This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge โ Quiz 594 ๐ Homepage ๐ Download PDF Books ๐ Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 594 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which European country has a flag that is not oblong? A) Andorra. B) Luxembourg. C) Liechtenstein. D) Switzerland. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Switzerland. 2. Who won the 1996 Formula One Driver's championship? A) David Coulthard. B) Eddie Irvine. C) Damon Hill. D) Nigel Mansell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Damon Hill. 3. Feldspars, which make up over half of all minerals in the Earth's crust, are a group of rock-forming minerals characterised by the presence of aluminium and what else in their base chemistry? A) Silicon. B) Calcium oxide. C) Potassium oxide. D) Sodium oxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Silicon. 4. What is a hฤngi? A) A round low thatched dwelling. B) A low growing plant. C) An in-ground oven and/or the food cooked in it. D) A river pebble. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An in-ground oven and/or the food cooked in it. 5. Who discovered the two moons of Mars in 1877? A) Herschel. B) Galileo. C) Asaph Hall. D) Cassini. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asaph Hall. 6. Sand forest, a type of rare subtropical forest, with a unique combination of plant (often rare plant) and animal species, is found in south-eastern Africa and where else? A) North-eastern Australia. B) The Amazon basin in Brazil, Peru, and Colombia. C) Sri Lanka. D) Borneo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Amazon basin in Brazil, Peru, and Colombia. 7. In musical notation, what word means "lower in pitch by a semitone" ? A) Plain. B) Blunt. C) Flat. D) Off. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flat. 8. In which field is Auguste Escoffier famous? A) Mountaineering. B) Hairdressing. C) Fashion design. D) Cuisine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cuisine. 9. The Millennium Dam, now known as the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and built between 2011 and 2020, is on which river? A) White Nile. B) Blue Nile. C) Awash. D) Limpopo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blue Nile. 10. What is the 2018 Paralympic mascot, Bandabi? A) A tiger. B) An Asian black bear. C) A polar bear. D) A crocus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An Asian black bear. 11. What is the study of the production of very low temperature and the behaviour of materials at those temperatures? A) Iglunacy. B) Kelvinism. C) Cryogenics. D) Calormetrics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cryogenics. 12. Which of these was a leading figure in heart surgery? A) Gottlieb Daimler. B) Charles Babbage. C) Alexander Fleming. D) Dr Christiaan Barnard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dr Christiaan Barnard. 13. "Silly mid on" and "gully" are positions in which sport? A) Baseball. B) Netball. C) Cricket. D) Polo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cricket. 14. In the 2012 Summer Olympics, eight badminton players were accused (and then disqualified from the women's doubles competition) of what? A) Sabotaging another team's equipment. B) Having played professionally. C) Not using one's best efforts to win. D) Having brought unapproved food into the Olympic Village. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not using one's best efforts to win. 15. Fort Belan, purpose built to defend against raiding American privateers was built in 1775 where? A) Menai Strait, UK. B) Maracaibo, Venezuela. C) Sydney, Australia. D) Belรฉm, Brazil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Menai Strait, UK. 16. In Victorian cookery, what was one of the main ingredients of mock turtle soup? A) Pigs trotters. B) Leg of mutton. C) Head of a calf. D) Chicken wings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Head of a calf. 17. Which of these is a common word for champagne? A) Giggly. B) Sparkly. C) Bubbly. D) Creamy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bubbly. 18. What are "cestodes" ? A) Verrucas. B) Sentries. C) Impulses sent to the brain. D) Tapeworms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tapeworms. 19. What is the longest known non-stop, non-eating migration flight south for the winter? A) About 11, 000 km (6, 835 mi). B) Up to 37, 000 km (23, 000 mi). C) About 4, 800 km (3, 000 mi). D) 2, 400 km (1, 500 mil). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) About 11, 000 km (6, 835 mi). 20. The Spanish throne had been vacant since 1936, but on 22 November 1975, Juan Carlos came to the throne as King though he was the grandson of the previous king and his father was still alive. Why was Juan Carlos made King? A) He had been selected by General Franco. B) His father was insane, and unfit to rule. C) His father had married a divorcee. D) His father had been convicted of grand larceny. 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