This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 99 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 99 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of Britain's Labour Prime Ministers was in office for the shortest continuous period? A) Ramsay MacDonald. B) James Callaghan. C) Harold Wilson. D) Clement Attlee. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ramsay MacDonald. 2. "Treason" is what sort of word in relation to "senator" ? A) Anagram. B) Antonym. C) Oxymoron. D) Palindrome. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anagram. 3. What is the meaning of the word "furrow" ? A) Narrow trench. B) Germinating. C) Angry. D) Covered in hair. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Narrow trench. 4. Which of these is a legendary winged reptilian creature, a type of dragon often found in mediaeval heraldry, with two legs and a barbed tail, often with two wings that may have clawed tips? A) Manticore. B) Lorelei. C) Hippogryph. D) Wyvern. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wyvern. 5. What, if decreased, will lower the boiling point of water? A) Altitude. B) Pressure. C) Salt content. D) Temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pressure. 6. The United Arab Republic was formed in 1958 by Egypt and what other country or countries? A) Syria. B) North Yemen. C) Libya and Sudan. D) Kuwait and Bahrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Syria. 7. What is the popular name of the legal situation regarding the sale and manufacture of alcohol in the USA between 1919 and 1933? A) Problem drinking. B) Six O'Clock Swill. C) Prohibition. D) Las Vegas Syndrome. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prohibition. 8. Shi'ite and Sunni are beliefs within what religion? A) Christianity. B) Buddhism. C) Islam. D) Bahá'í. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Islam. 9. British singer, songwriter, electronic music DJ, and model, Deborah Dyer is particularly known for her work as lead vocalist of which rock band? A) Bloc Party. B) Oasis. C) Blur. D) Skunk Anansie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skunk Anansie. 10. Which of these is NOT a detective crime TV series? A) Vera. B) Vera Drake. C) Frankie Drake. D) Foyle's War. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vera Drake. 11. The NASA space probe NEAR Shoemaker launched in 1996 was their first to do what? A) Orbit and land on an asteroid. B) Orbit the planet Jupiter. C) Land on the planet Mars. D) Closely orbit and observe the sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Orbit and land on an asteroid. 12. What is the science that deals with the principles and construction of timepieces? A) Tempology. B) Horology. C) Minutry. D) Chronology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Horology. 13. Food prepared under the dietary laws of Judaism is called what? A) Kosher. B) Halal. C) Chutzpah. D) Kibbutz. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kosher. 14. Where was the most damage done by the Loma Prieta earthquake, that struck on 17 October 1989? A) Managua, Nicaragua. B) San Francisco Bay Area, California. C) Sarajevo, now in Bosnia and Herzegovina. D) Naples, Italy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) San Francisco Bay Area, California. 15. Which of these cities is in the Canadian province of Alberta? A) Montreal. B) Calgary. C) Toronto. D) Vancouver. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calgary. 16. Until 2013 the deepest known submarine eruption was where? A) Walters Shoals, Indian Ocean. B) Tofua volcanic arc. C) Marsili In the Tyrrhenian Sea. D) West Mata. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) West Mata. 17. What is the plural of "criteria" ? A) Criterias. B) Criterion. C) None, "criteria" is the plural. D) Criteriae. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) None, "criteria" is the plural. 18. Which is the most similar to the game of Jenga? A) Kerplunk. B) Stack Tower. C) Stacking. D) Minecraft. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kerplunk. 19. What is the southernmost point in territory claimed by Chile? A) Punta Arenas. B) Islas Diego Ramirez. C) South Pole. D) South Shetland Islands. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) South Pole. 20. Where were the Paralympics Games 2016? A) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. B) Madrid, Spain. C) Tokyo, Japan. D) Chicago, USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ← 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