This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 740 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 740 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which 17th century theatre was reconstructed in the 1990s? A) The Mayfair. B) The Kings. C) The Regent. D) The Globe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Globe. 2. What was the professional name under which guitarist, singer and musician Ellas Otha Bates McDaniel performed? A) Bo Diddley. B) Little Richard. C) Chuck Berry. D) Big Joe Turner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bo Diddley. 3. During the TV series "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air" what position is Uncle Phil, with whom Will stays, appointed to? A) Judge. B) Head caretaker at Will's school. C) Senior surgeon at the Bel Air hospital. D) Late night talk show host. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Judge. 4. The minting of which English gold coin began in 1663, and ceased in 1817? A) Guinea. B) Ducat. C) Pfennig. D) Peseta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Guinea. 5. Which of these flags is not blue and white, featuring a cross? A) National flag of the Cook Islands. B) Naval Ensign of Russia. C) National flag of Scotland. D) National flag of Finland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) National flag of the Cook Islands. 6. Somebody who is wordy, long-winded, or uses many more words than seem necessary, can be described as what? A) Prolix. B) Prolific. C) Proleptic. D) Promiscuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prolix. 7. What is a feature of the Caño Cristales, a river east of the Andes in central Colombia? A) It runs completely straight for 50 km. B) It runs only underground. C) It runs partly over a naturally formed aqueduct. D) From July to November it is yellow, green, blue, orange or especially red. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) From July to November it is yellow, green, blue, orange or especially red. 8. The Wright Brothers' first powered flight, in 1903, took place where? A) Kitty Hawk. B) Puppy Eagle. C) Camel Sparrow. D) Mouse Thrush. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kitty Hawk. 9. A phrase meaning "there must be some truth in the rumour" is "where there is [what] there is fire" ? A) A fireplace. B) Fire engines. C) Cigarettes. D) Smoke. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Smoke. 10. Hunted to extinction in the wild in the early 20th century in Europe, wisent, now re-introduced in some areas, are more usually known as what? A) European boar. B) European wolf. C) European bear. D) European bison. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) European bison. 11. In terms of astronomy what is an NEO? A) An asteroid on a collision course with another body. B) A space probe. C) Any small body in the Solar System whose orbit brings it into proximity with Earth. D) A newly discovered space object. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Any small body in the Solar System whose orbit brings it into proximity with Earth. 12. Mrs Tiggy-Winkle appears in a book by which writer? A) Roald Dahl. B) A.A.Milne. C) Maurice Sendak. D) Beatrix Potter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beatrix Potter. 13. Which of these events in World War II occurred first? A) Signing of the final documents for the surrender of Japan. B) Announcement that the Armistice between Italy and the Allied armed forces had been signed. C) D-Day landings by the Allies in Normandy, northern France. D) Invasion of continental Italy by Allied Forces. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Invasion of continental Italy by Allied Forces. 14. What is the meaning of the Russian word "bolshevik" ? A) Majority. B) Revolutionary. C) Fighter. D) Farmer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Majority. 15. Between 9 December 1917 and 11 November 1918 (inclusive) how many armistices are recognised as having effected cessation of fighting in various areas during World War I? A) 7. B) 4. C) 2. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 7. 16. What was the name of the home of Captain Haddock, a character in the "Tintin" books? A) Whaler. B) Sea Shanty. C) Marlinspike. D) Green Gables. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marlinspike. 17. What is the name for the study of atom arrangement and geometric structures in crystals? A) Emotography. B) Crystal-gazing. C) Mineralogy. D) Crystallography. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Crystallography. 18. Which of these novels was not written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky? A) The Brothers Karamazov. B) Crime and Punishment. C) The Idiot. D) Doctor Zhivago. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Doctor Zhivago. 19. Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina (1717-1780) was the only female ruler of the Habsburg dominions and ruled in her own right over 11 territories in what is now Europe. She also ruled by marriage in Lorraine, Tuscany and what other? A) Scotland. B) Holy Roman Empire. C) Japan. D) Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Holy Roman Empire. 20. Dancer, singer and actor Gregory Hines is particularly celebrated as a what? A) Tap dancer. B) Jazz singer. C) Silent film actor. D) Politician. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tap dancer. ← 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