This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 693 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 693 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Sepoys, native soldiers, served under British command in which country? A) South Africa. B) India. C) Burma. D) Papua New Guinea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) India. 2. The House of Lords Act, an Act of the Parliament of the UK, reformed the House of Lords by removing the centuries old right of several hundred people who had inherited their seats to be members of the House of Lords. When did it become effective? A) 11 November 1999. B) 11 January 1849. C) 29 December 1949. D) 3 March 1910. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 11 November 1999. 3. When is the Rabbinical Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, observed? A) On the 15th day of Elul. B) 5 days before Yom Kippur. C) Beginning on the first day of Tishrei. D) On the 1st day of Elul. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beginning on the first day of Tishrei. 4. What was particularly prevalent along the coasts of 15th and 16th century China? A) Opium cropping. B) Coral reef development. C) Piracy and smuggling. D) Whaling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Piracy and smuggling. 5. What sea or ocean is beside the port city of Dar Es Salaam? A) Mediterranean Sea. B) Red Sea. C) Pacific Ocean. D) Indian Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indian Ocean. 6. Which mountain range extends over Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela? A) Urals. B) Alps. C) Caucasus. D) Andes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Andes. 7. Who directed the 1993 film "Schindler's List", which was based on the novel "Schindler's Ark" by Thomas Keneally? A) Dan Rather. B) Steven Spielberg. C) Ron Howard. D) Clint Eastwood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Steven Spielberg. 8. The first Olympic Games gold medals, awarded for the first time in 1904, weighed 21g; until the 2020 Games what has been the heaviest gold medal since? A) 567g (2002 Games). B) 586g (2018 Games). C) 500g (2016 Games). D) 181g (1996 Games). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 586g (2018 Games). 9. In May 2010, at the age of 13, Jordan Romero became the youngest person to do what? A) Be accepted by an Oxford University. B) Sail single-handed around the world. C) Become a chess grand master. D) Climb Mt. Everest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Climb Mt. Everest. 10. Which city is on the delta of the River Nile? A) Giza. B) Cairo. C) Alexandria. D) Aswan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alexandria. 11. Which of these contains the first record of the use of the word "muggle" ? A) The epic poem "Brut" by Layamon. B) The name of a record by Louis Armstrong. C) "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" by J.K.Rowling. D) "The Pobble who Has No Toes" by Edward Lear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The epic poem "Brut" by Layamon. 12. When was non-branded standardised packaging for cigarettes and other tobacco products on sale first made a legal requirement? A) 2011. B) 2016. C) 2017. D) 1991. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2011. 13. Which of these does the vagus nerve affect in the human body? A) Urination. B) Joints. C) Perspiration. D) Digestion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Digestion. 14. What does the Scots expression "deoch an doris" apply to? A) A tournament of traditional Scots sports. B) A species of plum. C) A farewell drink. D) A style of bagpipe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A farewell drink. 15. Dermatitis affects what part of the body? A) Liver. B) Skin. C) Kidneys. D) Lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skin. 16. What is a mathematical term for "one quarter" ? A) Fraction. B) Integer. C) Logarithm. D) Numerator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fraction. 17. What is the setting for the Steve Miner film "Lake Placid" ? A) Amity Island. B) Bodega Bay. C) Black Lake, Maine. D) Haddonfield, Illinois. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Black Lake, Maine. 18. What does the organisation WADA promote, coordinate and monitor? A) The game of Doom. B) International programming languages. C) The fight against drugs in sport. D) World dance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The fight against drugs in sport. 19. Which of these cities was not taken into Polish territory immediately after World War II? A) Vilnius. B) GdaΕsk. C) Szczecin. D) WrocΕaw. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vilnius. 20. Which of these is in Madrid? A) Sistine Chapel. B) Prado Museum. C) Cleopatra's Needle. D) Uffizi Gallery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prado Museum. β PreviousNext βRelated 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 π Back to Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books