This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 614 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 614 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which controversial and passionate Australian conservationist died unexpectedly in 2006? A) Steve Rogers. B) Paul Hogan. C) Peter Brock. D) Steve Irwin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Steve Irwin. 2. Which of these cities is closest to Rome? A) Canberra. B) Geneva. C) New York. D) Dunedin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geneva. 3. What dish derives from the Portuguese dish "Carne de Vinha d' Alhos" (pork preserved in red wine or red wine vinegar, chili pepper, and stewed with garlic) which was brought to Goa and evolved into the a dish of meat, usually lamb, with wine and garlic plentiful amounts of spice? A) Cham cham. B) Vindaloo. C) Shami Kebab. D) Pakhaal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vindaloo. 4. What kind of land is in the Badghyz and Karabil ecoregion north of the central mountain ranges of Afghanistan and in southeast Turkmenistan and parts of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan? A) Steppes and grasslands. B) Tundra. C) Rainforest. D) Savannah-like semi-desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Savannah-like semi-desert. 5. What is the setting for the Alfred Hitchcock film "The Birds" ? A) Black Lake, Maine. B) Amity Island, New England. C) Haddonfield, Illinois. D) Bodega Bay, California. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bodega Bay, California. 6. What is the largest city in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada? A) Prince Albert. B) Saskatoon. C) Regina. D) Moose Jaw. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saskatoon. 7. In what month is Independence Day celebrated in the USA? A) August. B) November. C) January. D) July. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) July. 8. "Politics and sport should not mix" is often heard, but for the 1920 Olympics the line seems to have been blurred, at least, with what effect? A) The Games orchestra refused to play the German and Austrian national anthems. B) The nations blamed by the Allies for starting WW I were banned from the Games. C) The audiences booed any German athlete. D) The newly formed Soviet Union was not invited. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The nations blamed by the Allies for starting WW I were banned from the Games. 9. The famous armless statue of Venus, or Aphrodite, was first discovered in CE times (in 1820 CE) in what ancient city ruins? A) Nice. B) Verona. C) Milos. D) Syracuse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Milos. 10. Which of these is an earlier name for the game of darts? A) Trots. B) Butts. C) Flags. D) Trugs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Butts. 11. Who was the 2014 World Snooker Champion? A) Mark Selby. B) Ronnie O'Sullivan. C) John Higgins. D) Mark Williams. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mark Selby. 12. The merger of which two airlines, to create the world's 3rd largest airline in terms of annual revenue, was confirmed on 8 April 2010? A) Singapore Airlines & Qantas. B) British Airways & Iberia. C) Cathay Pacific & Interjet. D) Jetstar Airways & Ryanair. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) British Airways & Iberia. 13. When and where did water skiing first develop as a sport? A) 1925, Australia. B) 1938, UK. C) 1932, Canada. D) 1922, USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1922, USA. 14. What did the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk in March 1918 end? A) A threatened UK invasion of Russia. B) Russian neutrality in World War I. C) Russia's participation in World War I. D) German invasion of Poland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Russia's participation in World War I. 15. In the opening ceremony of the 1976 Summer Olympics which team carried a flag including a black ribbon? A) Israel. B) UK. C) Nicaragua. D) Papua New Guinea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Israel. 16. What is the next in the series:Yamoussoukro, Accra, LomΓ© ..... ? A) Porto-Novo. B) Bamako. C) Abuja. D) YaoundΓ©. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Porto-Novo. 17. From 1976 onwards, refugees seeking asylum were called "boat people" in the country they were trying to reach and mostly refused asylum. Which country was that? A) Japan. B) Chile. C) Australia. D) Manchuria. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Australia. 18. Who was the female lead in the film "Leprechaun" ? A) Courteney Cox. B) Lisa Kudrow. C) Christina Applegate. D) Jennifer Aniston. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jennifer Aniston. 19. Which river runs through the cities of St. Louis, Saint Charles, Jefferson City and Kansas City? A) Nile. B) Orinoco. C) Missouri. D) Yangtze. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Missouri. 20. The Crusaders from western Europe during their fourth crusade destroyed what major Orthodox Christian city in 1204? A) Kiev. B) Caesarea. C) Constantinople. D) Nicaea. 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