This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 547 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 547 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Tijuana is nearest to which of these places? A) San Diego. B) Tucson. C) El Paso. D) San Antonio. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) San Diego. 2. Canberra is the capital of which country? A) Brazil. B) Canada. C) Australia. D) Liberia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Australia. 3. What is essential for the sport known as errekorteak in Basque and recortes in Spanish? A) A ball and basket gloves. B) A bull. C) A chicken. D) Metal discs and a target. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A bull. 4. What unit of work represents the work done to overcome a force of 1 dyne through a distance of 1 centimetre? A) Therblig. B) Erg. C) Joule. D) Grunt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Erg. 5. To rush in without thinking carefully enough beforehand would be ..... ? A) Precipitate. B) A precept. C) Precipitated. D) A precipice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Precipitate. 6. The Cultural Revolution was a period of widespread social and political upheaval between 1966 and 1976, resulting in nation-wide chaos and economic disarray in which country? A) Vietnam. B) Burma. C) Indonesia. D) The People's Republic of China. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The People's Republic of China. 7. In the 11th century China issued the first state-backed and printed what? A) History of the Song dynasty. B) Paper money. C) Encyclopaedia. D) Sayings of Kǒng Fūzǐ, known in the West as Confucius. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paper money. 8. Which is the country closest to Haiti? A) Bahamas. B) Dominica. C) Dominican Republic. D) Trinidad and Tobago. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dominican Republic. 9. What is a Russian name for a type of savoury pancakes? A) Nachos. B) Succotash. C) Blinis. D) Gumbo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blinis. 10. Which of these people is an Australian hyperrealist sculptor working in the UK, whose sculptures faithfully reproduce the minute detail of the human body, but play with scale to produce disconcertingly jarring visual images? A) David Hockney. B) Ron Mueck. C) Barbara Hepworth. D) Henry Moore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ron Mueck. 11. In George Orwell's book "Animal Farm", "Boxer" was what kind of animal? A) Pig. B) Horse. C) Cat. D) Cow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Horse. 12. On the buttons of a tape, VCR or DVD player, what does the sign in the shape of a single right pointing arrow mean? A) Eject. B) Fast forward. C) Play. D) Stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Play. 13. What is the main diet of the small mammal called an aardwolf? A) Impala. B) Riverine rabbits. C) Insects and insect larvae. D) Fruit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Insects and insect larvae. 14. The spiny leguminous plant called furze is also known as what? A) Cabbage tree. B) Alfalfa. C) Prickly pear. D) Gorse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gorse. 15. Members of which Californian rock band formed the group known until 2001 as Kara's Flowers? A) Maroon 5. B) John Mayer Trio. C) Sugar Ray. D) The Donnas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maroon 5. 16. What name was given to a series of thirty evening radio speeches given by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933 and 1944? A) He-e-e-e-re's Franklin!. B) Fireside chats. C) The FDR Show. D) Speaking Frankly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fireside chats. 17. How is the traditional Lao musical instrument the khene, or khaen, played? A) Bowed. B) Plucked. C) Hit. D) Blown. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blown. 18. When did Maori arrive in New Zealand? A) 8th century CE. B) Late 13th century CE. C) 2nd century BCE. D) 17th century CE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Late 13th century CE. 19. Why was wrestler Ara Abrahamian of Sweden disqualified by the IOC and stripped of his rejected bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics? A) He was over the weight limit for his event. B) Disrupting the award ceremony. C) He refused to attend the medal award ceremony. D) Assaulting a woman athlete during the closing ceremony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Disrupting the award ceremony. 20. The initial parts of which London building were built as a fortress by the Normans, had additions to become a palace and then was used primarily as a prison? A) Victoria Tower. B) Buckingham Palace. C) Queen's Tower. D) Tower of London. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tower of London. ← 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