This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 685 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 685 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The port city of Montevideo serves which country? A) Colombia. B) Argentina. C) Chile. D) Uruguay. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Uruguay. 2. How long is a polo pitch? A) 500 yards. B) 160 yards. C) 100 yards. D) 300 yards. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 300 yards. 3. "Let's Get It Started" (2003) by the Black Eyed Peas was originally recorded with what offensive word in the title, making it unsuitable for play on some radio stations and at sports games? A) Dis-farted. B) Sex-started. C) Departed. D) Retarded. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Retarded. 4. Gregor Johann Mendel, a 19th Century Augustinian priest and scientist, gained posthumous fame as the figurehead of which new science for his study of pea plants? A) Aeronautics. B) Astrophysics. C) Biochemistry. D) Genetics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Genetics. 5. Who was the feminist author of "The Women's Room", "The War Against Women", "Women's History of the World" and "From Eve to Dawn" ? A) Martha Fineman. B) Germaine Greer. C) Marilyn French. D) Marilyn Waring. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marilyn French. 6. What is a generic name for household linen? A) Newcastle. B) Birmingham. C) Liverpool. D) Manchester. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Manchester. 7. In the acronym PAL, used in the television industry, what does the "L" stand for? A) Line. B) Limit. C) Look. D) Learn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Line. 8. Which 19th century French novelist wrote books about "The Three Musketeers" ? A) Marquis de Sade. B) Alexandre Dumas. C) René Goscinny. D) Albert Camus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alexandre Dumas. 9. What disease caused US president Franklin D Roosevelt to use a wheelchair? A) Typhoid. B) Multiple sclerosis. C) Polio. D) Tuberculosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Polio. 10. What does the "MS" stand for in the name of the organisation IMSA founded in 2005? A) Multiple Sclerosis. B) Mind Sports. C) Marathon Sporting. D) Merino Shearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mind Sports. 11. What do the small Marañón, Apurímac and Mantaro Rivers (after joining and being joined by other rivers) become? A) Rio de la Plata. B) The Orinoco. C) The Amazon. D) The Paraná. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Amazon. 12. The Edinburgh Agreement, or Decision, in 1992 was reached to what? A) Allow Scotland to modify the Good Friday Agreement. B) Allow Scotland to accept the UK's decision to ratify the 1992 Maastricht Treaty. C) Remove the last barrier to the European Union's coming into effect shortly afterwards. D) Set up the devolved Scottish Government. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Remove the last barrier to the European Union's coming into effect shortly afterwards. 13. What was the name of the regular feature of the European motorsport calendar from 1927 to 1957 that was held 24 times in Italy? A) The Mille Miglia. B) Targa Florio. C) Giro de Sicilia. D) Mediterranean Grand Prix. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Mille Miglia. 14. What species of spiny lobster is probably the longest decapod crustacean in the world, growing to lengths of up to 60 centimetres (24 in)? A) Draycray. B) Burro lobster. C) Mule lobster. D) Packhorse crayfish. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Packhorse crayfish. 15. What needs to be added to the sum of the first three prime numbers to equal the fifth? A) 3. B) 2. C) 1. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1. 16. Which TV series, first released in 2009 and sparking several international versions and a number of spin-off series, follows the activities of a three generation family and a family friend in a fast-moving business established in 1989? A) Pawn Queens. B) Pawn Stars. C) Auction Kings. D) American Pickers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pawn Stars. 17. The old English law giving foresters the right to food, drink, and lodging from the inhabitants of a forest for their, their attendants', and their animals' maintenance is known by what term? A) Puture. B) Tallage. C) Seisin. D) Appanage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Puture. 18. The name of which floor or floors is often omitted in Chinese high-rise buildings and elevators? A) Thirteenth. B) Any which contain the number "four". C) Any which contain the number "one". D) Seventh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Any which contain the number "four". 19. Which co-presenter of a programme for car enthusiasts has also presented "Brainiac:Science Abuse", "The Gunpowder Plot:Exploding the Legend", "Blast Lab" and "Invisible Worlds" ? A) James May. B) Richard Hammond. C) The Stig. D) Jeremy Clarkson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Richard Hammond. 20. In which country is the 1, 418 square mi (3, 673 square km) Lake Tana? A) Sudan. B) Ethiopia. C) Somalia. D) Mozambique. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethiopia. ← 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