This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 604 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 604 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which country administers the uninhabited subantarctic Campbell Island, which lies at 52$^\circ$32'24β³S 169$^\circ$8'42β³E? A) Australia. B) New Zealand. C) USA. D) UK. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) New Zealand. 2. Which of these words means a castle gate? A) Profundo. B) Stentor. C) Haha. D) Portcullis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Portcullis. 3. In L M Montgomery's book, where was Anne of Green Gables brought up? A) Kensington. B) Neverland. C) Utopia. D) Avonlea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Avonlea. 4. Whose famous "Chinese Theatre" is at 6925 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood? A) Ho's. B) Newman's. C) Grauman's. D) Mao's. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grauman's. 5. The head of state of the Isle of Man, which is a Crown dependency and not part of the United Kingdom, is the monarch of Great Britain. They rule there because they hold what title? A) Laird of Ireland. B) Lord of Mann. C) Duke or Duchess of Malfi. D) Defender of the Faith. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lord of Mann. 6. What type of story begins "once upon a time" and ends "they lived happily ever after" ? A) Romance. B) Ghost story. C) Fairy tale. D) Murder mystery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fairy tale. 7. When St Michael's Cathedral in Coventry, UK, was rebuilt after being bombed in World War II, among several epic artistic creations was a glazed so-called West Wall showing what? A) 81 ft (24.7 m) high abstract in 195 glass panes of bright primary colours. B) 72 ft (22 m)high figure of Christ. C) 66 larger than life engraved glass figures. D) The 25 ft (7.6 m) high figure of St Michael in victory over the Devil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 66 larger than life engraved glass figures. 8. What was significant about the double-header between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Braves on 11 August 1951? A) The Boston Braves beat the Brooklyn Dodgers. B) It was the first baseball game to be televised in colour. C) All the pitches were strikes. D) No home runs were hit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was the first baseball game to be televised in colour. 9. Which of these was a singer known as "The Big O" ? A) Pat O'Brien. B) Donny Osmond. C) Bernardo O'Higgins. D) Roy Orbison. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Roy Orbison. 10. What does a gelotologist study? A) The behaviour of gelatine. B) Laughter. C) The vocal tract. D) Language families. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Laughter. 11. Where are frogfish found? A) The Arctic Ocean. B) Marshes. C) Alpine streams. D) Tropical and subtropical oceans and seas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tropical and subtropical oceans and seas. 12. What type of apple was adopted by The Beatles' "Apple Records" as its symbol? A) Gravenstein. B) Braeburn. C) Golden Delicious. D) Granny Smith. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Granny Smith. 13. Which river flows through or forms the border of Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova and Ukraine? A) Limpopo. B) Rhone. C) Thames. D) Danube. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Danube. 14. Who wrote the books "Blott on the Landscape" and "Porterhouse Blue" ? A) Clive Cussler. B) Tom Sharpe. C) Wilbur Smith. D) John LeCarre. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tom Sharpe. 15. On May 23, 1816, what happened in Estonia? A) Russian rule was withdrawn. B) Serfdom was abolished. C) Estonia officially withdrew from any affiliation with NapolΓ©on Bonaparte. D) The first Estonian language newspaper was published. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Serfdom was abolished. 16. Where is the island named Groote Eylandt? A) Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia. B) Wadden See, The Netherlands. C) Caribbean Sea, Leeward Antilles. D) The mouth of the Kuala Johor River, Malaysia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia. 17. Where are trinquetes and frontons found? A) Real tennis. B) A game of boules. C) Basque Pelota World Championships. D) On the Eiffel Tower. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Basque Pelota World Championships. 18. Which was the first Soviet Union republic to establish its independence when the Soviet Union was dissolving? A) Romania. B) Chechnya. C) East Germany. D) Lithuania. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lithuania. 19. Before 1945, what was the city of Gdansk called? A) Cracow. B) Warsaw. C) Vistula. D) Danzig. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Danzig. 20. Wenceslas Square is in which capital city? A) Tallinn. B) Bucharest. C) Sofia. D) Prague. 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