This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 898 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 898 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Iran and the United Arab Emirates together with Musandam, an exclave of Oman, are on either side of which stretch of water? A) Persian Gulf. B) Strait of Hormuz. C) Suez Canal. D) The Dardanelles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Strait of Hormuz. 2. When the group known as Destiny's Child formed originally in 1997 what was their name? A) Peach. B) En Vogue. C) Girl Tyme. D) The Verve. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Girl Tyme. 3. Which news channel broadcasts, or plans to broadcast, in Mandarin? A) CGTN (China Global Television Network). B) Voice of America and Radio Free Asia (USA). C) DW (Deutsche Welle). D) BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Voice of America and Radio Free Asia (USA). 4. Zane Grey wrote what type of novels? A) Cookery. B) Science fiction. C) American westerns. D) Romances. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) American westerns. 5. The Super Bowl, the championship game of the National Football League, was first played as part of a merger agreement between the NFL and its rival, the American Football League, in what year? A) 1947. B) 1977. C) 1957. D) 1967. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1967. 6. Someone who loves and/or is expert in archery could be called a what? A) Tireur Γ l'Arche. B) Heliophile. C) MΓͺleur. D) Toxophilite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Toxophilite. 7. Which model was engaged to Bryan Ferry of Roxy Music before she married Mick Jagger? A) Rachel Hunter. B) Elle Macpherson. C) Jerry Hall. D) Cindy Crawford. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jerry Hall. 8. The following lyric is from which song: "Birds sing out of tune and rain clouds hide the moon" ? A) "I Don't Like Mondays" by Bob Geldof. B) "Till There Was You" by Meredith Willson. C) "A World Without Love" credited to Lennon / McCartney. D) "Roxanne" by Sting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "A World Without Love" credited to Lennon / McCartney. 9. The publication of Harriet Beecher Stowe's book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in 1852 aroused much public feeling about what issue in the USA? A) Slavery. B) Housing. C) Public education. D) Women's suffrage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slavery. 10. In 2019 Taizha Keakealani Hughes-Kaluhiokalani was what? A) Representative for Hawai'i in the US Congress. B) Miss Aloha Hula. C) Female surfing world champion. D) Youngest golfer to qualify for an LPGA Tour event. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Miss Aloha Hula. 11. Which of these capitals is the most northern? A) Reykjavik. B) Moscow. C) Oslo. D) Ottawa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reykjavik. 12. What reaction did Bob Dylan receive to the second night of his performances at the Newport Folk Festival on Sunday 25 July 1965? A) Polite applause. B) Silence. C) Booing. D) Wild cheering. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Booing. 13. What is the name of the seaway through the Arctic from Europe, north of Asia to the Pacific Ocean? A) Bering Strait. B) North East Passage. C) Cook Strait. D) Barents Strait. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) North East Passage. 14. "Give me Liberty, or give me Death!" is a quotation attributed to which speaker at a court hearing on 23 March 1775, at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia? A) Patrick Henry. B) Thomas Jefferson. C) George Washington. D) Benjamin Franklin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Patrick Henry. 15. The Republic of Chad is predominantly what type of land? A) Jungle. B) Coastal dune. C) Swamp. D) Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Desert. 16. Which boxers fought in the "Thrilla in Manila" in 1975? A) Muhammed Ali and Joe Frazier. B) George Foreman and Joe Frazier. C) George Foreman and Mike Tyson. D) Joe Frazier and Mike Tyson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Muhammed Ali and Joe Frazier. 17. When Chiang Kai-shek and the Kuomintang lost the civil war in China to Mao Zedong where did they escape to in 1949? A) Laos. B) Taiwan. C) Korea. D) Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taiwan. 18. Which of these is a species of antelope? A) Camaro. B) Corvair. C) Impala. D) Blazer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Impala. 19. The books "The Lion in the Meadow", "The Witch in the Cherry Tree", "The Haunting", "The Man Whose Mother Was a Pirate", The Changeover", "The Tin Can Band and other poems", and "The Tale of a Tail" were written by whom? A) Margaret Mahy. B) Roald Dahl. C) Julia Donald. D) Eric Carle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Margaret Mahy. 20. Which of these lies off the coast of Vietnam? A) Mauritius. B) Straits of Johor. C) Gulf of Tonkin. D) Iwo Jima. 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