This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 886 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 886 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The song "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin" ' is from which of these? A) Porgy and Bess. B) CATS. C) My Fair Lady. D) South Pacific. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Porgy and Bess. 2. What did Sir Francis Drake's ship, the Golden Hind, achieve from 1577 to 1580? A) Circumnavigated the globe. B) Reached Australia. C) A refit in dock. D) Brought a panda back from China. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Circumnavigated the globe. 3. Why are Angel Falls, Venezuela, so called? A) They are extremely high. B) They were discovered by James Angel. C) People have jumped to their death there. D) They are pretty, and suitable as a home for angels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They were discovered by James Angel. 4. In the 2018 Winter Olympics North and South Korea fielded a combined team in which sport? A) Women's ice hockey. B) Men's bobsleigh. C) Paralympic women's surfboarding. D) Women's figureskating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Women's ice hockey. 5. What product was commercially introduced to Britain in 1930? A) Sliced bread. B) Hair pins. C) Toothpaste. D) Shampoo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sliced bread. 6. Who wrote the poem "Paradise Lost" ? A) John Milton. B) Wilfred Owen. C) Alexander Pope. D) Geoffrey Chaucer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John Milton. 7. When was Muhamad Morsi elected President of Egypt? A) 1970. B) 1953. C) 2012. D) 1981. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2012. 8. Pol Pot was overthrown as ruler of what country in 1979? A) Haiti. B) Ethiopia. C) Myanmar. D) Cambodia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cambodia. 9. In 2012 the Royal Mint in the United Kingdom did what? A) Printed no replacement coins of any kind. B) Struck a £1 coin with the Royal Shield on one side. C) Updated the royal portrait used on all coins. D) Struck 50p coins with designs showing various sports on one side. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Struck 50p coins with designs showing various sports on one side. 10. In 1932 the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd unified with the principal regions of Al-Hasa and Qatif to form which country? A) Iraq. B) Iran. C) Yemen. D) The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 11. The opening ceremony of the Summer Paralympics 2016, featured a dance between US Paralympic snowboarder Amy Purdy and what? A) The Brazilian President. B) A snowboard. C) An industrial robot called Kuka. D) The Brazilian flag. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An industrial robot called Kuka. 12. The 2013 UK television series "Ambassadors" follows the lives of the British embassy employees in which fictional nation? A) Tazbekistan. B) Lichtenbourg. C) Zimbanyika. D) Pataguela. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tazbekistan. 13. Which modern country was created when Prithvi Narayan united the 3 kingdoms of Kathmandu, Patan, and Bhaktapur in 1768? A) India. B) Nepal. C) Cambodia. D) Sri Lanka. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nepal. 14. Which of these characters appears in the game "Cluedo" ? A) Professor Moriarty. B) Professor Plum. C) Professor Higgins. D) Professor Challenger. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Professor Plum. 15. What was the maiden name of Billie Jean King before she married Lawrence King in Long Beach, California on 17 September 1965? A) McMahon. B) Crawley. C) Moffit. D) Cheney. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Moffit. 16. What is the chief river of Uganda? A) White Nile. B) Blue Nile. C) Turkwel. D) Edward. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) White Nile. 17. After a scoring controversy at an Olympic Games, the Hungarian and Italian fencing teams satisfied honour with a real live duel, with sabres. In what year was this? A) 1924. B) 1928. C) 1932. D) 1920. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1924. 18. In 2003, what character was voted by the American Film Institute to be the greatest hero in American film? A) Atticus Finch. B) James Bond. C) Indiana Jones. D) "Dirty" Harry Callaghan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Atticus Finch. 19. What was the aim of the 1984 Mexico Declaration by the National Olympic Committees? A) To promote participation in the Olympics by Eastern Bloc countries. B) To strengthen anti-doping testing. C) To support new national Olympic committees. D) To promote holding Games in more Central and South American venues. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To promote participation in the Olympics by Eastern Bloc countries. 20. Which of these is British slang for someone from the Tyneside or Newcastle area? A) Cockney. B) Geordie. C) Brummie. D) Scouser. 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