This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 672 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 672 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In September 2022 two major gas-carrying pipes under the Baltic Sea did what? A) Fell apart. B) Attracted a swarm of giant squid. C) Floated to the surface. D) Exploded. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exploded. 2. Many of the characters' names in what 2014 UK TV crime drama, set in Northern Ireland, are inspired by brands of guitars? A) The Crimson Petal and the White. B) The Fall. C) Happy Valley. D) Line of Duty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Fall. 3. What is the real first name of the pop star Madonna? A) Madonna. B) Veronica. C) Louise. D) Ciccone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Madonna. 4. How many geographic Poles are there related to the planet Earth? A) 4. B) 2. C) 10. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 10. 5. Where are the ski slopes of Cerro Castor (Castor Mount)? A) The North Island, New Zealand. B) Pyrenees, Spain. C) Ushaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. D) ValparaΓso, Chile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ushaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. 6. What name is primarily used in British English for red wine from the Bordeaux region of France? A) Pinot noir. B) Beaujolais. C) Claret. D) Chardonnay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Claret. 7. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, once managing director of the International Monetary Fund and a candidate for election as President of France, was dogged with accusations of what? A) Financial corruption. B) Illegal sexual activity. C) Bankruptcy. D) Racism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Illegal sexual activity. 8. What is the highest mountain on the continent of Australia? A) Mount Augustus. B) Kosciuszko. C) Kilimanjaro. D) Uluru (Ayers Rock). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kosciuszko. 9. Altogether, how many strings are there on the four instruments in a traditional string quartet? A) 17. B) 18. C) 20. D) 16. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 16. 10. What is the family name of the North Korean head of state? A) King. B) Kay. C) Ken. D) Kim. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kim. 11. Which is the longest of these wild cats, measured from head to base of tail? A) Ocelot (native to Central and South America). B) Caracal (native to Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and India). C) Serval (native to Africa). D) Bobcat (native to North America). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bobcat (native to North America). 12. Where is the Rwenzori mountain range? A) Tanzania. B) Kenya. C) Democratic Republic of the Congo / Uganda. D) Zambia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Democratic Republic of the Congo / Uganda. 13. Which British Prime Minister introduced "the welfare state" to the UK? A) Attlee. B) Baldwin. C) Lloyd George. D) Wilson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attlee. 14. Which of these was NOT a country that fought against Great Britain during the US War of Independence? A) France. B) Finland. C) Spain. D) Netherlands. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Finland. 15. What was the occupation of Rick Grimes prior to the coma from which he wakes to find most of the world's people are now zombies, in the TV series "The Walking Dead" (2010-now)? A) Sheriff's deputy. B) Sheriff. C) Forensic scientist. D) Police captain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sheriff's deputy. 16. Piles is a familiar word for what medical condition? A) Haemorrhoids. B) Haemoptysis. C) Haemophilia. D) Haemorrhage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haemorrhoids. 17. What word describes the situation where someone has to choose between two difficulties, and to choose either would have an equally unpleasant outcome? A) Confusion. B) Woofterism. C) Crisis. D) Dilemma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dilemma. 18. What are the first words of The Gettysburg Address, a speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War? A) When in the course of human events . B) Four score and seven years ago . C) Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed . D) To be or not to be, that is the question . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Four score and seven years ago . 19. What is the world's largest international hospitality education institution with 29 schools on 5 continents? A) Γcole des trois gourmandes. B) Le cordon bleu. C) French Culinary Institute. D) Open University, UK. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Le cordon bleu. 20. The national holiday celebrated in the USA on 4 July each year is to commemorate events surrounding which war? A) American Civil War. B) American War of Independence. C) Korean War. D) World War I. 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