This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 935 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 935 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who was exiled to Siberia three times, was active in the plot that overthrew Kerensky in 1917, and became Secretary of the Russian Communist Party? A) Marx. B) Trotsky. C) Stalin. D) Lenin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stalin. 2. Who wrote "Auld Lang Syne" in 1789? A) Benjamin Britten. B) Robert Louis Stephenson. C) Robert Burns. D) George Formby. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Robert Burns. 3. What are muslin and chenille? A) Fabrics. B) 1980s folk duo. C) Eastern religions. D) Computer viruses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fabrics. 4. Do-si-do is a term used in what activity? A) Skiing. B) Square dancing. C) Diving. D) Gymnastics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Square dancing. 5. What does an ichthyologist study? A) Fish. B) Animal behaviour. C) Fossils. D) Elections and voting patterns. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fish. 6. What is the name for a rotating rod with oblong lobes sticking out of it, that is fitted in a car's engine block? A) Connor shaft. B) Camshaft. C) Cartershaft. D) Chris-shaft. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Camshaft. 7. Geologically speaking, where would you go to stand on land at the southernmost point of the North American continental plate? A) Guatemala. B) Venezuela. C) Mexico. D) Panama. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Guatemala. 8. After gaining independence from the UK in 1970 the Republic of Fiji was a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. How many years did that last? A) 17. B) 36. C) 2. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 17. 9. Who or what are the competitors in the main race run every May between Durango and Silverton in southwest Colorado, USA? A) Kayakers and canoers. B) Mountain bikers. C) Wheelchair racers. D) Cyclists racing a train. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cyclists racing a train. 10. What is haloumi? A) A vegetable. B) A pastry. C) A cheese. D) A bean paste. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A cheese. 11. What 21, 196 km (13, 171 mi) long feature has been built, dismantled, ignored, re-built, breached, abandoned and is currently serving mainly as a largely ruined tourist attraction? A) The Great Rift. B) Hadrian's Wall. C) The rabbit-proof fence. D) Great Wall of China. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Great Wall of China. 12. Which 1946 song did Ethel Merman introduce, which was almost immediately covered by Betty Hutton and Dinah Shore? A) I Get a Kick Out of You. B) Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee. C) I Got Rhythm. D) Doin' What Comes Natur'lly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Doin' What Comes Natur'lly. 13. A "bodice ripper" is a type of what? A) Serial killer. B) Office Christmas party. C) Hot pepper. D) A type of romance novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A type of romance novel. 14. What is the symbol for a 60th wedding anniversary? A) Pearl. B) Diamond. C) Paper. D) Silver. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diamond. 15. What is the nickname of the Australia national rugby league team? A) Diamonds. B) Wallabies. C) Kangaroos. D) Boomers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kangaroos. 16. What is the name of mid-ocean ridge which separates much of north America from Africa and Europe? A) South Atlantic Rise. B) Pacific Ring of Fire. C) Reykjanes Ridge. D) Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge. 17. Vishnu and Shiva are gods in which religion? A) Scientology. B) Islam. C) Confucianism. D) Hinduism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hinduism. 18. In the TV series "Red Dwarf", Dave Lister, the one surviving human woken from suspended animation 3 m years after his mining space ship's radiation catastrophe, had what job on the ship? A) Chisel sharpener. B) Mining machine operator. C) Assistant under-registrar of the ship's repair tools. D) Chicken-soup-machine repairman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chicken-soup-machine repairman. 19. In 1984 Sir Paul McCartney from Wings and The Beatles wrote, produced and starred in a film; what was it called? A) Give My Regards to Davy. B) Give My Regards to Broadway. C) Give My Regards to Broady. D) Give My Regards to Broad Street. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Give My Regards to Broad Street. 20. What was the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" ? A) The first Harbin Ice and Snow festival. B) The Torvill and Dean Olympic gold medal performance of Ravel's "Bolero". C) Completion of the Elfstedentocht 135 mile river race as the ice melted behind the skaters. D) An ice hockey game, USA 4:USSR 3. 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