This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 973 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 973 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What did Scottish ultra marathon runner Joasia Zakrzewski do during the 2023 GB Ultras Manchester-to-Liverpool race which led to a one-year ban? A) Wore non-regulation running gear. B) Joined the race late. C) Posted comments on social media seen as unacceptable. D) Took a 2.5 mile lift in a car. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Took a 2.5 mile lift in a car. 2. What is the Orinoco Belt? A) A handcraft native to Venezuela. B) A National Park in the headwaters of the Orinoco River. C) A territory of large deposits of extra heavy crude oil. D) The Orinoco River basin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A territory of large deposits of extra heavy crude oil. 3. Which internationally influential Brazilian architect designed both the Museum of Contemporary Art in Niterói, Brazil, (opened 1996) and much of the architecture in Brazil's capital city, Brasilia, (1956-61)? A) Oscar Niemeyer. B) Lúcio Costa. C) Zaha Hadid. D) Frank Gehry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oscar Niemeyer. 4. Which of these African cities is the most northerly? A) Addis Ababa. B) Alexandria. C) Nairobi. D) Khartoum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alexandria. 5. What nationality were the Mighty Handful, also known as The Five, the composers Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky, Balakirev, Cui and Borodin? A) Hungarian. B) French. C) Polish. D) Russian. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Russian. 6. What does the "A" stand for in "UEFA" ? A) Amazon. B) Associations. C) Artifacts. D) Activities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Associations. 7. Fictional villages with names such as Aspern Tallow, Badger's Drift, Bow Clayton, Burwood Mantle, Causton Town, Elverton-cum-Latterley, Finchmere & Fletcher's Cross are the setting for which of these British TV series? A) Inspector Morse. B) Juliet Bravo. C) Midsomer Murders. D) A Touch of Frost. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Midsomer Murders. 8. What and where are the Yungas? A) Vegetation along the eastern foot of the Andes in South America. B) Nomadic tribesmen in western Mongolia. C) Island archipelagos along the southern Chile coast. D) Dwellings on Lake Titicaca's floating islands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vegetation along the eastern foot of the Andes in South America. 9. Nobel Prizes are awarded in several major fields but not in all, and several other high ranking prizes have been established to meet gaps. Which is the longest established award in mathematics? A) Chern Medal. B) Abel Prize. C) Fields Medal. D) Wolf Prize in Mathematics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fields Medal. 10. Avalon was the name of the island where, according to legend, which King was buried? A) King Alfred. B) King Arthur. C) King Canute. D) King Harold I. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) King Arthur. 11. Who was the first leader of the Soviet Union? A) Stalin. B) Trotsky. C) Lenin. D) Marx. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lenin. 12. Which of these is a fork-tongued lizard found in South Africa, South Asia and Australia? A) Monitor. B) Tuatara. C) Cobra. D) Minotaur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monitor. 13. What defence treaty was signed by Great Britain, the USA, France, Siam, Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan and the Philippines in 1954? A) SEATO. B) NATO. C) SHAPE. D) UNESCO. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SEATO. 14. Which plant is commonly used as a herbal treatment for depression? A) St. Johns Wort. B) Eucalyptus. C) Slippery Elm. D) Aloe Vera. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) St. Johns Wort. 15. What did Little Bo Peep lose? A) Eggs. B) Kangaroos. C) Sheep. D) Baskets. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sheep. 16. What is a "jenny" ? A) Male rabbit. B) Small giraffe. C) Young swan. D) Female donkey. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Female donkey. 17. Wind tunnels can be used to test aerodynamics by passing air over the object tested, and using what tool or tools? A) Free stream smoke. B) Laser beams. C) Any of these. D) Surface oil flow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Any of these. 18. In the USA, what name is given to an isolated hill with steep sides and a small flat top? A) Barchan. B) Bora. C) Bluster. D) Butte. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Butte. 19. What is the Sirocco, a hot dry wind, known as in Egypt? A) Kermit. B) Khamsin. C) El-Mahalla El-Kubra. D) Cairo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Khamsin. 20. What Latin phrase means that a particular legal matter is "under trial or being considered by a judge or court", literally "under judgment" ? A) Sotto voce. B) Sub judice. C) Coup de grace. D) Mea culpa. 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