This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 929 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 929 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What would one expect to find if there are homonyms? A) Different proverbs all meaning the same. B) Words sounding like the sound they describe. C) Words spelt and/or sounding the same but with different meanings. D) Male nymphs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Words spelt and/or sounding the same but with different meanings. 2. In what way does a luge rider travel? A) Feet first. B) Sideways. C) Face down. D) Head first. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Feet first. 3. Where was international soccer goalkeeper Fabien Barthez born? A) France. B) Spain. C) Mexico. D) Singapore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) France. 4. What word is used to describe the situation where blood has pooled at the lowest point of a dead body? A) Osmosis. B) Hypostasis. C) Rigor mortis. D) Epistaxis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypostasis. 5. Which of these waterfalls is on the border between the USA and Canada? A) Niagara Falls. B) Victoria Falls. C) Angel Falls. D) Rhine Falls. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Niagara Falls. 6. Whose 2006 album "Back to Black" had 6 Grammy Award nominations and five wins, tying the record for the most wins by a female artist in a single night, and made her the first British singer to win 5 Grammys? A) Lily Allen. B) Amy Winehouse. C) Dusty Springfield. D) Cilla Black. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amy Winehouse. 7. In 2014 what are the main differences between the Australian and New Zealand flags? A) The NZ flag has stars:the Australian flag has a kangaroo. B) The NZ flag has one less star than the Australian one. C) The Australian flag has stars:the NZ flag has a fern. D) The Australian flag has two more stars than the NZ one. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Australian flag has two more stars than the NZ one. 8. What in particular makes Aoshima Island, Japan, a tourist destination for Japanese? A) Ski slopes. B) An ancient pagoda. C) Groves of cherry trees. D) A large population of cats. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A large population of cats. 9. Castoreum, which comes from a beaver, is used as an ingredient in what? A) Perfume. B) Eyeliner. C) Lipstick. D) Mascara. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Perfume. 10. The Karakoram mountain range spans the borders of Pakistan and what other country or countries? A) India. B) All of these. C) China. D) Afghanistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All of these. 11. Dr Nelson Glueck, rabbi and head of the Hebrew Union College from 1947-1971, was also renowned as a what? A) Military strategist. B) Translator of Dead Sea Scrolls. C) Economist. D) Archaeologist, particularly pioneering work in Biblical archaeology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Archaeologist, particularly pioneering work in Biblical archaeology. 12. According to Jacobus de Voragine's Golden Legend, who, in Silene, Libya, saved a princess from a dragon by capturing it, and led it to the king, promising to kill it if his people converted to Christianity? A) Saint George. B) Saint Michael. C) Saint Patrick. D) Saint Andrew. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saint George. 13. Who played Patch, the elf in "Santa Claus:The Movie" ? A) Will Farrell. B) Dudley Moore. C) Brad Pitt. D) Michael J Fox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dudley Moore. 14. For what feat did American Fred A. Birchmore become well-known after 1935? A) Crafting the Roerich Pact, a Pan-American treaty on the protection of cultural artefacts. B) Selling the first canned beer. C) The discovery and clinical development of Prontosil, the first broad spectrum antibiotic. D) A solo trip round the world on a bicycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A solo trip round the world on a bicycle. 15. What is the base for the common logarithm? A) ~2.718. B) 2. C) 10. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 10. 16. If the product of 7 and 2 is written 16, and the sum of 7 and 2 is written 11, what is the mathematical system being used? A) Hexadecimal. B) Trigesimal. C) Quaternary. D) Base 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Base 8. 17. Which TV series contained the characters Sybil, Polly, Basil and Manuel? A) Fawlty Towers. B) Blackadder. C) Little Britain. D) Mork and Mindy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fawlty Towers. 18. Flowers of papilionaceous plants resemble what? A) Leaves. B) Strawberries. C) Butterflies. D) Rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Butterflies. 19. The first playoff tiebreaker in Major League Baseball history was held on 1 & 3 October 1946, a best-of-three playoff to decide the winner of the MLB National League (NL) conference, between which 2 teams? A) St. Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn Dodgers. B) Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Giants. C) Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinnati Reds. D) Chicago Cubs and Boston Braves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) St. Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn Dodgers. 20. What name is given to someone who can follow an animal that is some distance ahead in the wild? A) Tracker. B) Boulevardier. C) Streeter. D) Roader. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tracker. ← 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