This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 840 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 840 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How many countries other than independent Pacific Island nations hold territory in the south Pacific Polynesia Triangle? A) 9. B) 2. C) 3. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5. 2. What is Banksy best known for? A) Setting up a trust for orphaned Eskimo children. B) Most rugby league goals kicked in Australia. C) "Anonymous" street art. D) Chat show hosting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Anonymous" street art. 3. The plant soleirolia soleirolii of the nettle family has a number of common names, including baby's tears, angel's tears, mind-your-own-business, peace-in-the-home, pollyanna vine, the Corsican curse and which of these? A) Dingle Dell. B) Mother of thousands. C) Victoria's secret. D) Amberley grange. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mother of thousands. 4. Where are the only two medical centres which officially store and handle specimens of the only virus known for certain to have been eradicated from the world's diseases? A) UK and South Africa. B) USA and Russia. C) USA and UK. D) South Africa and Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) USA and Russia. 5. Which of these influential 20th Century romantic composers lived beyond the end of the First World War? A) Gabriel Fauré. B) Alexander Scriabin. C) Jules Massenet. D) Claude Debussy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gabriel Fauré. 6. Who unknowingly slew his father and married his mother, and, when he discovered his true identity, blinded himself when his mother hanged herself? A) Oedipus. B) Narcissus. C) Adonis. D) Vespasian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oedipus. 7. William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, was executed for his anti-puritan views during what period of British history? A) Tudor period. B) Middle Ages. C) English Civil War. D) 100 Year's War. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) English Civil War. 8. Anu, Enlil and Inanna are gods in the pantheon of the religion of which culture? A) Iranian. B) Hittite. C) Sumerian. D) Bantu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sumerian. 9. What was the name given to the line of German defences that ran across Italy from east to west just north of Florence? A) Maginot Line. B) Gustav Line. C) Siegfried Line. D) Gothic Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gothic Line. 10. Where are the horse latitudes? A) Around the equator. B) Where the Polar easterlies meet the Westerlies. C) Where the Westerlies meet the trade winds, at about 30 degrees both N and S. D) North of 60 degrees N, south of 60 degrees S. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Where the Westerlies meet the trade winds, at about 30 degrees both N and S. 11. In the 20th century, how many Olympic Games were held in Los Angeles? A) 2. B) 1. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2. 12. What is the official currency in the Micronesian island of Guam? A) Kina. B) Peso. C) US Dollar. D) Renminbi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) US Dollar. 13. The capital of the USA is Washington, D.C. What does "D.C." stand for? A) Diplomatic Convocation. B) Democratic Convention. C) District of Columbia. D) Dream Centre. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) District of Columbia. 14. What does the "S" stand for in the letters "SWALK" written on an envelope? A) Spent. B) Signed. C) Stolen. D) Sealed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sealed. 15. What in the UK is referred to as "grilling" is called what in the USA? A) Baking. B) Broiling. C) Stewing. D) Toasting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Broiling. 16. Which of these was a 16th century German poet, dramatist and meistersinger from Nurnberg? A) Richard Wagner. B) Hans Sachs. C) Donald McIntyre. D) Georges Bizet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hans Sachs. 17. First held in 1991, a race is held annually on the Hudson river, USA, for what? A) Hydrofoils. B) Self-built canoes. C) Working tugboats. D) Poohsticks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Working tugboats. 18. What is a sleep disorder characterized by pauses in breathing during sleep? A) Sleep apnoea. B) Snoring. C) Amnesia. D) Insomnia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sleep apnoea. 19. Where is the House of Keys the governing body, with 24 elected members? A) Greenland. B) Republic of Ireland. C) Iceland. D) Isle of Man. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Isle of Man. 20. When playing bridge some players might use which of these conventions? A) CANT. B) DONT. C) WONT. D) NO WAY. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) DONT. ← 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