This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 712 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 712 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In which game do players take the roles of children sneaking to the refrigerator? A) Myst. B) Flippopotamus. C) Sorry!. D) Don't Wake Daddy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Don't Wake Daddy. 2. The Serra do Espinhaço runs roughly north to south in which country? A) French Guyana. B) Brazil. C) Colombia. D) Peru. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brazil. 3. Which pole vaulter won 6 consecutive IAAF World Championships, an Olympic gold, broke the world record 35 times (17 outdoor and 18 indoor records), was the first to clear both 6.0 metres and 6.10 metres (20 ft)? A) Dick Fosbury. B) Sergey Bubka. C) Kjell Isaksson. D) Bob Seagren. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sergey Bubka. 4. A mastodon was an early form of what animal? A) Elephant. B) Dog. C) Giraffe. D) Chimpanzee. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elephant. 5. Who has played the role of Indiana Jones most often in films? A) Focus Ford. B) Prefect Ford. C) Fairlane Ford. D) Harrison Ford. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Harrison Ford. 6. In card games, what is the name for a proposal by a player to take no tricks? A) Blind. B) Misère. C) Solo. D) One-handed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Misère. 7. When was Credit Anstalt, the first bank in Vienna, founded? A) 1855. B) 1920. C) 1790. D) 1120. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1855. 8. What do "cruciverbalists" do? A) Make headstones. B) Preach sermons. C) Create crosswords. D) Debate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Create crosswords. 9. How many members are there in the UK's House of Commons? A) 650. B) 100. C) 535. D) 192. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 650. 10. What is the next in this series: "Born to Run", "Darkness on the Edge of Town", "The River", "Nebraska", "Born in the USA", "Tunnel of Love" ..... ? A) Magic. B) The Rising. C) The Devil's Touch. D) Human Touch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Human Touch. 11. Which of these is in Copenhagen? A) Tivoli Gardens. B) Kensington Gardens. C) Luna Park. D) Coney Island. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tivoli Gardens. 12. Who invented the spa bath? A) Spa Francorchamps. B) Candido Jacuzzi. C) Thomas Crapper. D) Alexander Graham Bell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Candido Jacuzzi. 13. What is Japan's attack on Pearl Harbour on 7 December 1941 reported to have mainly led to? A) USA entered WW II and was able to attack Japan without being the aggressor. B) Emperor Hirohito ate his first hamburger. C) A drop in sales for pink pearls. D) A peak in aeroplane design and building. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) USA entered WW II and was able to attack Japan without being the aggressor. 14. One of the oldest known board games involves a grid of thirty squares and sets of pawns, figured in a 1999 video game, and is called what? A) Go. B) Mehen. C) Senet. D) Chaupar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Senet. 15. A function whose logarithm is a quadratic equation is represented graphically as what? A) Sigmoid shape. B) Bell curve. C) Fréchet space. D) Folium of Descartes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bell curve. 16. What British TV series, that aired between 1967 and 1972 starred Edward Woodward as a reluctant professional killer for a branch of the British Government's intelligence services known as 'the Section', and Russell Hunter as his unwilling assistant? A) Danger Man. B) Get Smart. C) It Takes a Thief. D) Callan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Callan. 17. The musical term "scherzo" takes its name from the Italian word for what? A) Joke. B) Bicycle. C) Short dress. D) Male puppy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joke. 18. Although the position was not officially designated as such for nearly 200 years who was the first person (in 1721) unofficially called the Prime Minister of the British Parliament? A) Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington. B) Sir Horace Walpole. C) Benjamin Disraeli. D) Sir Robert Walpole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sir Robert Walpole. 19. King Herod's song in the 1970 musical "Jesus Christ Superstar" by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber is based on a song originally intended for what? A) Eurovision Song Contest, 1969. B) The Likes of Us (1965). C) Summer Olympics 1968. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eurovision Song Contest, 1969. 20. Ella Galbraith is a childhood fantasy name invented for herself by which British author? A) A.S.Byatt. B) P.D.James. C) J.K.Rowling. D) Virginia Woolf. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) J.K.Rowling. ← 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