This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 658 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 658 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Senate of the Republic of Ireland is called the Seanad. What is the name of the House of Representatives? A) Diet. B) Althing. C) Dail. D) Repean. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dail. 2. Which of these is the name for a pear-shaped musical instrument made of metal or terracotta with a mouthpiece and eight finger holes? A) Ocarina. B) Harmonica. C) Piccolo. D) Cor Anglais. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ocarina. 3. Which of these numbers could be used in a binary number system? A) 12. B) 2. C) 0. D) 20. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 0. 4. What is the second longest river on the island of New Guinea? A) Fly. B) Mosquito. C) Bumble. D) Katydid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fly. 5. What was the fate of Tosca in Verdi's opera? A) She jumped to her death. B) She was beheaded. C) She goes mad and stabs herself. D) She was strangled by her husband. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She jumped to her death. 6. Which of these countries occupies almost half of the continent that it is on and has nearly half the population of that continent? A) Liberia. B) Australia. C) Mexico. D) Brazil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brazil. 7. Excluding digital forms, with what is the game of Patience (known as Solitaire in some countries) usually played? A) Dice. B) Ball and hoop. C) Cards. D) Counters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cards. 8. Which of these is a famous French playwright? A) Bruno Racine (1951-now). B) Louis Racine (1692-1763). C) RenΓ© Racine (1939-now). D) Jean Racine (1639-1699). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jean Racine (1639-1699). 9. Of which of these would be correct to use the phrase "was hanged" ? A) A parliament. B) A painting. C) A side of beef. D) A criminal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A criminal. 10. Who had a hit record in 1960 with the song "Poetry In Motion" ? A) Ricky Nelson. B) Johnny Tillotson. C) Gene Pitney. D) Roy Orbison. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Johnny Tillotson. 11. The first official World Cup for which sport, that requires navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain, was held in 1986? A) South Pacific. B) Westward Ho!. C) Orienteering. D) North by north-west. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Orienteering. 12. With which is a dastΔr associated? A) Sikhism. B) Rotisserie cooking. C) A lamprey. D) Divination. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sikhism. 13. Where is the headquarters of the Surrey County Cricket Club? A) Stanford Bridge. B) Lords. C) MCG. D) The Oval. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Oval. 14. Who was the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess of nature and mother of the earth, Demeter? A) Ops. B) Vesta. C) Ceres. D) Proserpina. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ceres. 15. What is Tursan? A) A VDQS for wine from a region in southwestern France. B) A turbot-like fish. C) A region in northwestern Iran. D) Cinders from a volcanic eruption. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A VDQS for wine from a region in southwestern France. 16. Rich mineral deposits in Mongolia, mined by e.g. Erdenet and Oyu Tolgoi, produce what? A) Cobalt. B) Rare earth minerals. C) Copper and gold. D) Salt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Copper and gold. 17. Which Venezuelan river has the same name as a Womble? A) Bungo. B) Tobermory. C) Orinoco. D) Wellington. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Orinoco. 18. Most of what Brazilian team died in a plane crash in November 2016 near to Medellin in Colombia? A) Canarinho, the national football team. B) Chapecoense, Chapeco's football team. C) Cheerleaders. D) National Capoeira team. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chapecoense, Chapeco's football team. 19. The fictional chain store Grace Brothers employed the characters in which British TV series? A) The Paradise. B) Are You Being Served?. C) Berkeley Square. D) Trollied. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are You Being Served?. 20. What is the country of origin of the cheese called "edam" ? A) USA. B) Greece. C) Netherlands. D) Wales. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Netherlands. β PreviousNext βRelated 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 π Back to Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books