Multiple Choice GK Short Question and Answer

1) He wrote such books as “The Stranger,” “The Rebel” and “The Plague”:
A) Albert Camus
B) George Orwell
C) John Steinbeck
D) William Golding
E) Franz Kafka

Answer: Albert Camus
More of a humanist than most modern writers, Camus rejected the idea of the artist as rebel.

2) What product accounts for about 90% of Nigeria’s export earnings?
A) Oil
B) Rubber
C) Vegetables and Fruits
D) Coffee

Answer: Oil
Nigeria is a member of OPEC.

3) Graham’s law deals with …
A) Effusion
B) Equilibrium

Answer: Effusion

4) The name of the galaxy in which our solar system is situated is the:
A) Andromeda
B) Milky Way
C) Clouds of Magellan

Answer: Milky Way

5) Which type of land cover covers the greatest area on the earth?
A) Forest/Woodland
B) Snow/Ice
C) Grass/Savanna
D) Barren/Desert

Answer: Forest/Woodland

6) All cells have:
A) Cell membranes
B) Cell walls
C) Both cell walls and cell membranes

Answer: Cell membranes

7) One of these words does not belong. Find the odd word out.
A) Hound
B) Shrub
C) Squirrel
D) Reindeer

Answer: Shrub
A shrub is not an animal.

8) Socrates, the great Greek philosopher, never wrote anything down.
A) True
B) False

Answer: True

9) In which movie does Steve Martin have to share his body with Lily Tomlin?
A) The Man with Two Brains
B) The Lonely Guy
C) L.A. Story
D) Inner Space
E) All of Me

Answer: All of Me
Lily Tomlin’s character ends up in Steve Martin’s body after an experiment goes awry.

10) Which Australian state calls itself the “State of Excitement” and “The Golden State?”
A) Western Australia
B) Victoria
C) New South Wales
D) Tasmania

Answer: Western Australia

GK Short Question and Answer Part 2

11) What are the hill and valley of a wave called?
A) It’s landscape
B) Crest and trough
C) Legth and depth
D) Top and bottom

Answer: Crest and trough

12) What explorer is buried in the Dominican Republic?
A) Christopher Columbus
B) Hernando Cortes
C) Leif Eriksson
D) Marco Polo

Answer: Christopher Columbus

13) Where would you find the state of Selangor, with a capital city of Shah Alam?
A) Malaysia
B) Indonesia
C) Philippines
D) India

Answer: Malaysia

14) One of these words does not belong with the other three.[cr][cr]Find the odd word out.
A) Menu
B) Table
C) Waitress
D) Shirt

Answer: Shirt

15) The name of the galaxy in which our solar system is situated is the:
A) Andromeda
B) Milky Way
C) Clouds of Magellan

Answer: Milky Way

16) Exfoliation or flaking of rocks due to expansion in extremely high daytime temperatures with contraction in extremely low nighttime temperatures is a form of:
erosion
A) Physical weathering
B) Chemical weathering

Answer: Physical weathering

17) Which Pacific entity is farthest north?
A) Federated States of Micronesia
B) Palau
C) Northern Mariana Islands
D) Guam

Answer: Northern Mariana Islands

18) At the 1984 Olympics, Mary Lou Retton won the gold in the:
Uneven bars
A) All-around gymnastics
B) Floor exercise
C) Vault
D) Balance beam

Answer: All-around gymnastics
Mary Lou was also the first gymnast to be elected to the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame.

19) True or False? King is the only American besides George Washington to have a nationwide celebration for his birthday.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE

Answer: TRUE

20) “Tin Men,” “Always” and “Nuts” are films starring this actor:
A) Robert Duvall
B) Alan Alda
C) Richard Dreyfuss
D) John Goodman
E) Danny Devito

Answer: Richard Dreyfuss
Dreyfuss earned an Oscar for his role as a struggling actor in “The Goodbye Girl.”

GK Short Question and Answer Part 3

21) According to the title of a 1972 song by The Temptations, “Papa Was a” what?
A) Spinnin’ Wheel
B) Rollin’ Stone
C) Ramblin’ Man
D) Whirlin’ Dervish

Answer: Rollin’ Stone

22) What is the predominant religion in the Philippines?
A) Protestant
B) Muslim
C) Hindu
D) Roman Catholic

Answer: Roman Catholic
Approximately 83% of the population is Roman Catholic.

23) Substances with a definite volume and take the shape of their containers are:
A) Gases
B) Liquids
C) Solids

Answer: Liquids

24) Who is Prime Minister of Canada?
A) Brian Mulroney
B) Kim Campbell
C) Jean Chretien
D) Tony Blair

Answer: Jean Chretien

25) Stonehenge is thought to have been built over a 1500 year period. Approximately when is Stonehenge thought to have been started?
A) 5000 B.C.
B) 3100 B.C.
C) 1550 B.C.
D) 1000 B.C.

Answer: 3100 B.C.
Stonehenge is believed to have begun being built right around the time that the Bronze Age was overtaking the Stone Age. According to excavation results, the megalith was built over a series of periods between 3100 B.C. – 1550 B.C.

26) What does Leslie West of Mountain play?
A) Guitar
B) Bass
C) Piano
D) Drums

Answer: Guitar

27) In which Australian state is the Cape York Peninsula located?
A) New South Wales
B) Queensland
C) Western Australia
D) Victoria

Answer: Queensland

28) Which of the following scientists studies insects?
A) Mycologist
B) Ornithologist
C) Entomologist

Answer: Entomologist

29) How many Great Lakes are there in North America?
A) Five
B) Three
C) Six
D) Eight

Answer: Five

30) Which artist’s name of Alessandro di Mariano Flipepi was changed to his brother’s nickname meaning ‘little barrel’?
A) Cellini
B) Peruzzi
C) Botticelli

Answer: Botticelli

GK Short Question and Answer Part 4

31) Which phase of the moon is not easily visible from Earth?
A) Full moon
B) Gibbous Moon
C) New moon

Answer: New moon

32) Scientists today make a very approximate estimate that there are _______ galaxies in the universe.
A) 100 billion
B) 1 trillion
C) 10 billion
D) 500 million
E) 10 trillion

Answer: 100 billion

33) In what year did the Soviet Union invade Afghanistan?
A) 1973
B) 1977
C) 1979
D) 1981

Answer: 1979

34) Which bird did American founding father Benjamin Franklin prefer for the national bird of the new United States?
A) Turkey
B) Bald eagle
C) Red-tailed hawk

Answer: Turkey
Benjamin Franklin disapproved of making the bald eagle the national bird of the young United States. In a letter to his daughter, Franklin explained that he considered the eagle “of bad moral character,” prone to stealing the prey of other, more noble birds. Franklin preferred the turkey, which he considered “a more respectable bird and withal a true original native of America.”

35) Forces can change the:
A) Slow down or speed up objects only
B) Speed, direction or shape of an object
C) Movement of objects but only if they were already in motion

Answer: Speed, direction or shape of an object

36) “The Last of the Wine” and “The King Must Die” are historical novels set in:
A) Ancient Greece
B) Victorian England
C) Colonial America
D) Czarist Russia
E) Contemporary Israel

Answer: Ancient Greece
English novelist Mary Renault wrote several such books dealing with history and mythology.

37) In which part of Sudan is the Darfur region?
A) North
B) East
C) West
D) South

Answer: West

38) What French town was the scene of history’s greatest military evacuation?
A) Dunkirk
B) Bordeaux
C) Marseilles
D) Lyons
E) Nice

Answer: Dunkirk
During World War II more than 300,000 troops were rescued by British boats.

39) Who painted the Uffizi’s famous Birth of Venus?
A) Leonardo
B) Botticelli
C) Giotto

Answer: Botticelli

40) “Sister of the Road” is the depression-era memoir of:
A) Boxcar Bertha
B) Aimee Semple Macpherson
C) Rosie the Riveter
D) Ma Barker
E) Winnie Ruth Judd

Answer: Boxcar Bertha
Her book about her life as a female hobo turned her into an American folk heroine.