This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 868 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 868 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. From the 1860s most trains heading to the south of the USA passed through which city's transit hub? A) San Antonia, Texas. B) Saint Paul, Minnesota. C) Chattanooga, Tennessee. D) Boston, Massachusetts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chattanooga, Tennessee. 2. Of these periods in ancient pre-history which is the oldest? A) Triassic-Jurassic. B) Cambrian. C) Cretaceous. D) Permian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cambrian. 3. What is a common feature of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt? A) The Atlas Mountains run through them all. B) All have English as one of their official languages. C) They are the only countries on the African mainland with a shore on the Mediterranean Sea. D) They border Niger. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are the only countries on the African mainland with a shore on the Mediterranean Sea. 4. What name is given to the broad expanse of prairie, steppe and grassland between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains, covering parts of central western USA and Canada from Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba to New Mexico and Texas? A) The Great Lakes. B) The Great Plains. C) The Pampas. D) The Steppes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Great Plains. 5. What was one of the aspects which were unusual about the aircraft known as B-29 Superfortress developed by American scientists at Boeing during World War II? A) Ventral gun turrets. B) Ability to carry a payload of up to 4, 800 lb (2, 200 kg) of bombs. C) Pressurised cabin. D) Nose and dorsal gun turrets. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pressurised cabin. 6. Which of these can be white, raw, brown or demerara? A) Pepper. B) Salt. C) Sugar. D) Mustard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sugar. 7. Kylie Minogue played Charlene Robinson in what soap opera? A) Emmerdale. B) Coronation Street. C) Neighbours. D) Dallas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neighbours. 8. Who was Australia's first Catholic saint? A) Mary McKillop. B) Flora MacDonald. C) Kylie Minogue. D) Cathy Freeman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mary McKillop. 9. Which of these is a type of fortified wine-based aromatic drink flavoured with herbs? A) Sherry. B) Cognac. C) Tequila. D) Vermouth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vermouth. 10. What is the "island" referred to in "Les Machines de l'île", opened in mid 2007? A) Bora Bora, Tahiti. B) Belle-Île-en-Mer, off the coast of Brittany. C) L'Ile de Nantes, in the River Loire, France. D) Blueberry Island in Lac de l"Achigon, Quebec, Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) L'Ile de Nantes, in the River Loire, France. 11. In what decade was Queen Elizabeth II born? A) 1930s. B) 1910s. C) 1920s. D) 1900s. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1920s. 12. "Having an inkling" means having what? A) Slight knowledge. B) The first draft of a piece of writing. C) A blot. D) A verified piece of gossip. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slight knowledge. 13. English lawyer James Puckle patented a gun in 1718 to do what? A) Include rifling to fire more accurately. B) Fire rockets. C) Fire hypodermic needles. D) Fire repeated rounds of both round and square bullets. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fire repeated rounds of both round and square bullets. 14. Which of these countries does not have a coastline on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea? A) Algeria. B) Iran. C) Spain. D) Greece. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Iran. 15. Which of these is a New Zealand tennis pair who won the junior men's doubles at Wimbledon in 1993? A) Tony Wilding and Josiah Ritchie. B) James Greenhalgh and Steven Downs. C) Peter McNamara and Paul McNamee. D) Roy Emerson and Rod Laver. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) James Greenhalgh and Steven Downs. 16. When did Panama assume control of the Canal through its territory, begun in 1881 and opened to shipping in 1914? A) 11 November 1918. B) 1 October 1979. C) 31 December 1999. D) 31 December 1920. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 31 December 1999. 17. Which US State ended prohibition in November 1948, a law that had been in place there for 68 years? A) Kentucky. B) Arkansas. C) Kansas. D) Utah. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kansas. 18. Which of these British decorations was founded in 1916, to be awarded to ranks of non commissioned officers and below? A) Victoria Cross (VC). B) Military Cross (MC). C) Military Medal (MM). D) Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Military Medal (MM). 19. Which famous landmark in Los Angeles, California, was created as an advertisement in 1923? A) The Hollywood Sign. B) Grauman's Chinese Theatre. C) The Cable Car. D) Hollywood Bowl. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Hollywood Sign. 20. Which film star became Governor of California? A) Sylvester Stallone. B) Sally Field. C) Arnold Schwarzenegger. D) Grace Kelly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arnold Schwarzenegger. ← 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