This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 505 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 505 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What country did Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi rule from 1969 to 2011, first as Revolutionary Chairman and then as "Brotherly Leader" ? A) Yemen. B) Tunisia. C) Egypt. D) Libya. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Libya. 2. How many islands are listed by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency as part of Chile? A) 550. B) Almost 1, 000. C) Over 2, 300. D) Over 1, 500. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Over 2, 300. 3. Who married pop star Beyoncé Knowles in 2008 at a secret ceremony in New York? A) Snoop Dogg. B) 50 Cent. C) Jay-Z. D) Flo Rida. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jay-Z. 4. The 2006 film "A Cock and Bull Story" was about an attempt to film what book? A) Tom Jones. B) Tristram Shandy. C) Moll Flanders. D) Lady Chatterley's Lover. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tristram Shandy. 5. "Pastoralism" implies that the major forms of subsistence in a community are based on ..... ? A) Farming or herding of animals. B) Raising and using food crops. C) Tourists. D) Use of hay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Farming or herding of animals. 6. On 29 May 1954, who sent a message to the aircraft carrier HMS Vengeance, saying "Thank you for the original forgery" ? A) Cliff Richard. B) Queen Elizabeth II. C) John Constable. D) John Hancock. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Queen Elizabeth II. 7. Beatrice Tinsley was well known in what field? A) Painting. B) Astronomy. C) Chemistry. D) Fashion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Astronomy. 8. What equipment is used in a tug o war contest? A) Coffee machines. B) Small sturdy boats. C) Cannon. D) A rope. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A rope. 9. Where are the Rocky Mountains in North America? A) Inland on the west. B) On the Pacific Coast. C) On the Atlantic Coast. D) Bordering the Arctic Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inland on the west. 10. When was the Bering Strait tunnel link from Russia to Alaska in the USA built? A) 1910. B) 2011. C) Not yet. D) 1968. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not yet. 11. How many wooden blocks are used in the standard game of Jenga? A) 35. B) 20. C) 15. D) 54. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 54. 12. The qualifying age to compete in World Figure Skating Championships has been '15 years old by 1 July of the previous year', since when? A) 1996. B) 1896. C) 1991. D) 1960. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1996. 13. Oil from oil wells was first used for what? A) Evaporate brine to produce salt. B) Fuelling railway engines. C) Lubricating weaving machines. D) Lighting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Evaporate brine to produce salt. 14. What is 0 degrees Celsius on the Fahrenheit scale? A) -32 degrees. B) 0 degrees. C) 32 degrees. D) 273.15 degrees. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 32 degrees. 15. Leatherjackets are the larvae of which of these? A) Crane Fly. B) Brown marmorated stink bug. C) Cabbage white butterfly. D) Bot flies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crane Fly. 16. What mountain's volcanic eruption, on the island of Sumbawa, Indonesia, has discharged the most material? A) Krakatoa, 1883. B) Tambora, 1815. C) Thera (known as Santorini), around 1470 BC. D) Mt Aso, Kyoto, around 300, 000 BC. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tambora, 1815. 17. In which game are the terms "split", "buy", "twist", "declare", or "bust" likely to be used? A) Pontoon. B) Blackjack. C) Vingt-et-un. D) Twenty-one. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pontoon. 18. Which US presidential nominee in 1948 advocated closer cooperation with the Soviet Union, United Nations administration of foreign aid, and arms reduction? A) John Kennedy. B) Harry S Truman. C) Franklin D. Roosevelt. D) Henry A. Wallace. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Henry A. Wallace. 19. Which of these is a temperate annual or biennial plant that is most often grown as a leaf vegetable? A) Carrot. B) Lettuce. C) Broccoli. D) Pea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lettuce. 20. What was the first combat aircraft to provide cabin pressurisation for the crew? A) B29 Bomber. B) Spitfire. C) Lancaster bomber. D) Camel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B29 Bomber. ← 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