This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 863 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 863 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where is what is often referred to simply as The Loess Plateau? A) Central north China. B) Iowa, USA. C) Canterbury, New Zealand. D) Southern Ukraine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central north China. 2. Which of these actions is common to Mary Queen of Scots (1567), Edward VIII (1936), Umberto II of Italy (1946) and Farouk of Egypt (1953)? A) Exile. B) Coronation. C) Execution. D) Abdication. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abdication. 3. In which of these states of the USA is there not a city called Boise? A) Maine. B) Idaho. C) Texas. D) Oklahoma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maine. 4. What was the name of the bottlenose dolphin who became famous in 1955-56 for playing with the children of the small town of Opononi, New Zealand, and performing with beach balls and bottles? A) Ducky. B) Pelorus Jack. C) Davina the Dolphin. D) Opo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Opo. 5. What does an "aquarium" simulate? A) A rain forest or swamp. B) A circulating current through different-levelled pools. C) The submerged area of a water habitat. D) A dry habitat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The submerged area of a water habitat. 6. What do "baristas" prepare? A) Cocktails. B) Coffee. C) Kosher food. D) Desserts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coffee. 7. What official world speed record for a shuttlecock in badminton, was set on 3 June 2005 by Fu Haifeng? A) 332 km/h (206 mph). B) 305 km/h (189 mph). C) 345 km/h (214 mph). D) 298 km/h (185 mph). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 332 km/h (206 mph). 8. David Ben-Gurion was the first prime minister of where? A) Libya. B) Ethiopia. C) Somalia. D) Israel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Israel. 9. What is another name for "laughing gas" ? A) Krypton. B) Nitrous oxide. C) Carbon monoxide. D) Hydrogen sulphide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nitrous oxide. 10. Who was Attorney General of the USA from 1961 to 1964, US Senator for New York from 1965 to 1968, and was assassinated while running for president in 1968? A) Joe Kennedy. B) Edward Kennedy. C) John F Kennedy. D) Robert Kennedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Robert Kennedy. 11. The six annual races which make up the World Marathon Majors, first run in 2006, are in the cities of Tokyo, Boston, London, Chicago, New York City and which other? A) Ontario. B) Berlin. C) Johannesburg. D) Sydney. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Berlin. 12. What is a traditional English dish made with the shallow-fried leftover vegetables from a roast dinner, mainly potato and cabbage, to which carrots, peas, brussels sprouts, and other vegetables can be added? A) Squirm and chirp. B) Brew and scream. C) Pop and tweet. D) Bubble and squeak. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bubble and squeak. 13. The 1988 Summer and Winter Olympic Games were marked by which? A) A boycott by the two Australasian countries. B) The first Games in which North Korea competed. C) The first Games under the IOC Presidency of Thomas Bach. D) The last Games in which East Germany and the USSR could compete. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The last Games in which East Germany and the USSR could compete. 14. What was the name of Amy Johnson's plane in which she flew solo from Britain to Australia in 1930? A) Hercules. B) Pegasus. C) Achilles. D) Jason. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jason. 15. What shape are the 8 faces of an octahedron? A) Triangles. B) Squares. C) Pentagons. D) Hexagons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Triangles. 16. Former glamour model Jordan, had a son on 13 June 2005 and a daughter on 29 June 2007, married on 10 September 2005, and on 15 May 2009, announced that she and her husband were separating. Who was the man involved in these events? A) Jason Donovan. B) Peter Andre. C) Phil Collins. D) Eric Clapton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peter Andre. 17. When the communications technology tool known as Zoom was being developed in 2011, what was the name of the company? A) Redbooth. B) Saasbee, Inc. C) Webex. D) The Business. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saasbee, Inc. 18. What is another name for athlete's foot? A) Tangled pedimenta. B) Tanya Peijus. C) Tango ex Paris. D) Tinea pedis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tinea pedis. 19. Current thinking is that the Earth was formed about 4.6 billion years ago; when is it estimated that oxygen first became a significant element in the Earth's atmosphere? A) About 2 million years ago. B) 4.6 billion years ago. C) 63 million years ago. D) About 2.5 billion years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) About 2.5 billion years ago. 20. Which US president declared the first national Mother's Day in the USA? A) George W Bush. B) George Washington. C) John F Kennedy. D) Woodrow Wilson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Woodrow Wilson. ← 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