This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 937 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 937 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where would you observe the föhn effect? A) On the North Frisian Islands on the German coast of the North Sea. B) On the lee, or downwind, side of a mountain range. C) In the Föhrenwald Displaced Persons camp in post-World War II Europe. D) In the rainforests along the Amazon River. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On the lee, or downwind, side of a mountain range. 2. In 2016 the Philippines elected its 16th President, on a platform which included what? A) He sanctioned extra-judicial killing of drug dealers. B) Amnesty for all political prisoners. C) Seizing back maritime territory in which China had built. D) Making Hinduism the official religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He sanctioned extra-judicial killing of drug dealers. 3. What are the so-called STEM subjects in education? A) Reading, writing and arithmetic. B) Mathematics, science, engineering and technology. C) Teaching in the first two years. D) Spelling, theatre, physical exercise and music. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mathematics, science, engineering and technology. 4. What is the name of the process by which plants obtain carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water? A) Photosynthesis. B) Osmosis. C) Elephantiasis. D) Agoraphobia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photosynthesis. 5. When did the Nazca culture flourish? A) Before 3, 500 BCE. B) 10th to the 15th century CE. C) Between 200 BCE and 600 CE. D) 15th to the 16th century CE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Between 200 BCE and 600 CE. 6. Who, with Bob Geldof, founded the supergroup "Band Aid" in 1984 to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia and then organised the charity super-concert "Live Aid" in 1985 and the "Live 8" concerts in 2005? A) Bono. B) Paul McCartney. C) Midge Ure. D) Christy Moore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Midge Ure. 7. Where was the decisive battle on 24 June 1314 where Robert Bruce defeated Edward II's army and secured the independence of Scotland at that time? A) Bosworth Field. B) Culloden. C) Bannockburn. D) Runnymede. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bannockburn. 8. Robert de Vere was an advisor and companion to which English king? A) William I. B) Henry IV. C) Richard II. D) Edward VII. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Richard II. 9. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Arash Miresmaeili, an Iranian judoka, did not compete in a match against an Israeli. Which of these did not result? A) He was awarded the US$ 125, 000 paid to all Iranian gold medal winners by the Iranian government. B) He was officially cleared of intentionally avoiding the bout. C) He was disqualified from all future Olympics. D) He was officially disqualified for excessive weight. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was disqualified from all future Olympics. 10. Which spaceship eventually transports WALL-E and EVE back to Earth, triggering its restoration, in Pixar's 2008 sci-fi computer-animated film "WALL-E" ? A) Axiom. B) Serenity. C) Tantive IV. D) Red Dwarf. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axiom. 11. What disaster occurred in Ireland in 1845? A) Ulster earthquake. B) Great Fire of Dublin. C) Potato famine. D) Hurricane Eamon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Potato famine. 12. What is one of the distinguishing features of a hoatzin? A) An extra vertebra in its neck. B) A double taproot. C) An off-set beak. D) A digestive system that ferments vegetation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A digestive system that ferments vegetation. 13. Where was the first McDonalds outlet opened east of the Mississippi River in 1955? A) Chicago. B) New York. C) Memphis. D) California. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chicago. 14. What is an important Jewish religious site located in the Old City of Jerusalem which dates from the end of the Second Temple period, being constructed around 19 BCE by Herod the Great? A) The Laughing Kookaburra. B) The Crying Shame. C) The Wailing Wall. D) The Moaning Mini. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Wailing Wall. 15. Charles Lindbergh's first non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927 was between which two cities? A) Montpellier, Vermont and Birmingham, England. B) St Louis and Dublin. C) Boston and London, UK. D) New York and Paris, France. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) New York and Paris, France. 16. Ivy, a New York dominatrix with a barely suppressed OCD problem, appears in the web series "Neurotica" showcased by which organisation? A) CraveTV. B) Netflix. C) IFC. D) Crunchyroll.com. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) IFC. 17. At the 1972 Olympic Games at Munich, which 16-year-old Soviet gymnast won three gold medals? A) Svetlana Tereshkova. B) Ludmilla Tourischeva. C) Olga Korbut. D) Anna Pavlova. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Olga Korbut. 18. What is the name for a straight line drawn from the centre of a circle to the circumference? A) Arc. B) Diameter. C) Radius. D) Tangent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Radius. 19. Where is the mouth of the Yangtze River? A) The Bocca Tigris. B) Dongying. C) Shanghai. D) Hangzhou. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shanghai. 20. Which long-running British TV series which began as a one-off drama entitled "Woodentop" revolves around the lives of policemen stationed at Sun Hill? A) Cold Case. B) NYPD Blue. C) Attachments. D) The Bill. 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