This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 664 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 664 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In Irish folklore, what do leprechauns make? A) Bagpipes. B) Shillelaghs. C) Shells. D) Shoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shoes. 2. What is the word used in Greek mythology for the underworld? A) Styx. B) Inferno. C) Hades. D) Valhallah. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hades. 3. When the Chicago Cubs baseball team won the 2016 World Series, it was the first World Series win for them since when? A) 1966. B) 1907. C) 1999. D) 1908. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1908. 4. Limited-overs day/night cricket matches are often referred to as what? A) T20i. B) ODI. C) White ball games. D) Premiership. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) White ball games. 5. Which of these is a very good hand in the game of cribbage? A) 4 fives and a Jack. B) A Jack and an ace. C) A three, a seven, a six and a King. D) Ace to 10 of hearts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4 fives and a Jack. 6. Which fictional detective was created by G K Chesterton? A) Father Brown. B) Hercule Poirot. C) Sherlock Holmes. D) Inspector Morse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Father Brown. 7. What do benthic communities consist of? A) People held together by a set of spiritual beliefs. B) Organisms that live on, in, or near the sediment at the bottom of a body of water. C) Groups such as athletes in a gymnasium. D) People supporting one another to combat addictions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Organisms that live on, in, or near the sediment at the bottom of a body of water. 8. What was the fictional TV family, with children named John, Jason, Mary Ellen, Erin, Benjamin, James Robert and Elizabeth, that first came to US TV screens in 1972? A) The Partridge Family. B) The Cowsills. C) The Brady Bunch. D) The Waltons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Waltons. 9. Which of these affects the eyes? A) Fibromyalgia. B) Pericarditis. C) Glaucoma. D) Arthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Glaucoma. 10. Solanine is a poison found in which of these? A) Peas. B) Carrots. C) Broccoli. D) Potatoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Potatoes. 11. Which country or territory has as its capital, the city of Nouakchott? A) Republic of Guinea. B) Republic of Benin. C) Republic of Maldives. D) Islamic Republic of Mauritania. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Islamic Republic of Mauritania. 12. Which is a description of the mathematical form known as a solid torus? A) Doughnut. B) Cylinder. C) Cube. D) Pyramid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Doughnut. 13. By the time the first explorers from the West reached the remote Chilean island of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in 1722, how long is it thought that the island had been settled? A) 1, 200 years. B) 6, 000 years. C) Between 500 and 900 years. D) It was uninhabited when the Western explorers arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Between 500 and 900 years. 14. Which of these is a shade of brown? A) Ecru. B) Sepia. C) Azure. D) Magenta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sepia. 15. What was the first name of de Gaulle, the first President of the French Fifth Republic from 1959 to 1969? A) Jaques. B) Charles. C) Henri. D) Claude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Charles. 16. What is the Russian rocket launch and development site in the Astrakhan Oblast, between Volgograd and Astrakhan, established in 1946? A) Kapustin Yar. B) Rasputin Car. C) Kalingrad. D) Yekaterinburg. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kapustin Yar. 17. In what discipline is the English artist (of Bangladeshi descent), Akram Khan, MBE, known? A) Opera. B) Puppet theatre. C) Dance and choreography. D) Architecture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dance and choreography. 18. What were the last words of Romeo in Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" ? A) Breaking up is hard to do. B) No man is an island. C) Don't mention the war. D) Thus with a kiss I die. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thus with a kiss I die. 19. With which sport is Michael Schumacher associated? A) Basketball. B) Motor racing. C) Gymnastics. D) Square dancing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motor racing. 20. Which bird has the widest wingspan? A) Condor. B) Eagle. C) Albatross. D) Vulture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Albatross. ← 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