This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge โ Quiz 802 ๐ Homepage ๐ Download PDF Books ๐ Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 802 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What area became a country and independent from Australia in 1975? A) Tasmania. B) Torres Strait Islands. C) Papua New Guinea. D) Great Barrier Reef. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Papua New Guinea. 2. With what art form is Isadora Duncan associated? A) Composing. B) Acting. C) Painting. D) Dance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dance. 3. What name is given to the list of all the accounts contained in the ledger of a business and their values, from which most financial reports are produced? A) Trial balance. B) Profit and loss account. C) Balance sheet. D) Cash book. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trial balance. 4. A honey badger, or ratel, despite its name and black and white appearance is not anatomically as closely related to a badger as to which animal? A) Weasel. B) Raccoon. C) Otter. D) Mouse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weasel. 5. Which country was the first to win the Rugby World Cup other than its founders, New Zealand and Australia? A) South Africa. B) France. C) England. D) Wales. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) South Africa. 6. In the history of the Academy Awards, why do Luise Rainer and Katharine Hepburn stand out? A) Losing their statuettes within 4 hours of their being presented. B) When they co-presented, the ceremony took over 5 hours. C) Winning Best Supporting Actress when Sean Penn starred. D) They each won the Best Actress award in consecutive years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They each won the Best Actress award in consecutive years. 7. What does the word "Kendo", a modern Japanese martial art, mean? A) Way of the Sword. B) Stand firm. C) In defence. D) Jumping kick. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Way of the Sword. 8. From 1089 to 1125, David who became later known as "The Builder" or "The Restorer" was king of what territory? A) Israel. B) Georgia. C) Russia. D) Scotland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Georgia. 9. Who was the guitarist for David Bowie's recording and performing band from 1970 to 1974? A) Gram Parsons. B) Brian May. C) Mick Taylor. D) Mick Ronson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mick Ronson. 10. What complex, once the residence of the Muslim rulers of Granada that became a Christian palace, was "rediscovered" in the 19th century and now exhibits Islamic architecture, together with Christian 16th century buildings and gardens? A) El Dorado. B) La Giaconda. C) The Alhambra. D) El Alamein. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Alhambra. 11. What does a linguist study? A) The origins of a language. B) Use of phonetics. C) Dialect. D) Language-form, meaning and context. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Language-form, meaning and context. 12. Where are the mountain ranges which are crossed by the Unai Pass, the Kaoshan Pass and the Salang Pass? A) Vietnam. B) Afghanistan. C) India. D) China. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Afghanistan. 13. What is the popular name for the strip of land in France, Monaco and Italy that includes the cities of Cannes, Nice, Monte Carlo, Antibes, Rapallo and Bordighera? A) Costa del Sol. B) Riviera. C) Cosa Nostra. D) Mosquito Coast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Riviera. 14. Which of these is a common bird which breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe? A) Yellowcap. B) Whitecap. C) Redcap. D) Blackcap. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blackcap. 15. What is the gestation period of the African elephant? A) 300-350 days. B) 100-120 days. C) 400-450 days. D) 550-670 days. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 550-670 days. 16. Who entitled his autobiography "My Wicked, Wicked Ways" ? A) George Sanders. B) Errol Flynn. C) David Niven. D) Cary Grant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Errol Flynn. 17. In 1903 American showman and aviation pioneer Samuel Cowdery (or Cody) did what? A) Flew by balloon across the Gulf of California. B) Floated a bison by balloon round the ring in one of his acts. C) Crossed the Channel between England and France in a boat towed by one of his kites. D) Flew Britain's first powered airship British Army Dirigible No 1 from Farnborough to London. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crossed the Channel between England and France in a boat towed by one of his kites. 18. The song "Sit down, you're rockin' the boat" is from which musical? A) Guys and Dolls. B) Carousel. C) Showboat. D) A Chorus Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Guys and Dolls. 19. Which of these is not a Swedish tennis player who has held the world number 1 men's ranking? A) Robin Sรถderling. B) Bjorn Borg. C) Mats Wilander. D) Stefan Edberg. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Robin Sรถderling. 20. Where are the annual wife-carrying World Championships held? A) Sweden. B) USA. C) Finland. D) UK. 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