This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 883 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 883 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Looking at distances averaged over time, which is the planet closest to the Earth? A) Mars. B) Mercury. C) Venus. D) Uranus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mercury. 2. The song "Whatever Lola Wants" is from which musical? A) Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. B) Li'l Abner. C) Damn Yankees. D) The Pajama Game. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Damn Yankees. 3. What does Monarch Initiative focus on? A) Study of Monarch butterflies. B) International disease discovery, particularly rare diseases, and diagnosis. C) Analysis of governmental structures and types. D) Bacteria beneficial to their host. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) International disease discovery, particularly rare diseases, and diagnosis. 4. Which of these historical figures is most associated with the year 1605? A) Abraham Lincoln. B) Guy Fawkes. C) Joan of Arc. D) George Washington. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Guy Fawkes. 5. Where was Daniel arap Moi a leader? A) Kenya. B) India. C) Mongolia. D) Argentina. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kenya. 6. What stands at the west end of the Champs Élysées? A) The Louvre. B) Eiffel Tower. C) The Bastille. D) Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile. 7. What is a Saanen? A) A kind of bell. B) A goat. C) A chocolate. D) A wolf. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A goat. 8. Which HBO Max sci-fi series set on the real planet Kepler-22b centres on artificial intelligence and religious belief? A) Station Eleven. B) Peacemaker. C) Raised by Wolves. D) Infinity Train. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Raised by Wolves. 9. What game is one of the inspirations for the video game, "The Witness" ? A) Myst. B) Warcraft. C) Final Fantasy. D) Batman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myst. 10. African nations boycotted the Montreal Olympic Games in 1976, as a protest against a recent tour of South Africa by a rugby team from which country? A) Australia. B) New Zealand. C) Tonga. D) Samoa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) New Zealand. 11. Tableland, large flat elevated areas sitting above cliffs, is sometimes called what? A) Flatlands. B) Plains. C) Mesa. D) Plateau. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mesa. 12. In 1921 Sir Arnold Lunn organised the first British national ski championship which included, as well as jumping and cross-country, a speed version of what other style? A) Nordic skiing. B) Slalom. C) Mogul skiing. D) Biathlon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slalom. 13. Where are the Kasubi Tombs, also known as the Ssekabaka's Tombs, the burial grounds for four kings, which were badly damaged by fire on 16 March 2010? A) El Alamein, Egypt. B) Khartoum, Sudan. C) Kampala, Uganda. D) Baghdad, Iraq. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kampala, Uganda. 14. Which of these animals is native to Africa? A) Panda. B) Tiger. C) Capybara. D) Meerkat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meerkat. 15. The continent, or micro-continent, of Zealandia broke away from what land mass an estimated 83-79 million years ago? A) Meganesia. B) Gondwanaland. C) Laurentia. D) Pangaea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gondwanaland. 16. Rapidly boiling a liquid to make it thicker and more concentrated is called what? A) Repleting. B) Reducing. C) Rebooting. D) Refracting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reducing. 17. Which US President resigned on 9 August 1974? A) Spiro Agnew. B) Lyndon Johnson. C) Gerald Ford. D) Richard Nixon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Richard Nixon. 18. At the 2010 Grammy Awards, who set a new record for the most wins by a female artist in one night, winning six? A) Lady Gaga. B) Beyoncé. C) Susan Boyle. D) Gracie Fields. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beyoncé. 19. How could the majority of the land in Laos be described? A) Coastal plains. B) Mountainous. C) Marshland. D) Below sea level. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mountainous. 20. What were reportedly the last words of Ned Kelly when he was hanged on 11 November 1880 at the Melbourne Gaol? A) Behold the head of a traitor!. B) Kiss me, Hardy. C) My heart will go on. D) Such is life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Such is life. ← 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