This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 434 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 434 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is Elysia chlorotica, one of a species which contains the only known examples of one multicellular organism co-opting DNA from another? A) An orchid. B) An alga. C) A fungus. D) A sea slug. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A sea slug. 2. Who is quoted as saying "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants" ? A) Stephen Hawking. B) Tom Thumb. C) Michael Bloomberg. D) Isaac Newton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Isaac Newton. 3. What is a dish that originated in 19th-century Russia, of sautéed pieces of beef served in a sauce with sour cream? A) Beef Stroganoff. B) Veal Molotov. C) Veal Kalashnikov. D) Beef Romanov. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beef Stroganoff. 4. Which of these planets is the smallest? A) Mercury. B) Earth. C) Saturn. D) Jupiter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mercury. 5. All of the gold medals at the 2009 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were won by Evgenia Kanaeva, who was representing which country? A) South Africa. B) China. C) India. D) Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Russia. 6. In which country was the Battle of Vinegar Hill fought in 1798? A) Sydney, Australia. B) North Carolina, USA. C) Ireland. D) Near Inverness, Scotland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ireland. 7. Where is the land with the lowest elevation in South America? A) Sechura Depression, Peru. B) Laguna del Carbón, Argentina. C) Mount Obama, Antigua. D) Crocus Hill, Anguilla. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Laguna del Carbón, Argentina. 8. Which sport is track designer Udo Gurgel most associated with? A) Alpine skiing. B) Snowboarding. C) Speed skating. D) Bobsleigh. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bobsleigh. 9. The subscription BBC series "BBC Select" (1992-95) ran during the overnight hours, when the BBC at the time was usually shut down, for what audience? A) Researchers in social and/or military trends. B) University courses. C) Various working professionals. D) Musicians. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Various working professionals. 10. What was the stated purpose of the Morges Manifesto signed in 1961? A) To overthrow a government. B) To end hostilities. C) To raise and distribute funding and resources. D) To establish a system of education. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To raise and distribute funding and resources. 11. Which of these is not a position in Australian Rules football? A) Ruckman. B) Goalie. C) Full-forward. D) Forward pocket. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Goalie. 12. Which of these is a natural feature in Northern Ireland? A) The Giant's Causeway. B) Mount Saint Michael. C) The Elgin Marbles. D) Pancake Rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Giant's Causeway. 13. Although Mlle De Lafontaine (1655-1738) was not the first famous woman in her field she is recognised as the first in the Western world to earn her living in it. What was the field? A) Dancing. B) Writing poetry. C) Composing dance and opera music. D) Making swords. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dancing. 14. Which team won the most titles in the 100 years of England's Football League First Division (1892-1992), and then until 2019-20 did not win a title in the Premier League which replaced it? A) Liverpool. B) Leicester City. C) Manchester City. D) Arsenal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Liverpool. 15. What country lies to north of the Republic of Chad? A) The Republic of Sudan. B) The State of Libya. C) The Central African Republic. D) The Republic of Niger. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The State of Libya. 16. In what branch of mathematics is differentiation used? A) Calculation. B) Calcification. C) Calculus. D) Calendario. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calculus. 17. Which of these colours does not appear on the Union Jack, the flag of the United Kingdom? A) Red. B) Green. C) White. D) Blue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Green. 18. In what country is the Sennar Dam on the Blue Nile river? A) Ethiopia. B) Egypt. C) Sudan. D) Uganda. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sudan. 19. Which car maker has marketed models called Jazz, Accord, Civic and Legend? A) Volkswagen. B) Honda. C) Hyundai. D) Toyota. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Honda. 20. How many centimetres are there in 3.5 metres? A) 350. B) 35. C) 3, 500. D) 35, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 350. ← 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