This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 680 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 680 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In 2017 the new president of the USA, Donald Trump, had wars of words on social media with many people but the social media war with which person particularly disturbed many countries outside America? A) Theresa May, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. B) Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London. C) Kim Jong Un, supreme leader of North Korea. D) James Comey, ex-Director of the FBI. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kim Jong Un, supreme leader of North Korea. 2. In the British TV series "Til Death Do Us Part", who played Alf Garnett's wife? A) Joan Sims. B) Dandy Nichols. C) June Whitfield. D) Jean Alexander. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dandy Nichols. 3. Which fruit is used to make cider? A) Pineapples. B) Bananas. C) Avocados. D) Apples. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Apples. 4. Which English MP, Chief Secretary to the Admiralty under King Charles II and King James II, kept a detailed private diary during 1660-1669 which contained personal revelations and eyewitness accounts of great events and, after publication in the 19th century, became a primary source for study of the English Restoration period? A) William Pitt the Elder. B) James Boswell. C) Oscar Wilde. D) Samuel Pepys. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Samuel Pepys. 5. The term "Nordic" means relating to what area? A) Australasia. B) Iberian peninsula. C) Polynesia. D) Scandinavia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scandinavia. 6. "Song and Dance" which premièred in 1982 is performed in two acts, one entirely song and the other entirely dance, both to music composed by whom? A) John Williams. B) William Walton. C) Leonard Bernstein. D) Andrew Lloyd Webber. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Andrew Lloyd Webber. 7. Which Beatle invested heavily in Handmade Films, the production company that made "Life Of Brian", "Monty Python In Search Of The Holy Grail" and "A Fish Called Wanda" ? A) John Lennon. B) George Harrison. C) Ringo Starr. D) Paul McCartney. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) George Harrison. 8. When was the first international championship, the World Cup, of One Day International (ODI) cricket held? A) 1981. B) 2021. C) 1975. D) 1973. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1973. 9. In which year was artist Pablo Picasso born? A) 1881. B) 1981. C) 1681. D) 1781. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1881. 10. Which school of thought is a manifestation in Islam of the rites, values, doctrines and institutions of mysticism, or ethical and spiritual goals? A) Druze. B) Madhhab. C) Jahmis. D) Sufi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sufi. 11. In the sport of curling what is meant by "to wick the stone" ? A) Draw off water under it by capillary action. B) Touch a stationary stone with the stone just enough for the played stone to change direction. C) Make it lively, or vigorous. D) Observe it out of the corner of an eye. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Touch a stationary stone with the stone just enough for the played stone to change direction. 12. The archipelago of Indonesia was colonialised for about 4 centuries as a major trade prize. When did it finally gain fully recognised independence? A) 1920. B) 1949. C) 1965. D) 1812. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1949. 13. Which of these is not a member of the group of vitamins called Vitamin B? A) Tetrahydrocannabinol. B) Thiamine. C) Riboflavin. D) Niacin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tetrahydrocannabinol. 14. Where did the Nasrid Dynasty rule from 1230 to 1492, the last Muslim dynasty to do so? A) Castille in Spain. B) Andalusia in Spain. C) Granada in Spain. D) Portugal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Granada in Spain. 15. Where is Montevideo? A) Portugal. B) Peru. C) Uruguay. D) New Guinea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Uruguay. 16. Where was the world's tallest road bridge opened in December 2004? A) China. B) Thailand. C) France. D) Colorado, USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) France. 17. Ratatouille is native to which country? A) Italy. B) Hungary. C) France. D) Portugal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) France. 18. Bishops Hugh Latimer & Nicholas Ridley, and Archbishop Thomas Cranmer were tried for heresy in 1555 and burnt at the stake. By what name are they collectively known? A) The Reformers. B) The Anglican Tigers. C) The Burning Bishops. D) The Oxford Martyrs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Oxford Martyrs. 19. What is the largest island of Denmark, that includes the cities of Copenhagen and Helsingǿr? A) Zealand. B) Fünen. C) Laaland. D) Bornholm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zealand. 20. What is a hangnail? A) Infected tissue at the side or base of a fingernail or toenail. B) Piece of torn tissue lying beside a fingernail or toenail. C) Longitudinally ridged fingernail. D) Over-curved toenail. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Piece of torn tissue lying beside a fingernail or toenail. ← 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