This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 738 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 738 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where is Bass Strait? A) Between Alaska and Siberia. B) Between Tasmania and the Australian mainland. C) Between Ireland and Iceland. D) Between Australia and New Zealand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Between Tasmania and the Australian mainland. 2. Who formally opened the 2020 Summer Olympics? A) President Xi Jinping of China. B) President Moon Jae-in of South Korea. C) President Emmanuel Macron of France. D) Emperor Naruhito of Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Emperor Naruhito of Japan. 3. What was the first car to be equipped with GPS as an option, which began to be marketed in 1990? A) Lexus LFA. B) Mercedes-Benz 500SEL. C) Mazda Cosmo. D) Range Rover Linley. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mazda Cosmo. 4. Which of these is a name for a fear of flying? A) Pteromechanophobia. B) Haemophobia. C) Cynophobia. D) Mysophobia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pteromechanophobia. 5. Which of these was an 18th-century German philosopher from Königsberg (now Kaliningrad, Russia) who was the last influential philosopher of modern Europe in the classic sequence of the theory of knowledge during the Enlightenment which began with John Locke, George Berkeley, and David Hume? A) Isaac Asimov. B) L. Ron Hubbard. C) Immanuel Kant. D) Jacques-Yves Cousteau. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Immanuel Kant. 6. Where did the phrase which is said to have led to "Trip the light fantastic" originate? A) "Since Robin Hood" (Anon.). B) "Sidewalks of New York" by Charles B. Lawlor and James W. Blake. C) "L'Allegro" by John Milton. D) "A Whiter Shade of Pale" by Keith Reid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "L'Allegro" by John Milton. 7. What river holds the unusual Moconá Falls (also called the Yucumã Falls)? A) Paraná River. B) Potaro River. C) Uruguay River. D) Bogotá River. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Uruguay River. 8. Grace Kelly appeared in which of these classic films? A) High Noon. B) Casablanca. C) Citizen Kane. D) Breakfast at Tiffany's. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) High Noon. 9. What is the name for an Australian Aboriginal spear-throwing device used to increase the power of a throw? A) Woomera. B) Boomerang. C) Billabong. D) Coolibah. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Woomera. 10. In the TV series "Criminal Minds", the lead characters are part of a section called the BAU. What does this acronym stand for? A) Beastly Animals of Uruguay. B) British Airlines Union. C) Bethlehem Actors Unincorporated. D) Behavioural Analysis Unit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Behavioural Analysis Unit. 11. Which musical, with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling & Abe Burrows, is based on two short stories by Damon Runyon ("The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" and "Blood Pressure")? A) Guys and Dolls. B) Kismet. C) The Pajama Game. D) Damn Yankees. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Guys and Dolls. 12. How did Boudica (also spelled Boudicca or Boadicea), Queen of the Iceni, die in 63 AD? A) She poisoned herself. B) An arrow through her right eye. C) Pushed off the Cliffs of Dover. D) Dragged behind a horse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She poisoned herself. 13. Which cartoon character, created by Yuko Shimizu, is depicted with a red bow and no visible mouth? A) Pikachu. B) Doraemon. C) Hello Kitty. D) Sailor Moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hello Kitty. 14. Neanderthals are considered one of the closest extinct relatives of what other still living creature? A) Man. B) Elves. C) Hobbits. D) Macaques. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Man. 15. Which of these groups of characters was invented by director Peter Jackson? A) The Muppets. B) The Wombles. C) The Feebles. D) The Teletubbies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Feebles. 16. In "The Hobbit", what type of creature was Smaug? A) Cat. B) Duck. C) Dragon. D) Dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dragon. 17. When did Kristallnacht happen? A) The year before World War I was declared. B) The year World War II was declared. C) The year before World War II was declared. D) The year World War I was declared. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The year before World War II was declared. 18. What gas is used to make carbonated soft drinks and soda water? A) Helium. B) Carbon dioxide. C) Nitrous oxide. D) Methane. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbon dioxide. 19. In the 19th century in Europe, cubebs, known as Piper cubeba, tailed pepper, or Java pepper, were thought to be possibly a useful medicine in the treatment of what? A) Gonorrhoea. B) Smallpox. C) Influenza. D) Cholera. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gonorrhoea. 20. Which is the most populous city in Ecuador? A) Cuenca. B) Quito. C) Guayaquil. D) Bogotá. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Guayaquil. ← 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