This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 702 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 702 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these is a miser or an ill-tempered (frequently old) person full of stubborn ideas or opinions? A) Carpathian. B) Carapace. C) Crankshaft. D) Curmudgeon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Curmudgeon. 2. In what country did rugby football originate, and when were the first rules written? A) Germany. 1810. B) New Zealand. 1901. C) England. 1845. D) Ireland. 1800. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) England. 1845. 3. What is a mosquito-borne virus, also known as breakbone fever, that is an acute febrile disease which occurs widely in the tropics, in Asia, South America, Australia and the Pacific and is now endemic in more than 100 countries? A) Kyasanur forest disease. B) Dengue fever. C) Lassa fever. D) Lujo virus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dengue fever. 4. What is a link between the religious statues of Our Lady of the Hermits in Einsiedeln, Switzerland, and Our Lady of Tindari, Sicily, and the painting of Our Lady of Jasna Gora, Poland? A) They are known as Black Madonnas. B) They were created as a result of the Diet of Worms in 1521. C) They include John the Baptist together with the Madonna and Child. D) They all carry the signature of their maker. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They are known as Black Madonnas. 5. As what did Lubumbashi, the second largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, used to be known? A) Jamestown. B) Victoria. C) Élisabethville. D) Charleston. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Élisabethville. 6. Who wrote the book on which the 1973 film "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" was based? A) Elizabeth Goudge. B) Richard Bach. C) Ernest Hemingway. D) June Jordan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Richard Bach. 7. What was the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713, signed by Charles VI, Habsburg ruler over a swathe of European territories and the Holy Roman Emperor, designed to achieve? A) Centralising of the Seventeen Provinces of the Holy Roman Empire. B) A General Church Council with authority superior to that of the Pope. C) The Habsburg hereditary possessions could be inherited by a daughter. D) Removal of the independence of the French clergy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Habsburg hereditary possessions could be inherited by a daughter. 8. Where are the Atlas Mountains? A) Eastern South America. B) Central and Eastern Europe. C) South East Asia. D) Northern Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Northern Africa. 9. Who had the title role in the 1996 film "The Nutty Professor" ? A) Eddie Murphy. B) Will Smith. C) Robin Williams. D) Billy Crystal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eddie Murphy. 10. What name is given to a railway in which a cable attached to a pair of vehicles on rails moves them up and down a steep slope, the ascending and descending vehicles counterbalancing each other? A) Funicular. B) Venicular. C) Tramway. D) Crepuscular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Funicular. 11. What shape is a bar of Toblerone chocolate? A) Pyramid. B) Flat rectangle. C) Triangular prism. D) Circular tube. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Triangular prism. 12. Who was the last to hold the presidential insignia for Poland before democratic election handed it to Lech Wałęsa? A) Ryszard Kaczorowski. B) Ignacy Mościcki. C) Józef Piłsudski. D) Aleksander Kwaśniewski. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ryszard Kaczorowski. 13. In which century is the character of Lancelot of the Lake recorded as appearing in literature? A) 10th. B) 12th. C) 16th. D) 15th. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 12th. 14. What is the reference in the title of the film "Mr. Pip" (2012)? A) The Orange County Fair, New York. B) Waves at the North Shore's Pipeline in Hawai'i. C) Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. D) Apple bobbing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. 15. Dr. Gregory House, Dr. Lisa Cuddy, Dr. James Wilson, Dr. Robert Chase, Dr. Allison Cameron and Dr. Eric Foreman have all worked in which TV hospital? A) Seattle Grace Hospital. B) Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. C) Sacred Heart Teaching Hospital. D) Holby City Hospital. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. 16. Where is the Great Man-Made River? A) Mongolia. B) Morocco. C) Libya. D) Peru. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Libya. 17. A TV series first screened in 2014 deals with stunts which fall foul of physics, biology or engineering, and is called what? A) The Science of Being. B) Mythbusters. C) Science of Stupid. D) Bang Goes the Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Science of Stupid. 18. What US city is home to a basketball team called the Cavaliers and a football team called the Browns? A) Boston. B) Cleveland. C) Seattle. D) Washington. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cleveland. 19. Which of these is an Englishman associated with football (soccer)? A) Bobby Charlton. B) Bobby McGhee. C) Bobby Darin. D) Bobby Nalong. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bobby Charlton. 20. A cassowary is a type of what? A) Snake. B) Pig. C) Bird. D) Mouse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bird. ← 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