) Baseball. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Orienteering. 3. Abu Simbel is in which country? A) Finland. B) France. C) UK. D) Egypt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Egypt. 4. Until and including the birth of her twins in July 2008, how many children, including adopted children, did Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have? A) 10. B) 8. C) 6. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6. 5. When is International Women's Day? A) 8 June. B) 8 March. C) 8 September. D) 8 December. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 8 March. 6. What is Greyball? A) An early video game by Atari. B) A kindergarten game. C) A common name for an arctic fox. D) A software tool. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A software tool. 7. Which image set a record for most liked on Instagram? A) Beyoncé in 2017 pregnant with twins. B) Selena Gomez's in 2016 drinking from a bottle of Coca Cola. C) Kendall Jenner's heart hairstyle in 2015. D) Beyoncé in 2015 with Blue Ivy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beyoncé in 2017 pregnant with twins. 8. In cooking, which of these is a kind of gentle mixing? A) Folding in. B) Creasing in. C) Ironing in. D) Pleating in. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Folding in. 9. In 1968 a nearly 1, 000 year old grave was excavated in Suontaka, Finland, of a person highly respected in their community but unusual in what respect? A) The ethnic origin of the person was close to a half a world away from where they were buried. B) The person had extreme dwarfism. C) The gender of the person was possibly non-binary. D) They were buried embracing an adult of the same gender. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The gender of the person was possibly non-binary. 10. Two of the characters in the US TV sitcom "The Big Bang Theory" are fans of work by whom, the source for their respective names? A) Sheldon Leonard. B) Leonard Nimoy. C) Sheldon Harnick. D) Shelly Moldoff. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sheldon Leonard. 11. The book "The Open Side 2012" was written by playwright Greg McGee with who else? A) Ex-Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. B) Helen Clark, UN Development Programme. C) New Zealand rugby player Richie McCaw. D) Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) New Zealand rugby player Richie McCaw. 12. Which German composer wrote 16 operas including "Salome", "Electra" and "Der Rosenkavalier" ? A) Johannes Brahms. B) Carl Orff. C) Paul Hindemith. D) Richard Strauss. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Richard Strauss. 13. The only known vertebrate-microorganism symbiosis happens between which of these? A) A termite and various protozoans. B) Dinoflagellate algae and coral. C) A pea aphid and the bacterium Buchnera aphidicola. D) An alga and a salamander. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An alga and a salamander. 14. The cities Ceuta, Melilla, and islands Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, Peñón de Alhucemas, the Chafarinas, and the disputed island of Perejil are on or off the North African coast. Which country includes them in its territories? A) Libya. B) Morocco. C) Spain. D) UK. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spain. 15. The religious statue above Rio de Janeiro stands on what mountain? A) Corcovado. B) Avocado. C) Pizzicato. D) Muchado. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Corcovado. 16. The Australian city of Adelaide is on which river? A) Swan. B) Torrens. C) Yarra. D) Derwent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Torrens. 17. What are neutrinos? A) Low energy byproducts of some nuclear reactions. B) A sub-neutron particle in the nucleus of an atom. C) A breed of sheep. D) A neutered rhinoceros. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Low energy byproducts of some nuclear reactions. 18. Which of these is a genus of herbivorous dinosaur with a large bony frill and three horns on a large four-legged body which lived during the late Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous Period in North America? A) Diplodocus. B) Triceratops. C) Stegosaurus. D) Apatosaurus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Triceratops. 19. What is the basis of the 2022 musical "A Beautiful Noise" ? A) The music of George Gershwin. B) The life and music of Neil Diamond. C) The search for the background sound of the Big Bang. D) Pregnancy and birth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The life and music of Neil Diamond. 20. What name is given to a 25th wedding anniversary? A) Tungsten. B) Gold. C) Platinum. D) Silver. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Silver. ← 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