This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 483 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 483 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which US state consists of two separate peninsulas, separated by the Straits of Mackinac, a five-mile (8 km)-wide channel? A) Minnesota. B) Illinois. C) Michigan. D) Wisconsin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Michigan. 2. What peninsula on the north coast of the Black Sea is connected to the mainland by the isthmus of Perekop? A) Georgia. B) Khazakstan. C) Crimea. D) Gallipoli. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crimea. 3. Which country, after Sultan Hussein Shah signed a treaty with the British East India Company on 6 February 1819, officially became a British colony on 2 August 1824 by a new treaty with the Sultan and the Temmenggong? A) Burma. B) Singapore. C) Malaya. D) Brunei. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Singapore. 4. Where are pingos more likely to be found? A) Chile. B) Antarctic. C) Brazil. D) Arctic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arctic. 5. Which country has the International Dialling prefix 964? A) Iraq. B) Lebanon. C) Australia. D) France. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iraq. 6. What is Ruth Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, CBE, popularly known for? A) Funding research into climate change. B) Writing detective novels. C) Sculpture. D) Composing opera. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Writing detective novels. 7. What is the southernmost point in all U.S. territory? A) Dallas, Texas. B) Ka Lae, Hawaii. C) Rose Atoll, American Samoa. D) Western Dry Rocks, Florida. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rose Atoll, American Samoa. 8. Where would you expect to find "dudeln" ? A) Swimming in a lake. B) Growing in a garden. C) Hanging in a clothes shop. D) In a bar or similar enclosed space. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In a bar or similar enclosed space. 9. Which category of instrument includes the flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon? A) Woodwind. B) Brass. C) Strings. D) Percussion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Woodwind. 10. According to John Gray's famous book, men and women are respectively from where? A) Venus and Earth. B) Mars and Venus. C) Pluto and Venus. D) Saturn and Mars. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mars and Venus. 11. What are the sculptures at the foot of Nelson's column in Trafalgar Square, London? A) Cherubs. B) Lions. C) Warships. D) Naked maidens. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lions. 12. What French political scandal involved the sentencing of an artillery officer to life imprisonment for treason in 1894, who was exonerated and reinstated to the French Army in 1906 after the discovery that the French government had fabricated evidence? A) The East End Murders. B) The Esterhazy Papers. C) The Dreyfus Affair. D) The Entente Cordiale. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Dreyfus Affair. 13. With whom was Miley Cyrus performing at the MTV Video Music Awards 2013 when she twerked? A) Mr Hudson. B) Liam Hemsworth. C) Juicy J. D) Robin Thicke. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Robin Thicke. 14. How many Mexican states share a land border with the USA? A) 3. B) 5. C) 4. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 6. 15. Early investigations, in 1985, into the existence of a carbon molecule C60 later called a fullerene tried to replicate the conditions of what? A) The carboniferous geologic period. B) Coral creation. C) The atmospheres of red giant stars. D) The magma chamber of a volcano. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The atmospheres of red giant stars. 16. Which of these countries produces the most bananas? A) Papua New Guinea. B) Egypt. C) Uganda. D) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) India. 17. What is a "thresher" ? A) Rat. B) Antelope. C) Dog. D) Shark. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shark. 18. How many different calendars are in use in the world for some or all of the year, for religious, administrative or social purposes? A) 5. B) More than 20. C) 15. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) More than 20. 19. What is the capital of Wales? A) Cardiff. B) Swansea. C) Aberystwyth. D) Barry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cardiff. 20. What was the name of the Ewing ranch in the TV series "Dallas" ? A) Southfork. B) Northfork. C) Eastfork. D) Westfork. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Southfork. ← 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