This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 752 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 752 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In which state or territory of Australia would you find the area known as Arnhem Land? A) Queensland. B) South Australia. C) Western Australia. D) Northern Territory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Northern Territory. 2. Why were the 1904 Olympic Games, originally awarded to Chicago, Illinois, USA, eventually held in St Louis, Missouri? A) A referendum in Chicago in 1900 voted against the Games. B) A fire destroyed one-third of Chicago. C) Strikes and bomb-throwing in Chicago alarmed the Games' backers. D) Missouri was already holding an international event in 1904, in St Louis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Missouri was already holding an international event in 1904, in St Louis. 3. America was named after the first name of which of these people? A) Columbus. B) Vespucci. C) Magellan. D) Raleigh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vespucci. 4. In ballet, which of these terms means "a step of beating in which the dancer jumps into the air and rapidly crosses the legs before and behind" ? A) Arabesque. B) Jete. C) Pirouette. D) Entrechat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Entrechat. 5. What was unusual about how George I, a 17 year old Danish prince, became King of the Hellenes, ruling from 1863 to 1913? A) He was appointed by the Pope. B) He assumed power in a bloodless coup. C) With 20 men he forced the incumbent, Otto, to abdicate. D) He was elected King by the Greek National Assembly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He was elected King by the Greek National Assembly. 6. An "americano" is a type of what? A) Light switch. B) Rifle. C) Spanner. D) Coffee. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coffee. 7. Where are the islands called Big Chicken, Chick, Hen, East Sister, Middle and Mohawk? A) Red Sea. B) Aegean Sea. C) Lake Erie. D) South Atlantic Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lake Erie. 8. Who is the author of the fiction books "Lace" (published in 1982), "Lace 2" (1985), "Savages" (1987), "Crimson" (1992), "Tiger Eyes" (1994), "Revenge of Mimi Quinn" (1998) and "The Amazing Umbrella Shop" (1990)? A) Barbara Cartland. B) Shirley Conran. C) Georgette Heyer. D) J. K. Rowling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shirley Conran. 9. What about a tornado distinguishes it from a hurricane? A) It travels exclusively over land. B) Its maximum sustained wind speed is 110 miles per hour (180 km/h). C) It rotates clockwise. D) It touches the surface of the Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It touches the surface of the Earth. 10. Which of the following fits in the sentence " ..... not my fault" ? A) It's. B) Its. C) Its'. D) I'ts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's. 11. In December 2016 Russia accepted what plan by the International Olympics Committee? A) To take over Russian athletes' drug testing. B) To invalidate all Russian results from the 2014 Winter Olympics. C) To test all Russian Olympic athletes at international facilities in 2019. D) To retest all drug test samples given by Russian athletes at the 2012 and 2014 Olympics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To retest all drug test samples given by Russian athletes at the 2012 and 2014 Olympics. 12. The first 3 winners of which road bicycle race were Emile Rogiers (BEL) in 1948, Gerrit Schulte (NED) in 1949 and Henk Lakeman (NED) in 1950? A) The Polish Circuit. B) Tour de France. C) Ronde van Nederland. D) The Belgian Grand Prix. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ronde van Nederland. 13. What name is given to a young whale? A) Pup. B) Calf. C) Kid. D) Cub. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calf. 14. A century covers how many years? A) 50. B) 5. C) 10. D) 100. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 100. 15. The five novels, Never Mind, Bad News, Some Hope, Mother's Milk and At Last (published in 2011), are collectively known as what? A) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. B) The Leatherstocking Tales. C) Patrick Melrose. D) The Chronicles of Lumineia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Patrick Melrose. 16. Max is a little boy who appears in which children's story by Maurice Sendak? A) The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. B) The Never Ending Story. C) Where the Wild Things Are. D) The Story of Ferdinand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Where the Wild Things Are. 17. What is the name of the main tournament course at St Andrews Golf Club? A) The Old Course. B) Tam o' Shanter. C) The Sporran. D) Bonny Prince Charlie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Old Course. 18. Who won the World Snooker Championship in 2017? A) Ding Junhui. B) Mark Selby. C) Anthony McGill. D) John Higgins. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mark Selby. 19. Which New Zealand-born operatic bass-baritone who made his formal debut in "Nabucco" in 1959 has had famous roles in "Wotan" at Bayreuth (1979-80), "Der Fliegende Holländer" (1974), "Elektra" (1980), "Die Meistersinger" (c.1990), and "Arabella" (with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, 1994)? A) Temuera Morrison. B) Edmund Hilary. C) David Lange. D) Donald McIntyre. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Donald McIntyre. 20. Graham Chapman had the title role in which of these films? A) Lady Chatterley's Lover. B) Life of Brian. C) Waiting for Godot. D) Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Life of Brian. ← 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