This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 764 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 764 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Until Tony Blair's prime ministership, which of Britain's Labour Prime Ministers was in office for the longest continuous term? A) Ramsay MacDonald. B) Harold Wilson. C) James Callaghan. D) Clement Attlee. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clement Attlee. 2. In 1987, competing in "Star Search", a US talent competition on which she used the name Alanis Nadine, she lost after one round. She is now better known as Alanis who? A) Morissette. B) Amos. C) Dion. D) Crowe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Morissette. 3. What is a kouseband? A) A small non-venomous snake. B) A bean. C) A tree kangaroo native to New Guinea. D) A ball used in korfball. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A bean. 4. Who was the first person to sign the American Declaration of Independence? A) Davy Crockett. B) George Washington. C) John Hancock. D) Benjamin Franklin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John Hancock. 5. Which ship transported the English Separatists, better known as the Pilgrims, from Southampton and then Plymouth, England, to Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620? A) Bluebell. B) Sunflower. C) Mayflower. D) Daisy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mayflower. 6. Which nation produces the most coffee beans? A) Brazil. B) Colombia. C) Ecuador. D) Yemen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brazil. 7. In the nursery rhyme "sing a song of sixpence", what kind of bird plucked off a nose? A) Blackbird. B) Bald eagle. C) Humming bird. D) Turkey. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blackbird. 8. What is almost the only food eaten by blue whales? A) Squid. B) Sardines. C) Krill. D) Tuna. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Krill. 9. Which of these is a fruit? A) Persimmon. B) Persim Berry. C) Parmesan. D) Persia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Persimmon. 10. In golf, the Ryder Cup and the biennial Presidents Cup for teams representing the USA and International (non-European) players are unusual in that they use what scoring system? A) Match play. B) Stroke play. C) Extended play. D) Variegated play. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Match play. 11. In France, what would you buy in a fromagerie? A) Cheese. B) Maps. C) Hats. D) Meat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cheese. 12. In which war was the napalm incendiary bomb first used? A) World War II. B) Vietnam War. C) Korean War. D) World War I. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) World War II. 13. As at May 2019, what officially defines a kilogram? A) The relationship between displacement of mass, over distance and time. B) A platinum iridium block held by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) in France. C) The mass of a litre (cubic dcm) of water under atmospheric pressure and at the melting point of ice. D) Fixed numerical value of Planck's Constant defining a Joule second, together with a metre and second. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fixed numerical value of Planck's Constant defining a Joule second, together with a metre and second. 14. Which mountain range stretches from Austria and Slovenia in the east, through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west? A) Alps. B) Urals. C) Andes. D) Caucasus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alps. 15. First published in 1764 under a pseudonym, which novel aimed "to blend the two kinds of romance:the ancient and the modern" and has been called the first of the gothic horror genre? A) Dracula. B) The Castle of Otranto. C) The Mysteries of Udolpho. D) Frankenstein. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Castle of Otranto. 16. Who flew under the Queensboro, Williamsburg, Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges along New York's East River on 21 October 1928? A) Charles Lindbergh. B) Elinor Smith. C) Jimmy Doolittle. D) Amelia Earhart. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elinor Smith. 17. In the industrial relations world, which of these could cause a "demarcation dispute" ? A) An argument by cleaners about which solvent to use. B) The items on someone's desk spilling over onto someone else's. C) Cleaning a whiteboard that said "PLEASE LEAVE". D) Someone doing someone else's job. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Someone doing someone else's job. 18. Which European ruler reigned for the longest time? A) Johann II, Liechtenstein. B) Franz Joseph, Austria. C) Louis XIV, France. D) Queen Victoria. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Louis XIV, France. 19. The city of Venice is on which sea? A) Dead. B) Tasman. C) Red. D) Adriatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adriatic. 20. Which sovereign led Japan during World War II? A) Emperor Naruhito. B) Emperor Hirohito. C) Princess Akishino. D) Emperor Osahito. 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