This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 600 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 600 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis starred as Madeline "Maddie" Hayes and David Addison in which TV series (1985 to 1989) that revolved around cases investigated by Blue Moon Detective Agency? A) Daylighting. B) Moonlighting. C) Sunlighting. D) Starlighting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moonlighting. 2. Billie Piper played the travelling companion to the lead role in which TV series that played in Great Britain in 2005? A) Silent Witness. B) Travels With My Aunt. C) Life On Mars. D) Dr Who. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dr Who. 3. Which animal has eyes with up to 16 different photoreceptors, which can see UV, visible and polarised light, which can perceive depth with one eye, and can move independently? A) Golden eagle. B) Barn owl. C) Mantis shrimp. D) Chameleon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mantis shrimp. 4. What organisation developed the Rosetta space mission? A) European Space Agency (ASE). B) National Space Agency (KazCosmos). C) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). D) National Centre of Space Research (CNES). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) European Space Agency (ASE). 5. Where is Nassau a national capital city? A) The Commonwealth of the Bahamas. B) Prussia. C) Papua New Guinea. D) Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Commonwealth of the Bahamas. 6. What did Bayer name its new over the counter drug in 1898, developed and advertised as a morphine substitute and cough suppressant that did not have its addictive side-effects? A) Aspirin. B) Codeine. C) Heroin. D) Penicillin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heroin. 7. Which European discovered New Zealand in 1642? A) Christopher Columbus. B) James Cook. C) Ferdinand Magellan. D) Abel Tasman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abel Tasman. 8. In the Olympic shot put competition, what is the weight of the men's shot? A) 4 kilograms (8.82 pounds). B) 7.26 kilograms (16 pounds). C) 14.52 kilograms (32 pounds). D) 24 kilograms (52.92 pounds). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 7.26 kilograms (16 pounds). 9. Six states in the USA are split between two time zones, Eastern and Central. They are Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Tennessee and which other? A) Ohio. B) Mississippi. C) Alabama. D) Louisiana. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alabama. 10. It was released as a video game in 1994, was restructured as a subscription-based MMORPG in 2004, and in February 2012 had more than 10 million subscribers. Which is it? A) Star Wars:the Old Republic. B) Warcraft. C) EVE Online. D) Final Fantasy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Warcraft. 11. Which of these is the lowest suit when bidding in the card game Five Hundred? A) Hearts. B) Spades. C) Diamonds. D) Clubs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spades. 12. Which of these was an English cricketer who played for Middlesex and England in 78 Test matches, and was a footballer at Arsenal F.C. in the 1930s to 1950s? A) George Best. B) Denis Compton. C) Donald Bradman. D) Ian Botham. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denis Compton. 13. Which of these was a 1990 / 1991 TV series starring Clive Owen? A) Chancer. B) Lovejoy. C) Boon. D) Spender. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chancer. 14. Although the Somali sengi was known locally it had not been observed by scientists after 1970 and was considered extinct, until 2020 when scientists found it again. What is its English name? A) Elephant shrew. B) Greater short-tailed bat. C) Long-billed honeycreeper. D) Least vermilion flycatcher. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elephant shrew. 15. Which of these lies on the equator? A) Uruguay. B) Tierra del Fuego. C) Galapagos Islands. D) Venezuela. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Galapagos Islands. 16. What is a common factor in the land forms of Bhutan, northern Italy and the Basque region of Spain and France? A) Deep cave systems. B) Extensive mountain ranges. C) Plains. D) Deserts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extensive mountain ranges. 17. What Latin phrase means "my fault", literally "my blow" ? A) Mea culpa. B) Ad hoc. C) Sub judice. D) O me miserum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mea culpa. 18. Which of these is a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen? A) The Goofy Gosling. B) The Seedy Cygnet. C) The Ugly Duckling. D) The Stricken Chicken. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Ugly Duckling. 19. Which coach of the Notre Dame american football team was killed in a plane crash in 1931? A) Dick Romney. B) Knute Rockne. C) Bernie Moore. D) Ed Hall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Knute Rockne. 20. In 1863 the Société d'Encouragement launched an event to see international contest between what or who? A) Cyclists. B) Three-year-old horses. C) Poets. D) Fencers. 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