This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 707 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 707 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these games does not involve the use of dice? A) Parcheesi. B) Patolli. C) Go. D) Backgammon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Go. 2. The cities of Rasht, Gorgan, Sâri, Bâbol, Qaem Shahr, and Anzali lie close to, or overlook, what? A) The Persian or Arabian Gulf. B) The Caspian Sea. C) The Black Sea. D) Lake Baikal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Caspian Sea. 3. To travel by sea from the British mainland to the Channel Islands, it is necessary to travel through the territorial waters of which country? A) France. B) Italy. C) Republic of Ireland. D) Denmark. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) France. 4. Which Soviet gymnast won the most medals in her career? A) Larisa Latynina. B) Nelli Kim. C) Olga Korbut. D) Ludmilla Tourischeva. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Larisa Latynina. 5. Iraq lies between Syria to the west and what country to the east? A) Iran. B) Afghanistan. C) Saudi Arabia. D) Pakistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iran. 6. What is the mascot for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo? A) A drum wreathed with cherry blossom. B) A hybrid bird representing all Japanese birds. C) A robot with blue chequered patterns from the official emblem. D) A judoka, a wrestler, a swimmer and a gymnast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A robot with blue chequered patterns from the official emblem. 7. Which of these colours does not appear on a purple finch? A) Purple. B) Brown. C) White. D) Red. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Purple. 8. In what country was the "Red Cross" founded? A) England. B) Germany. C) France. D) Switzerland. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Switzerland. 9. Which South American capital city lies on the Planalto, on the Central Plateau of its country's highlands? A) Caracas. B) Lima. C) Santiago. D) Brasilia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brasilia. 10. What is usually seen in Spain or the western USA at a matanza? A) Folk song groups. B) Baked vegetables. C) Animals waiting for slaughter. D) Bullfighters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Animals waiting for slaughter. 11. Which e-sport invitation-only annual world championship was first held in August 2002 in Seattle, USA? A) World of Warcraft. B) League of Legends. C) Pokémon. D) Formula 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pokémon. 12. What is another name for a blood clot? A) Abrasion. B) Carcinoma. C) Bursitis. D) Thrombosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thrombosis. 13. What is the shape of a standard dart board? A) Square. B) Oblong. C) Round. D) Hexagonal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Round. 14. Which mosquito-borne virus, closely related to chikungunya and with similar symptoms, was identified in Trinidad in 1954 and in northern South America, and surfaced in Haiti in 2015? A) Filariasis. B) Zika. C) Mayaro. D) La Crosse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mayaro. 15. What are "crocodile tears" ? A) Early morning dew drops from daffodils. B) Insincere expressions of sorrow. C) A common discharge from pigs' ears. D) Very light rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Insincere expressions of sorrow. 16. Helen of Troy was abducted from where? A) Troy. B) Sparta. C) Cairo. D) Jerusalem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sparta. 17. The Gapminder Foundation formed in 2005 has what as its aim? A) To increase safety in railway management. B) To develop software to use in mountaineering. C) To fight misconceptions about global trends. D) To support base jumping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To fight misconceptions about global trends. 18. The Australian Tennis Open is played in what city? A) Hobart. B) Sydney. C) Melbourne. D) Perth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Melbourne. 19. Circe transformed Odysseus' companions into what? A) Swine. B) Snakes. C) Locusts. D) Goats. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Swine. 20. A musical comedy concerning an author suffering from writer's block who finds that the characters in his novel are dissatisfied was written by whom? A) Jean Gilbert (Max Winterfeld). B) W.S. Gilbert. C) Eylon Levy. D) J. Leubrie Hill and Will Vodery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) W.S. Gilbert. ← 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