GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
Answer the following general knowledge to the best of your ability. Circle your correct answer as a or b.
Indicate your level of confidence that your answer is correct in percentage terms next to the probability line.
1.
Sigmund Freud was born in the year:
a)
1856
b)
1892
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2.
The percentage of hairs on the scalp of a young man in relation to his total body hair is:
a)
2%
b)
20%
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3.
What proportion of the world’s sugar production is made from sugar cane?
a)
9/10
b)
½
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4.
The number of natural elements in the natural world is:
a)
77
b)
92
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5.
The world famous Taj Mahal is in:
a)
Rampur
b)
Agra
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6.
Vulcan is a god in ____________ mythology:
a)
Scandinavian
b)
Roman
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7.
The total percentage of blacks in the population of Africa is:
a)
70%
b)
97%
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8.
The highest waterfall in the world is found in:
a)
Zimbabwe, Southern Africa
b)
Venezuela, South America
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9.
The inventor of the radio was:
a)
Marconi
b)
Edison
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10.
The capital of Switzerland is:
a)
Berne
b)
Zurich
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11.
The only country to have won the Jules Rimet Soccer Cup four times is:
a)
Argentina
b)
Brazil
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12.
The first man to have broken the 4 minute barrier for the mile run was the English athlete:
a)
Chris Chataway
b)
Roger Bannister
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13.
The first President of the United States was:
a)
George Washington
b)
Thomas Jefferson
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14.
The lead male actor in the box-office breaking Hollywood production of “Gone With the Wind” was
a)
Gene Kelley
b)
Clark Gable
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15.
The first major Walt Disney theme park opened in 1955 in:
a)
Anaheim, California
b)
Orlando, Florida
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16.
The first man to walk on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969 was:
a)
Edward “Buzz” Aldrin
b)
Neil Armstrong
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17.
The first all jazz band to feature at the Carnegie Concert Hall in New York in 1937 was:
a)
Duke Ellington
b)
Benny Goodman
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18.
Time Magazine elected _______ as their Man of the Year last year in 1997:
a)
Bill Gates
b)
Andy Grove
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19.
The author of Treasure Island was:
a)
Jules Verne
b)
Robert Louis Stevenson
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20.
The largest lake in the world is ____________ :
a)
Lake Superior - U.S.A.- Canada
b)
Lake Victoria - Zimbabwe
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21.
The commander in charge of the Auschwitz concentration camp was:
a)
Rudolf Hess
b)
Adolf Eichmann
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22.
The total land area of Singapore is:
a)
585 square km.
b)
226 square km.
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23.
The famous ceiling painting in the Sistine Chapel, Rome, is the work of:
a)
Leonardo DaVinci
b)
Michaelangelo
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24.
Alkaline bases are:
a)
Mineral salts
b)
Metals
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2
25.
In mathematics, 00 equals:
a)
infinity
b)
One
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26.
The percentage consumption of protein in one’s normal diet should be:
a)
10-15%
b)
20-30%
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27.
The Boston Tea Party in 1773 in colonial America was due to:
a)
excessive alcohol prohibitions and restrictions
b)
excessive British taxation duties
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28.
In mental health, the disorder termed compulsions refer to:
a)
irrational behaviors which a person feels forced to perform repeatedly or according to some rules
b)
unrealistic and persistent thoughts, fears or doubts experienced as senseless or absurd
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29.
Medical statistics show that in about 1 in ____ births, twins are born, of whom ___% are identical twins:
a)
90; 30
b)
200; 30
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30.
The Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei was persecuted by the Church in 1616 for stating that:
a)
that all heavenly bodies, including the sun, do not revolve around the earth
b)
the earth revolves around all heavenly bodies including the sun
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