This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge โ Quiz 80 ๐ Homepage ๐ Download PDF Books ๐ Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 80 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which Serbian-Australian female professional tennis player reached a career-high ranking of World No. 4 in 2002, but after several family-related difficulties (mostly involving her father), she slowly slipped down the rankings in 2006? A) Nadia Petrova. B) Jelena Dokic. C) Martina Navratilova. D) Nadia Comฤneci. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jelena Dokic. 2. Where was the men's world best time (up to 2009) for the Team Sprint, of 42.950 seconds, set by the British cycling team of Jamie Staff, Jason Kenny and Chris Hoy? A) UCI Track Cycling World Champs, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 2007. B) UCI World Cup, Beijing, 2009. C) UCI Track Cycling World Champs, Manchester, UK, 2008. D) Olympic Games Beijing 2008. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Olympic Games Beijing 2008. 3. Bacalhau is a dried product which is more likely to be used in what kind of dish? A) Milk pudding. B) Fish soup. C) Fruit salad. D) Vegetable purรฉe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fish soup. 4. Which country topped the gold medal count at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver? A) Germany. B) Canada. C) USA. D) Norway. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Canada. 5. In 1974 author Paulo Coelho was arrested and tortured for "subversive" activities by his government, which viewed his lyrics as left-wing and dangerous. Where was he born? A) Italy. B) Germany. C) Brazil. D) Mexico. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brazil. 6. Which of these is not known as Black Thursday? A) Thanksgiving Day, the US shopping holiday preceding Black Friday. B) August 15 1940, the Luftwaffe mounted its largest number of sorties during the Battle of Britain. C) February 8 1996, the World Wide Web protest against the Communications Decency Act in the USA. D) October 29 1929 at the beginning of the Wall Street Crash at the New York Stock Exchange. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) October 29 1929 at the beginning of the Wall Street Crash at the New York Stock Exchange. 7. Where was "the Bhopal disaster" that took place at a pesticide plant owned and operated by Union Carbide (UCIL), when the plant released methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas and other toxins in December 1984, exposing over 500, 000 people? A) Cornwall, England. B) Tel Aviv, Israel. C) Madhya Pradesh, India. D) Pasadena, Texas, USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Madhya Pradesh, India. 8. What is shigella? A) A species of rye. B) A Brazilian dance. C) A genus of bacteria. D) Pottery from the Bronze Age in Mesopotamia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A genus of bacteria. 9. In Tom Clancy's "Rainbow Six" (1998), what is the setting for a plot by eco-terrorists who plan to spread a terrible new plague? A) The Superbowl. B) The G20 conference. C) The Haj pilgrimage. D) 2000 Olympic Games. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2000 Olympic Games. 10. Which of these might be used in association with a guitar? A) Rosin. B) Reed. C) Plectrum. D) Embouchure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plectrum. 11. With what group are Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton associated? A) The Black Panther Party. B) Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band. C) Committee to Re-elect the President (CREEP). D) The Manson Family. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Black Panther Party. 12. Who was elected "the greatest stage actor of all time" in a poll organised by "The Stage" magazine in December 2010? A) Laurence Olivier. B) Dame Judi Dench. C) John Gielgud. D) Maggie Smith. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dame Judi Dench. 13. Where is the radar site Link Quality Indicator (LQI) based to monitor the Traffic Separation Scheme in the Strait of Hormuz? A) Jask, Iran. B) Manama, Bahrain. C) Doha, Qatar. D) A small island north of the Musandam Peninsula, Oman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A small island north of the Musandam Peninsula, Oman. 14. How is lamรฉ essential in professional fencing contests? A) As a jacket overlay wired to a machine to register touches of the blade on the scoring area. B) As a non-slip surface to the flooring on which fencers compete. C) To coat the blades. D) As a jacket which catches the light and shows hits, for televising. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As a jacket overlay wired to a machine to register touches of the blade on the scoring area. 15. Fairy rock chimneys are a feature of Colorado and the Badlands in North America, the south of France, Taiwan, and Serbia and also, with houses carved from the formations, where? A) Cappadocia, Turkey. B) Algeria. C) Xinjiang, China. D) Cantabria, Spain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cappadocia, Turkey. 16. Who composed the opera "Betrothal in a Monastery", first performed in 1946? A) Krenek. B) Tveitt. C) Shostakovich. D) Prokofiev. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prokofiev. 17. What is the stage name of Londoner Susan Janet Ballion, who fronted the group "The Banshees" between 1976 and 1996? A) Alison Apache. B) Siouxsie Sioux. C) Karen Komanche. D) Marjorie Mohawk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Siouxsie Sioux. 18. Rafael de la Cruz Franco Ojeda was President (1936-37), and later founder and leader of the Febrerista Party which sparked a civil war, in which country? A) Paraguay. B) Bolivia. C) Colombia. D) Uruguay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paraguay. 19. Which of these is a homophone of "lough", meaning a narrow bay or an arm of the sea? A) Loch. B) Luff. C) Cough. D) Bough. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loch. 20. A kukri is a crooked knife traditionally used by which regiment in the British army? A) Scots Guards. B) Brigade of Gurkhas. C) Royal Fusiliers. D) Lancashire Fusiliers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brigade of Gurkhas. 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