This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 624 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 624 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which country borders the transcontinental country of Panama to the south? A) Costa Rica. B) Peru. C) Colombia. D) Argentina. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Colombia. 2. When was the Melbourne Cup first officially raced? A) 1919. B) 1901. C) 1840. D) 1861. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1861. 3. What is the last name of "Oprah" ? A) Windy. B) Window. C) Winfrey. D) Wycherley. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Winfrey. 4. Which golfer was continuously ranked as the world's number one golfer on "McCormack's World Golf Rankings" from its inception in 1968 to 1977? A) Jack Nicklaus. B) Tiger Woods. C) Bob Charles. D) Bubba Watson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jack Nicklaus. 5. What is the medical term for a jawbone? A) Terrible. B) Tangible. C) Mandible. D) Manticore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mandible. 6. Zara Phillips, the daughter of Princess Anne of the UK, is associated most with which of these? A) Wig making. B) Board sailing. C) Singing. D) Horses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Horses. 7. Titicaca, which contains one of the highest freshwater lakes in the world, is populated by people who live exclusively on the Uros. What is that? A) A mountain peak at the south end of the lake. B) A peninsula. C) A group of 44 or so artificial islands made of floating reeds. D) A collection of stilt houses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A group of 44 or so artificial islands made of floating reeds. 8. Which of these people is most likely to use a monkey wrench? A) Draughtsman. B) Zookeeper. C) Abbot. D) Plumber. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plumber. 9. Which of these is an American jazz musician best known for playing the saxophone? A) Charlie Parker. B) Ray Brown. C) Milt Jackson. D) Shelly Manne. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Charlie Parker. 10. Amortisation is similar to ..... ? A) Embalming. B) Depreciation. C) Marriage. D) Bevelling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Depreciation. 11. "The Book of St Albans", 1486, partly written or assembled by Juliana Berners, said to have been the Benedictine prioress of the Priory of St. Mary of Sopwell near St Albans in Hertfordshire, is better known as ..... ? A) The Book of the City of Ladies. B) The Tragicomedy of Calisto and Melibea. C) The Book of Juliana Berners. D) The Book of Hawking, Hunting, and Blasing of Arms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Book of Hawking, Hunting, and Blasing of Arms. 12. Buenos Aires and Montevideo are sited on opposite sides of which river? A) The Orinoco. B) The Amazon. C) Elqui River. D) Rio de la Plata. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rio de la Plata. 13. What are the names of the late Michael Jackson's parents? A) Ozzie and Harriet. B) Joseph and Katherine. C) Vernon and Gladys. D) Calvin and Lula Mae. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joseph and Katherine. 14. Where does Sudan have a coastline? A) Mediterranean Sea. B) None, it is landlocked. C) Indian Ocean. D) Red Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red Sea. 15. South Africa, Australia and New Zealand were designated "Dominions" in the early part of which century? A) 18th. B) 19th. C) 21st. D) 20th. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 20th. 16. Which of these could not be not an "arabesque" ? A) A ballet position. B) A florid, decorative, melodic passage of music. C) A flowing and voluted acanthus composition in European or Byzantine art. D) An extravagantly decorated grotesque or artificial cave. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An extravagantly decorated grotesque or artificial cave. 17. "Braeburn" is a variety of what? A) Peach. B) Strawberry. C) Banana. D) Apple. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Apple. 18. Which phrase that first came to public attention as a U.S. television commercial for the Wendy's chain of hamburger restaurants in 1984 became associated with the 1984 U.S. presidential election when Walter Mondale ridiculed Gary Hart's candidacy? A) Think. B) Where's the beef?. C) Who's Got Big Buns?. D) Low fat formula. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Where's the beef?. 19. The Reisswitz game introduced in 1824 allowed players to do what? A) Simulate surgical operations. B) Simulate battles in real locations on terrain modelled naturally. C) Build cities. D) Simulate a football (soccer) game. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simulate battles in real locations on terrain modelled naturally. 20. Where have the World Snooker Championships been held since 1977? A) The Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, UK. B) Crystal Palace Sports Centre, London. C) Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London. D) Alexandra Palace, London. 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