This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 949 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 949 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What nut is used in making marzipan, nougat, and amaretti? A) Walnut. B) Almond. C) Butternut. D) Brazil nut. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Almond. 2. Which 19th century English poet succeeded Wordsworth as Poet Laureate in 1850? A) Percy Bysshe Shelley. B) John Masefield. C) Alfred, Lord Tennyson. D) Robert Southey. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alfred, Lord Tennyson. 3. According to Greek mythology, Penelope was whose faithful wife? A) Odysseus. B) Horatio. C) Julius Caesar. D) Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Odysseus. 4. Kazan is the capital of what semi-autonomous republic in the southwest of Russia? A) Ingushetia. B) Tatarstan. C) Abkhaziz. D) Dagestan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tatarstan. 5. "Doo lang doo land doo lang" is the start of which hit from the 1960s? A) It's In His Kiss. B) He's So Fine. C) The Leader Of The Pack. D) Stop In The Name Of Love. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He's So Fine. 6. The first professional rugby competition in North America was held in April 2016, by which organisation? A) USA Rugby. B) PRO Rugby. C) US Major League Rugby. D) The Rugby Super League. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PRO Rugby. 7. Which toy was named after a US president? A) Yo yo. B) Teddy Bear. C) Hula hoop. D) Water slide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Teddy Bear. 8. What is the term for someone who wants to be with you only when you are doing well? A) A fair weather friend. B) A fine feathered friend. C) A well leathered friend. D) A good heather friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A fair weather friend. 9. The Mesa Verde National Park with its ancient cliff cities is found where? A) Peru. B) Brazil. C) USA. D) Spain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) USA. 10. What profession is Roderick Alleyn in Ngaio Marsh's books? A) Engineer. B) Writer. C) Jockey. D) Detective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Detective. 11. Which small member of the mongoose family would you most expect to find in parts of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, in much of the Namib Desert in Namibia and southwestern Angola, and in South Africa? A) Meerkat. B) Black-footed mongoose. C) Alexander's kusimanse. D) Banded mongoose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meerkat. 12. What is a mermaid's purse? A) A walrus's genitalia. B) A species of seaweed. C) A type of jellyfish. D) The casing that surrounds the egg or eggs of a shark, skate or chimaera. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The casing that surrounds the egg or eggs of a shark, skate or chimaera. 13. Which single by the Black Eyed Peas released as the lead single from their fifth studio album, "The E.N.D.", was the group's first U.S. #1 single? A) Smash Crash Bang. B) Bang Bang Crash. C) Boom Boom Pow. D) Boing Boing Doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Boom Boom Pow. 14. What is another name for tungsten? A) Carbon. B) Germanium. C) Titanium. D) Wolfram. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wolfram. 15. What name is given to an official record keeper? A) Intern. B) Doctor. C) Matron. D) Registrar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Registrar. 16. Who became King of Belgium on 9 August 1993? A) King Juan Carlos I. B) King Harald V. C) King Carl XVI Gustaf. D) King Albert II. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) King Albert II. 17. "The Debate", an hour-long episode of which TV series was aired live on 6 November 2005, with different broadcasts for East and West Coast audiences? A) The X Files. B) Friends. C) The West Wing. D) Two and a Half Men. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The West Wing. 18. Which river runs through a disputed area between Suriname and Guyana? A) Lawa. B) Kutari. C) Litani. D) Maroni. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kutari. 19. Who won the 2008 F A Cup? A) Chelsea. B) Portsmouth. C) Manchester City. D) Cardiff City. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Portsmouth. 20. The poet and children's writer Ted Hughes wrote which poem dealing with the three days before the suicide of his estranged wife, poet, novelist, and short story writer Sylvia Plath? A) The Cast. B) The Blue Flannel Suit. C) Last Letter. D) The Tender Place. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Last Letter. ← 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