This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 684 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 684 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How is Body Mass Index (BMI) calculated? A) Weight related to age. B) Girth of the upper arm related to age. C) Weight related to height. D) Girth of the upper arm related to height. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weight related to height. 2. In musical notation, what is the name for the short lines drawn for notes that are too high or too low to fit on the stave? A) Ley lines. B) Way lines. C) Ledger lines. D) Tram lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ledger lines. 3. Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon and Lorne Geene starred in what long running TV series? A) Little House on the Prairie. B) Bonanza. C) The Virginian. D) Wagon Train. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bonanza. 4. Which part of the body would be treated if a patient was suffering from myopia? A) Back. B) Feet. C) Eyes. D) Throat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eyes. 5. In 2014 the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) at its Wales Summit officially affirmed what? A) Croatia and Albania as the 28th and 29th member countries. B) NATO would undertake defence of members against cyber attack. C) The end of the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative. D) Intensified international social media action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NATO would undertake defence of members against cyber attack. 6. With resonances of "Moby Dick", which Netflix film was directed by Chris Williams and stars the voices of Karl Urban, Zaris-Angel Hator, Jared Harris, and Marianne Jean-Baptiste? A) Big Hero 6. B) Glago's Guest. C) The Sea Beast. D) Moana. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Sea Beast. 7. Stratigraphy, in geologic terms, is the study of what? A) Rock formation. B) Rock layers and layering. C) Land forms. D) Continental collision. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rock layers and layering. 8. What word is used as a synonym for "gourmet", one who appreciates the culinary arts of fine food and drink? A) Epitome. B) Epicentre. C) Epiphany. D) Epicure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epicure. 9. Which country was represented by Hanni Wenzel, who won the women's giant slalom and slalom at the Lake Placid Winter Olympics in 1980? A) New Zealand. B) Switzerland. C) Liechtenstein. D) Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Liechtenstein. 10. English couple Fred and Rosemary West were famous as what? A) Animal trainers. B) Figure skaters. C) Scientific researchers. D) Serial killers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Serial killers. 11. In 1947 the United Nations granted which country the right to govern islands in Pacific as a Trust Territory? A) USA. B) Australia. C) Malaysia. D) Chile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) USA. 12. In deciding the value of a hand in a card game of Bridge before a bid is made, what value does the Milton Work Point Count assign a Jack, or Knave? A) 1. B) 4. C) 0.5. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1. 13. Where did the name "soccer" originate? A) USA. B) UK. C) New Zealand. D) Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) UK. 14. Sir Richard Burton, English explorer, geographer, diplomat, soldier and general modern Renaissance man, was the first European to see Lake Tanganyika but was also known for his enduring translation of what? A) Homer's Iliad. B) The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. C) The Thousand Nights and One Night. D) The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Thousand Nights and One Night. 15. Which actor debuted in US slasher film "Halloween" (1978)? A) Jamie Lee Curtis. B) Donald Pleasance. C) Nick Castle. D) Pamela Jayne Soles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jamie Lee Curtis. 16. Farthings were in use in England as coinage from the 13th century and ceased to be legal tender on 31 December 1960. How many of them were there in a pound (£1)? A) 960. B) 1920. C) 240. D) 480. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 960. 17. The meat is raw in what dish? A) Spare ribs. B) Porterhouse steak. C) Steak tartare. D) Rump steak. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Steak tartare. 18. What is the name of the prehistoric figure, of a man holding a club, that is carved into the chalk near Dorchester, England? A) Mr Blobby. B) Cerne Giant. C) Piltdown Man. D) Mr Clubby. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerne Giant. 19. Which English computer scientist and MIT professor implemented the first successful communication between an HTTP client and server via the Internet on 25 December 1990 and is credited with inventing the World Wide Web? A) Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee. B) Vinton Cerf. C) Yogen Dalal. D) Carl Sunshine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee. 20. Jean Claude van Damme has which of these nicknames? A) Muscles from Brussels. B) Hellman from Belgium. C) Da Mon from Bonne. D) Twerp from Antwerp. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Muscles from Brussels. ← 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