This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 490 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 490 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. As at 2017 which country was the leading exporter of dates? A) Algeria. B) Iraq. C) Egypt. D) Oman. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Egypt. 2. What was the name of the German troops that were sent to assist General Franco in the Spanish Civil War? A) The Eagle Squad. B) The Condor Legion. C) Franco's Force. D) The Brown Shirts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Condor Legion. 3. Before becoming US president, George W Bush was governor of which state? A) Assam. B) Queensland. C) Texas. D) Of Nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Texas. 4. Typically, a male moose sheds its antlers how frequently? A) Every 6 months. B) Every year. C) Every two years. D) Every five years. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Every year. 5. The arcade game "Rockford", released in 1988, is a spin-off from what game? A) Commander Keen. B) Final Fantasy. C) Bubble Ghost. D) Boulder Dash. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Boulder Dash. 6. Rainforest, despite continuing burning, felling and mining, is still characteristic of a large part of what region in South America? A) The Pantanal. B) The Andes. C) Gran Colombia. D) The Amazon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Amazon. 7. Which of these is a scoring system used in golf which involves scoring points based on the number of strokes taken at each hole? A) Stableford. B) Champagne scramble. C) Greensome. D) Shotgun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stableford. 8. What is the national intelligence agency of Israel? A) The State Intelligence Service (SHISH). B) Kopassus. C) Agencja Wywiadu (AW). D) The Mossad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Mossad. 9. Which French dramatist, one of the "Big Three" of 17th century France and one of the most important literary figures in the Western tradition wrote the comedy "Les Plaideurs" and the tragedies "Alexandre le Grand", "Andromaque", "Athalie", "Bajazet", "Bérénice", "Britannicus", "Esther", "Iphigénie", "La Thébaïde", "Mithridate" and "Phèdre" ? A) Alexandre Dumas. B) Molière. C) Pierre Corneille. D) Jean Racine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jean Racine. 10. Which Sultan of Egypt ruled an expanding empire that included Syria, Mesopotamia, and most of Asia Minor until stopped in 1192 by Richard I in the third Crusade? A) Che Guevara. B) Scaramouche. C) El Cid. D) Saladin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saladin. 11. What game involves throwing rings to get them on or near a pin? A) Quoits. B) Ringo. C) Curling. D) Ring bowls. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quoits. 12. If you travelled directly west from Luanda, Angola, which of these countries would you reach first? A) Brazil. B) Iceland. C) Canada. D) Chile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brazil. 13. In the 1790s, what were "chouans" ? A) Royalists in Brittany. B) Chinese emperors. C) Small cabbages. D) Japanese soldiers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Royalists in Brittany. 14. In mathematics, what is a 3-manifold? A) A three-pipe system in the study of exhaust volumes. B) A pretzel knot. C) A topologically closed space. D) Any 3-D figure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A topologically closed space. 15. Who is the next in this series:Annette Kaye, Frada Miller, Alene Akins, Mickey Sutphin, Alene Akins, Sharon Lepore, Julie Alexander, ..... ? A) Dawn Fraser. B) Alene Akins. C) Jacqueline Bouvier. D) Shawn Southwick. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shawn Southwick. 16. In 2017 the top three golf players in the final world rankings were from the USA; when did this last happen? A) August 1998. B) April 2007. C) End of 2001. D) November 1970. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) August 1998. 17. The Peripatetic School founded by Aristotle was called this for what reason? A) Their discussions covered a wide range of thought and knowledge. B) They travelled from place to place to teach. C) The members met in a walkway. D) Walking long distances was promoted as an aid to healthy thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The members met in a walkway. 18. In probability theory, a stochastic process is what kind? A) A guess, still to be proven. B) Random. C) Slow-moving. D) Interrupted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Random. 19. What instrument for measuring radiant heat was devised by Langley, an American physicist, in 1881? A) Radiometer. B) Radiator. C) Bolometer. D) Sphygmomanometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bolometer. 20. British author George Orwell, as well as being renowned for his novels, is widely respected for what? A) Essays, reviews and reportage. B) Agriculture. C) Poetry. D) Athletics governance. 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