This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 833 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 833 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where do Berilia, Tubul, Great T'Phon and Jerakeen appear together? A) As illustrations of Malaysian birds in Audubon's classic work. B) In the Mongolian cricket team. C) On the back of the Great A'Tuin. D) In Phineas T. Barnum's first circus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On the back of the Great A'Tuin. 2. The Guayas River is a major watercourse in which country? A) Spain. B) Argentina. C) Portugal. D) Ecuador. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ecuador. 3. What are Baluchi, Cheviot, Damara, Galway, Hebridean, Panama, Shetland, South Hampshire, Welsh Hill and Speckled Face? A) Cattle. B) Sheep. C) Carpets. D) Grasses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sheep. 4. When, for the first time in history, were all 4 of the top acting honours in the Academy Awards awarded to non-Americans? A) The 49th Academy Awards (for the best films of 1976). B) The 80th Academy Awards (for the best films of 2008). C) The 27th Academy Awards (for the best films of 1954). D) The 37th Academy Awards (for the best films of 1965). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The 37th Academy Awards (for the best films of 1965). 5. In 1917, who led a Bolshevik insurrection against the Provisional Government of Alexander Kerensky, starting the Bolshevik Revolution, the second phase of the overall Russian Revolution? A) Joseph Stalin. B) Vladimir Lenin. C) Karl Marx. D) Friedrich Engels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vladimir Lenin. 6. Which of these is not a chilli pepper? A) Habanero. B) Habanera. C) Tabasco. D) Jalapeño. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Habanera. 7. Which of these buildings was the earliest to begin to be built? A) Millennium Bridge. B) Royal Albert Hall. C) Westminster Abbey. D) St Paul's Cathedral. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Westminster Abbey. 8. Theories advanced by Dutch scientist Jan Oort (1900-1992) made significant contributions to, among others, the understanding of what? A) The age of the universe. B) Black holes. C) The Milky Way galaxy. D) Possible multiple universes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Milky Way galaxy. 9. The Paraná in South America is a what? A) Volcano. B) River. C) Mountain goat. D) Fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) River. 10. Olympic gold medallists Gaétan Boucher, Donovan Bailey and Alex Baumann represented which country? A) Canada. B) France. C) New Zealand. D) Sweden. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Canada. 11. For most of the history of Ancient Rome, the toga was a garment worn exclusively by male citizens. After the second century BC, what was the correct attire for female citizens? A) Jerkin. B) Sari. C) Stola. D) Yashmak. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stola. 12. What is a name for a hand-held weapon, used to strangle someone to death? A) Gibbet. B) Tourniquet. C) Garrotte. D) Iron Maiden. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Garrotte. 13. How are the names Ray Rice, Greg Hardy, Josh Brown and USA's National Football League (NFL) linked in media comment? A) Domestic violence. B) Deflating balls for a game. C) Most valued NFL players. D) First NFL players to exceed annual pay of $ 30 million. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Domestic violence. 14. When was Romania formed as a nation state? A) 1600. B) 1948. C) 1859. D) 1720. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1859. 15. What was the subtitle of "Star Wars-Episode 1", released in 1999? A) The Phantom Menace. B) A New Hope. C) Attack of the Clones. D) Revenge of the Sith. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Phantom Menace. 16. In the 1960s, which instrument was associated with Mick Avory, John Steel, Keith Moon, Ginger Baker, Charlie Watts, Dave Clark, Richard Taylor, Viv Prince and Jim McCarty? A) Rhythm guitar. B) Bass guitar. C) Organ. D) Drums. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Drums. 17. The War of the First Coalition in Europe was fought between 1792 and 1797 against which forces? A) French First Republic. B) Hapsburg Monarchy. C) Duke of Brunswick. D) Great Britain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) French First Republic. 18. Who was the sister of the Emperor Augustus and great niece of Julius Caesar who married Mark Anthony? A) Juliana. B) Octavia. C) Calpurnia. D) Cleopatra. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Octavia. 19. Gala was the wife (and muse) of which of these artists? A) Pablo Picasso. B) Salvador Dali. C) El Greco. D) Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Salvador Dali. 20. What is apraxia? A) A technique in Formula One racing. B) A grammatical form. C) An agricultural strategy. D) A neurological disorder. 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