This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 964 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 964 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the most recent season raced in the A1 Grand Prix series? A) 2008-2009. B) 2009-2010. C) 2012-2013. D) 2014-2015. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2008-2009. 2. Which of these statements is not true? A) GDP is the value of all final goods and services produced in a country. B) GDP adds net foreign investment income compared to GNP. C) GDP is the total output of a region. D) GNP is the value of the output produced by the "nationals" of a region. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) GDP adds net foreign investment income compared to GNP. 3. Which animal is classified as a relative of the small sturdy rock hyrax? A) Boar. B) Tapir. C) Elephant. D) Lemur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elephant. 4. In October 2009, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced the 2016 Summer Olympics from 5 to 21 August 2016 in what city? A) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. B) Sochi, Russia. C) London, United Kingdom. D) Vancouver, Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 5. What religion was the temple complex of Angkor Wat built, in the early 12th century, to serve? A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Zoroastrianism. D) Jainism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinduism. 6. Which of these is a metal? A) Chlorine. B) Lithium. C) Sulphur. D) Xenon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lithium. 7. Which of these animals is known for making a laughing sound? A) Giraffe. B) Rat. C) Hyena. D) Lion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyena. 8. Who wrote "Quentins", "Nights of Rain and Stars", "Whitethorn Woods" and "Heart and Soul" ? A) Dermot Healy. B) Maeve Binchy. C) Roddy Doyle. D) Frank McCourt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maeve Binchy. 9. If someone stands with their hands resting on their hips, they are said to be "arms ..... " what? A) Askew. B) Eskimo. C) Akimbo. D) Askance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Akimbo. 10. What is the aim in a show jumping contest? A) To jump the highest and furthest. B) To jump over all the obstacles in a set course in the fastest time. C) To jump cleanly over all the obstacles in a set course. D) To jump cleanly over all the obstacles in a set course within an allotted time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To jump cleanly over all the obstacles in a set course within an allotted time. 11. C. F. Goldie OBE (1870-1947), is known for his portraits of dignitaries indigenous to which country? A) Japan. B) Lesotho. C) New Zealand. D) Wales. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) New Zealand. 12. The constitution of which country is the world's oldest still in effect? A) Liechtenstein. B) San Marino. C) Andorra. D) Monaco. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) San Marino. 13. According to the nursery rhyme, whose lamb followed her to school? A) Margaret. B) Mary. C) The maid. D) The Red Queen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mary. 14. What was the composer Mahler's first name? A) Herman. B) Adolf. C) Gustav. D) Werner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gustav. 15. Royal FloraHolland, beginning 1911/12 and now one of the largest floristry auction companies in the world, has been owned from its beginning by what or whom? A) A Dutch banking conglomerate. B) The Dutch government. C) The royal house of the Netherlands. D) The flower growers who trade through it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The flower growers who trade through it. 16. Which is one reason cited for the marked increase in fascist governments in South America following 1930? A) A lecture tour by Benito Mussolini. B) Long term droughts and crop failures. C) German financial support for the rising fascist leaders. D) Fallout from the Great Depression in the USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fallout from the Great Depression in the USA. 17. He was a court reporter, theatre critic, international correspondent, Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur and writer of novels, short stories and plays; his body of work includes "The Mystery of the Yellow Room" as well as what other well-known story? A) The Phantom of the Opera (1909-10). B) The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1841). C) The Moonstone (1868). D) Maigret and the Yellow Dog (1931). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Phantom of the Opera (1909-10). 18. In 2006, who replaced up to 500 copies of Paris Hilton's debut CD "Paris" in 48 different UK record stores with his own cover art and remixes by Danger Mouse, with track titles such as "Why am I Famous?", "What Have I Done?" and "What Am I For?" ? A) Prince Charles. B) Liam Gallagher. C) David Beckham. D) Banksy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Banksy. 19. What was the middle name of writer G B Shaw? A) Brian. B) Bernard. C) Barry. D) Bruce. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bernard. 20. FEI, established 1921, is the international body governing what kind of sports? A) Equestrian. B) Extreme. C) Eccentric. D) Electric cars. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Equestrian. ← 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