Multiple Choice - General Knowledge 2

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1. The World's highest waterfall - Angel Falls in Venezuela (807 m (2,648 ft), was named for what?
Angel's Hair Pasta
Saint Angelo of Sicily
Aviator Jimmie Angel
The Imagined hair of an Angel
2. The Volga River discharges into which body of water?
The Black Sea
The Caspian Sea
The Arctic Ocean
The North Sea
3. The State Capital of Kansas, USA is ?
Kansas City
Topeka
Carson City
Helena
4. Which planet in the Solar System revolves backwards compared to Earth?
Venus
Jupiter
Neptune
Mercury
5. Which Island is Brunei a part of?
Java
Mindanao
Borneo
New Guinea
6. Whose quote is "The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read"?
Oscar Wilde
Winston Churchill
Mark Twain
Abraham Lincoln
7. Who made the famous and successful 'Midnight Ride' from Lexington to warn Concord of the advance of the British?
Paul Revere
Samuel Prescott
William Dawes
Israel Bissell
8. What is a 'Wombat'?
An Australian Marsupial Animal
An Asian Fruit Bat
A Maori Weapon from New Zealand
A Tahitian Cocktail
9. In which country was the composer and virtuoso pianist Chopin born?
Poland
Austria
Germany
Czechia
10. Bishkek is the capital of which country?
Uzbekistan
Azerbaijan
Bhutan
Kyrgyzstan
11. Cordelia, Regan and Goneril are characters from which Shakespeare play?
King Lear
Richard III
Macbeth
Hamlet
12. The top Coffee drinking Nation at 12 Kilo per person per year is?
USA
Finland
Turkey
Italy
13. How many 'Ribs' has a Frog?
2
None
6
8
14. 'B' is the periodic symbol for which Element?
Barium
Bromine
Beryllium
Boron
15. 'The Man in Black' .... the nickname for which performer?
Hank Williams
Willie Nelson
Johnny Cash
Bruce Springsteen
16. Which 'Children's Book' character is censored in China because it is said to resemble President Xi Jinping?
Paddington Bear
The Cat in the Hat
The Grinch
Winnie the Pooh
17. Which Nation holds the Athletic World Record for the 4 X 1mile relay at 15:49:08?
Kenya
Ethiopia
USA
Ireland
18. Which Canal is longest at 193 km (120 ml) ?
Panama Canal
Manchester Ship Canal
Kiel Canal
Suez Canal
19. What did the famous diarist Samuel Pepys bury in his garden during the 'Great Fire of London'?
An Ivory Statuette
A Parmesan Cheese
3 pair of Leather Boots
A Silver Tea Set
20. What is the 'Surname' of the family with 5 daughters in the Jane Austen novel Pride & Prejudice?
Bennett
Churchill
Willoughby
Dashwood
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3 Comments
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Level 66
Mar 26, 2021
There are five daughters in the family in Pride and Prejudice.
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Level 70
Mar 26, 2021
Quite correct and I've only seen the film about ten times.
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Level 66
May 4, 2025
And their surname is BENNET, not Bennett.