This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 626 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 626 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What were first introduced in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in May 1, 1840, promoted by Rowland Hill? A) Dog licences. B) Parking meters. C) Traffic lights. D) Postage stamps. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Postage stamps. 2. Which Swiss national is a leading tennis player? A) Rafael Nadal. B) Novak Djokovic. C) Roger Federer. D) Andy Murray. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Roger Federer. 3. In a casino, what is the name of the box that holds multiple decks of playing cards? A) Slope. B) Cast. C) Shoe. D) Glove. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shoe. 4. Which of these sports has an event called the "omnium" ? A) Shooting. B) Fencing. C) Cycling. D) Swimming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cycling. 5. What product is derived from the distillation of wood, coal and shale? A) Methylated spirits. B) Turpentine. C) Creosote. D) China clay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Creosote. 6. Which of these is a book by John Steinbeck? A) Of Dogs and More Dogs. B) Of Rats and Girls. C) Of Mice and Men. D) Of Rabbits and Women. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Of Mice and Men. 7. What is the name for an expert on reptiles? A) Herpetologist. B) Iguanologist. C) Lisanthropist. D) Alligheny. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Herpetologist. 8. What is the main attraction at both Altamira and Lascaux? A) Embroidery museums. B) Waterfalls. C) Motor racing circuits. D) Cave paintings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cave paintings. 9. Who is the father of the twin boys born to Brooke Mueller on 14 March 2009? A) Pete Wentz. B) Brad Pitt. C) Tom Cruise. D) Charlie Sheen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Charlie Sheen. 10. Which of these words is sometimes applied to the conductor of an orchestra? A) Maestro. B) Bistro. C) Pistachio. D) Piccolo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maestro. 11. Lenny Bruce was in what field of entertainment in the 1960s? A) Musicals. B) Standup comedy. C) Folk music. D) Film direction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Standup comedy. 12. Who won a boxing match (by a majority judges' decision in eight rounds) with Joe Frazier's daughter, Jackie Frazier-Lyde, on 8 June 2001? A) Freeda Foreman. B) Laila Ali. C) Tracy Harris Patterson. D) Grill Foreman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Laila Ali. 13. During World War II the US and UK armies used bodies of, respectively, over 54, 000 and 250, 000 what, as part of their communication and/or delivery systems? A) Dolphins. B) Nannies. C) Homing pigeons. D) Dogs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Homing pigeons. 14. What is the state animal of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean? A) Robber crab. B) Leatherback turtle. C) Dugong, or sea cow. D) Komodo dragon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dugong, or sea cow. 15. Who of these is most associated with Fleetwood Mac? A) Debbie Harry. B) Stevie Nicks. C) Annie Lennox. D) Chrissie Hynde. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stevie Nicks. 16. The large wrinkled leaves of which plant provide digitalin, used in the treatment of heart conditions? A) Foxglove. B) Aspidistra. C) Nikau palm. D) Gladioli. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foxglove. 17. Which of these countries is the largest by area? A) Thailand. B) China. C) Israel. D) Singapore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) China. 18. Aeschylus, Greek religious thinker and playwright, was killed when a tortoise hit him on the head. How did the tortoise land there? A) It fell off a ledge above where he was sitting. B) It was thrown by a fellow dramatist. C) It was dropped by an eagle. D) It mistook him for a female tortoise and jumped at him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was dropped by an eagle. 19. KwaZulu-Natal is a province in which country? A) Botswana. B) Mozambique. C) Namibia. D) South Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) South Africa. 20. What name is given to an obstruction of an artery by a substance carried by the blood? A) Pericardium. B) Embolism. C) Endocardium. D) Aneurism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Embolism. ← 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