This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 780 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 780 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Zhou Yang, gold medal winner at the Winter Olympics 2010, made the news again later by being chided by China's deputy sports minister Yu Zaiqing for thanking her parents, but not her country, for her win. She had won gold in what sport? A) 10 km freestyle cross-country skiing. B) Short track speed skating. C) Luge-Women's singles. D) Single skating. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Short track speed skating. 2. Where is the Senkaku / Diaoyu / Tiaoyutai / Pinnacle group of islands? A) South of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. B) Due west of the Philippines. C) Northeast of Taiwan and west of Japan's Okinawa Island. D) In the Persian Gulf. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Northeast of Taiwan and west of Japan's Okinawa Island. 3. The land of Azeroth features in which video game? A) Warcraft. B) Myst. C) Heroes of Might and Magic. D) Commander Keen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Warcraft. 4. Research into ocean mixing, of oxygen and nutrients from and to surface and seabed, highlights the influence of which minute animals? A) Copepods. B) Sea snails. C) Nudibranchs. D) Trichoplax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Copepods. 5. Minsk, capital of Belarus, is twinned with over 20 other cities, including which? A) Wellington, New Zealand. B) Nottingham, UK. C) Berlin, Germany. D) Sydney, Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nottingham, UK. 6. What kind of animal is a Turkish Van? A) Goat. B) Cat. C) Pig. D) Mouse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cat. 7. The Colossus, one of the seven wonders of the world, was built where? A) Machu Picchu. B) Zimbabwe. C) Switzerland. D) Rhodes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhodes. 8. Who presents the UK TV natural history series "Life Story" (2014)? A) Kate Humble. B) Different presenters for each episode, including Alan Titchmarsh. C) David Attenborough. D) Bernard Hill. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) David Attenborough. 9. Wynton Marsalis is known for playing what type of music? A) Jazz. B) Folk. C) Heavy metal. D) Country and Western. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jazz. 10. By what name is Reg Dwight better known? A) Sting. B) Elton John. C) Bono. D) Prince. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elton John. 11. Something tense and exciting is what "biting" ? A) Nail. B) Dog. C) Ear. D) Elbow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nail. 12. How many points can you get in Pontoon without going bust? A) 180. B) 500. C) 31. D) 21. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 21. 13. Which of these was a leading figure in the pop art movement, who became famous as a painter, avant-garde filmmaker, record producer and author? A) Andy Warhol. B) Bob Monkhouse. C) Phil Spector. D) Woody Allen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Andy Warhol. 14. Who began producing accounts of debates in the British parliament in 1803, the work continued by his family until it was taken over by the staff of "The Times" in 1895? A) Thomas Hansard. B) Samuel Pepys. C) James Boswell. D) Daniel Defoe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thomas Hansard. 15. What is the name given to a bone fracture when one part of it is driven into another? A) Impacted. B) Compound. C) Greenstick. D) Comminuted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Impacted. 16. For what quality was the first Nobel Prize in Literature awarded? A) The art of historical writing, with special reference to his monumental work A History of Rome. B) Lofty idealism, artistic perfection and a rare combination of the qualities of heart and intellect. C) Outstanding merits as an epic writer. D) The lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterise her writings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lofty idealism, artistic perfection and a rare combination of the qualities of heart and intellect. 17. Which country holds Africa's highest point? A) Uganda. B) Kenya. C) Morocco. D) Tanzania. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tanzania. 18. 24 carat is the highest measure of the purity of what precious metal? A) Platinum. B) Silver. C) Gold. D) Iridium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gold. 19. Which part of the body is made up of a series of vertebrae? A) Arm. B) Shoulder blade. C) Leg. D) Backbone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Backbone. 20. Which was the last unit in the International System of Units still directly defined by an artefact? A) Kilogram. B) Metre. C) Second (time). D) Mole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kilogram. ← 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