GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ 2 (With Answers)
GENERAL
KNOWLEDGE QUIZ 2
by Santosh Kumar Biswa, Damphu
Central School, Bhutan
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General
Knowledge Quiz 6
1.
What is the oldest known
disease in the world?
2.
When was the first diamond
engagement ring given in the world?
3.
Who gave the first diamond
engagement ring to whom?
4.
What is the weight of the
Olympic torch?
5.
What is an individual coral
animal called?
6.
Name the best selling
chocolate syrup in the world.
7.
How many noses does a slug
have?
8.
Name the largest seed in the
world.
9.
Name the smallest type of
cow.
10. What was the name of the state of Tennessee before 1796?
11. Name the best selling cheese in the USA.
12. In each ear how many muscles does a cat have?
13. Who is the first president in the world to ride in an airplane?
14. What is another name of the blackberry bush?
15. What is the most recycled product in the world?
16. When did the last dodo bird die?
17. Name the bird that has three eyelids?
18. Name the most polluted city in the USA.
19. What is the head of a jellyfish called?
20. Name the dumbest dog in the world.
Answer
1. Leprosy
2. 1477
3. Archduke Maximillian of Austria to Mary of Burgundy
4. 3 pounds
5. A polyp
6. Hershey
7. 4 noses
8. The coconut
9. Dexter
10. Franklin
11. Cheddar cheese
12. 32 muscles
13. Franklin Roosevelt
14. Bramble
15. Automobile
16. 1681
17. An owl
18. Los Angeles
19. Bell
20. Afghan Hounds
General
Knowledge Quiz 7
1.
Which country does not have
snakes?
2.
Name the fish that has green
bones.
3.
When is "Love Your
Teeth Day” in China celebrated?
4.
Name the tallest woman of
China that ever lived who died at the age of seventeen.
5.
What is the height of the
tallest woman of China that ever lived?
6.
How many gallons can a
barrel of petroleum hold?
7.
Which animal is considered
as unclean meat in the Bible?
8.
Which animal does not have
upper teeth?
9.
What is the nickname of
Japanese businessmen?
10. Name the longest chapter in the Bible?
11. What is Dipsomania?
12. Name the only South East Asian country that has never been colonized by
a Western Power?
13. Which city is the first city in the world with a computerized traffic
signal system?
14. Name the deepest mine in the world.
15. When was the first municipal water filtration works was opened in
Paisley, Scotland?
16. What is the weight of the biggest pumpkin the world weighs
17. Who designed a helicopter that would work with gunpowder?
18. How many brains does a leech have?
19. Name the first American president to deliver a speech over the radio.
20. Name the animal that is not able to vomit.
Answer
1. New Zealand
2. The garfish
3. 20th September
4. Zeng Jinlian
5. 8 feet 2 inches
6. 42 gallons
7. Camel
8. Goat
9. Salary men
10. Psalm 119
11. An insatiable craving for alcoholic beverages
12. Thailand
13. Toronto
14. The East Rand mine, 3,585 meters
15. 1832
16. 1,337.6 pounds
17. Thomas Edison
18. 32 brains
19. Warren G. Harding
20. A rabbit
General
Knowledge Quiz 8
1.
Name the world’s first
artificial satellite.
2.
Which country launched the
world's first artificial satellite?
3.
Name the first spacecraft to
visit the planet Venus in 1962.
4.
What does ‘Thailand’ means?
5.
When and where was Olympic
Flame introduced?
6.
What is the height of the
Leaning Tower of Pisa?
7.
Chopsticks originated from
which country?
8.
What is a newly hatched fish
called?
9.
How many ridges does a dime
around the edge have?
10. What areas of earth were removed for the creation of the Panama Canal?
11. Name the biggest religious building in the world.
12. Name the person who designed a bottle for Coca-Cola.
13. Name the largest man-made lake in the world.
14. Name the only planet that rotates clockwise.
15. Who made the first telephone call to the moon?
16. When was Mahatma Gandhi assassinated?
17. When did Hitler become the chancellor of Germany?
18. What is echolalia?
19. How many stars are on the European Union flag?
20. Name the castle that is on the island of Anglesey.
Answer
1. Sputnik 1
2. The USSR, 1957
3. Mariner 2
4. Land of the free
5. 1928 in Amsterdam
6. 58.36 metres above the ground
7. China
8. Fry
9. 118 ridges
10. Over 175 million cubic yards
11. A Hindu Temple, Angkor Wat, located in Cambodia
12. Earl Dean
13. Owen Falls Lake
14. Venus
15. Richard Nixon
16. 1948
17. 1933
18. Involuntary Speech repetition, Navigation by sound, Anxiety caused by
your own voice
19. 12
20. Beaumaris
General
Knowledge Quiz 9
1.
What is the longest insect?
2. Name the first country to use paper.
3. Which planet has the longest day?
4. In which year was the Nobel Prize instituted and which country awards
it?
5. Which alphabet do the Russians use?
6.
How many legs do butterflies
have?
7.
Name the U.S President who
was assassinated in 1865?
8.
When did America declare
itself an independent country?
9.
Name the largest museum in
the world.
10. Name the largest airport in the world.
11. Which is the largest peninsula in the world?
12. Name the largest bay in the world.
13. Name the largest gulf in the world.
14. Name the largest railway tunnel in the world.
15. Name the largest Church in the world.
16. Name the largest cinema in the world.
17. Who killed Julius Caesar?
18. Where was Adolf Hitler born?
19. Name the first U.S. president to adopt the informal version of his first
name?
20. Where is the first iron bridge ever built?
Answer
1. Giant Stick Insect
2. China
3. Venus
4. 1901, Sweden
5.
Cyrillic
6. Legs
7. Abraham Lincoln
8. 4th July 1776
9. The American Museum of Natural History
10. The King Khalid International Airport, Saudi Arabia
11. Arabia
12. Hudson Bay, Canada
13. Gulf of Mexico
14. The Oshimizu Tunnel, Japan
15. Basilica of St. Peter, Vatican City, Rome
16. The Fox theatre, Detroit, USA
17. Brutus
18. Austria
19. Jimmy Carter
20. Shropshire, England
General
Knowledge Quiz 10
1.
Which is the largest country
in the world?
2.
What is the total area of
Russia?
3.
Name the highest point in
the North Point.
4.
Which famous writer left
money to reform the alphabet?
5.
Which Australian nurse
achieved fame through her revolutionary methods of treating polio?
6.
Name the famous woman who
was known for her Prison Reforms?
7.
Which German social reformer
was called as the Father of communism?
8.
In which year Akbar the
Great started Din-I-llahi?
9.
In which year M.K. Gandhi
born?
10. When was Rajiv Gandhi killed in a bomb blast?
11. When was Indo-Pak War over Bangladesh fought?
12. In which year Tenzin Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary conquered Mt.
Everest?
13. When did Dalai Lama exile from Tibet and entered India?
14. From which country did India sign an agreement to procure Hawk (Advanced Jet Trainer)?
15. Name the Swedish scientist who discovered Nitro-glycerine?
16. When was Nitro-glycerine discovered?
17. What is the use of Nitro-glycerine?
18. What is the chemical formula of Nitro-glycerine?
19. Where are the great 2,400 years old mushroom that covers 3.4 square
miles of land and is still growing?
20. How many eggs do a female mackerel lay at one time?
Answer
1. Russia
2. 17 million square kilometres
3. Mt Ruapehu
4. George Bernard Shaw
5. Sister Elizabeth Kenny
6. Elizabeth Fry
7. Karl Marx
8. 1582
9. 1869
10. 21st May 1991
11. 1971
12. 29th May, 1953
13. 1959
14. UK
15. Alfred Nobel
16. 1866
17. Used to manufacture dynamite
18. C₃H₅N₃O₉
19. Oregon
20. 500,000 eggs
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