This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge โ Quiz 77 ๐ Homepage ๐ Download PDF Books ๐ Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 77 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the staple diet of the panda? A) Wheat. B) Eucalyptus. C) Horseweed. D) Bamboo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bamboo. 2. What part did Bucephalus play in history? A) Alexander the Great's warhorse during most of his conquests. B) Julius Caesar's second in command. C) Greek explorer. D) Genghis Khan's successor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alexander the Great's warhorse during most of his conquests. 3. Which is Paraguay's main sea port? A) Sรฃo Paolo. B) Paraguay is landlocked, and does not have a sea port. C) Asunciรณn. D) Montevideo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paraguay is landlocked, and does not have a sea port. 4. What is the capital of the US state of Alaska? A) Anchorage. B) Fairbanks. C) Juneau. D) Seattle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Juneau. 5. What proportion of the 206 bones in the human body is contained in the hands and feet? A) A quarter. B) A third. C) A half. D) Two thirds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A half. 6. Americans call it a diaper. What do the British call it? A) Flange. B) Twosome. C) Nappy. D) Parker. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nappy. 7. Where is Vientiane, or Viangchan? A) Laos. B) Thailand. C) Vietnam. D) The Philippines. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Laos. 8. What characterised the two centuries of the Sengoku period in Japan? A) Drought and crop failures. B) Flowering of calligraphy. C) Civil war and social upheaval. D) Hedonism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Civil war and social upheaval. 9. What is the world's largest non-polar desert? A) Sahara. B) Gobi. C) Kalahari. D) Patagonian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sahara. 10. Which of these was not an Australian prime minister? A) Paul Martin. B) Alfred Deakin. C) Billy Hughes. D) John Curtin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paul Martin. 11. What are, or were, Ceres and Faxe? A) Breeds of sheep. B) Agricultural deities. C) Danish beers. D) Types of wheat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Danish beers. 12. The Greeks constructed hippodromes for holding what events? A) Bird racing. B) Fights with African animals. C) A form of Sumo wrestling. D) Chariot and horse races. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chariot and horse races. 13. Thiamine, niacine and riboflavin belong to which vitamin group? A) B. B) A. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B. 14. What is the modern game called, that was published by Milton Bradley Company in 1943 as the pad-and-pencil game "Broadsides, the Game of Naval Strategy" ? A) Battleships. B) Tron. C) Connect Four. D) Dominoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Battleships. 15. How many "bones" are usually used in a game of knucklebones? A) 5 or 10. B) 18. C) 4. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5 or 10. 16. Which song-writing duo wrote hit songs under the pseudonyms Ann Orson and Carte Blanche? A) Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. B) Elton John and Bernie Taupin. C) George and Ira Gershwin. D) W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elton John and Bernie Taupin. 17. Before she appeared in "Baywatch" Pamela Anderson had her first role in television in what series? A) Woops!. B) The Ben Stiller Show. C) Home Improvement. D) Full House. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Home Improvement. 18. Present scientific thought is that most of the Earth's landmasses fused 299 to 273 Mya into one supercontinent, Pangaea, which later broke apart in stages. Which is one landmass which was not part of Pangaea? A) Pannotia. B) Cathaysia. C) Gondwanaland. D) Rodinia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cathaysia. 19. In 2011 when the newly constituted Union of South American Nations came into being, it planned to distribute its main functions, especially its Headquarters, the South American Parliament and the headquarters of its bank (the "Bank of the South") in various cities. Which of these cities was NOT one? A) Cochabamba, Bolivia. B) Quito, Ecuador. C) Lima, Peru. D) Caracas, Venezuela. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lima, Peru. 20. What name is given to an alcoholic drink that is taken in an effort to cure a hangover? A) Shell of the turtle. B) Hair of the dog. C) Wings of the dove. D) Head of the Baptist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hair of the dog. โ PreviousNext โRelated 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 ๐ Back to Homepage ๐ Download PDF Books ๐ Premium PDF Books