This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 615 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 615 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does the Russian word "dacha" refer to? A) Unit of currency. B) A summer, or seasonal second, home. C) Small tree-dwelling rodent similar to squirrels. D) A saucepan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A summer, or seasonal second, home. 2. Which of these is an African gabbro and granodiorite monolith, an inselberg similar to the sandstone monolith Uluru/Ayers Rock in Australia? A) Zumwa, or Zuma, in Nigeria. B) Aso, in Nigeria. C) Iona's Tômbwa, Angola. D) Tsingy de Bemaraha, Madagascar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zumwa, or Zuma, in Nigeria. 3. What does the acronym START, a treaty signed on 31 July 1991 and effective from 5 December 1994, stand for? A) Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. B) Standard Agreement for Reunification and Trade. C) Special Treaty for American-Russian Transfers. D) Separate Treatment for Arsenal Recognition Treaty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. 4. In 1970, where did the authorities attempt to dispose of the rotting carcass of a beached sperm whale with explosives, which threw guts and chunks of whale flesh over 800 ft (up to 250 m) away? A) Santa Barbara, California. B) Miami Beach, Florida. C) Near Florence, Oregon. D) Gulf of Mexico, near New Orleans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Near Florence, Oregon. 5. Lotte Lenya, who played Rosa Klebb in "From Russia With Love" and the Contessa in "The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone", was married to whom? A) Leonard Bernstein. B) Michael Caine. C) Kurt Weill. D) Sean Connery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kurt Weill. 6. Which US state produces the most maple syrup? A) Washington. B) Vermont. C) New Mexico. D) Florida. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vermont. 7. The diet of dung beetles varies according to species, including the dung of herbivores and omnivores, mushrooms, decaying leaves, fruits, but in the case of one species what instead? A) Live millipedes. B) Aphids. C) Bones. D) Tree roots. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Live millipedes. 8. Which of these was a film starring Robert Carlyle, Ewan McGregor, Kelly Macdonald, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd and Ewen Bremner? A) Anoraks Unite. B) Trainspotting. C) Crewe Jumping. D) Paddington Bared. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trainspotting. 9. Which of these words refers to someone from Naples? A) Naploon. B) Napoleon. C) Neapolitan. D) Napoli. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neapolitan. 10. "RBT" is a reality TV series (first screened 2010) focussing on what? A) Random Breath Testing. B) Road Barrier Technology. C) Rural Buses and Transport. D) Rescue of Birds which are Threatened. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Random Breath Testing. 11. What branch of anthropology compares and analyses the origins, distribution, technology, religion, language, and social structure of the ethnic, racial, and/or national divisions of humanity? A) Embryology. B) Entomology. C) Etymology. D) Ethnology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ethnology. 12. What position did Boris Johnson hold from 4 May 2008 to 9 May 2016? A) Mayor of London. B) Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World. C) Bass guitarist for the Rolling Stones. D) Goalkeeper for Manchester United. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mayor of London. 13. What does the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom relate directly to? A) Its atomic number. B) The number of neutrons it has. C) Its size. D) Its willingness to form compounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Its atomic number. 14. When was the chart-topping single "Barbie Girl" released? A) 2007. B) 1957. C) 1927. D) 1997. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1997. 15. Which star shines brightest in Earth's sky? A) Sirius. B) Alpha Centauri. C) Rigel. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of these. 16. What is 17 year old New Zealander Lydia Ko's ranking in women's world golf at the start of 2015? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1. 17. Which of these characters appear in "Jabberwocky", a poem of nonsense verse by Lewis Carroll in "Through the Looking-Glass" ? A) Pooh and Piglet. B) The Owl and the Pussycat. C) One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish. D) The Jubjub bird and the Bandersnatch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Jubjub bird and the Bandersnatch. 18. Where are the Mendips? A) Wales. B) England. C) Sweden. D) Greece. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) England. 19. What was the title of Gracie Field's autobiography? A) Old Man River. B) Sing as we go. C) The White Cliffs of Dover. D) What an Aspidistra!. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sing as we go. 20. Which of these is most similar to blancmange? A) Floating islands. B) Panna cotta. C) Quenelles. D) Hippocras. 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