This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 720 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 720 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What USA national championship game, played on a Sunday, is the second-largest US food consumption day, after Thanksgiving Day? A) America's Cup. B) Rose Bowl. C) Super Bowl. D) The Commissioner's Trophy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Super Bowl. 2. Where is the Laurentian Fan, or Abyss? A) Between New Zealand and Australia. B) Between Tierra del Fuego and Antarctica. C) In the Atlantic ocean of the east coast of Canada. D) Along the Atlantic coast of Alaska. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the Atlantic ocean of the east coast of Canada. 3. What was the first standardised system of measurement established in Mesopotamia? A) Bi-Sexagesimal System B. B) Cubit of Nippur. C) Royal gur-cube. D) GAN2 System G. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Royal gur-cube. 4. Who referred to her quarter final match against Svetlana Kuznetsova in the 2009 Australian Open as "an out of body experience" ? A) Vera Zvonareva. B) Dinara Safina. C) Venus Williams. D) Serena Williams. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Serena Williams. 5. In 800 CE, who became the first Holy Roman Emperor? A) Attila. B) Charlemagne. C) Nicholas. D) Ferdinand, Duke of Breisgau. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Charlemagne. 6. What weight boot is prescribed by the International Boot-Throwing Association, Finland, for children of 10 or younger who compete in gumboot throwing? A) About 450 gm. B) About 850 gm. C) No prescribed weight. D) 1 kg. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) About 450 gm. 7. "Massacre in Korea", a 1951 expressionistic painting by Pablo Picasso which is seen as a criticism of American intervention in the Korean war is drawn from the painting "The Third of May 1808", which shows Napoleon's soldiers executing Spanish civilians, by whom? A) Francisco Goya. B) El Greco. C) Henri Rousseau. D) Paul Gauguin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Francisco Goya. 8. How many years did the musical "Cats" run for in London's West End after its première in 1991? A) 21. B) 10. C) 15. D) 35. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 21. 9. A 2017 satirical film awarded the 2017 Palme d'Or at Cannes, a Swedish co-production with Germany France and Denmark starring Claes Bang and Elisabeth Moss, is set against what background? A) Corn fields surrounding Ystad, Sweden. B) Outside the Vasa Museum in Stockholm, Sweden. C) The X-Royal art museum in Stockholm, Sweden. D) The Tivoli, Copenhagen, Denmark. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The X-Royal art museum in Stockholm, Sweden. 10. Which of these was a ruler of the Persian empire? A) Darius the Great. B) Alexander the Great. C) Attila the Hun. D) Ivan the Terrible. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Darius the Great. 11. What band comprised David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymouth? A) Talking Heads. B) Simple Minds. C) Thompson Twins. D) Radiohead. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Talking Heads. 12. Michael Jordan was with which team when they won 6 National Basketball Association titles? A) Portland Trail Blazers. B) Chicago Bulls. C) Houston Rockets. D) Boston Celtics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chicago Bulls. 13. Who had hit records with "Tragedy" and "You Win Again" ? A) UB40. B) Bananarama. C) The Bee Gees. D) Atomic Kitten. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Bee Gees. 14. Gabriele Susanne Kerner, singer-songwriter, actress, and comedienne, scored an international hit with what song in 1983? A) Time After Time. B) Slowdive. C) 99 Luftballons. D) Get It Right. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 99 Luftballons. 15. With the history of which of these countries is El Cid associated? A) Italy. B) Spain. C) India. D) Somalia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spain. 16. At the Battle of Bannockburn, an army led by Robert the Bruce defeated troops led by whom? A) Edward II. B) William II. C) Harold II. D) Richard II. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Edward II. 17. In the fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty", who kissed the princess to wake her up? A) Evil Queen. B) Ugly Stepsister. C) Handsome Prince. D) The Seven Dwarfs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Handsome Prince. 18. What is the capital of the Australian state of Tasmania? A) Townsville. B) Noosa. C) Hobart. D) Alice Springs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hobart. 19. In April 2010, ash from the eruption of which mountain caused flights to be cancelled in Northern Europe? A) Eyjafjallajökull. B) Tindfjallajökull. C) Herðubreið. D) Hverfjall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eyjafjallajökull. 20. The now-extinct Elephant Bird, believed to have been 3 metres tall and weigh 500 kg, was believed to have inhabited what area? A) Congo. B) Madagascar. C) Brazilian rain forest. D) New Zealand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Madagascar. ← 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