This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 535 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 535 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In what country, with considerable mineral and coal wealth and so abundantly fertile it has been described as a jewel of Africa, did the inflation rate during 2008 skyrocket to 231, 150, 888.87%? A) Rwanda. B) Venezuela. C) Zimbabwe. D) Swaziland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Zimbabwe. 2. Why did Netflix announce in January 2019 that it would shoot its series "OBX" in South Carolina instead of North Carolina? A) The North's studios were flooded. B) The North Carolina staff went on strike. C) The still existing parts of North Carolina's "bathroom bill". D) The North's studios were destroyed in a tornado. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The still existing parts of North Carolina's "bathroom bill". 3. "By Jeeves", a musical first performed in 1996, substantially rewritten from their work "Jeeves" in 1975, was composed by whom with whose book and lyrics? A) Andrew Lloyd Webber; Alan Ayckbourn. B) Julian Lloyd Webber; Tim Rice. C) Claude-Michel SchΓΆnberg; Alain Boublil. D) Andrew Lloyd Webber; Don Black, Christopher Hampton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Andrew Lloyd Webber; Alan Ayckbourn. 4. On which ship did Israel launch an unprovoked attack during the height of the Arab-Israeli Six-Day War in 1967? A) Swift Boat (P-311). B) El Fateh. C) USS Liberty. D) Petya III. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) USS Liberty. 5. In which century was the Suez Canal opened? A) 17th. B) 12th. C) 21st. D) 19th. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 19th. 6. What was the name of the operation whereby 1, 373 U.S. citizens and 5, 595 Vietnamese and foreign nationals were evacuated from the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon on 29 and 30 April 1975? A) Operation Frequent Wind. B) Operation Torch. C) Operation Market Garden. D) Operation Crossbow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Operation Frequent Wind. 7. What sign of the zodiac is represented by a bull? A) Gemini. B) Pisces. C) Taurus. D) Cancer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taurus. 8. When North Korea participated in the 2018 Winter Olympics it agreed to march with South Korea in the opening ceremony, but for the Paralympics it did not. What was the reason? A) Their two athletes joined the Games after the ceremony. B) It did not participate in the Games. C) South Korea declined their request to include a piece of disputed territory on the unification flag. D) The question was not raised. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) South Korea declined their request to include a piece of disputed territory on the unification flag. 9. A film released in 2000 starring Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Robert Knott, Bud Cort, Molly Regan, Marcia Gay Harden and Sada Thompson tells the life story of which painter? A) Andy Warhol. B) Jackson Pollock. C) James McNeill Whistler. D) Grant Wood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jackson Pollock. 10. Which of these was an American astronomer? A) Edwin Hubble. B) Joseph Banks. C) Arthur C Clarke. D) Derek Fowlds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Edwin Hubble. 11. Which team won the Hockey World Cup the most times between 2000 and 2010? A) Netherlands. B) Korea. C) Germany. D) Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Germany. 12. Which applies to Danish-Australian golf professional Mianne Bagger? A) She used to be identified in the sport as male. B) She has a glass eye. C) She has one leg. D) She has no toes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She used to be identified in the sport as male. 13. Seoul in South Korea is closer to which of these? A) Shanghai, China. B) Hiroshima, Japan. C) Ulan Bator, Mongolia. D) Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hiroshima, Japan. 14. The sausage tree, Kigelia or Worsboom is native to which continent? A) Asia. B) Africa. C) Europe. D) South America. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Africa. 15. Donna Summer was popular in what genre of music? A) Country and western. B) Disco. C) Jazz. D) Hip hop. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Disco. 16. How did Jeff Stone, at the time Gilooly, figure in the 1994 Winter Olympic Games? A) He designed the closing ceremony. B) He won the first Aerials, in freestyle skiing, competed at the Olympic Games. C) He was involved in arranging an assault on one of his ex-wife's Olympic rivals. D) He accepted the Olympic flag on behalf of the next hosting country. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was involved in arranging an assault on one of his ex-wife's Olympic rivals. 17. Whose song begins with the lyrics "I wanna hold em' like they do in Texas Plays, Fold em' let em' hit me raise it baby stay with me, Luck and intuition play the cards with Spades to start, And after he's been hooked I'll play the one that's on his heart" ? A) Madonna. B) Duffy. C) Lady Gaga. D) Rihanna. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lady Gaga. 18. What is the nationality of the football player Ronaldinho? A) Brazilian. B) Croatian. C) Australian. D) Argentinian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brazilian. 19. "Seeds of Change:Planting a Path to Peace" is a graphic biography of Kenyan scientist Wangari Maathai, the first African woman and the first what to win a Nobel Peace Prize (in 2004)? A) Teacher. B) Environmentalist. C) Nun. D) Climate change activist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Environmentalist. 20. Ted Sorensen was an advisor, lawyer and writer, best known as special counsel and adviser, speechwriter and alter ego to which US president, whom he called his "intellectual blood bank" ? A) John F. Kennedy. B) Richard M Nixon. C) Bill Clinton. D) Lyndon B Johnson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John F. 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