This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 989 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 989 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is a geological description of the land under Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama? A) Isthmus. B) Island. C) Continent. D) Atoll. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Isthmus. 2. Where the ancient route known as the Silk Road passed through modern day Uzbekistan which of these cities was in its path? A) Karakorum. B) Constantinople. C) Samarkand. D) Damascus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Samarkand. 3. What were the tools of a retiarius? A) Weighted net, dagger and trident. B) Net and sword. C) Heavy duty knuckleduster. D) Short sword, small round shield, and spear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weighted net, dagger and trident. 4. Which of these would not be a number of holes usually found at a golf course? A) 6. B) 18. C) 9. D) 27. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 6. 5. Which country used to be called Southern Rhodesia? A) Zanzibar. B) Zaire. C) Zimbabwe. D) Zambia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Zimbabwe. 6. How is mustard "gas" absorbed into the body? A) Contact. B) Breathing it in. C) Swallowing it. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 7. Who was best known for his role as Dracula, a role he first took on in film in 1931? A) Lon Chaney. B) Vincent Price. C) Bela Lugosi. D) Errol Flynn. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bela Lugosi. 8. The escaped prisoner "Angelotti" appears in which opera? A) Tosca. B) Turandot. C) Die Fledermaus. D) Carmen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tosca. 9. Where is the W.M. Keck Observatory, a two-telescope astronomical observatory whose telescopes are among the largest optical/near-infrared instruments currently in use around the world? A) Near the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii. B) Atacama Desert, Chile. C) Flinders Ranges, Australia. D) Mohave Desert, USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Near the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii. 10. What still-famous child character was first introduced by his author in his 1902 novel "The Little White Bird" ? A) Artful Dodger. B) Adrian Mole. C) Pippi Longstocking. D) Peter Pan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peter Pan. 11. What indicates the legal limit to which a ship may be loaded? A) Sneaker line. B) Plimsoll line. C) Trainer line. D) Pumps line. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plimsoll line. 12. Which of these is a landlocked principality in the Pyrenees? A) Andorra. B) San Marino. C) Liechtenstein. D) Luxembourg. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Andorra. 13. Which of these is one of the definitions for the Japanese word "obi" ? A) A sash for traditional dress. B) A requiem for someone who died recently. C) A shrine or sacred site. D) An emperor's personal bodyguard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A sash for traditional dress. 14. Who played the longest tennis match at Wimbledon? A) Pancho Gonzalez and Charlie Passarell, 1969. B) Roger Federer and Andy Roddick, 2009. C) John Isner and Nicolas Mahut, 2010. D) Marin ΔiliΔ and Sam Querrey, 2012. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John Isner and Nicolas Mahut, 2010. 15. By what name were Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, David Dellinger, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, John Froines, Lee Weiner, and Bobby Seale collectively known when they appeared before Judge Julius Hoffman in 1969? A) Huey Lewis and the News. B) The Little Rock Nine. C) The Birmingham Seven. D) The Chicago Eight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Chicago Eight. 16. The Great Fire of London swept through the central parts of the English city of London in 1666 for about how long? A) 3 and a half days. B) 4 hours. C) One week. D) 24 hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3 and a half days. 17. Which ocean is on the shores of the eastern part of the Horn of Africa? A) Atlantic. B) Indian. C) Pacific. D) Southern. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indian. 18. Which of these is a French impressionist painter? A) Degas. B) El Greco. C) Salvador Dali. D) Gainsborough. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Degas. 19. Michael Caine appeared as which character in 5 films? A) Harry Palmer. B) James Bond. C) Philip Marlowe. D) Roderick Alleyn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harry Palmer. 20. March 2015 marked what Commonwealth first? A) Females to have absolute primogeniture in succession to the British throne. B) The hottest 12 months on record in Fiji. C) The lowest inflation rates on record in Australia. D) Membership of the Scottish National Party officially tops 250, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Females to have absolute primogeniture in succession to the British throne. β PreviousNext βRelated 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 π Back to Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books