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general knowledge Online Quiz - 3323

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What kind of tree is the oldest tree which has been discovered in the United States?

  1. A bristlecone pine

  2. An oak tree

  3. A giant redwood

  4. A California sequoia


Correct Option: A

Where is the Petrified Forest National Park in the United States located?

  1. Utah

  2. Arizona

  3. California

  4. Montana


Correct Option: B

Which of the world's rivers has more tributaries than any other?

  1. Amazon

  2. Volga

  3. Nile

  4. Yangtze


Correct Option: A

True or False: Nothing can live in the Dead Sea because of its super-salty nature.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B

What is the lowest point on the earth's land surface?

  1. Death Valley

  2. The polar ice cap

  3. The Sahara desert

  4. The shore of the Dead Sea.


Correct Option: D
  1. Mount Rushmore, South Dakota

  2. Mount St. Helens, Washington

  3. Stone Mountain, Georgia

  4. Iliamna, Alaska


Correct Option: C
  1. Robert E. Lee, Andrew Johnson, General George Meade

  2. General Braxton Bragg, Ulysses S. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman

  3. Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, George Wallace

  4. Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson


Correct Option: D

A magnificent jade-topped mausoleum was discovered in Samarkand, Uzbekistan by Russian archaeologists in 1941. Who is buried in the tomb?

  1. Kublai Khan

  2. Genghis Khan

  3. Tamerlane

  4. Buddha


Correct Option: C

This spectacular site in Australia, considered to be close to that country's geographical center, is a sacred place that the Aborigines revere. What is this natural landmark called?

  1. Great Barrier Reef

  2. Ayers Rock

  3. Great Dividing Range

  4. Mount Augustus


Correct Option: B

Where is the Blue Grotto located?

  1. Barringer Crater

  2. Waitomo Caves, New Zealand

  3. The Island of Capri, Italy

  4. Petra in southern Jordan


Correct Option: C

What is the name of the spot on land that is nearest to where zero latitude meets zero longitude at zero altitude?

  1. Cape Three Points, Ghana

  2. Point Barrow, Alaska

  3. Waitomo Caves, New Zealand

  4. Iguassu Falls, Brazil and Argentina


Correct Option: A

True or False: Because of the vast volume of water pouring over the Canadian and American sides of Niagara Falls, the falls themselves will never dry up.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B

What is the name of the site in Greece where no 'woman, female animal, child, eunuch, or person with a beardless face' was allowed to set foot on?

  1. Oracle at Delphi

  2. Mount Athos

  3. The Parthenon

  4. Colossus of Rhodes


Correct Option: B
  1. The Big Hole in Kimberley, South Africa

  2. The Great Pyramids at Cheops

  3. Cholula de Rivadabia in central Mexico

  4. Chaco Canyon in New Mexico


Correct Option: C

What is the largest excavation ever dug without the use of machinery?

  1. Jagersfontein Mines,South Africa

  2. The Grand Canyon

  3. Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico.

  4. Meteor Crater, Winslow, Arizona


Correct Option: A
  1. The Great Sphinx of Egypt

  2. The megalithic buildings of Malta and Gozo

  3. The Pharos of Alexandria

  4. The Stonehenge


Correct Option: B

Which of the following is NOT one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?

  1. Statue of Zeus at Olympia

  2. Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

  3. Great Library at Alexandria

  4. Temple of Artemis


Correct Option: C

The largest hot desert on earth is the Sahara in North Africa. Do you know what the second largest hot desert is?

  1. Death Valley, U.S.A.

  2. Sonora Desert, U.S.A and Mexico

  3. Thar, India and Pakistan

  4. Atacama Desert in Chile


Correct Option: D

What is the name of the world's longest glacier?

  1. Qarayaq Glacier in Greenland

  2. Lambert Glacier in Antarctica

  3. Blackstone Glacier in Alaska

  4. The Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica


Correct Option: B

This North American city sits on top of an underground reservoir and is believed to be sinking into the earth at the rate of 6 to 8 inches per year.Which is the city?

  1. Mexico City, Mexico

  2. Montreal, Canada

  3. Miami, Florida

  4. Barrow, Alaska


Correct Option: A
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