This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 687 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 687 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The London Marathon involves what? A) Running. B) Car rallying. C) Cycling. D) Swimming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Running. 2. Of those currently independent, which country was the first to give (and not subsequently revoke) full voting rights country-wide to women? A) Canada. B) New Zealand. C) Norway. D) Switzerland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) New Zealand. 3. What is the chemical symbol for tin? A) Fe. B) T. C) Sn. D) Mg. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sn. 4. The names of how many US states begin with "M" ? A) 4. B) 8. C) 2. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 8. 5. What name is given to the declaration of aims and policies of a political party before an election? A) Embargo. B) Manifesto. C) Mango. D) Winnebago. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Manifesto. 6. Who is the Egyptian princess, the competing love interest to Aida in the Verdi opera of that name? A) Nefertiti. B) Amneris. C) Cleopatra. D) Sekhmet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amneris. 7. Since the first World Championship for Golf Croquet (singles), in 1996, players from which country have been represented most as champions and runners-up? A) New Zealand. B) Scotland. C) Egypt. D) Wales. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Egypt. 8. Which of these are sacred Hindu books, of which there are around 160, wherein teachings are mostly in the form of conversations between Shiva and Durga? A) Korans. B) Tantras. C) Talmuds. D) Bibles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tantras. 9. To qualify for entry in the Iditarod Trail sled dog race a musher must have completed one of a number of stringent sled dog races or trials, and what else? A) Met standards in physical and mental aptitude, preparedness, wilderness and mushing skills. B) Be under 50 years old. C) Have at least one substitute sled available if needed. D) Demonstrated wilderness and mushing skills. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Met standards in physical and mental aptitude, preparedness, wilderness and mushing skills. 10. What term, used by US President George W. Bush in November 2002, came to refer to the countries who supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq and subsequent military presence in post-invasion Iraq since 2003? A) Attack Force. B) Friends of the USA. C) Coalition of the Willing. D) The Alliance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coalition of the Willing. 11. What object was unveiled outside John Lennon Airport, Liverpool, in 2005? A) Glass onion. B) Yellow submarine. C) Walrus. D) Blackbird. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yellow submarine. 12. Before the capital of Japan was established in present day Kyoto by the Heian Emperor Kanmu in 794 CE, where was the previous capital? A) Edo. B) Nara. C) Tokyo. D) Naniwa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nara. 13. Which is the youngest of these New Zealand actresses? A) Keisha Castle-Hughes. B) Melanie Lynskey. C) Anna Paquin. D) Kerry Fox. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Keisha Castle-Hughes. 14. This actor left their country of birth at 4, won an Oscar at the age of 11 with a film from the country they moved to, moved to the USA at the age of 13 and continued to win awards in film or television. What was their country of birth? A) Ireland. B) New Zealand. C) UK. D) Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Canada. 15. The ship Andrea Gail features in which 1997 book and 2000 film? A) Cast Away. B) The Perfect Storm. C) Erin Brockovich. D) U-571. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Perfect Storm. 16. Who perfected a process in 1880 for making sensitive gelatine dry plates for photography, and patented photographic roll film in 1884? A) Louis Daguerre. B) George Eastman. C) Frederick Scott Archer. D) Gabriel Lippmann. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) George Eastman. 17. Which state of the USA is divided into 64 parishes in the same way that 48 of the other states are divided into counties? A) North Dakota. B) Tennessee. C) Oklahoma. D) Louisiana. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Louisiana. 18. In what country is the Phinda Game Reserve, which includes some of the world's rare sand forest? A) Namibia. B) Madagascar. C) Kenya. D) South Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) South Africa. 19. The song "Send In The Clowns" is from which musical? A) A Little Night Music. B) The King And I. C) My Fair Lady. D) Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A Little Night Music. 20. In the second US series of "The Office", the boss says that New York is so great that they named it twice. What did he say was the other name? A) New York. B) Manhattan. C) New Amsterdam. D) Staten Island. 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