This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 984 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 984 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. After stints backing Little Richard and the Isley Brothers, who was discovered leading "Jimmy James and the Blue Flames" at the Café Wha? in New York and taken to London on 26 September 1966 to make hit records? A) Meatloaf. B) PJ Proby. C) Jimi Hendrix. D) James Taylor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jimi Hendrix. 2. When the USSR dissolved in 1991, which Russian territory became an exclave? A) Vladivostok. B) St Petersburg. C) Irkutsk. D) Kaliningrad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kaliningrad. 3. Which of these was an explorer of Australia who led several expeditions into the interior of the continent, from Sydney and Adelaide? A) Roald Amundsen. B) James Cook. C) Doctor David Livingstone. D) Charles Sturt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Charles Sturt. 4. Where did biltong originate? A) Northern Canada. B) Southern Africa. C) Mongolia. D) Greenland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Southern Africa. 5. In the Greek pantheon, whose daughter was Panacea (the goddess of universal remedy)? A) Poseidon. B) Socrates. C) Venus. D) Aesculapius. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aesculapius. 6. For what situation did the term "cabotage" originate? A) Inter-country travel. B) Routes followed by 15th century Italian navigator and explorer John Cabot. C) Coastal shipping trade involving two or more countries. D) Inter-planetary travel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coastal shipping trade involving two or more countries. 7. On 15 May 2002, FIFA announced that which nation would host the Football (soccer) World Cup in 2010? A) Australia. B) Mexico. C) Morocco. D) South Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) South Africa. 8. Josephus who lived in the 1st century AD was a military commander and scholar but is now known more for his work as what? A) Doctor. B) Historian. C) Politician. D) Orator. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Historian. 9. Which is a distinguishing feature of Lake Balkash in Kazakhstan, one of the longest lakes in the world? A) Half is saline and half fresh water. B) It is completely dry for 7 months of each year. C) It lies 46 m (151 ft) below sea level. D) It is man made. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Half is saline and half fresh water. 10. In 1949 the inaugural tournament of the Thomas Cup, the most important men's badminton team competition in the world, was won by competitors from which country? A) Ireland. B) USA. C) Denmark. D) Malaya. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Malaya. 11. Which place has the longest history of continuous women's suffrage? A) New Zealand. B) Pitcairn Islands. C) South Australia. D) Finland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pitcairn Islands. 12. Which of these is a form of alternative medicine, first proposed by German physician Samuel Hahnemann in 1796, which uses reference books known as "repertories" ? A) Abroadopathy. B) Awayopathy. C) Homeopathy. D) Houseopathy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Homeopathy. 13. A British expression sometimes used for "goodbye" is "toodle ..... " what? A) Bye. B) Poodle. C) Pop. D) Pip. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pip. 14. What is the last book of the Christian Bible's New Testament? A) Future Shock. B) Exodus. C) Salvation. D) Revelation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Revelation. 15. What is the name for the chemical signals that trigger a natural response in another member of the same species that affect behaviour or physiology? A) Gardenomes. B) Persephones. C) Pheromones. D) Mobilephones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pheromones. 16. Which mystery, and sometimes sci-fi, UK series screening from November 2001 to June 2003 follows people in six fictional families in a street in Greenwich, UK? A) Torchwood. B) North and South. C) Night and Day. D) Rebus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Night and Day. 17. The title of the 2021 film "CODA" refers to what? A) Development of one of the computer languages. B) Deaf culture. C) A school for spies. D) Relationships on an international space station. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deaf culture. 18. Which of these was a concept album released by The Who? A) Exile on Main Street. B) The Wall. C) Wish You Were Here. D) Quadrophenia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Quadrophenia. 19. Which of these mountain ranges in North America is the furthest west? A) The Ozarks. B) Allegheny Mountains. C) Appalachian Mountains. D) Rocky Mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rocky Mountains. 20. Which of these is an opera by Richard Wagner? A) The Flying Squad. B) The Flying Tackle. C) The Flying Red Baron. D) The Flying Dutchman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Flying Dutchman. ← 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