This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 747 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 747 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the subject of the 2019 documentary "Sea of Shadows" ? A) Exploration of the Moon. B) Efforts to prevent the extinction of the vaquita. C) Both sides in Japan of the international whaling debate. D) Espionage in North America. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Efforts to prevent the extinction of the vaquita. 2. Mascagni's one act opera Cavalleria Rusticana is often performed as a double bill with which other opera? A) Gianni Schicchi. B) Trial By Jury. C) I Pagliacci. D) La Cenerentola. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I Pagliacci. 3. George Bush, then vice president, asked which of these people to be his running mate for the 1988 presidential election? A) Usain Bolt. B) Clint Eastwood. C) Barbara Bush. D) Ronald Reagan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clint Eastwood. 4. What field of work does renowned Brazilian Sebastião Salgado work in? A) Economic research. B) Photography, and photojournalism. C) Mathematics. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Photography, and photojournalism. 5. The River Nile is on what continent? A) Europe. B) Africa. C) Australia. D) South America. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Africa. 6. What was Colin Powell's role in George W Bush's government from 2001 to 2005? A) Secretary of Defence. B) Vice President. C) Secretary of State. D) The Speaker of the House of Representatives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Secretary of State. 7. Who designed the wedding dress for the marriage of Lady Diana Spencer to Charles, Prince of Wales? A) Gianni Versace. B) Isabel Toledo. C) David and Elizabeth Emanuel. D) Miuccia Prada. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) David and Elizabeth Emanuel. 8. What was the author Tolstoy's first name? A) Taurus. B) Leo. C) Aquarius. D) Capricorn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Leo. 9. What Spanish city became famous in the middle ages for swords and fine steel? A) Bilbao. B) Toledo. C) Seville. D) Valencia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Toledo. 10. The 1925 serum runs to Nome by dog sled across Alaska (the "Great Race of Mercy"), were to combat an epidemic of what? A) Polio. B) Influenza. C) Diphtheria. D) Mumps. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diphtheria. 11. Which is Egypt's closest neighbour? A) Jordan. B) Yemen. C) Sudan. D) Turkey. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sudan. 12. In 2014, who was President of the IOC? A) Richard Carrión. B) Sergei Bubka. C) Thomas Bach. D) Denis Oswald. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thomas Bach. 13. What series of comic strips first appeared in French in a children's supplement to the Belgian newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle on 10 January 1929? A) The Adventures of Asterix. B) The Adventures of Tintin. C) Le Fledermaus. D) The Adventures of Milo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Adventures of Tintin. 14. Which US TV series premièred in 2018, starring (among others) Luke Grimes and Kelly Reilly, to growing critical acclaim? A) Succession. B) The Rookie. C) Grown-ish. D) Yellowstone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yellowstone. 15. What is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea? A) Malta. B) Sardinia. C) Corsica. D) Sicily. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sicily. 16. Canvey Wick in the Thames estuary, Essex, UK, is a nature reserve focussed on what? A) Red squirrels. B) Meadow flowers. C) Insects. D) Shore birds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Insects. 17. What type of building is likely to have a minaret? A) Synagogue. B) Anglican cathedral. C) Mosque. D) Shrine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mosque. 18. Which of these is a volcano on the European mainland? A) Stromboli. B) Vesuvius. C) Etna. D) Krakatoa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vesuvius. 19. What is the aim of a game of chess? A) To put the opponent's king in a position where he could be taken and cannot avoid it. B) To move more pieces, and times, than the opponent. C) To put pieces in the most attractive configurations. D) To engage the opponent's pieces as often as possible. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To put the opponent's king in a position where he could be taken and cannot avoid it. 20. Among Josef Mengele's masterminding of killing, torture, and deadly experiments what else is understood as an aim of his activities in concentration camps of WW II? A) Development of herb gardens. B) Early childhood education. C) Research in eugenics and heredity. D) Better canvas for tents. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Research in eugenics and heredity. ← 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