This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 98 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 98 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Mason-Dixon Line, surveyed by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, which became a popular name for the dividing line between the slave and free states, is the boundary between which two states of the USA? A) Virginia and Maryland. B) Pennsylvania and Maryland. C) Indiana and Kentucky. D) Pennsylvania and Ohio. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pennsylvania and Maryland. 2. Which of these countries is on the southern side of the Strait of Gibraltar? A) Egypt. B) Morocco. C) Liberia. D) Portugal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Morocco. 3. Between 1989 and 2002, the UK's Dalton Grant was a gold medal winner in what sport? A) High jump. B) Triple jump. C) Long jump. D) Discus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) High jump. 4. Assigning a cause or source to something or someone is ..... ? A) Attraction. B) Attrition. C) Attention. D) Attribution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Attribution. 5. Someone described as a niggard is what? A) A racist. B) Stingy or ungenerous. C) Pedantic. D) A canal boatman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stingy or ungenerous. 6. It is traditionally distilled from malted barley, grain, potatoes or whey and is one of the strongest alcoholic beverages in the world. What is it? A) Moonshine. B) Hooch. C) Vodka. D) Poitin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poitin. 7. Which country hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896? A) Greece. B) France. C) USA. D) UK. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Greece. 8. Which of these is a mythical bird that rose from the ashes of a fire? A) Dodo. B) Bird of paradise. C) Phoenix. D) Partridge. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phoenix. 9. Which of these is not one of the Seven Dwarfs? A) Bashful. B) Spacey. C) Grumpy. D) Sleepy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spacey. 10. What is the smallest country in land area on the South American continent? A) Paraguay. B) Guyana. C) Uruguay. D) French Guiana. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) French Guiana. 11. Where on a fish would you find a dorsal fin? A) Left and right, just behind the head. B) Vertically, down its back. C) Horizontally, at the tail. D) Vertically, at the tail. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vertically, down its back. 12. Manus Island off the coast of Papua New Guinea houses a detention centre on behalf of which country? A) China. B) Japan. C) Australia. D) Malaysia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Australia. 13. The character Jin Kazama features in which game(s)? A) Tekken. B) Karate Champ. C) The Way of the Exploding Fist. D) Last Apostle Puppet Show. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tekken. 14. What was the name of The Beatles' manager who died from a drug overdose in 1967? A) Shel Talmy. B) Brian Epstein. C) Phil Spector. D) Chas Chandler. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brian Epstein. 15. What is Dr Joseph-Ignace Guillotin best known for? A) Inventing the guillotine. B) Proposing beheading as the humane death penalty in the French Revolution. C) Fine tuning the angled blade in the guillotine. D) Disposing of the corpses of those guillotined. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Proposing beheading as the humane death penalty in the French Revolution. 16. What actor, then a lieutenant in the British Highland Light Infantry, after being placed under close arrest for insubordination escaped from a first-floor window, went to the USA and made 97 films until 1983? A) Douglas Fairbanks. B) Errol Flynn. C) David Niven. D) Laurence Olivier. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) David Niven. 17. In January 1949, "micro-groove" records, on vinyl, were put on the market in the USA by RCA and Columbia. What was the main difference between them? A) RCA's grooves were deeper and needed a slightly longer stylus than Columbia's. B) RCA's were music only and Columbia's were spoken word only. C) RCA's were 7" records and Columbia's were 12". D) RCA's played at 45 rpm and Columbia's at 33.3 rpm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) RCA's played at 45 rpm and Columbia's at 33.3 rpm. 18. What policy was adopted by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) to decide the host country for the tournaments for 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup? A) Bids would only be accepted from countries that had won the cup before. B) Countries whose names started with A would bid one year, B the next and so on. C) Only countries from the chosen confederation could bid to be host. D) A representative from each continent would draw lots. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Only countries from the chosen confederation could bid to be host. 19. Which of these is NOT an Iranian treasure in the Islamic world designated a UNESCO World Heritage site? A) Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex. B) Maydān-e Emām ( "Imam's Square" ) formerly Maydān-e Shāh ( "Royal Square" ) in Isfahan, Iran. C) The city of Persepolis. D) Samarra Archaeological City. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Samarra Archaeological City. 20. Americans call it a faucet. What do the British call it? A) Skillet. B) Pat. C) Tap. D) Snively. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tap. ← 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