This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 924 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 924 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Known as "snap apple", "bobbing for apples" and "dooking" what does this game ask its participants to do? A) Curtsey to one another while covering as many apples as possible. B) Pluck apples or almonds out of burning brandy and eat them. C) Swing apples on a string against one another. D) Capture apples either floating in water or hanging from a string. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Capture apples either floating in water or hanging from a string. 2. Which wonder of the ancient world was at Halicarnassus, Persia? A) Temple of Artemis. B) Statue of Zeus. C) Mausoleum of Mausolus. D) Hanging gardens. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mausoleum of Mausolus. 3. By what name is actor William Pratt better known? A) Boris Karloff. B) Boris Yeltsin. C) Boris Becker. D) Boris Godunov. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boris Karloff. 4. Who has won the most Olympic Gold medals? A) Larisa Latynina, USSR. B) Paavo Nurmi, Finalnd. C) Michael Phelps, USA. D) Mark Spitz, USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Michael Phelps, USA. 5. Where was a battle fought between General Robert E Lee and General Meade from 1 to 3 July 1863, which is generally accepted as the turning point of the American Civil War? A) Gettysburg. B) Fort Sumter. C) Alamo. D) Arlington. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gettysburg. 6. Hypotenuses figure in what? A) Right-angled triangles. B) Cones. C) Spheres. D) Helixes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right-angled triangles. 7. What is a popular name for the North American bison? A) Muskrat. B) Groundhog. C) Alligator. D) Buffalo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Buffalo. 8. What is the science of weather and climate? A) Meteorology. B) Pharmacology. C) Petrology. D) Oceanography. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meteorology. 9. How many adjectives are there in the following sentence: "The tall old man in a smart black suit hit the little green car with a long red stick" ? A) 6. B) 8. C) 4. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 8. 10. What is the common name for trypanosomiasis? A) Cooking disease. B) Sleepy sickness. C) Sleeping sickness. D) Parkinson's disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sleeping sickness. 11. On 6 February 1840, what document was signed by Captain William Hobson (on behalf of Queen Victoria) and a number of Maori chiefs as the basis for New Zealand to become part of the British Empire? A) Treaty of London. B) Treaty of Waitangi. C) Kapa Haka. D) Pokarekareana. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Treaty of Waitangi. 12. According to Greek legend, whose fate was to stand near the garden of the Hesperides and support the universe on his shoulders? A) Atlas. B) Hercules. C) Ajax. D) Agamemnon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Atlas. 13. Who was the Anglo-Irish scientist who, in the 17th century, discovered that "the volume of a given mass of gas at a given temperature is inversely proportional to its pressure" ? A) Frank Whittle. B) Isaac Newton. C) Max Planck. D) Robert Boyle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Robert Boyle. 14. What characterises the Pantanal? A) Deep ravines. B) Dryness. C) Sand. D) Wetness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wetness. 15. Which country does the team represent who won gold in 2016, bronze in 2015, at the ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships? A) Finland. B) Canada. C) UK. D) Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Russia. 16. A 1952 film starring Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds and Jean Hagen was "Singin' In The ..... '' what? A) Rain. B) Bath. C) Street. D) City. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rain. 17. For how long is a US Supreme Court Justice appointed? A) 5 years. B) Life. C) 10 years. D) 20 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Life. 18. Where is the area of 127, 000 square kilometres (49, 000 sq miles) in central South Australia, where public entry is restricted under Defence laws and regulations? A) Area 52. B) Woomera. C) Kakadu. D) Maralinga. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Woomera. 19. Where can a grunion be found? A) In debates or arguments, particularly supporting the right of Americans to keep and bear arms. B) Off the coast of California, USA, and Baja California, Mexico. C) Round the shaft of millwheel. D) Ramming the wadding into the bore of a cannon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Off the coast of California, USA, and Baja California, Mexico. 20. Aso Rock, where CHOGM's (Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting) Declaration on Development and Democracy:Partnership for Peace and Prosperity was signed in 2003, is closest to which African city? A) Kampala, Uganda. B) Johannesburg, South Africa. C) Harare, Zimbabwe. D) Abuja, Nigeria. 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