This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 978 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 978 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who was "the maid of Orleans" ? A) Jane Birkin. B) Marie Curie. C) Simone de Beauvoir. D) Joan of Arc. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joan of Arc. 2. Which of these venues is purpose built for cycling? A) Methadome. B) Pleasuredrome. C) Hippodrome. D) Velodrome. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Velodrome. 3. In cricket, what term is used to describe the situation when a batsman is "out" for no runs on the second ball they face? A) Royal duck. B) Golden duck. C) Silver duck. D) Diamond duck. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Silver duck. 4. If you have a die which of these would you be equipped (partly) to play? A) Cribbage. B) Craps. C) Cricket. D) Croquet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Craps. 5. What is the main feature of the design of a "Riparium" ? A) Live aquatic animals. B) Circulating current through different-levelled pools. C) The mostly submerged area of a wetland or freshwater shore habitat. D) A dry habitat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The mostly submerged area of a wetland or freshwater shore habitat. 6. When was the current world record in athletics for the women's 200 metres set? A) Seoul Olympics 1988. B) Beijing Olympics 2000. C) London Olympics 2012. D) Helsinki Olympics 1952. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seoul Olympics 1988. 7. What was the fate of Desdemona in Verdi's opera "Otello" ? A) She jumped to her death. B) She was stabbed to death by her lover. C) She was strangled by her husband. D) She died of consumption. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She was strangled by her husband. 8. Antonia Robinson and Anna Valentine, London designers who work under the name Robinson Valentine, designed a cream-coloured dress and coat worn by whom at her wedding to Prince Charles on 9 April 2005? A) Madonna. B) Camilla Parker Bowles. C) Shania Twain. D) Jennifer Aniston. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Camilla Parker Bowles. 9. What is the longest named river in North America, which runs from Montana to near St Louis, Missouri? A) Colorado. B) Mississippi. C) Missouri. D) Hudson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Missouri. 10. What is one of the flavours of the Sienese dessert known as ricciarelli? A) Walnuts. B) Almonds. C) Cherries. D) Apples. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Almonds. 11. In 2020 Roberto Vega Ortiz and Theresa Knudson founded the critically acclaimed group known as Ballet22, whose performances can include what? A) Cirque-aerial dance. B) Costumes limited to a G-string. C) Dance performed entirely in animal masks. D) All roles performed by men, including in tutus and on pointe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All roles performed by men, including in tutus and on pointe. 12. In French cuisine how was an ortolan killed, when it was still legal to cook and sell them? A) Gassing. B) Boiling it alive. C) Shooting. D) Drowning in Armagnac. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Drowning in Armagnac. 13. What city was the sewerage system built by Sir Joseph Bazalgette in the late 19th century designed to serve? A) Frankfurt, Germany. B) Paris, France. C) Stockholm, Sweden. D) London, UK. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) London, UK. 14. What is the name for the displacement at, or height of, each crest of a sound wave? A) Wavelength. B) Frequency. C) Amplitude. D) Power. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amplitude. 15. What does the "E" stand for in "UEFA" ? A) English. B) European. C) Exceptional. D) Existential. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) European. 16. What was the first name of Doctor Barnardo? A) Thomas. B) Theodore. C) Thaddeus. D) Tom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thomas. 17. What is the maximum number of points that can be scored from a single shot in basketball? A) 3. B) 2. C) 1. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 18. What is a name for the strong prevailing westerly winds in the southern hemisphere, which typically blow through the strait between mainland Australia and its island of Tasmania? A) Screaming Sixties. B) Roaring Twenties. C) Roaring Forties. D) Brickfielder. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Roaring Forties. 19. What sign of the zodiac is represented by fish? A) Sagittarius. B) Gemini. C) Cancer. D) Pisces. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pisces. 20. The fabled "Society for the Prevention of an Unwholesome Diet" was described as a 18th century activist group dedicated to keeping what out of Britain? A) Cauliflowers. B) Turnips. C) Potatoes. D) Brussels sprouts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Potatoes. ← 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