This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 620 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 620 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What language does the word "Nakba" come from? A) Japanese. B) Israeli. C) Hindi. D) Arabic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arabic. 2. In climbing and mountaineering, where are crampons worn? A) Hands. B) Head. C) Feet. D) Knees. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Feet. 3. Who, in 1949, became Premier and Foreign Minister of the first all-China Communist government? A) Mao Tse-Tung. B) Zhou En-Lai. C) Chiang Kai-Shek. D) Kim Il Jong. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zhou En-Lai. 4. What disaster occurred on the San Andreas Fault in 1906? A) Great Chicago Fire. B) Fire of Moscow. C) Kobe earthquake. D) San Francisco earthquake. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) San Francisco earthquake. 5. Beachy Head overlooks what stretch of sea? A) English Channel. B) North Sea. C) Black Sea. D) Tasman Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) English Channel. 6. Which newspaper, originally called "The Daily Universal Register" was founded by John Walter in 1785? A) The Sun. B) The Guardian. C) The Observer. D) The Times. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Times. 7. Sunspots on the sun are the result of what? A) Magnetism. B) Flares. C) Nearby swarms of asteroids. D) Concentrations of helium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Magnetism. 8. When German forces sank the ocean liner RMS Lusitania towards the end of her voyage from New York to Liverpool, on 7 May 1915, what did her manifest show her as carrying, in addition to 1, 960 passengers, stowaways, musicians and crew? A) 400 horses and 1, 200 sabres. B) 300 tons of munitions. C) Parts to build 10 submarines. D) US$ 5, 000 in bullion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 300 tons of munitions. 9. What fictional village was the setting for Dylan Thomas's "Under Milkwood", a 1954 play for radio later adapted for the stage? A) Llareggub. B) At Swim-Two-Birds. C) Dylath-Leen. D) Puckoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Llareggub. 10. What is someone who has podophilia attracted to? A) Plants. B) Children. C) Feet. D) Public speaking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Feet. 11. Who directed the films "Miracle's Boys", "Inside Man", "When The Levees Broke:A Requiem in Four Acts", "Miracle at St. Anna", "Passing Strange" and "Kobe Doin' Work" ? A) Spike Lee. B) Clint Eastwood. C) Ron Howard. D) Quentin Tarantino. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spike Lee. 12. Which dynasty, lasting from 907 to 1125 CE, ruled present-day Mongolia and portions of the Russian Far East, northern Korea, and northern China including all of Manchuria? A) Qing. B) Ming. C) Liao. D) Tang. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Liao. 13. Where did Emad El-Din Mohamed Abdel Moneim Fayed, driven by Henri Paul, and accompanied by Trevor Rees-Jones die in a car crash on 31 August 1997? A) Sidi Daoud, Algeria. B) Pont de l'Alma Tunnel, Paris, France. C) Marble Arch, London, UK. D) Gaza Strip, Palestine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pont de l'Alma Tunnel, Paris, France. 14. The Chinese artist Zhang Huan, also in New York, USA, works in what field? A) Sculpture. B) Painting and performance art. C) Poetry. D) Playing cello. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Painting and performance art. 15. The English mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer Charles Dodgson lectured in mathematics at Christ Church, Oxford, England, but was more widely known for writing what two books?. A) A Book of Nonsense, and The Quangle-Wangle's Hat. B) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and Through the Looking-Glass. C) White Fang, and The Call of the Wild. D) Vanity Fair, and The Luck of Barry Lyndon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and Through the Looking-Glass. 16. What specially built city has been the capital of Nigeria since 1991, when it was moved from Lagos? A) Accra. B) Abuja. C) Dakar. D) Libreville. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abuja. 17. What is the nationality of former UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali? A) Swedish. B) Egyptian. C) English. D) Indian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Egyptian. 18. Who is the next in this series:Julie Stevens, Honor Blackman, Diana Rigg, Linda Thorson ..... ? A) Joanna Lumley. B) Julia Roberts. C) Jennifer Saunders. D) Jane Mansfield. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joanna Lumley. 19. What relation are Billy Ray Cyrus and Miley Cyrus to each other? A) Uncle and niece. B) Brother and sister. C) Father and daughter. D) Son and mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Father and daughter. 20. What happened to Mr Creosote in Monty Python's "The Meaning of Life" ? A) He exploded. B) He was run over by a car. C) He was shot dead. D) He died in childbirth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He exploded. ← 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