This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 68 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 68 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In western astrology what is a trine? A) An angle of 120 degrees. B) An astrological mechanism. C) A small wooden object which affects a forecast. D) A star chart. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An angle of 120 degrees. 2. When were barcodes as a system of reading product information first developed for commercial use? A) 1970s. B) 1980s. C) 1940s. D) 1960s. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1940s. 3. Which of the following have never been Prime Minister of Great Britain? A) Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. B) Sir Robert Walpole. C) Spencer Perceval. D) William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. 4. Gibbons are mostly native to which continent? A) Africa. B) Asia. C) Australia. D) South America. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asia. 5. At 400 km in length, what is the world's longest glacier? A) Fox Glacier, New Zealand. B) Lambert Glacier, Antarctica. C) Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. D) Aconcagua, Argentina. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lambert Glacier, Antarctica. 6. The game "Obduction" released in 2016 by Cyan is in the same mood as which game, a game also by Cyan released in 1993? A) Myst. B) Duke Nukem II. C) Doom. D) Sonic Spinball. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myst. 7. Which of these is a common synthetic compound that, from 1878 to 1950, was derived from toluene extracted from coal tar? A) Aluminium. B) Nylon. C) Teflon. D) Saccharin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saccharin. 8. What is the national anthem of Vanuatu? A) God of Nations. B) Yumi, Yumi, Yumi. C) Sea, Sea, Sea. D) Happy, Happy, Happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yumi, Yumi, Yumi. 9. Which of these historic sites is in San Antonio, Texas, USA? A) The Alamo. B) Arlington Cemetery. C) Bull Run. D) Plymouth Rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Alamo. 10. Humidity measures the quantity of water vapour in the air as a percentage by ..... what? A) Height. B) Weight. C) Volume. D) Width. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Volume. 11. On 31 October 1941, the USS Reuben James, a post-World War I four-funnelled Clemson-class destroyer, became the first US Navy ship to do what? A) Sink a German U Boat. B) Successfully cross the Atlantic during World War II. C) Be sunk by hostile action in World War II. D) Support a major deep-sea diving operation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Be sunk by hostile action in World War II. 12. When did the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the bill of rights entrenched in Canadian law as part of the Constitution Act, come into force? A) 1982. B) 1960. C) 1947. D) 1993. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1982. 13. In 1840 a two masted square rigged gunship, the HMS Britomart under Commander Owen Stanley, was sent to Akaroa on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. For what reason? A) To forestall an armed French claim to sovereignty over the South Island. B) To take the Treaty of Waitangi, newly signed in the north, for signing by South Island Maori. C) For military exercises with the French. D) To serve as a whaler. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To forestall an armed French claim to sovereignty over the South Island. 14. A valance is designed to do what? A) Conceal "unsightly" services or structure. B) Attract similar substances. C) Display a totem. D) Manage expectations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conceal "unsightly" services or structure. 15. What term was used when 15 members of a US sports team were allowed to enter mainland China after a period of over 20 years in which Americans, except on very rare occasions, had been denied visas? A) Footballs across the sea. B) Basketball friendship. C) Hockey wooing. D) Ping pong diplomacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ping pong diplomacy. 16. The Kermadec Islands in the Pacific are part of the territory of what country? A) Chile. B) Australia. C) New Zealand. D) France. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) New Zealand. 17. In a Facebook vote early in 2013 about Monopoly, which of these was voted among the four least popular tokens? A) Thimble. B) Battleship. C) Top Hat. D) Racing car. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thimble. 18. The TV series Bonanza was set in which state? A) Nevada. B) Oklahoma. C) Texas. D) New Mexico. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nevada. 19. When did the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), formerly the governing body of cricket in England and across the world, pass most of its global functions to the International Cricket Council (ICC)? A) 1993. B) 1788. C) 1880. D) 1946. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1993. 20. Which of these is a migratory bird? A) Goforit. B) Quick. C) Speedy. D) Swift. 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