This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 622 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 622 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A World Team Cup first held in 1987 and, since 1991, biennially in (among others) Australia, the USA, Germany, Japan, New Zealand is in what sport? A) Cheese rolling. B) Wife carrying. C) Boomerang throwing. D) Gumboot throwing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Boomerang throwing. 2. Which film about figure skaters starred Jon Heder and Will Ferrell? A) The Silver Skates. B) Blades of Glory. C) Two For The Road. D) Napoleon and Josephine Dynamite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blades of Glory. 3. In 2005, who became the youngest Formula One Champion Racing Driver at the age of 24? A) Lewis Hamilton. B) Fernando Alonso. C) Kimi Raikkonen. D) Jacques Villeneuve. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fernando Alonso. 4. The clove hitch, the reef and the granny are types of what? A) Cow. B) Boat. C) Beer. D) Knot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Knot. 5. Which series first released on Netflix in 2019, co-created by and starring Natasha Lyonne, received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations in its first season? A) Veep. B) I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson. C) Russian Doll. D) The Marvelous Mrs Maisel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Russian Doll. 6. What is a holobiont? A) An animal in its complete medical, mental and social context. B) A superorganism. C) A fertilised egg which has been completely divided into distinct parts. D) Any fungus, muticellular protist, animal or plant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Any fungus, muticellular protist, animal or plant. 7. Which of the four Gospels in the Christian New Testament is not a synoptic gospel? A) Mark. B) Matthew. C) John. D) Luke. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John. 8. Where was Harris Tweed originally produced? A) Inner Hebrides. B) Outer Hebrides. C) Shetland Islands. D) The Orkneys. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Outer Hebrides. 9. Who was the sister of film actress Joan Fontaine? A) Elizabeth Taylor. B) Ava Gardner. C) Olivia De Havilland. D) Joan Collins. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Olivia De Havilland. 10. What kind of vegetation grows in taiga? A) Conifers. B) Palms. C) Ground-hugging shrubs. D) Mangroves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conifers. 11. Which of these is a thorn? A) Sharp modified leaves. B) A sharp, often hooked, extrusion from a plant's skin. C) The letter represented in modern English by a "y". D) A weapon to protect against rape. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The letter represented in modern English by a "y". 12. What are Quetrupillán, Lanín and Rucapillán in Chile? A) High altitude saline lakes. B) Large stratovolcanoes. C) Gold mines. D) Astronomical observatories. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Large stratovolcanoes. 13. What are found in only two places in Africa:on Mt Kilimanjaro and Mt Kenya? A) Waterfalls. B) Igneous rocks. C) Deposits of gold. D) Glaciers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Glaciers. 14. The Flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) is small, elaborately shaped, spectacularly colourful, and also what? A) Venomous. B) Poisonous. C) Hermaphrodite. D) Found primarily in Antarctic waters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poisonous. 15. Where is the pituitary gland? A) Brain. B) Liver. C) Kidney. D) Spleen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain. 16. Curcumin is the main active ingredient in what spice? A) Saffron. B) Cumin. C) Ginger. D) Turmeric. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Turmeric. 17. Which expression is associated with the sinking of the HMS Birkenhead at Gansbaai near Cape Town, South Africa, in February 1852? A) Gotcha!!!. B) Women and children first. C) Tell the orchestra to play on. D) Look out below!. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Women and children first. 18. From what are capers obtained? A) Nettle leaves. B) Fish roe. C) Flower buds. D) Lemon rind. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flower buds. 19. What is the surname of sisters and singers Dannii and Kylie? A) Minogue. B) Tennant. C) Bhoy. D) DeVito. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Minogue. 20. Which of these countries is the smallest by area? A) East Timor. B) Lebanon. C) Qatar. D) New Caledonia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lebanon. ← 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