This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 41 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 41 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is a white dwarf star? A) A small, relatively cool and long-lived star. B) The collapsed core of a large (10-29 solar masses) star. C) A medium to small size star which has burnt all its fuel and collapsed. D) A body somewhere between a gas giant planet and a very small star. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A medium to small size star which has burnt all its fuel and collapsed. 2. What does a person with narcolepsy do? A) Steals. B) Falls asleep. C) Tells tales on people. D) Takes drugs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Falls asleep. 3. Which Ecuadoran-born dancer and choreographer served as principal choreographer and, from 1963-70, director of the Royal Ballet in England? A) Sir Frederick Ashton. B) Dame Monica Mason. C) Dame Ninette de Valois. D) Lilian Baylis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sir Frederick Ashton. 4. Where is the 2.5-acre (10, 000 m2) landscaped area dedicated to the memory of musician John Lennon, called "Strawberry Fields" ? A) Next to the airport, Liverpool. B) Central Park, New York City. C) Hyde Park, London. D) Candlestick Park, San Francisco. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Central Park, New York City. 5. With which organisation was Jacques Rogge, Count Rogge, associated? A) International chardonnay day. B) International Criminal Court (ICC). C) International orienteering federation (IOF). D) International Olympic Committee (IOC). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) International Olympic Committee (IOC). 6. What was Bernard van Dieren (1884-1936) famous for doing in the early 20th century? A) Exploring the interior of Australia. B) Inventing electrical appliances. C) Composing music. D) Climbing the world's highest mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Composing music. 7. What nationality was A.J.Hackett who started the first commercial bungee jumping concern in 1988? A) English. B) New Zealand. C) Irish. D) South African. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) New Zealand. 8. When comedy and folk-pop group The Humblebums broke up in 1971 and the artists went on to pursue solo careers, what duo did one of them then co-found? A) Stealers Wheel. B) The Skillet Lickers. C) Hall & Oates. D) Eurythmics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stealers Wheel. 9. The first annual World Youth Championships held in Queensland, Australia, in 2014 were for what? A) Quoits. B) Tai chi. C) Bowls. D) Croquet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bowls. 10. Which of these containers is the largest? A) Gill. B) Firkin. C) Liqueur glass. D) Wine glass. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Firkin. 11. "Catwoman:Hunted", released direct to video in 2022, was which of these? A) Monochrome. B) Anime-style. C) Live action. D) A musical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anime-style. 12. Denmark, New Zealand, Finland, Sweden, Norway, and what other country feature in this order as the least corrupt countries in Transparency International's 2014 Corruptions Index? A) Switzerland. B) United Kingdom. C) USA. D) Ireland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Switzerland. 13. What is the common name for the seeds of horse-chestnut trees? A) Hotties. B) Bankers. C) Putters. D) Conkers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conkers. 14. What is the monetary unit of Vietnam? A) Kip. B) Baht. C) Dong. D) Riel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dong. 15. Which of the following fits in the sentence "I know ..... book this is" ? A) Whose. B) Who's. C) Whos'. D) Whos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Whose. 16. The tourist-familiar villages of Sa Dec, Lai Vung and Long Dinh are found where? A) Ganges-Brahmaputra River Delta. B) Amazon delta. C) Mekong Delta. D) Nile Delta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mekong Delta. 17. Sir John Tenniel whose illustrations became synonomous with Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" was also a graphic humourist and political cartoonist for 50 years for which publication? A) Punch. B) Fun. C) Private Eye. D) Mad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Punch. 18. As at 2006 elections which Sunni Islamist paramilitary organisation and political party holds a majority of seats in the legislative council of the State of Palestine, the name since 2012 of the Palestinian National Authority? A) Fatah. B) Hamas. C) Hezbollah. D) Tory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hamas. 19. What is a tamarin? A) A shrub, sometimes known as the tree tomato. B) A sour fruit, with a datelike texture, used extensively in cooking. C) A shrub native to dry areas of Eurasia and Africa. D) A species of monkey. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A species of monkey. 20. Why is water near La Rinconada in the Peruvian Andes (at 5, 100 m above sea level the highest permanent settlement in the world) contaminated? A) Trash dropped by tourists and mountaineers. B) Mud and cleaning preparations from archaeological digs. C) Mercury from gold mining. D) Nearby oil sands. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mercury from gold mining. ← 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