This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 767 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 767 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Guarani Aquifer lies under Paraguay, Brazil, and what other country or countries? A) Venezuela, Guyana and Suriname. B) Bolivia and Peru. C) Colombia. D) Argentina and Uruguay. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Argentina and Uruguay. 2. The Worlds Championship which in 2018 was won by China's Invictus team, is for players of what? A) League of Legends. B) World of Warcraft. C) Conkers. D) Snail racing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) League of Legends. 3. What is likely to be made with a hurdy-gurdy? A) Music. B) Spun silk. C) Butter. D) A shaped piece of wood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Music. 4. What would you expect if you asked for Focaccia in an Italian restaurant? A) Cheese. B) Bread. C) Pasta. D) Mushrooms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bread. 5. What was regarded at one time as the 27th letter of the English alphabet, and was formally in the alphabet from at least the 10th century CE? A) The symbol, $ (dollar). B) The symbol, @ (at). C) The symbol, % (percent). D) The symbol, & (ampersand). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The symbol, & (ampersand). 6. What name, currently used for the principal chamber of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland, was given by Sinn Fein to the revolutionary parliament of the unilaterally declared Irish Republic that they set up in Dublin in 1919? A) Fianna Fáil. B) Dáil Éireann. C) Oireachtas. D) The Taoiseach. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dáil Éireann. 7. A "land run" into which current state of the USA began at noon on 22 April 1889, when an estimated 50, 000 people lined up to race to claim 160 acre (0.65 km2) pieces of the available 2 million acres (8, 000 km²)? A) Alaska. B) Montana. C) California. D) Oklahoma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oklahoma. 8. What is a bassinet? A) Mixing bowl. B) Musical instrument. C) Fish. D) Cradle for a baby. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cradle for a baby. 9. What is the meaning of "corpus delicti" ? A) Heavenly body. B) Evidence to prove that a crime occurred, needed before someone can be convicted of committing it. C) A particular Italian recipe for preparing and cooking beef. D) A term used in the Catholic Church in relation to Holy Communion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evidence to prove that a crime occurred, needed before someone can be convicted of committing it. 10. What is the word in music for any set of different notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously? A) Chord. B) Octave. C) Chorus. D) Unison. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chord. 11. Who was known as "The Waltz King" ? A) Johann Strauss II. B) Johan Sebastian Bach. C) Ludwig van Beethoven. D) George Frideric Handel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Johann Strauss II. 12. Trophies of the same name were awarded to the winners of a world soccer competition run by UEFA and CONMEBOL, a first-class cricket competition run by the ICC for 12 of its associate members, a baseball competition sanctioned by the IBAF and a basketball competition between each of the European Cup winners. What is the name of these trophies? A) Commissioner's Trophy. B) Intercontinental Cup. C) European Trophy. D) Borg Warner Trophy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intercontinental Cup. 13. The crane fly is also known by what name? A) Brother Hairy Legs. B) Mummy Fat Legs. C) Sister Hot Legs. D) Daddy Long Legs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Daddy Long Legs. 14. Which country did long distance runner Emil Zatopek represent? A) Czechoslovakia. B) Austria. C) Finland. D) Romania. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Czechoslovakia. 15. What are both Tony Kushner and August Strindberg known as? A) Rugby players. B) Painters. C) Playwrights. D) Deep sea explorers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Playwrights. 16. When was there a vote and decree to abolish the French slave trade and slavery in France's overseas colonies? A) 1794. B) 1802. C) 1820. D) 1780. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1794. 17. Countries are variable in conducting a census of their populations, the count often being associated with taxation needs as was one prime example in 1086, the Domesday Book in England. What century are censuses thought to have been first carried out in England's neighbour, France? A) 18th. B) 14th. C) 19th. D) 16th. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 14th. 18. What chemicals are used to transmit messages to other animals of the same species? A) Sulphates. B) Enzymes. C) Catalysts. D) Pheromones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pheromones. 19. Giuseppe Rossi, who was born and raised in Clifton, New Jersey, USA, was the top scorer with 4 goals in the men's association football tournament at the 2008 Olympics. Which team did he play for? A) United States. B) Argentina. C) Nigeria. D) Italy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Italy. 20. Who created St Trinians, a fictional girls' boarding school, the subject of 8 books and 7 films between 1954 and 2009? A) Edward Lear. B) Gerald Scarfe. C) Ronald Searle. D) Lewis Carroll. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ronald Searle. ← 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