This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 774 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 774 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What tuning is the cavalry trumpet most often used for sounding the Last Post in British cavalry and Royal Regiment of Artillery (Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Artillery)? A) E. B) B♭. C) C. D) E♭. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) E♭. 2. Vellum, a type of parchment, was originally made from the skin of which animal? A) Crocodile. B) Cat. C) Calf. D) Seal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calf. 3. In May 1999, the Karachay-Cherkessia Republic in the northwestern Caucasus conducted its first what? A) International sports tournament. B) Free regional presidential election. C) International flower festival. D) Military exercises alongside NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) forces. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free regional presidential election. 4. If you travel down the Zarumilla River on the border between Peru and Ecuador, where do you arrive? A) In the Gulf of Guayaquil and the Pacific Ocean. B) In the Amazon River. C) In the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. D) In the Loa River, Chile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the Gulf of Guayaquil and the Pacific Ocean. 5. Olympic weightlifters are permitted, in addition to a close-fitting one-piece leotard, to wear what? A) A bandana. B) A leather belt. C) Fingerless gloves. D) A watch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A leather belt. 6. Bukhara (or Bokhara), one of the ancient cites on the Silk Road, is in what present-day country? A) Turkmenistan. B) Uzbekistan. C) Mongolia. D) China. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Uzbekistan. 7. The first international hot air balloon flight by Jean-Pierre Blanchard in 1785 was between France and which other country? A) Germany. B) The UK. C) Brussels. D) Spain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The UK. 8. A hit for the Marvelettes, the Beatles and the Carpenters was "Please Mr ..... who? A) Tyre inflator. B) Butcher. C) President. D) Postman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Postman. 9. Which of these is subject to scientific debate about whether it is a bear (classified in the Family "Ursidae" ), a racoon (a "Procyonidae") or a type all of its own ("Ailuridae")? A) Giant Panda. B) Sloth Bear. C) Red Panda. D) Sun Bear. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Red Panda. 10. What was Kriegsspiel developed for? A) Online wargaming. B) Training for military officers. C) Design of model soldier figurines. D) Skiing in the Krieger Mountains in Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Training for military officers. 11. In which country, in 1984, did its Prime Minister bar nuclear-powered or nuclear-armed ships from using its ports or entering waters? A) New Zealand. B) North Korea. C) Russia. D) Vietnam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) New Zealand. 12. Which of these is not green? A) Chlorite. B) Chlorine. C) Chlorophyll. D) Chloroform. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chloroform. 13. The Celtics are a professional basketball team based where? A) Boston. B) Dublin. C) Calais. D) Brussels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boston. 14. "Coppélia", a sentimental comic ballet with original choreography by Arthur Saint-Léon to a ballet libretto by Saint-Léon and Charles Nuitter and music by Léo Delibes, was based upon two macabre stories by whom? A) The Brothers Grimm. B) E T A Hoffmann. C) Hans Christian Andersen. D) Edgar Allan Poe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) E T A Hoffmann. 15. In the 18th century, whale bone was used universally in making which of these? A) Horses' bridles. B) Pipes. C) Shoes. D) Ladies' corsets. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ladies' corsets. 16. Who created the English schoolboy "William" ? A) Anthony Buckeridge. B) Richmal Crompton. C) Captain W. E. Johns. D) Enid Blyton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Richmal Crompton. 17. Who was Christianity's first openly gay bishop in a major Christian denomination believing in the historic episcopate? A) Gene Simmons, Israel. B) Richard Chartres, London. C) Rowan Williams, Canterbury. D) Gene Robinson, New Hampshire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gene Robinson, New Hampshire. 18. Where was the only national team boycott at a Winter Olympic Games, which was when the Taiwanese athletes arrived at the Olympic village with their Republic of China identification cards, were not admitted, and left in protest? A) Lake Placid, 1980. B) Sapporo, 1972. C) Innsbruck, 1976. D) Sarajevo, 1984. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lake Placid, 1980. 19. The 1988 Winter Olympics saw the debut of the national bobsleigh team from where? A) Algeria. B) Seychelles. C) Jamaica. D) Saudi Arabia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jamaica. 20. The internal angles of a rectangle add up to how many degrees? A) 360. B) 180. C) 1080. D) 540. 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