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General Knowledge Quiz 10 (60 MCQs)

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1. What is the best known work of Danish-Icelandic sculptor Edvard Eriksen, which he completed in 1913, that sits on a rock in the Copenhagen harbour at Langelinie?
2. In North American history, who was "The Flemish Bastard" ?
3. Who of these is supposedly buried in the town of Santiago de Compostela, in North Western Spain?
4. Her honours include the US Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, Japan's Imperial Order of the Precious Crown, and the Key to the City of Paris; she was also the first in her field to perform at the USA's White House. Who was she?
5. Who, in 1794, patented the cotton gin, that enabled cotton fibres to be plucked from seeds mechanically?
6. Of these card games which is the odd one out?
7. Jürgen Gröbler is famous as having been a coach in what sport?
8. On 1 July 2001, who was the IBF Heavyweight Champion, WBC Heavyweight Champion, IBO Heavyweight Champion, USBA Heavyweight Champion, & IBF Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion?
9. What religiously affiliated people are associated with Salt Lake City?
10. Which 16th century Cretan painter, sculptor and architect sculpted the Miracle of St. Ildefonso on the frame of the painting El Espolio?
11. What did American hero Davy Crockett call his musket?
12. What celebrity couple had a daughter named Frances Bean?
13. What is the official language of the People's Republic of Bangladesh?
14. Crampons are used in what?
15. What is taxonomy?
16. Which country has borders with the Central African Republic, Sudan, Zambia, Angola, the Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi (with Tanzania across Lake Tanganyika)?
17. If one edge of a cube is 3 metres long, what is its volume?
18. Which of these plants is used both as a substitute for jute for making burlap as well as in folk medicine as a diuretic, mild laxative and treatment for cardiac and nerve diseases and cancer?
19. What is the clarified butter used in Indian cooking?
20. Which ancient game is played in many variations around the world, but all with the general aim of capturing the opponent's seeds or counters?
21. The Abigar, Brown Swiss, Groningen, and Holstein are all types of what?
22. Where is St. Moritz?
23. Who sang with UB40 on their hit record "I Got You Babe" ?
24. Which 72 year old Oscar-winning director married his long-term German partner, 51, in Hamburg in July 2009?
25. In 2009, Garrett Camp, a computer programmer and co-founder of StumbleUpon, and Travis Kalanick, co-founder of Red Swoosh, founded what other (controversial) company?
26. Who was Scrooge's dead business partner in "A Christmas Carol" ?
27. Hussein Abdi Kahin was revealed in July 2022 to be the birth name of whom?
28. In the Olympic shot put competition, what is the weight of the women's shot?
29. The Thabana Ntlenyana, Mafad, Makoaneng, Njesuthi, Champagne Castle, Giant's Castle, Ben Macdhui, and Popple Peaks are part of which giant escarpment?
30. "When shall we three meet again" is the first line of which play?
31. What sea between Israel and Jordan is 1, 385 feet (422 metres) below sea level?
32. Which of these Mexican cities is close to the Caribbean Sea?
33. Olympic gold medallists Chris Hoy, Rebecca Adlington, Bradley Wiggins and Kelly Holmes represented which country?
34. Which Hollywood producer created the Keystone Cops?
35. Which of these is usually shown as a bull with eagle wings and a man's head, sometimes also with lion's feet and five legs?
36. Tennis, sometimes called real, or royal, tennis, differs from lawn tennis in a number of ways; which of these is not one?
37. Which New Zealand driver, in the Chip Ganassi Racing team since 2003, has been the Indycar Series Champion 4 times-2003, 2008, 2013 and 2015?
38. Gothic, romanesque, and rococo are terms found in what?
39. The city of Leningrad, Russia, is now known as what?
40. Which country or entity uses the Juche calendar?
41. How many multiples of 4 are there between 21 and 39?
42. What is a group of jellyfish called?
43. What is the technical term for measles?
44. Which of these songs is from "The King and I" ?
45. What is a measure of the disorder of a system?
46. Which Greek dramatist, who lived from 485 to 406BC, wrote "Medea", "Orestes" and "Iphigenia in Tauris" ?
47. Which 13th century philosopher, linguist, empirical scientist, writer and Franciscan Friar known as Doctor Mirabilis, was known for his mediaeval Latin work "Opus Major" ?
48. In 1660 Robert Hooke developed what?
49. London's Hatton Garden is the centre of trade in what?
50. Which of these colours absorbs the least amount of light?
51. One of the concerns internationally with Iran's activities before a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in 2015 was the extent to which it ..... ?
52. A clavichord is what type of instrument?
53. The coast of Algeria, together with the northern coasts of Tunisia and Morocco, lie on the line where what two tectonic plates meet?
54. What is a "marmite" ?
55. Who was the first person to win "The Big Four" Grammy Awards (Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year & Best New Artist) in one year?
56. In January 2024 Prince Frederick acceded to the throne of Denmark as a result of what?
57. What country is bordered by North Macedonia, Greece, Montenegro and Kosovo?
58. An essay written by the father of which British Prime Minister, "Of a History of Events Which Have Not Happened", formally examines counterfactuals to understand how we think of and record history?
59. What can be defined as "the resistance to motion when two bodies in contact are moved over each other" ?
60. In Roman mythology, when, on the dethronement of Saturn, Jupiter and his brothers divided his dominions, who got the realms of the dead?
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