This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 643 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 643 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Kodiak bear is native to which continent? A) Europe. B) Africa. C) Australia. D) North America. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) North America. 2. In literature, what is the word for a person, or a group of people who oppose the main character, or the main characters (in simple terms, "the villain")? A) Prototype. B) Protagonist. C) Antithesis. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antagonist. 3. Which of these is a type of necklace? A) Anklet. B) Signet. C) Pendant. D) Bangle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pendant. 4. In which sea is the British overseas territory of Montserrat? A) Aegean. B) Caribbean. C) South China. D) Caspian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Caribbean. 5. The islands of Funen, Zealand, Bornholm, Lolland, Falster, Mors and Langeland belong to which nation? A) Netherlands. B) Denmark. C) Sweden. D) Estonia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denmark. 6. Britain's second-longest-running TV serial has been running, as at the end of 2015, for how many years? A) 55. B) 43. C) 45. D) 40. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 43. 7. The film "Singin' in the Rain" served at least partly as a means of showcasing and giving longer life to songs written for MGM films during 1929 to 1939 by whom? A) Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. B) Betty Comden and Adolph Green. C) Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown. D) Jerome Kern and George Grossmith Jr. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown. 8. Izanagi and Izanami are part of the creation mythology of what country? A) Norway. B) Argentina. C) Japan. D) Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Japan. 9. What is the subject of the "Roman de la Rose" written in the 13th and 14th centuries? A) Chivalric or courtly love. B) Gardening. C) Medical remedies. D) The Battle of Roncevaux Pass and the death of Roland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chivalric or courtly love. 10. Who of these are native to the northern hemisphere? A) Aborigines. B) Magyars. C) Maoris. D) Zulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Magyars. 11. What is unusual about the Saint Pierre and Miquelon Islands, which are only 25 km (16 miles) south of Newfoundland? A) They are French territory. B) They have the same time zone as Chicago. C) They are the northernmost point of the USA. D) They are the southernmost point of Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They are French territory. 12. The devastating volcanic events in the area known as the Siberian Traps happened about how many years ago? A) 600. B) 6, 000. C) Over a period of 2 million years about 251 million years ago. D) 2, 500. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Over a period of 2 million years about 251 million years ago. 13. In April 2009, who was found guilty of the murder of Lana Clarkson? A) George Martin. B) Guy Richie. C) Phil Spector. D) O J Simpson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phil Spector. 14. What is the largest city in the province of New Brunswick, Canada? A) Moncton. B) Bathurst. C) Fredericton. D) Saint John. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moncton. 15. What was the title of Martin Scorsese's 2008 documentary about the Rolling Stones? A) Laundromat Blues. B) Shine a Light. C) Happy. D) You Can't Always Get What You Want. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shine a Light. 16. What is commemorated in Great Britain by Trafalgar Day every 21 October, and by the name of Trafalgar Square in London? A) The first colony in Africa. B) A 19th century sea battle. C) A 20th century land battle. D) Advances in medical science. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A 19th century sea battle. 17. Why did the original Globe Theatre in London burn to the ground in 1613 during a performance of William Shakespeare's Henry VIII when the theatre's roof ignited? A) A cigarette was dropped in the gallery. B) A cannon, used for special effects, misfired. C) A candle used for stage lighting fell into straw. D) Gunpowder was ignited as a terrorist act. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A cannon, used for special effects, misfired. 18. What was the surname of English 20th century siblings:Edith, a poetess who led a movement in contemporary poetry, Osbert, the author of poems, satires, novels and essays, and Sacheverell, an author of books on history and travel? A) Sitwell. B) Sackville-West. C) Bronte. D) Redgrave. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sitwell. 19. What NZ thoroughbred racehorse, foaled in 1925 by the brood mare Marsa and the sire of Phar Lap, was the first horse to win both the Melbourne Cup and Cox Plate in the same year? A) Phar Lap. B) Night Raid. C) Nightmarch. D) White Nose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nightmarch. 20. Who is thought to have first invented gunpowder? A) Chinese alchemists. B) Swedish engineers. C) Sri Lankan inventors. D) Saudi Arabian military. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chinese alchemists. ← 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