This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 860 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 860 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Olympic gold medallists Kristina Ε migun and Kristjan Palusalu represented which country? A) New Zealand. B) Canada. C) Australia. D) Estonia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Estonia. 2. What is the next in this series:Squaw Valley, Innsbruck, Grenoble ..... ? A) Sapporo. B) Innsbruck. C) Lake Placid. D) Montreal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sapporo. 3. In the 16th century BCE, a census was carried out, thought to be the earliest recorded, of the population of where? A) India. B) Israel. C) China. D) Athens. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Athens. 4. Samarkand is an ancient city in what present-day country? A) Uzbekistan. B) Turkmenistan. C) Mongolia. D) Iran. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Uzbekistan. 5. The Christian festival of Easter Sunday occurs on which day? A) The fifth Sunday after the full moon following the new year. B) Usually the first Sunday after the full moon on or after the vernal equinox. C) The sixth Sunday on or after the vernal equinox. D) The second Sunday after the full moon following the celebration of Christmas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Usually the first Sunday after the full moon on or after the vernal equinox. 6. Which brothers founded the studio which developed the dance rhythm game, Just Dance 2021? A) Smith. B) Guillemot. C) Kwok. D) Gou. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Guillemot. 7. How long is an Olympic-sized swimming pool? A) 20 yards. B) 150 metres. C) 10 metres. D) 50 metres. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 50 metres. 8. Circadian rhythms are seen in plants, animals, fungi and cyanobacteria, and are what? A) Reproductive rhythms. B) Diurnal patterns of leaf, antenna or pelt movement, unaffected by hot or cold. C) Patterns of sleeping or greatly reduced activity. D) Biological processes with 24 hour endogenous entrainable oscillation and temperature compensation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biological processes with 24 hour endogenous entrainable oscillation and temperature compensation. 9. If food is described as farinaceous what does it contain? A) Green vegetables. B) Vitamin B. C) Fish. D) Starch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Starch. 10. What is the English name for the red wines of Bordeaux, especially from vineyards in the Medoc district of the Gironde? A) Sherry. B) Bordeaux. C) Port. D) Claret. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Claret. 11. Who dubbed the singing voice for Audrey Hepburn in the film version of "My Fair Lady" ? A) Jennifer Jones. B) Marni Nixon. C) Gracie Fields. D) Julie Andrews. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marni Nixon. 12. In 2009, Kelly Clarkson released a song that included the lyric: "You got a piece of me, And honestly, My life would ..... "what" ..... without you" '? A) Improve. B) Suck. C) Be better. D) End. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suck. 13. What is the aim of the International HapMap Project? A) To map the patterns and precursors of changes in levels of happiness. B) To trace the rise and spread of pandemic illnesses. C) To catalogue human genetic similarities and differences. D) To provide a coherent track of all the world's endangered species. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To catalogue human genetic similarities and differences. 14. Who had a morning show from June to October 1980 and a late night show from 1982 to 1993 weeknights at 12:30 a.m. at NBC in New York, then moved to CBS where the show screened at 11:30 p.m.? A) Regis Philbin. B) Jay Leno. C) Larry King. D) David Letterman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) David Letterman. 15. What city was not known to the Western world until 1812, when it was discovered by Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt and described as "a rose-red city half as old as time" in a sonnet by John William Burgon? A) Petra. B) Cheops. C) Babylon. D) Atlantis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Petra. 16. What nationality is Ilie NΔstase, World No. 1 tennis player in 1973/1974, who won more than 100 ATP professional titles, 7 Grand Slam titles and 4 ATP World Tour Finals championships? A) Russian. B) Romanian. C) Hungarian. D) French. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Romanian. 17. Dame Barbara Hepworth is known mainly for her work in sculpture but later in her career was known for work in what other medium? A) Polystyrene puppets. B) Water colour landscapes. C) Lithography. D) Glass. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lithography. 18. What is the maximum mass for a golf ball? A) 85gm (3 oz). B) 220 gm (7.75 oz). C) 150gm (5.3 oz). D) 46 gm (1.620 oz). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 46 gm (1.620 oz). 19. When did people last walk on the moon? A) 21 July 1969. B) 14 December 1972. C) 6 February 1985. D) 24 April 1992. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 14 December 1972. 20. Which Winter Olympics sport does not feature a women's event? A) Alpine Skiing. B) Cross Country. C) Nordic Combined. D) Freestyle Skiing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nordic Combined. 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