This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 713 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 713 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these imaginary lines around the earth goes through the continent of Africa? A) The Tropic of Capricorn, the Tropic of Cancer and the Equator. B) The Tropic of Cancer and the Equator, but not the Tropic of Capricorn. C) The Tropic of Capricorn and the Equator, but not the Tropic of Cancer. D) The Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer, but not the Equator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Tropic of Capricorn, the Tropic of Cancer and the Equator. 2. What is shigin? A) Breeding chrysanthemums. B) A 19th century Japanese singing style. C) A defence in kendo. D) A method of cooking one type of dumpling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A 19th century Japanese singing style. 3. Which of these runners is from England? A) Roger Bannister. B) Peter Snell. C) John Walker. D) Dick Quax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Roger Bannister. 4. Which is NOT a recognised STD or venereal disease? A) Thrush. B) Syphilis. C) Gonorrhoea. D) Trichomoniasis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thrush. 5. In what field are Scott Helme and Professor Alan Woodward best known? A) IT security. B) Antique armour. C) Theatre. D) Water technology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) IT security. 6. Who was the second person to orbit the earth? A) Gherman Titov. B) Yuri Gagarin. C) John Glenn. D) Alan Shepard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gherman Titov. 7. What English model, with her short-haired androgynous look, born Lesley Hornby, was discovered in 1966 by Nigel Davies when she was 16 and weighed 61/2 stone (41 kg, 91 lbs), and became "The Face of '66" with her high fashion mod look created by Mary Quant? A) Jean Shrimpton. B) Twiggy. C) Sandie Shaw. D) Dusty Springfield. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Twiggy. 8. Clive Owen starred in the title role of which 2004 film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by David Franzoni, with Ioan Gruffudd, Keira Knightley and Ivano Marescotti? A) King Lear. B) Robin Hood. C) King Arthur. D) Richard III. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) King Arthur. 9. Which UK television series was, unusually, adapted from a US series of the same name? A) The Office. B) House of Cards. C) The X Factor. D) Law & Order. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Law & Order. 10. What is a symptom of diabetic retinopathy? A) Macular oedema. B) High blood sugar in the blood vessels of the eye. C) High blood pressure. D) Dizziness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Macular oedema. 11. What was the cause of a state of emergency in Kenya from October 1952 to December 1959? A) The activities of serial killer Charles Quansah. B) Volcanic eruption at Marion Island. C) Severe flooding of the Zambezi River. D) Mau Mau rebellion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mau Mau rebellion. 12. Which describes the number 169? A) A proper fraction. B) A prime number. C) Factorial 5. D) A square number. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A square number. 13. When was the National Health Service (NHS), to provide good free healthcare for all United Kingdom citizens, launched? A) 1951. B) 1920. C) 1960. D) 1948. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1948. 14. Under what name was tacataca, or metegol, patented in the UK in 1923? A) Pinball. B) Foosball. C) Air hockey. D) Table football. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Table football. 15. The RSMDT, started in 1927 and now known as the White Helmets, performed in what? A) Polo competitions. B) Boxing displays. C) Displays of motorcycling skills, acrobatics and stunt riding. D) Demonstrations of sapper techniques. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Displays of motorcycling skills, acrobatics and stunt riding. 16. How many African countries are crossed by the equator? A) 10. B) 5. C) 6. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6. 17. Thomas Lanier Williams III, American playwright, became better known under what name? A) Roy Williams. B) Tennessee Williams. C) Roger Williams. D) Mark Williams. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tennessee Williams. 18. What venue is the next in the series, Mecca, Tehran, Palembang ..... ? A) Baku. B) Almaty. C) Karachi. D) Ankara. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Baku. 19. A camp was built in 1779 in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, to accommodate around 4, 200 prisoners; who were the people? A) Rappahannock, Wicocomico and Shawnee native Americans. B) British and German prisoners of war, and their women and children. C) Felons displaced from prisons destroyed in the War of Independence. D) Escaped slaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) British and German prisoners of war, and their women and children. 20. Which book broke the record for book sales in July 2007, selling 15 million copies in the 24 hours following its release? A) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. B) Angels and Demons. C) The English Rose. D) How's That!. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. ← 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