This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 539 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 539 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The children's book "Swallows and Amazons" by Arthur Ransome is set in what area of Great Britain? A) Dartmoor. B) South Wales. C) Lake District. D) Hampstead Heath. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lake District. 2. Harrison Ford, who was at the time filming "Star Wars:The Force Awakens", injured himself in 2015 how? A) Broke his pelvis and ankle in an emergency landing in his plane. B) Broke his ankle in a fall on set. C) Broke his arm skiing. D) Broke his nose when someone opened a champagne bottle at the wrong time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Broke his pelvis and ankle in an emergency landing in his plane. 3. Where do Walloons come from? A) Southern Africa. B) India. C) Spain. D) Belgium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Belgium. 4. Which of these is the greatest distance apart in a straight line? A) Miami, Florida to Chicago, Illinois. B) New York, New York to San Francisco, California. C) Phoenix, Arizona to Boston, Massachusetts. D) Seattle, Washington to New Orleans, Louisiana. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) New York, New York to San Francisco, California. 5. How many dan levels of proficiency are measured in judo and karate? A) 6. B) 9. C) 10. D) 14. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 10. 6. Which annual festival, first held in 1989, starts off the two week Kentucky Derby Festival in the US? A) Thunder Over Louisville. B) International Balloon Fiesta. C) Reno Rodeo. D) Summerfest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thunder Over Louisville. 7. Who, in 1969, was the first female prime minister of Israel? A) Indira Gandhi. B) Golda Meir. C) Menachem Begin. D) Madeleine Albright. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Golda Meir. 8. The American TV serial "Twin Peaks" was set in what state of the USA? A) California. B) Oregon. C) Washington. D) New York. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Washington. 9. Where are the Elburz, or Alborz, Mountains? A) Mongolia. B) Afghanistan. C) Syria. D) Iran. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Iran. 10. What people traditionally dance a hornpipe? A) Dental hygienists. B) Sailors. C) Hairdressers. D) Car salesmen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sailors. 11. A song written by Chuck Berry is "Roll Over ..... '' who? A) Bizet. B) Shostakovich. C) Tchaikovsky. D) Beethoven. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beethoven. 12. To measure blood pressure which of these would be used? A) Sphygmomanometer. B) Pulse oximeter. C) Rongeur. D) Speculum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sphygmomanometer. 13. Robert Ludlum created which of these characters? A) Luke Skywalker. B) Harry Palmer. C) Indiana Jones. D) Jason Bourne. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jason Bourne. 14. "I like work:it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours" is a quote from which book? A) Dante's "Divine Comedy". B) "I Am Serena" by Serena Williams. C) "Pilgrim's Progress" by John Bunyan. D) "Three Men in a Boat" by Jerome K. Jerome. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "Three Men in a Boat" by Jerome K. Jerome. 15. What is the most usual sight across the steppes of Central Asia? A) Sand. B) Tundra. C) Ravines. D) Grass. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grass. 16. Which of these novelists was born in Australia? A) Bryce Courtenay. B) J. M. Coetzee. C) Peter Carey. D) Keri Hulme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peter Carey. 17. Which company, in 2015, launched its first self-produced film on its streaming online service? A) Netflix. B) Amazon. C) Google. D) Ali Baba. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amazon. 18. The budgerigar is native to which country? A) Brazil. B) Australia. C) Kenya. D) Tibet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Australia. 19. In 2010 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, who beat England's Jonny Wilkinson's record for scoring 1178 points in test match rugby? A) Dan Carter. B) Sonny Boy Williams. C) Morne Steyn. D) James O'connor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dan Carter. 20. Which of these is a venomous snake? A) Python. B) Anaconda. C) Cobra. D) Boa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cobra. ← 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