This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 853 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 853 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the term used for a driver on Memorial Day weekend attempting to race in the Indianapolis 500 during the day and the Coca-Cola 600 during the night? A) The Double. B) Two up. C) Twin crown. D) Hard work. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Double. 2. The "Pangboche Hand" is used as proof of the existence of what? A) Gravity. B) Jesus Christ. C) Yeti. D) Pluto. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yeti. 3. From which of these can the Southern Lights be seen? A) The Upernavik Archipelagoβ. B) The Kermadecs. C) The Belcher Islands. D) The Kurils. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Kermadecs. 4. Where is KwaZulu-Natal? A) Tanzania. B) Mozambique. C) Namibia. D) South Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) South Africa. 5. "The Gorbals" is an area in which city? A) Swansea. B) Glasgow. C) Liverpool. D) Dublin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Glasgow. 6. On 8 April 1933, the state government of Western Australia held a referendum on which subject, in which 68% of the 237, 198 voters voted in favour? A) Providing an aboriginal reservation. B) Introducing daylight saving. C) Starting Sunday trading. D) Seceding from the Commonwealth of Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Seceding from the Commonwealth of Australia. 7. What is the element associated with the Year of the Dog in China in 2030 (by the Western calendar)? A) Fire. B) Air. C) Earth. D) Metal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metal. 8. What does the name of Nana, one of the centres of "The Travelling Cat Chronicles" by Hiro Arikawa, relate to? A) His status as a grandparent. B) The shape of his tail. C) She is a nanny goat. D) A pop song. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The shape of his tail. 9. When were the first Far Eastern Games, now replaced by the Asian Games, held? A) 1982. B) 1913. C) 1962. D) 1926. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1913. 10. Who "packed her trunk and said goodbye to the circus" ? A) Nellie the Elephant. B) Horton the Elephant. C) Lumpy the Heffalump. D) Babar the Elephant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nellie the Elephant. 11. What is a hoatzin? A) A large pheasant-like bird, native to South America. B) A Brazilian dance. C) A saying of Confucius. D) A small dumpling special to Vietnamese cuisine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A large pheasant-like bird, native to South America. 12. To what office in the USA was Henry Kissinger appointed in 1973? A) Supreme Court Judge. B) Attorney General. C) Secretary of State. D) National Security Advisor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Secretary of State. 13. In English folklore, what symbolises fertility and rebirth? A) The Red Lion. B) The Green Man. C) The Black Horse. D) The Yellow Peril. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Green Man. 14. Dr. James Naismith, a Canadian-born American sports coach and innovator, invented which sport in 1891? A) Basketball. B) Chess. C) Javelin. D) Hopscotch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Basketball. 15. These are the first lines from what song: "They asked me how I knew, My true love was true. Oh, I of course replied, Something here inside cannot be denied" ? A) A Foggy Day in London Town. B) Deep In My Heart, Dear. C) Smoke Gets in Your Eyes. D) Under My Thumb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smoke Gets in Your Eyes. 16. What is a frequent element in the work of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama? A) Landscapes. B) Faces. C) Polka dots. D) Mechanisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Polka dots. 17. In Greek mythology, what was left in Pandora's box after the evils, ills, diseases, and burdensome labour had escaped? A) Charity. B) Faith. C) Hope. D) Tolerance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hope. 18. Which Texas congressman who ran a campaign to rid Afghanistan of Soviet influence in the 1980s, died in February 2010? A) Ronald Reagan. B) Teddy Kennedy. C) Bobby Seale. D) Charlie Wilson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Charlie Wilson. 19. Which of these developed and produced the Malaysian feature film "Thanggam" (2019) featuring a millennial named Kumar and his elderly grandmother who come to live together but speak separate languages? A) Tenaga. B) Glitterly. C) Tablework. D) Petronas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Petronas. 20. Robert Cecil, 1st earl of Salisbury, later Viscount Cranbourne, succeeded his father as whose chief minister? A) Elizabeth I of England. B) William IV, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover. C) Stephen, King of England. D) George I, King of Great Britain and Ireland and ruler of the Electorate of Hanover. 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