This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 892 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 892 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In which country is Lake Como? A) Germany. B) Portugal. C) Italy. D) Greece. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Italy. 2. What genre is the British television series "Spitting Image" ? A) Soap drama. B) Visual arts documentary. C) History. D) Political and social satire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Political and social satire. 3. For a point in mathematics, what describes a set of points containing it where one can move in any direction away from that point without leaving the set? A) District. B) Topography. C) Neighbourhood. D) Continent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neighbourhood. 4. The killing of 58-year-old Robert Krentz and his dog, shot on 27 March 2010 on his ranch roughly 19 miles (31 km) from the Mexican border, led to increased public support for a bill to combat illegal immigration in which US State? A) Texas. B) New Mexico. C) Arizona. D) California. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arizona. 5. The name given to a group of which of these is a rafter, a gobble or a flock? A) Vampire bats. B) Kangaroos. C) Owls. D) Turkeys. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Turkeys. 6. The Pantanal in the south of South America is known as the world's largest what? A) Complete stepped temple. B) Copper deposit. C) Opossum. D) Tropical wetland. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tropical wetland. 7. Which of these people married Spanish film actor, film director, film producer and singer Antonio Banderas in May 1996? A) Julia Roberts. B) Melanie Griffith. C) Demi Moore. D) Venus Williams. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Melanie Griffith. 8. The 12th century French poet ChrΓ©tien de Troyes is credited with introducing which figure into legend and literature? A) Roland. B) Lancelot. C) Gargantua. D) St Patrick. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lancelot. 9. What is the name of a musical form and genre created within the African-American communities in the deep south of the USA at the end of the 19th century? A) Oranges. B) Reds. C) Blues. D) Greens. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blues. 10. The critically acclaimed, but only 2-season, American TV series "Lot 49" (2018-19), described by one critic as "a fantastic puzzle of a series", references a book by which writer? A) Eleanor Catton. B) Truman Capote. C) Edgar Rice Burroughs. D) Thomas Pynchon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thomas Pynchon. 11. The Great Barrier Reef lies off which country? A) Anchorage. B) Australia. C) Hong Kong. D) Heathrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Australia. 12. What was the subject of the 2017 Fairbanks Declaration A) Oil exploration in Alaska:indigenous people's rights and ownership. B) Arctic scientific cooperation, safety, security and stewardship, living conditions, climate change. C) Establishing an oil pipeline. D) Tourism in the Aleutian Islands. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arctic scientific cooperation, safety, security and stewardship, living conditions, climate change. 13. Thursday 4 May 1780 saw the first running of which annual horse race for three-year old colts? A) St. Leger Stakes. B) The Oaks Stakes. C) Grand National. D) Epsom Derby. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epsom Derby. 14. In general, shallow seas are seen as marginal or inland extensions of ocean with average depths of less than how much? A) About 10m (33ft). B) About 200m (656ft). C) About 2m (6ft). D) About 600m (1, 970ft). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) About 200m (656ft). 15. Which UK TV series, set in Peckham, London, over 7 years chronicled the attempts of an ambitious market trader and his younger brother to get rich? A) The Goodies. B) Only Fools and Horses. C) Absolutely Fabulous. D) The Good Life. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Only Fools and Horses. 16. In which city are O'Connell Street, known as 'Sackville Street' until 1924, and O'Connell Bridge, known as Carlisle Bridge until the early 1880s, which were renamed for Daniel O'Connell, a nationalist leader of the early 19th century? A) Washington DC. B) Brasilia. C) Dublin. D) Canberra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dublin. 17. Which animal character, who first appeared on film in 1933, was conceived by Merian C Cooper and created by Willis O'Brien? A) Godzilla. B) Lassie. C) Flicka. D) King Kong. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) King Kong. 18. When the Lyttelton Railway Tunnel was completed in New Zealand in 1867 it was what? A) The longest railway tunnel in the world. B) The first tunnel to be built through the side of an extinct volcano. C) The first tunnel built on a spiral. D) The steepest tunnel in the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The first tunnel to be built through the side of an extinct volcano. 19. Which of these countries has coastline on the English Channel, the Bay of Biscay and the Mediterranean Sea? A) Germany. B) Italy. C) Denmark. D) France. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) France. 20. When was the eastern part of Australia claimed by Great Britain? A) 1770. B) 1542. C) 1896. D) 1606. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1770. β PreviousNext βRelated 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 π Back to Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books