This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 464 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 464 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Humen Strait, Bocca Tigris or Bogue Strait sits in what waters? A) The Black Sea. B) East China Sea. C) The Pearl River Delta. D) The Persian Gulf. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Pearl River Delta. 2. At the official opening ceremony of which building, on 29 March 1871, did the Prince of Wales take the place of the Queen to declare it open? A) St Paul's Cathedral. B) Hogwarts. C) Palace of Westminster. D) Royal Albert Hall. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Royal Albert Hall. 3. Who wrote the children's books centred round Dr Doolittle? A) Hugh Lofting. B) Hugh Grant. C) Hugh Walpole. D) Hugh Laurie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hugh Lofting. 4. What is the largest species of whale? A) Blue whale. B) Sperm whale. C) Humpback whale. D) Marlin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blue whale. 5. Who or what was the African Queen in the 1935 novel and the 1951 film of the same name? A) A small river steamer. B) Queen Victoria. C) Makobo Modjadji VI. D) Queen Sheba. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A small river steamer. 6. What British TV series was set at Maplins Holiday Camp? A) Hi-De-Hi!. B) Only Fools and Horses. C) The Good Life. D) Robin's Nest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hi-De-Hi!. 7. Where is the largest waterfall in the world by depth and water volume? A) Venezuela. B) The Denmark Strait. C) Republic of Congo. D) Laos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Denmark Strait. 8. What is a xana? A) Bangladesh currency. B) Strummed musical instrument. C) Cancer treatment machine. D) Mythological fairy nymph. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mythological fairy nymph. 9. Which of these words is derived from Hindi? A) Croissant. B) Bungalow. C) Fandango. D) Kangaroo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bungalow. 10. Which of these is a dog breed originating in Yorkshire, England, sometimes used in England as a police dog, that is also called the Waterside Terrier, and was called the "King of Terriers" because it was the largest of the terrier breeds (before the creation of the Black Russian Terrier)? A) Airedale. B) Clydesdale. C) Wensleydale. D) Homedale. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Airedale. 11. Which jazz musician has a memorial, created by sculptor Robert Graham and unveiled in 1997, in Central Park New York, near the intersection of 5th Avenue and 100th Street? A) King Curtis. B) Count Basie. C) Duke Ellington. D) B.B. King. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Duke Ellington. 12. In which country, following Napoleon's final defeat in 1815 at the Battle of Waterloo, was the monarchy re-established, ending with the Revolution of 1848? A) France. B) England. C) New Zealand. D) Thailand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) France. 13. What is between Malaysia and Singapore? A) Jade Belt Bridge. B) Straits of Johor. C) Hari River. D) Titiwangsa Mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Straits of Johor. 14. English Egyptologist Harry Burton became internationally known for doing what? A) Taking 1, 400 photographs of the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922. B) Excavating the tomb of Queen Hetepheres in the shadow of the Great Pyramid of her son Khufu. C) Excavating Sakkara's Step Pyramid. D) Rescuing stranded British people at the start of the Egyptian Revolution in 1919. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taking 1, 400 photographs of the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922. 15. What is shared by some reptiles, amphibians, birds, fish, sharks, and many mammals but rarely by primates such as humans? A) Broca's area. B) Levator palpebrae superioris muscle. C) Caecum. D) Nictitating membrane. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nictitating membrane. 16. What does adenosine triphosphate (ATP) provide in living cells? A) Energy to drive processes like muscle contraction, nerve impulse propagation and chemical synthesis. B) A catalyst for light absorption. C) Lubricant for joints. D) A substitute for glucose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Energy to drive processes like muscle contraction, nerve impulse propagation and chemical synthesis. 17. On a roulette wheel, what colour is the number 5? A) Black. B) Red. C) Green. D) Blue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red. 18. The Battle of Midway, fought between 4 and 7 June 1942, was an important naval battle of the Pacific Campaign of World War II. Why was it called that? A) It was fought near Midway Atoll. B) It was fought mid way through the war. C) It was fought mid way between Japan & Australia. D) It was the first time that fighter planes had been amid enemy ships. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was fought near Midway Atoll. 19. British socialite and actress Lillie Langtry was said to be the mistress of whom? A) Oliver Cromwell. B) Edward VIII. C) George Bernard Shaw. D) The Prince of Wales, later Edward VII. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Prince of Wales, later Edward VII. 20. In "necromancy" the practitioner seeks to do what? A) Seduce as many people as possible. B) Dig up bodies and take them on holiday. C) Bite the neck of someone close to them. D) Summon the spirit of a deceased person or to raise them bodily. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Summon the spirit of a deceased person or to raise them bodily. ← 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