This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 607 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 607 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which is a lammergeier's normal habitat? A) Greenland. B) The Andes Mountains in Peru. C) New Zealand. D) Ethiopian highlands. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ethiopian highlands. 2. Which of these historical periods in Britain is most recent? A) Tudor. B) Elizabethan. C) Stuart. D) Regency. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Regency. 3. What ocean does the Limpopo River discharge into? A) Pacific. B) Indian. C) Atlantic. D) Southern. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indian. 4. The small island (57.4 sq. km) of São Vicente, the most densely populated island in Brazil, houses part of the city of São Vicente as well as part of what other city and a container port of the same name, the busiest in Latin America? A) Paranaguá. B) Rio de Janeiro. C) Salvador. D) Santos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Santos. 5. Which two American track and field athletes, who finished first and third in the 200 metres, were sent home from the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City after they performed the Black Power salute on the victory stand? A) Tommie Smith and John Carlos. B) Peter Norman and John Carlos. C) Tommie Smith and Peter Norman. D) Tommie Norman and John Smith. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tommie Smith and John Carlos. 6. What is a "grotto" ? A) Lake. B) Mountain. C) Cave. D) Waterfall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cave. 7. The word for a shepherd's stave or, according to some, the alcohol in barrels with cork bungs has given the name to what sport? A) Hockey. B) Lacrosse. C) Pelota. D) Hurling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hockey. 8. Which team won the gold medal in the women's cycling team pursuit at the UCI World Cup in Beijing, 2009, setting the second fastest time in the world for the 3, 000m? A) Great Britain. B) New Zealand. C) China. D) Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) New Zealand. 9. Libya borders which sea? A) Red Sea. B) Dead Sea. C) Black Sea. D) Mediterranean Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mediterranean Sea. 10. Who led barons to revolt against Henry III in 1263, established England's first elected parliament, and was killed at the Battle of Evesham in 1265? A) The Black Prince. B) Oliver Cromwell. C) Simon de Montfort. D) Edward the Tigerheart. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simon de Montfort. 11. Who wrote the song "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" ? A) Jerome Kern. B) Charles Ives. C) Irving Berlin. D) Quincy Porter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irving Berlin. 12. Düsseldorf is a major city in which country? A) Austria. B) Hungary. C) Germany. D) Iraq. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Germany. 13. What was the name of the autobiography of motor racing commentator Murray Walker, published in 2003? A) Unless I'm Very Much Mistaken. B) Stop the Startwatch!. C) He's Watching with his Injured Knee. D) Unique, Except for the Other One. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unless I'm Very Much Mistaken. 14. What is the mythological "xana" ? A) Unicorn. B) Dragon. C) Fairy. D) Flying horse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fairy. 15. What is the name of the cat that appeared in Warner Brothers cartoons? A) Sidney. B) Seinfeld. C) Sylvester. D) Scarface Claw. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sylvester. 16. Murmansk, a Russian city which is consolidating a focus on resources for oil and gas exploration and transport, is on the shores of what body of water? A) Barents Sea. B) Black Sea. C) Sea of Okhotsk. D) Pacific Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Barents Sea. 17. In Buddhism, what is the state of blissful repose or absolute existence by someone relieved of the necessity of rebirth? A) Nirvana. B) Valhalla. C) Avalon. D) Utopia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nirvana. 18. The Himalayas are on which continent? A) Australia. B) Africa. C) South America. D) Asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Asia. 19. If you take any number, double it, add 10, divide by 2, and subtract your original number, what will the answer be? A) The original number. B) 5. C) 10. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5. 20. How many compete on each sled in skeleton racing? A) 2. B) 1. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1. ← 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