This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 851 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 851 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Greeks wanting to encipher a text used the scytale to perform what? A) Telegraph code. B) Transposition cipher. C) Stream cipher. D) Symmetric key algorithm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transposition cipher. 2. A UN tribunal ruling under the auspices of the UN Convention on the Laws of the Sea was asked for in 2013 by the Philippines on claims by what other country? A) Australia. B) USA. C) Malaysia. D) People's Republic of China. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) People's Republic of China. 3. Which is described as a traditional treatment for rheumatoid arthritis, chronic anterior uveitis, conjunctivitis, skin cancer, small pox, chicken pox, wound healing, urinary tract infections, and liver ailments? A) Elderberry. B) Ginger. C) Echinacea, or coneflower. D) Turmeric. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Turmeric. 4. A washboard scraped with a thimble features as an instrument in what kind of music? A) Country. B) Skiffle. C) Folk. D) Ska. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skiffle. 5. Who invented the biro pen? A) Val Biro. B) László Bíró. C) Charles Biro. D) Jan Charles Biro. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) László Bíró. 6. Which of these distinguishes a fungus from a plant? A) It digests its food externally before absorption. B) Spores. C) Cells with membrane-bound organelles. D) No symbiotic relationships with other organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It digests its food externally before absorption. 7. Which of these is a genus of armoured dinosaur with distinctive tail spikes and plates from the Late Jurassic period, once found in western North America and Europe? A) Stegosaurus. B) Apatosaurus. C) Diplodocus. D) Velociraptor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stegosaurus. 8. What is a panemone? A) An ancient Macedonian feast during June. B) A climbing Greek flower. C) An 18th century bread-making machine. D) A vertical axis wind turbine where the blades or sails move horizontally. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A vertical axis wind turbine where the blades or sails move horizontally. 9. For the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, USA, why was there only one new venue in the 15 used? A) Terminal disagreements with architects. B) Cost control by the city in the Great Depression. C) It was an IOC requirement. D) A list of the venues needed was not supplied to the city in time to build more. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cost control by the city in the Great Depression. 10. He was a 19th century European novelist also acclaimed as the greatest short story writer of his country. Who was he? A) Somerset Maugham. B) Franz Kafka. C) Guy de Maupassant. D) Henry James. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Guy de Maupassant. 11. Which of these is a variety of cabbage introduced into England in the 16th century? A) Carrot. B) Cauliflower. C) Parsley. D) Green pepper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cauliflower. 12. What are the mathematical odds of the perfect deal in a bridge hand (i.e. 13 cards all of one suit) A) 1 million to 1. B) 158, 753, 389, 899 to 1. C) 208 to 1. D) 2, 704 to 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 158, 753, 389, 899 to 1. 13. Who, in his autobiography "Open:An Autobiography" published in November 2009, admitted to using and testing positive for methamphetamine in 1997? A) Andre Agassi. B) Greg Norman. C) Tiger Woods. D) David Beckham. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Andre Agassi. 14. What is a fillip? A) A move to turn something over. B) An explosive flick of the finger. C) A ballcock. D) A white blaze on a horse's forehead. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An explosive flick of the finger. 15. Which of these historical figures is most associated with the year 1865? A) Guy Fawkes. B) George Washington. C) Joan of Arc. D) Abraham Lincoln. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abraham Lincoln. 16. In 1934, English inventor and businessman Percy Shaw patented and then set up a company to manufacture what invention? A) The reflective road stud ("cat's eye"). B) Traffic lights. C) Parking meters. D) Reflective surfaces on road signs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The reflective road stud ("cat's eye"). 17. Where, in about 142 CE, did the Romans build the Antonine Wall? A) In Scotland. B) Between Wales and England. C) Between Assyria and the Parthian Empire. D) In southern Egypt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In Scotland. 18. Which of these would be found in a nide? A) Weasels. B) Greyhounds. C) Ravens. D) Pheasant chicks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pheasant chicks. 19. What do whale sharks, four-eyed fish, and New Zealand red rock cod share in common? A) They are filter feeders. B) They can see simultaneously above and below water. C) They can live up to 100 years. D) They are viviparous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They are viviparous. 20. Where is the world's lowest area of land, i.e. the land which lies at the deepest "elevation" below sea level? A) Ethiopia. B) Egypt. C) Israel. D) Argentina. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Israel. ← 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