This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 872 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 872 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The 2018 Olympic Games saw the debut at the Olympics of mass start speed skating, mixed doubles curling, mixed team alpine skiing and which other sport? A) Synchronised swimming. B) BMX freestyle. C) Women's ice hockey. D) "Big air" snowboarding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "Big air" snowboarding. 2. Which of these is the word for groups of sheep? A) Flicks. B) Flax. C) Flux. D) Flocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flocks. 3. In Edward Albee's Tony Award-winning play written in 2000, the main character falls in love with what or whom? A) A mermaid. B) The twin towers in Manhattan. C) A goat. D) His own leg. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A goat. 4. His name was Augustus Newnham, nicknamed Moses by his older brother. What was his family name? A) Dickens. B) Disraeli. C) Wordsworth. D) Heston. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dickens. 5. What shape are the leaves of an aspidistra? A) Feathered. B) Round. C) Needle-shaped. D) A long pointed oval. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A long pointed oval. 6. Which moon of Jupiter is named after a divine hero in Greek mythology whose homeland was Troy who was abducted by Zeus in the form of an eagle to serve as cupbearer to the gods and as Zeus's beloved? A) Callisto. B) Ganymede. C) Europa. D) Io. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ganymede. 7. What nickname is applied to the Western coast of Namibia, home to many shipwrecks? A) The Mosquito Coast. B) The Coast of Ghosts. C) The Skeleton Coast. D) The Costa Brava. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Skeleton Coast. 8. Who is the last in this series:Venus Smith, Dr. Cathy Gale, Mrs. Emma Peel, Tara King ..... ? A) Marjorie. B) Purdey. C) Atalie. D) Barney. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Purdey. 9. The natural habitat of which of these animals is the furthest south? A) Giant panda. B) Polar bear. C) Emperor penguin. D) Koala. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emperor penguin. 10. The world's smallest internationally recognised country is what size? A) 0.44 km2 (0.17 sq miles). B) 1.95 km2 (0.75 sq miles). C) 26 km2 (10 sq miles). D) 21 km2 (8.1 sq miles). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 0.44 km2 (0.17 sq miles). 11. Who performed the song that topped the Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1978? A) Andy Gibb with "Shadow Dancing". B) Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta with "You're the One That I Want". C) The Bee Gees with "Stayin' Alive". D) Eric Clapton with "Lay Down Sally". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Andy Gibb with "Shadow Dancing". 12. FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) was rocked in 2015 by what? A) Russia pulled out of hosting the 2018 World Cup. B) Large scale indictments and arrests for corruption. C) All the European, American and Asian teams pulled out of the Qatar 2022 World Cup. D) The headquarters were bombed during the presidential election. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Large scale indictments and arrests for corruption. 13. Who is the only US president to have served two non-consecutive terms and is therefore counted as both the 22nd and 24th president? A) John F. Kennedy. B) Benjamin Harrison. C) James A. Garfield. D) Grover Cleveland. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grover Cleveland. 14. What is a legislative or executive act by which a state restores those who may have been guilty of an offence against it to the positions of innocent people? A) Amnesty. B) Pardon. C) Grant of impunity. D) Absolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amnesty. 15. How many bones are there typically in the adult human body? A) 56. B) 506. C) 1006. D) 206. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 206. 16. Where is the Viedma Glacier which empties into the western end of Lake Viedma? A) Iceland. B) Norway. C) New Zealand. D) Argentina. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Argentina. 17. Which of these did not play guitar for "The Yardbirds" ? A) Eric Clapton. B) Ron Wood. C) Jeff Beck. D) Jimmy Page. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ron Wood. 18. Which of these is the chief constituent of bronze? A) Copper. B) Tin. C) Lead. D) Tungsten. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Copper. 19. What sport was scheduled at Horse Guard's Parade at London's 2012 Summer Olympic Games? A) BMX racing. B) Javelin. C) Tennis. D) Beach volleyball. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beach volleyball. 20. Pi, a mathematical constant whose value is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, is the same value as what other ratio? A) GDP to GNP in a balanced economy. B) The hypotenuse to the sum of the other sides. C) The sum of the sides of a dodecahedron to one side. D) A circle's area to the square of its radius. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A circle's area to the square of its radius. ← 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