THE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ

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This is a single answer quiz that has various questions to test one's general knowledge.


1. What European capital city stands on the River Tiber?

    

2. Who was disqualified and stripped of his gold medal for the 100 metres at the 1988 Olympic Games?

    

3. What American author wrote the classics 'East of Eden', 'Of Mice and Men' and 'The Grapes of Wrath'?

    

4. In which US State is Kilauea, the world's most active volcano?

    

5. In distance, which planet is sixth furthest from the Sun?

    

6. What is the well known Japanese word for 'empty orchestra'?

    

7. What is the official name of the bottom 9 miles (15 KM) of the Earth's atmosphere?

    

8. Anubis is the god of funerals who transports the souls of the dead to the other world in which ancient civilization?

    

9. What is the chemical symbol for Potassium?

    

10. Which renaissance artist painted Primavera and The Birth of Venus?

    

11. The island of Bahrain is connected by a causeway to which country?

    

12. What country's flag (bizzarly) has a garden hoe and a Kalashnikov rifle inside a star?

    

13. Which Italian author published Pinocchio in 1880?

    

14. Which scientist published the ground breaking book 'Principia Mathematica' in the 17th Century?

    

15. Who was the last Tsar of Russia, who was murdered along with all his family by Bolshevik guards?

    

16. What is the more common name for ascorbic acid?

    

17. In computing, what does RAM stand for?

    

18. By area, what is the largest country in Africa?

    

19. What American band have released the albums 'Out of Time' and 'Automatic for the People'?

    

20. Which country won the football World Cup in 1934 and 1938?