This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 84 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 84 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Of the 29 letters in the Turkish alphabet, how many are vowels? A) 5. B) 8. C) 6. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 8. 2. Two compositions of which American jazz pianist, organist, composer, violinist, singer, and comedic entertainer from the first half of the 20th century, were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1984 and 1999? A) Fats Waller. B) Bix Beiderbecke. C) Benny Goodman. D) Ted Lewis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fats Waller. 3. What is Sardex? A) A barter system. B) A type of plastic. C) A character in a video game. D) A goat native to Sardinia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A barter system. 4. What is the collective name for eight elite universities in the North Eastern USA? A) Private. B) Oxford. C) Ivy League. D) Non-denominational. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ivy League. 5. When was the Koinon of the Zagorisians an independent system? A) 17th to the 18th centuries. B) World War II. C) 1880-1914. D) 15th to the 19th centuries. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 15th to the 19th centuries. 6. For which of these is white wine the basis? A) Bloody Mary. B) Margarita. C) Spritzer. D) PiΓ±a colada. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spritzer. 7. Los Angeles, USA, was selected as the venue for an Olympic Games in 1932 and 1984, both times under what conditions? A) It was the only bidder by the time of the selection. B) It withdrew its bid for the previous Games in return for a favourable vote next time. C) It was not the first choice. D) There were no bidders, and the International Olympics Committee asked it to put its name forward. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was the only bidder by the time of the selection. 8. Which satirical US TV police sitcom (1986-88), although short-lived, made the ironic and baseless phrase "Trust me, I know what I'm doing" popular? A) Rizzoli & Isles. B) Sledge Hammer!. C) Hill St Blues. D) Monk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sledge Hammer!. 9. A popular vote in Switzerland in November 2009 approved banning the building of what in the country? A) McDonalds. B) Minarets. C) Horse race tracks. D) Polo grounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Minarets. 10. What entertainment venue in New York City's Rockefeller Center, nicknamed "the Showplace of the Nation", opened to the public in December 1932? A) New York Hippodrome. B) The Ed Sullivan Theatre. C) Hammerstein Ballroom. D) Radio City Music Hall. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Radio City Music Hall. 11. Who, with his crew, was credited as being the first person to circumnavigate the continents of North and South America, including a transit of the Northwest Passage? A) Sir John Franklin. B) Roald Amundsen. C) Captain Buchan. D) Sir Robert McClure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sir Robert McClure. 12. Where does the word donnybrook, synonymous with a riot, come from? A) A fair in Ireland. B) An Irish rabble-rouser. C) A river in County Cork that is prone to flood. D) An alternative name for the parliament of the Republic of Ireland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A fair in Ireland. 13. In ballet, which of these terms means a controlled turn on one leg, starting with one or both legs in pliΓ© and rising onto demi-pointe or pointe? A) Entrechat. B) Jete. C) Pirouette. D) Arabesque. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pirouette. 14. Which of these is a German astronomer who assigned most of the brighter stars their first systematic names in 1603 in his star atlas "Uranometria" ? A) Johannes Kepler. B) Johann Bayer. C) Edwin Hubble. D) Johann Sebastian Bach. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Johann Bayer. 15. Where is the lowest point in Africa? A) Egypt. B) Somalia. C) Djibouti. D) Eritrea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Djibouti. 16. To prevaricate is to what? A) Refuse to answer. B) Delay. C) Hesitate. D) Be evasive, or lie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Be evasive, or lie. 17. Where and when did Martina Navratilova became the oldest winner of a tennis grand slam titled aged 46? A) Australian Open, in 2003. B) Wimbledon, in 2010. C) French Open, in 1972. D) US Open, in 2002. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Australian Open, in 2003. 18. What is celebrated world wide on 7 April each year? A) World Health Day. B) Chinese Language Day. C) International Day of Human Space Flight. D) World Autism Awareness Day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) World Health Day. 19. By what name was Shane Fenton better known as a performer in the 1970s and 1980s? A) Adam (with the Ants). B) Alvin Stardust. C) Eden Kane. D) Shakin' Stevens. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alvin Stardust. 20. Which two land masses does Palk Strait separate? A) India and Sri Lanka. B) The North and South Islands of New Zealand. C) Mainland South America and Tierra del Fuego. D) The Isle of Wight and mainland UK. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) India and Sri Lanka. β PreviousNext βRelated 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 π Back to Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books