This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 632 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 632 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Anton Gregorovitch Rubinstein, the 19th century musician who founded a conservatoire of music in St Petersburg, is associated with which instrument? A) Violin. B) Cello. C) Piano. D) Flute. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Piano. 2. What is the name of the line of latitude that is approximately 23 degrees 30 minutes North? A) Arctic Circle. B) Tropic of Capricorn. C) Equator. D) Tropic of Cancer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tropic of Cancer. 3. In 1954 the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) appointed the first of its Goodwill Ambassadors, who was ..... ? A) Sir Roger Moore. B) Audrey Hepburn. C) Danny Kaye. D) Robin Williams. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Danny Kaye. 4. Which of these could be described as a potentate? A) Linda Lovelace. B) Tsar of Russia. C) Viagara. D) Casanova. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tsar of Russia. 5. What is a Harvey Wallbanger? A) Alcoholic drink. B) Vintage car. C) Demolition expert. D) Rock music fan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alcoholic drink. 6. Which American was the first Western photographer allowed into the Soviet Union, the first female photojournalist for Life magazine, the first female war correspondent and the first to be allowed to work in combat zones during World War II? A) Barbara Gluck. B) Eve Arnold. C) Margaret Bourke-White. D) Martha Holmes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Margaret Bourke-White. 7. Where two or more species, sometimes related, co-exist in the same habitat at the same time how can they be described? A) Asymptotic. B) Parapatric. C) Allopatric. D) Syntopic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Syntopic. 8. An arctophile is a lover of what? A) Butterflies. B) Wine. C) Teddy bears. D) Whales. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Teddy bears. 9. What is the common name of the chemical NH3, which is found in cleaning products? A) Chlorine. B) Ammonia. C) Naphthalene. D) Turpentine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ammonia. 10. Which of these seas is not off the coast of North America? A) Caribbean Sea. B) Bering Sea. C) Labrador Sea. D) Timor Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Timor Sea. 11. What is the name of the Spanish island group in the Mediterranean Sea that includes Majorca, Minorca, Ibiza, Formentera and Cabrera? A) Bermuda. B) Balearic Islands. C) The Channel Islands. D) Samoa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Balearic Islands. 12. In the first 25 years after 1975-76 when the world snooker ranking system was established, 6 players were Number 1 at various times; among how many further players was the ranking shared in the next 23 years (including in the rolling format from 2010 on)? A) 5. B) None. C) 11. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5. 13. Which pair of films directed by Quentin Tarantino were originally conceived as one film? A) Pulp Fiction. B) Charlies Angels. C) The French Connection. D) Kill Bill. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kill Bill. 14. What is the base meaning of the word "duma", a Russian assembly with advisory or legislative functions, and the formal name of the lower house of the Russian national parliament? A) Body. B) Assembly. C) Thought, or deliberation. D) Law-making. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thought, or deliberation. 15. What is a name for the abstract study of topics such as quantity, structure, space, and change? A) Architecture. B) Numerology. C) Mathematics. D) Wargames. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mathematics. 16. What is the official Latin name for Switzerland, which translates as the "Swiss Confederation" ? A) Confoederatio Tahoma. B) Confoederatio Arial. C) Confoederatio Calibri. D) Confoederatio Helvetica. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Confoederatio Helvetica. 17. In 1988, 290 people were killed when an Iranian airliner was shot down by a ship belonging to what navy? A) Iraq. B) USA. C) UK. D) Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) USA. 18. In which area did the authors of "Spycatcher:The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer" (1987) describe themselves as working? A) NKVD. B) The CIA. C) The British intelligence community. D) Interpol. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The British intelligence community. 19. Malick Sidibé was internationally famous as a what? A) Architect. B) Footballer. C) Photographer. D) Dancer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Photographer. 20. What is special about many of the ants which belong to the tribe known as Attini? A) They are fungus-growing. B) They develop soldier ants. C) They have poisonous stings. D) They build conical nests above ground. 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