This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 420 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 420 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is a synonym for "overweight" ? A) Ovate. B) Oblate. C) Obese. D) Oblique. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Obese. 2. Who was the only President to have two women attempt to assassinate him-and in the same month? A) Ronald Reagan. B) John F Kennedy. C) Richard Nixon. D) Gerald Ford. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gerald Ford. 3. The official basketball size for men's basketball is 29.5 inches in circumference (size 7) and what weight in ounces? A) 18. B) 20. C) 22. D) 24. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 22. 4. What is the Maracaibo Beacon? A) Frequent lightning storms in the area. B) Lighthouse built by pirates in 1669. C) A major South American radio station. D) Maracaibo's city newspaper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frequent lightning storms in the area. 5. What mountain system in the USA stretches over 1500 miles south to Alabama, through which pass the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys? A) Adirondacks. B) Appalachians. C) Rockies. D) Sierra Nevada. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appalachians. 6. Which club won UEFA's inaugural European Champion Clubs' Cup in 1956? A) A.C. Milan. B) Stade de Reims. C) ACF Fiorentina. D) Real Madrid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Real Madrid. 7. What racetrack is the usual in championship snail racing? A) 12 ins (30.5 cm) long. B) 3 ft (0.91 m) long. C) Round a circle 4 ft 11 ins (1.5 m) in circumference. D) A circle-usually 13 or 14 ins (33 or 35.6 cm) radius-where the snails start from the middle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A circle-usually 13 or 14 ins (33 or 35.6 cm) radius-where the snails start from the middle. 8. What song by Johnny Christopher, Mark James & Wayne Carson Thompson was released by Brenda Lee (1972), Elvis Presley (1972), John Wesley Ryles (1979), Willie Nelson (1982), Pet Shop Boys (1987) and, B.B. King (2003, on the album "Reflections")? A) You Are Always on my Mind. B) Are You Lonesome Tonight?. C) Stuck on You. D) Teddy Bear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You Are Always on my Mind. 9. Which of these cities and towns is not on the Moroccan coast? A) Casablanca. B) Alexandria. C) Rabat. D) Agadir. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alexandria. 10. Which of these is a character in the "Mission Impossible" series of films? A) Dr. Emmett Brown. B) Thomas A. Anderson. C) Ethan Hunt. D) Warrant Officer Ripley. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethan Hunt. 11. Which of these is a party traditionally held after a move to a new home? A) House firing. B) House grilling. C) House baking. D) House warming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) House warming. 12. Following several halting years after 1957 when it was formed, from 1971 the FIPJP organises annual World Championships in what sport? A) Gaga. B) Parkour. C) Skateboarding. D) Boules. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Boules. 13. In October 2010, who sued Steve McQueen's fashion company, Alexander McQueen, and retail giant Saks, for trademark infringement? A) Harrods. B) Nike. C) The Rolling Stones. D) Hell's Angels. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hell's Angels. 14. Who discovered and named the element francium in 1939? A) Emmeline Pankhurst. B) Benjamin Franklin. C) William Pitt the Younger. D) Marguerite Perey. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Marguerite Perey. 15. "Rock 'n' Roll", a play by Tom Stoppard that premiered in 2006, takes place in Cambridge, England and what other city? A) Tel Aviv. B) Memphis. C) Istanbul. D) Prague. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prague. 16. How often does a solar eclipse happen somewhere in the world? A) Every eight years. B) Every 18 months. C) Every 118 years. D) Every three years. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Every 18 months. 17. What are the main characters in the play "The Frogs" by the Greek playwright Aristophanes? A) Jupiter and his son, Mercury. B) Dionysius and his slave, Xanthias. C) Darby and Joan. D) The frogs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dionysius and his slave, Xanthias. 18. A number written without any fractions is technically known as what? A) Honest. B) Integer. C) Simple. D) Easy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Integer. 19. What river is dammed by the Three Gorges Dam? A) Euphrates, in Turkey. B) Colorado, USA. C) Caroni, Venezuela. D) Yangtze, China. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yangtze, China. 20. In 206 BCE Xian Yu took Xianyang, the capital city of the Qin dynasty, in rebellion against the Qin Emperor, what did he order? A) Surrender to the next emperor, Liu Bang. B) Burning the city and the Palace holding the royal library and the state archives. C) The surrender of all the women in the city to be his concubines. D) Distribution of food and supplies to all households in the city. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Burning the city and the Palace holding the royal library and the state archives. ← 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