This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 875 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 875 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is another name for a woodchuck, made famous in the tongue twister "How much wood could a woodchuck chuck ..... "? A) Groundhog. B) Lumberjack. C) Caber tosser. D) Beaver. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Groundhog. 2. Until 1997, the Group of Eight (G8), a forum for powerful governments, was the G7. Which country was the last to join, making it G8? A) Russia. B) Italy. C) Japan. D) Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Russia. 3. CRP (or CREEP) was The Committee to Re-elect which US president? A) Ronald Reagan. B) Jimmy Carter. C) Dwight Eisenhower. D) Richard Nixon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Richard Nixon. 4. Which of these was a Pasha and Fleet Admiral of the Ottoman Navy from 1532 to 1545, and dominated the Mediterranean for decades? A) Leviathan. B) Saladin. C) Gilgamesh. D) Barbarossa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Barbarossa. 5. Who hosted and won the 1995 Rugby Union World Cup? A) Australia. B) South Africa. C) New Zealand. D) England. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) South Africa. 6. Which cup, an ornate silver-plated Britannia metal bottomless ewer, designed and crafted in 1848 by Garrard & Co., was donated by Sir Henry Paget, Marquess of Anglesey, for the Royal Yacht Squadron's 1851 Annual Regatta? A) Borg Warner Trophy. B) Anglesey Shield. C) The America's Cup. D) Clapperton Trophy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The America's Cup. 7. Sometimes seen as one of the first feminist central female characters in Western theatre, who was she and who was the playwright? A) Martha, Edward Albee. B) Miss Julie, August Strindberg. C) Blanche, Tennessee Williams. D) Hedda Gabler, Henrik Ibsen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hedda Gabler, Henrik Ibsen. 8. What jersey is awarded to the "King of the Hill", the best climber in the Tour de France? A) Polka dot. B) Green. C) Yellow. D) Blue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polka dot. 9. Haile Selassie was the ruler of which country? A) Ethiopia. B) Egypt. C) Austria. D) Iran. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethiopia. 10. What name is given to a dam constructed from concrete and/or stone masonry and designed to hold back the water by using only the weight of the material and its resistance against the foundation? A) Arch. B) Resistance. C) Cutaway. D) Gravity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gravity. 11. What is the name of the pet dog in the 1962 cartoon TV series "The Jetsons" ? A) Cosmo. B) Astro. C) Woofter. D) Dino. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Astro. 12. Who of his family joined Louis XVI of France in going to the guillotine in 1793? A) His daughter. B) His brother. C) His mother-in-law. D) His wife. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His wife. 13. As at the end of 2019 which is the longest continuously running show and musical on Broadway? A) The Lion King. B) Wicked. C) Cats. D) Phantom of the Opera. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phantom of the Opera. 14. Which of these US states is the largest? A) Florida. B) California. C) Alaska. D) Rhode Island. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alaska. 15. Centre, Offensive guard, Offensive tackle, Tight end, Wide receiver, Fullback, Running back, Quarterback, Defensive end, Defensive tackle, Nose guard, Linebacker, Cornerback, Safety, Nickelback and Dimeback are positions in which sport? A) Cricket. B) American football. C) Soccer. D) Figure skating. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) American football. 16. Who performed "Sex Crimes", the theme song from the film "1984" ? A) Pet Shop Boys. B) Wham. C) Eurythmics. D) Dusty Springfield and Kenny Rogers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eurythmics. 17. Where did the hypertext publication known as "wiki", collaboratively edited and managed by its own audience directly using a web browser, get its name? A) A whim of the concept's developer. B) A Hawaiian word for "quick". C) The name of a pet monkey. D) A Doppler effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A Hawaiian word for "quick". 18. In music, which of these words means a line used to group notes together? A) Series. B) Ligature. C) Triad. D) Signature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligature. 19. Mescaline comes from what plant? A) Carrot. B) Poppy. C) Cactus. D) Palm tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cactus. 20. A 1969 American western film that tells the story of two bank robbers is "Butch Cassidy and the ..... what ..... Kid" ? A) Sunshine. B) Sunset. C) Sundance. D) Sunspot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sundance. ← 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