This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 696 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 696 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is identified by an I. S. B. N.? A) Book. B) Car engine. C) Colour. D) Dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Book. 2. What is another name for that very British piece of tropical headgear, the pith helmet? A) Trilby. B) Bearskin. C) Homburg. D) Topee. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Topee. 3. What was the subject of the referendum held in Australia 1999? A) To change the number of MPs in federal government. B) To make observance of daylight saving consistent. C) To standardise railway gauges across all states. D) To become a republic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To become a republic. 4. Who sang with Barbra Streisand on "No More Tears (Enough is Enough)" ? A) Celine Dion. B) Rickie Lee Jones. C) Donna Summer. D) Janis Joplin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Donna Summer. 5. When Robert Falcon Scott reached the south pole in January 1912, he discovered that who had reached it before him? A) Roald Amundsen. B) Edmund Hillary. C) Ernest Shackleton. D) Dr Livingstone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Roald Amundsen. 6. The Fandango originated in which country? A) Brazil. B) Puerto Rico. C) Spain. D) Argentina. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spain. 7. When Michael Clarke resigned his captaincy of the Australian team in the course of a 2015 competition between Australia and England, to take effect when the series was finished, what sport were the teams competing in? A) Rowing. B) Rugby. C) Cricket. D) Spelling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cricket. 8. Whose first album was called "Voice of an Angel" ? A) Charlotte Church. B) Rod Stewart. C) Elvis Presley. D) Celine Dion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Charlotte Church. 9. Bob Judd wrote novels based in what environment? A) Spies working in enemy territory. B) Horse racing. C) Gambling casinos. D) Formula One and Indycar racing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Formula One and Indycar racing. 10. Which of these buildings is in Kuala Lumpur? A) Chrysler Building. B) Sears Tower. C) Sathorn's Robot Building. D) Petronas Towers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Petronas Towers. 11. What acronym is used to acknowledge a debt? A) IOU. B) YHA. C) BLT. D) IBM. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) IOU. 12. Craig Breedlove is mostly associated with which activity? A) Setting land speed records. B) Acting in adult movies. C) Cooking. D) Swimming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Setting land speed records. 13. Which New York nightclub manager, who appeared on a cover of the New York Post holding a picture of her fiancΓ© who was killed in the September 11 attacks, was alleged by The National Enquirer in 2009 to have had an affair with Tiger Woods? A) Victoria Beckham. B) Rachel Uchitel. C) Paris Hilton. D) Susan Sarandon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rachel Uchitel. 14. What is a dirk? A) Scottish church. B) Highland dagger. C) Arabian boat. D) Indian loincloth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Highland dagger. 15. Seattle Grace Hospital is the setting for which TV series? A) Grey's Anatomy. B) House. C) Scrubs. D) Emergency Ward 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grey's Anatomy. 16. What profession was Jean-Paul Marat, noted for his involvement in the French Revolution at the end of the 18th century? A) Butcher. B) Lawyer. C) Journalist. D) Farmer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Journalist. 17. The shallow soda Mono Lake is in what state of the USA? A) California. B) Texas. C) Arizona. D) New Mexico. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) California. 18. What part of the body is affected by gingivitis? A) Hair. B) Gums. C) Feet. D) Hands. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gums. 19. Which of these happened to the half brother of USA President Barack Obama in January 2009? A) He was made Governor of Illinois. B) He was assassinated. C) He was arrested for possession of marijuana. D) He married a Canadian woman, of Irish descent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was arrested for possession of marijuana. 20. What 1965 film was credited with saving 20th Century Fox from bankruptcy? A) The Magnificent Seven. B) The Longest Day. C) Cleopatra. D) The Sound of Music. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Sound of Music. 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