This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 606 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 606 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. If a group of people is seeking parity with another group, what are they looking for? A) To establish equal value, strength or status. B) To sound or look like them. C) An imitation for comic effect or ridicule. D) Equity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To establish equal value, strength or status. 2. When did twerking arrive on the American music scene? A) 2006. B) 2013. C) 2011. D) 1990s. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1990s. 3. What does "I" stand for in the acronym "LGBTI" ? A) Ideology. B) Interstitial. C) Irregular. D) Intersex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Intersex. 4. Who became the King of Norway on 17 January 1991? A) King Albert II. B) King Carl XVI Gustaf. C) King Harald V. D) King Juan Carlos I. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) King Harald V. 5. Which of these is not part of a standard 3 piece suit? A) Trousers. B) Jacket. C) Tie. D) Waistcoat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tie. 6. What is a kumquat? A) Weapon used by Australian aborigines. B) Traditional north American dwelling made of hides. C) Large rodent native to South America. D) Fruit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fruit. 7. When did the word "smog" gain popular attention? A) 1880s. B) 1960s. C) 1950s. D) In the first decade of the 20th century. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the first decade of the 20th century. 8. Which of these describes a sudden change of government, forcibly effected by a ruler, the army or the general populace? A) Coup d'État. B) Rebellion. C) Vendetta. D) Mal de mer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coup d'État. 9. Which of these is a term used in tennis? A) Clean bowled. B) Volley. C) Struck out. D) Forward pass. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Volley. 10. The southern US dish "chitlins" is made from the intestines of what animal? A) Deer. B) Pig. C) Chicken. D) Cow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pig. 11. Where is Montego Bay? A) Spain. B) Jamaica. C) Greece. D) Italy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jamaica. 12. What colour were the famous silica deposit terraces in New Zealand, destroyed during a 19th century eruption? A) Purple and grey. B) Pink and white. C) Red and green. D) Black. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pink and white. 13. Where was nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale ("the lady with the lamp") born? A) Edinburgh, Scotland. B) Bath, England. C) Florence, Italy. D) Cardiff, Wales. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Florence, Italy. 14. What board game is played with 24 pieces on a board marked with 64 squares, where the object is to capture an enemy piece by passing over it to a vacant square behind it? A) Ludo. B) Chess. C) Parcheesi. D) Draughts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Draughts. 15. The 1984 Winter Olympics were the first conducted under the IOC (International Olympic Committee) presidency of whom? A) Avery Brundage. B) Jacques Rogge. C) Lord Killanin. D) Juan Antonio Samaranch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Juan Antonio Samaranch. 16. How many keys are there usually on a standard modern piano? A) 76. B) 88. C) 52. D) 36. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 88. 17. When Brad Pitt featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated in 2011 what was the reason? A) His brother Douglas was supporting the Tanzanian national football team in the Africa Cup of Nations. B) A story on sports which had become popular after the film "Fight Club". C) He was promoting the film "Moneyball". D) To promote football. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was promoting the film "Moneyball". 18. Sometimes called a gulf or marginal sea, sometimes an extended delta, sometimes a river in which case it is the widest in the world, what is it known as? A) River Lena. B) Rio de la Plata. C) Ob River. D) Darling River. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rio de la Plata. 19. In 1993, the British TV show "Network First" partly replaced which other British documentary series, which had been broadcast 1987 to 1992? A) This Month. B) First Up. C) First Tuesday. D) Breaking News. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) First Tuesday. 20. Which of these is a Chinese lottery game, popular in Oceania in the 19th Century, which is based on Chinese characters? A) Sudoku. B) Lotto. C) Pakapoo. D) Parcheesi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pakapoo. ← 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