This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 804 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 804 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In which month do the Russians celebrate the October revolution? A) November. B) October. C) December. D) September. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) November. 2. What is the name of the system of lakes, canals and rivers that enables shipping to get from the Atlantic to as far as Duluth, Minnesota, on Lake Superior? A) Moose River Complex. B) St Lawrence Seaway. C) Beaver Shipping Canal. D) Hudson Bay System. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) St Lawrence Seaway. 3. What weather is found in an area of anticyclone? A) Tsunamis. B) Low pressure and strong winds. C) Rain storms. D) High pressure and calm, fine weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) High pressure and calm, fine weather. 4. The Mason-Dixon line, which came to symbolise the cultural boundary between the Northern and Southern United States, was originally surveyed to define the border between Maryland and which other state? A) Delaware. B) Pennsylvania. C) West Virginia. D) Ohio. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pennsylvania. 5. Excavations in Pompeii from 2023 have uncovered new what? A) Major artworks. B) Boreholes. C) Instruments for monitoring volcanic activity. D) Subterranean safe rooms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Major artworks. 6. What is the primary reference for the Palermo Technical Scale, used for? A) "Quantifying the risk posed by potential Earth impacts" 2002 by Chesley et al. B) "Mitigation of hazardous comets and asteroids" 2004, by Belton. C) "Apophis:The story behind the scenes" 2008 by Sansaturio and Arratia. D) "On coordinated approach to the problem of asteroid-comet impact hazard" 2010 by Shustov. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Quantifying the risk posed by potential Earth impacts" 2002 by Chesley et al. 7. What ancient road ran from Silchester to Weymouth, via Old Sarum and Dorchester? A) The Portway. B) Stane Street. C) Dere Street. D) Fosse Way. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Portway. 8. How does Kenta Kambara dance? A) As streetdance. B) He dances en pointe without ballet shoes. C) In a wheelchair. D) In Noh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In a wheelchair. 9. Which is one feature of a Cumberland sausage? A) The meat in it is exclusively eel. B) It is vegetarian. C) It is deep green with dark blue bands. D) The finished form is unusually long. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The finished form is unusually long. 10. What was the census known as the Domesday Book intended to support? A) Types of animals farmed. B) Distribution of people and place names. C) Types of architecture used. D) Collection of taxes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Collection of taxes. 11. For whom was Daedalus said to have built a labyrinth? A) Cocalus, king of Agrigentum. B) Aegeus, King of Athens. C) King Nisus of Megara. D) King Minos of Crete. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) King Minos of Crete. 12. How is the title of Rossini's opera "La Gazza Ladra" usually translated into English? A) Man of La Mancha. B) The Merry Widow. C) The Pearl Fishers. D) The Thieving Magpie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Thieving Magpie. 13. Which of these people was the lead singer for the group "The Verve" ? A) Richard Ashcroft. B) Michael Stipe. C) Chris Martin. D) Thom Yorke. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Richard Ashcroft. 14. Rubiola is another name for which of these illnesses? A) Measles. B) Mumps. C) Malaria. D) Mal de mer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Measles. 15. Pablo Ruiz, born at Malaga, Spain, is better known as who? A) Picasso. B) Bizet. C) Houdini. D) P Diddy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Picasso. 16. Which member of the British royal family once worked for Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Theatre Company? A) Prince Philip. B) Prince Andrew. C) Princess Anne. D) Prince Edward. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prince Edward. 17. In which of these sports are players most likely to form a scrum? A) Rugby union. B) Soccer. C) Tennis. D) Snooker. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rugby union. 18. Siberia is geographically part of which area? A) Asia. B) Laurasia. C) Micronesia. D) Dysplasia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asia. 19. How many common nouns are there in the words "Twinkle, twinkle, little star. How I wonder what you are." ? A) 4. B) 2. C) 3. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1. 20. What does a gourmand enjoy doing? A) Parachuting. B) Collecting stamps. C) Eating. D) Fishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eating. ← 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