This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 645 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 645 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Rocky Mountains stretch over 3, 000 miles from New Mexico to where? A) California. B) New York. C) British Columbia. D) Paraguay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) British Columbia. 2. Where would a hamerkop be found? A) Around the top of a column. B) In a carpenter's toolbox. C) In heavily forested areas. D) In wetlands in Africa, Madagascar and the Arabian peninsula. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In wetlands in Africa, Madagascar and the Arabian peninsula. 3. What is the nickname of opera singer Lesley Garrett? A) The Doncaster Diva. B) The Soft Soprano. C) Lady Sol Fa. D) The Ersatz Italian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Doncaster Diva. 4. What is the term for the change in direction of a wavefront at an interface between two different media so that the wavefront returns into the medium from which it originated, common examples of which include the behaviour of light, sound and water waves? A) Defenestration. B) Gestation. C) Quotation. D) Reflection. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reflection. 5. The plot of which play by William Shakespeare, whereby the King of Sicilia becomes convinced that his wife and his childhood friend have committed adultery and are bearing a child, was taken from Robert Greene's "Pandosto" (1588), but given a happy ending? A) Troilus and Cressida. B) Love's Labour's Lost. C) The Winter's Tale. D) Pericles, Prince of Tyre. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Winter's Tale. 6. Harry Webb, who performs under the name of Cliff Richard, was born where? A) Australia. B) India. C) New Zealand. D) South Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) India. 7. The title of a 1999 film was "Being John ..... '' who? A) Malkovich. B) Deere. C) Wayne. D) Major. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Malkovich. 8. The two carotid arteries in mammals carry blood to where? A) Arms. B) Lungs. C) Brain, head and neck. D) Legs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain, head and neck. 9. Which of these is a Chinese dynasty? A) Ting. B) Ming. C) Bling. D) Sting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ming. 10. Which of these is a type of representation that has pictures representing syllables and words? A) Lexicon. B) Rhombus. C) Rebus. D) Graphite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rebus. 11. In 1903, the Tour de France first awarded what distinction for the last cyclist to finish the race? A) White cycling shorts. B) A red jersey. C) A yellow headlamp. D) Lanterne Rouge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lanterne Rouge. 12. What is the name given to the recurrent period of 28 years, whereby the days of the week recur on the same days of the month in any corresponding year? A) Semi cycle. B) Cosmic year. C) Solar cycle. D) Gregorian cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Solar cycle. 13. Meat is usually "hung" after the animal is killed to improve tenderness and flavour. The recommended time differs according to the meat; how long is the usual minimum for which beef is "hung" ? A) 45 days. B) 2 days. C) 6 hours. D) 10 to 11 days. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 10 to 11 days. 14. Golf was clearly popular in Scotland in 1457, when James II did what? A) Established the St Andrews Royal and Ancient Golf Club. B) Formalised the rules of the game. C) Banned it as an unwelcome distraction from learning archery. D) Gave patronage to a Highland dancing team, as a rival to golf's popularity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Banned it as an unwelcome distraction from learning archery. 15. Most of China lies on which tectonic plate? A) Yangtze. B) North American. C) Sunda. D) Eurasian. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eurasian. 16. How many "tribes of Israel" were there that descended from Jacob/Israel? A) 1. B) None. C) 12. D) 200. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 12. 17. "Dae Jang Geum" (2003), an internationally telecast TV series from South Korean TV channel MBC (entitled "Jewel in the Palace" in English-speaking countries) and loosely based on the Annals of Joseon Dynasty of Korea, focuses on a character with what occupation? A) Witch. B) Geisha. C) Physician. D) Courtesan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Physician. 18. A long running controversy between FIBA and Euroleague, which intensified in 2015-2017, involved which sport? A) Baseball. B) Basketball. C) Bundy. D) Badminton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Basketball. 19. The publication of which book by Salman Rushdie led to threats on his life by Ayatollah Khomeini? A) Midnight's Children. B) The Satanic Verses. C) Shame. D) The Jaguar Smile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Satanic Verses. 20. Who wrote the line "No man is an island entire of itself" ? A) William Wordsworth. B) John Donne. C) John Keats. D) George Orwell. 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