This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 759 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 759 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Tennis player Monica Seles turned pro in 1989 and was the year-end world no. 1 in 1991 and 1992. How old was she when she turned pro? A) 21. B) 14. C) 26. D) 30. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 14. 2. Which 1944 musical film, directed by Vincente Minnelli, starred Judy Garland, Mary Astor, Leon Ames, Marjorie Main and Margaret O'Brien who were going to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904? A) The Broadway Melody. B) Life With Father. C) Meet Me In St. Louis. D) Going My Way. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meet Me In St. Louis. 3. Which of these is not true of Eleanor of Aquitaine? A) At different times she was Queen Consort of France and of England. B) She led a French army to drive the English out of Europe in the Hundred Years' War. C) She ruled England as regent while Richard I of England was on the Third Crusade. D) She had 5 sons (2 of whom would become King of England), and 5 daughters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She led a French army to drive the English out of Europe in the Hundred Years' War. 4. Which of these colours does not appear on the German flag? A) Gold. B) Blue. C) Black. D) Red. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blue. 5. The secretary bird is native to which continent? A) Europe. B) Asia. C) Australia. D) Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Africa. 6. Shirley Conran's book "Superwoman", published in 1975, was about what? A) Household management. B) Career advice. C) Graphic novel about a super-heroine. D) Teenage promiscuity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Household management. 7. Where is the system of inland waterways known as UDWS? A) Southern China. B) Western Russia. C) Eastern Canada. D) Central Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Western Russia. 8. What is the formal scientific name for the perennial, found in meadows and wooded and lower mountain areas and known colloquially as columbine? A) Aquilegia. B) Pelargonium. C) Hieracium. D) Ranunculus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aquilegia. 9. Which of the following did Alan Shepard do on the moon in 1971? A) Make a snowball. B) Put a shrimp on the barby. C) Hit a golf ball. D) Throw a frisbee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hit a golf ball. 10. What are Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg collectively known as? A) Pyrenees. B) Cinque Ports. C) Hollandaise. D) Benelux. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Benelux. 11. What is an 18th-century English term for applying finely ground, high-carat gold in a mercury amalgam to an object of bronze? A) Fresco. B) Lalique. C) Terracotta. D) Ormolu. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ormolu. 12. In chess, how many spaces does the rook move when castling? A) 2. B) 2 or 3. C) 3. D) The rook is not involved. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2 or 3. 13. Where in Australia is the Broncos rugby league team based? A) Brisbane. B) South Sydney. C) Wigan. D) Penrith. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brisbane. 14. The Spicebush Swallowtail, Small White, Common Jezebel, Karner Blue, Red Pierrot and Duke of Burgundy are varieties of what? A) Rose. B) Cow. C) Butterfly. D) Deer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Butterfly. 15. "Taramasalata" is traditionally made from what base? A) Avocado. B) Finely sliced beef. C) Mashed potato. D) The roe of the cod or the carp. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The roe of the cod or the carp. 16. What type of tree is the coolabah, found in Australia? A) Ash. B) Pine. C) Oak. D) Eucalyptus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eucalyptus. 17. What is unusual about the current (in 2013) Governor General of Australia, Quentin Bryce? A) The youngest in the position. B) The first aboriginal Governor General. C) The first woman appointed to the position. D) The first incumbent who is not a peer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The first woman appointed to the position. 18. Besides crosswords, where is the only place that you could see an emu in its native environment? A) Asia. B) Africa. C) South America. D) Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Australia. 19. What is the meaning of the medical term "tachycardia" ? A) Abnormally fast heart rate. B) Abnormally slow heart rate. C) Irregular heart rate. D) No heart rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abnormally fast heart rate. 20. He was a Russian physician, author and playwright whose plays and short stories were and are acclaimed by critics and audience alike. Who was he? A) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893). B) Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799-1837). C) Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (1809-1852). D) Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904). 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