This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 793 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 793 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who won the World Darts Championship 13 times between 1995 and 2010 inclusive? A) Andy Hamilton. B) Phil Taylor. C) William O'Connor. D) Dennis Smith. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phil Taylor. 2. Irving Berlin's 1911 hit, "Alexander's Ragtime Band", was a narrative sequel to what composition? A) Ocean Roll. B) Alexander and His Clarinet. C) He's A Rag Picker. D) Alexander's Bag-Pipe Band. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alexander and His Clarinet. 3. The arching several-tiered Ban Gioc Waterfalls sit on the border between which two countries? A) Vietnam and Laos. B) Vietnam and China. C) Vietnam and Thailand. D) Vietnam and Cambodia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vietnam and China. 4. Haemophilia is caused by a problem with what? A) Heart. B) Skin. C) Blood. D) Liver. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blood. 5. Which were the countries which were co-equal in number of gold medals won at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea? A) Norway, Germany and Canada. B) Norway and Germany. C) Canada and the USA. D) Norway, the USA and Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Norway and Germany. 6. What Olympic anthem was played at the opening ceremony of the 1984 Summer Olympics as well as the closing ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics? A) "Olympic Anthem" composed by Spyridon Samaras. B) "Olympic March" by Yūji Koseki. C) "Olympic Fanfare and Theme" composed by John Williams. D) "Summon the Heroes" by John Williams. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Olympic Fanfare and Theme" composed by John Williams. 7. Which of these would most expect to use a Fourier analysis? A) Disrupting circadian rhythms. B) Time cycle event analysis. C) Study of how sums of simpler trigonometric functions may represent/approximate general functions. D) Study of the chemical composition and uses of milk. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Study of how sums of simpler trigonometric functions may represent/approximate general functions. 8. In which British sitcom does recently-widowed Audrey fforbes-Hamilton have to sell her manor house, which is bought by Richard DeVere, a nouveau riche millionaire supermarket owner? A) The Good Life. B) The Goodies. C) Absolutely Fabulous. D) To the Manor Born. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To the Manor Born. 9. The word "fornication" is derived from the Latin word "fornix" meaning, among other things, what? A) Seed planting. B) Joining. C) Arch. D) Marriage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arch. 10. Which river runs through the cities of Shanghai, Chongqing, Jingzhou, Yangzhou and Nantong? A) Po. B) Rhine. C) Yangtze. D) Missouri. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yangtze. 11. Finocchio is a type of what salad vegetable? A) Radish. B) Fennel. C) Celeriac. D) Zucchini. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fennel. 12. For what reason were Senegal and the Ivory Coast unique among African nations at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal? A) Their athletes had to return home before the closing ceremony. B) They were the only African countries not to win any medals. C) They were the only two African countries not to boycott the Games. D) They competed jointly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were the only two African countries not to boycott the Games. 13. Who was the cause of a political scandal after being allowed to stay in the USA in May 2010, despite a 2004 deportation order? A) Jacob Zuma. B) Zeituni Onyango. C) Kofi Annan. D) Kipchoge Keino. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zeituni Onyango. 14. Between 1250 CE and 1500 CE a series of massive human-shaped carved monoliths were created and set up on what island? A) Rapa Nui (Easter Island). B) Vanuatu. C) Papua New Guinea. D) The Azores. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rapa Nui (Easter Island). 15. What is a regatta? A) A funfair. B) A series of boat or yacht races. C) A young prince or princess. D) A painted shade awning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A series of boat or yacht races. 16. Which of these is classed as a keyboard instrument? A) Saxophone. B) Piano. C) Cello. D) Timpani. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Piano. 17. In 2010, what North American horse broke the All-time North American female earnings record with over $ 6 million, broke two world records for Grade/Group I (for consecutive victories and the All-time North American record number of victories by a filly/mare), and tied the All-time North American record for the number of consecutive victories without defeat? A) Zenyatta. B) Rock of Gibraltar. C) Raven's Pass. D) Blame. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zenyatta. 18. Once widely bred in south-east Asia for blood sport but now often kept instead domestically or as pets, what escaped in large numbers into the wild in Australia and was identified as a possible severe threat to natives? A) Siamese fighting fish. B) Gamecocks. C) Cane toads. D) Crickets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Siamese fighting fish. 19. How did the indebted East India Company gain the large amounts of money needed to buy tea from China, hugely popular in Britain in the 19th century? A) Soliciting the protection of the Chinese Emperor. B) Trading in sugar. C) Imposing a monopoly on opium in Bengal and selling it to be smuggled into China where it was illegal. D) Getting into the arms trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imposing a monopoly on opium in Bengal and selling it to be smuggled into China where it was illegal. 20. Damascus is the capital of which country? A) Syria. B) Somalia. C) Israel. D) Greece. 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