This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 902 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 902 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The eco-region known as the Gissaro-Alai open woodlands covers western foothills in Tajikistan, parts of Uzbekistan and where else? A) Afghanistan. B) Iran. C) Kyrgyzstan. D) Pakistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kyrgyzstan. 2. According to the Bible, who is the father of Ham, Shem and Japheth? A) Noah. B) Abraham. C) Aaron. D) John the Baptist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noah. 3. Of the many western series popular in the US in the 1960s and 70s, which one was renamed "The Men from Shiloh" in its final year on network TV? A) The Big Valley. B) Gunsmoke. C) The Virginian. D) 26 Men. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Virginian. 4. When the UK and France joined the Crimean War in 1854 who was their opponent? A) Russia. B) Turkey. C) Egypt. D) Serbia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Russia. 5. Which was the case for the major boxing matches at New York's Madison Square Garden on 30 April 2022 and at Glasgow's Hydro on 13 May 2022? A) First at major venues to be open to unmasked, unvaccinated audiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. B) First female bouts to headline an event at the venue. C) First matches to be held after lockdowns from the COVID-19 pandemic. D) Neither boxer will earn a purse from the fight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) First female bouts to headline an event at the venue. 6. Whose record album, produced by Phil Spector, was released while he is in jail serving a 19 year sentence for murder? A) Shakira. B) Ronnie Spector. C) Rachelle Short. D) Lana Clarkson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rachelle Short. 7. Who wrote the 1973 novel "Gravity's Rainbow" ? A) Thomas Pynchon. B) Isaac Bashevis Singer. C) John Barth. D) Saul Bellow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thomas Pynchon. 8. What is the name of the longest stretch of river in Poland? A) Rhine. B) Waikato. C) Vistula. D) Seine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vistula. 9. An organisation formed in 1890 to promote cooperation across the countries of Latin America and the U.S was established under what name? A) Organization of American States. B) International Union of American Republics. C) Pan-American Union. D) Union of American Republics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) International Union of American Republics. 10. In the 1979 film "Alien" which of these actors plays a character that has an alien burst out of his body? A) Ewan McGregor. B) John Hurt. C) Clive Owen. D) Anthony Hopkins. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John Hurt. 11. What nationality is the female lead in the role of the Jane Doe in US TV series "Blindspot" (2015)? A) Australian. B) Canadian. C) American. D) English. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Australian. 12. Which is the guillotine most popularly associated with? A) Fox hunting. B) Trimming books. C) French Revolution. D) Scientific research. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) French Revolution. 13. Which of these religions is not founded on the teachings of a single person? A) Wicca. B) Zoroastrianism. C) Christian Science. D) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wicca. 14. What winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting was called "military patrol" when it was contested at the Olympic Winter Games in 1924, and demonstrated in 1928, 1936, and 1948? A) Steeplechase. B) Nordic walking. C) Cross-country slalom. D) Biathlon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biathlon. 15. Somalia, Eritrea and Ethiopia and what other country are on the Horn of Africa? A) Oman. B) Sudan. C) Djibouti. D) Yemen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Djibouti. 16. What is someone waving in a well-known music hall song, "The boy I love is ..... a'wavin' of his ..... "? A) Handkerchee. B) Hat. C) Posy. D) Hand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Handkerchee. 17. The Great Falls of the Potomac River are located upstream (to the northwest) of which US city? A) Pittsburg. B) Chicago. C) Washington. D) Pennsylvania. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Washington. 18. Which of these is an architect for supertall buildings, such as 10 Fleet Place, Ludgate, London (1992), AT & T Corporate Center, Chicago (1989), Jubilee Park Pavilion, London (2004) and the Trump International Hotel & Tower, Chicago (2009)? A) Tom Wright. B) Adrian Smith. C) William van Alen. D) Robert Adam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adrian Smith. 19. Who, in 2005 at the age of 24, a year after leaving university, joined her father's billion dollar global conglomerate Organisation (mainly in real estate) as Executive Vice-President of Development & Acquisitions? A) Princess Beatrice of York. B) Chelsea Clinton. C) Ivanka Trump. D) Paris Hilton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ivanka Trump. 20. In 2013 a new gene-editing system was discovered which offered an alternative to protein-based targeting. What was it called? A) PAM. B) TALEN. C) Zinc Finger. D) CRISPR. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) CRISPR. ← 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