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General Knowledge Quiz 102 (60 MCQs)

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1. The Russian choreographer and dancer Mikhail Fokin created which of these?
2. An annual international event featuring British and Commonwealth military tattoos and performances is held where?
3. Newton Marshall, who won the 1600 km Iditarod dog sled race in Alaska in March 2010 was born where?
4. When did the right-wing political party Alternative for Germany (AfD) first win seats in the German federal parliament, the Bundestag?
5. Which US state borders Canada and the Connecticut River, and has the Green Mountains running through its centre?
6. According to Ovid, a giant called Argus had his hundred what preserved forever in a peacock's tail, by the goddess Hera?
7. The international body called "FIFA" administers which sport?
8. What secret organisation of Irishmen in the Scranton Anthracite Mining district of Pennsylvania 1865-1875, was in violent conflict with the mine owners?
9. What word can, depending on context, mean white, reddish, or black and blue
10. Which of these is "low back pain" ?
11. What is the word for an oblique-angled parallelogram with 4 equal sides?
12. When the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe was declared in 1975, from what country did it declare independence?
13. What historical period in Europe is commonly dated from the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century to the beginning of the Renaissance in the 15th or early 16th century, marked by the rise of nation-states and the beginnings of European overseas expansion?
14. Which golfer released the song "All My Exes Wear Rolexes" in 2002?
15. What was the name of George Stephenson's first steam engine, which first ran on the Manchester and Liverpool Railway in 1830?
16. What measure is used to measure the warmth of a duvet?
17. Anton Geesink represented which country in Judo between 1951 and 1967, winning 21 European titles, was World Champion in 1961 in the open class, and won gold in the open weight division at the 1964 Summer Olympics?
18. According to tradition who, at their trial for heresy by the Catholic Christian Church, said "Here I stand, I can do no other. May God help me. Amen." ?
19. The distance of the first modern Olympic Marathon in 1896 was 40 km (24 miles 85 yards), so why, at the 1908 London Olympic Games, was it run over its now-standard distance of 42.195 km (26 miles 385 yards)?
20. A case resolved in 2022 was between chess grandmasters Magnus Carlsen, together with chess.com, and whom?
21. What were some of the December, 1773, Boston "tea tossers" wearing when they made their protest?
22. What is alluvium?
23. What is an inflamed swelling on the skin?
24. Where are the tonsils?
25. Which 1998 film, starring Robin Williams, Annabella Sciorra and Cuba Gooding Jr, won an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, was nominated for another, won the Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design, but had a very mixed reception from audiences?
26. Who is an Australian convicted murderer, currently serving 35 life sentences for murdering 35 people and injuring 21 others in the Port Arthur massacre, a shooting spree in Tasmania in 1996?
27. Which actor, writer, producer and director, sometimes known as "Number 6", died in January 2009?
28. Which of these is an Olympic sport that uses hoops, ribbons, ropes, balls and clubs?
29. The highly popular sport of skydiving started with what?
30. Larry Levine, an American audio engineer, who won a Grammy Award in 1966 for "A Taste of Honey" by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass and contributed to The Beach Boys' 1966 album "Pet Sounds", was best known for his co-operation on the Wall of Sound recording technique with which producer?
31. Which of these is the principal seaport on the island of Cyprus?
32. Surgery for which, took Roger Federer out of competitive tennis during 2020 and early 2021?
33. Which of these affects the heart?
34. Pointillism is found in what field?
35. What is the name of the group of 140 islands 25 miles south west of Lands End, Cornwall, England?
36. What was the prize money (in $ US) for the winner of the 2015 Men's World Open Squash Championship?
37. Where is the area that France administers called Terre Adélie?
38. What is the word commonly thought to mean "a morbid fear of open spaces" ?
39. Approximately what is the population of China?
40. Which was Wayne "Buddy" Van Horn's last film as a director?
41. What word best describes a political situation common to England in 1647, France in 1789, Spain in 1936 and Jamaica in 1720?
42. In September 2010, The Beach Boys allegedly threatened a lawsuit due to a line in which song by Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg?
43. In Greek mythology, who was the sister of Apollo?
44. A US senator is elected for term of how many years?
45. What was the nickname of Australian opera singer Joan Sutherland?
46. The amateur Sumo World Championships has provided for female competition, as well as male, from when?
47. Central Park is in which New York borough?
48. For over a century, a logo of a sailor in a "Navy Cut" cap has been the logo for whose cigarettes?
49. Who was the 2014 Formula One World Champion driver?
50. In what general direction does the Limpopo River flow?
51. What are the "White Cliffs of Dover" made of?
52. The songs "Aquarius" and "Good Morning Starshine" are from which musical?
53. Helen Clark, who was appointed Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme in 2009, is from which country?
54. What is the Sunday before Trinity Sunday?
55. Which of these is the name given to a strong, dry, dust-laden local wind that blows in the Sahara, Palestine, Israel, Jordan, Syria, and the deserts of Arabian Peninsula?
56. Which of these groups were all President of the USA?
57. Greg LeMond was a champion in which sport?
58. Whose art exhibit "My Bed", a double bed in a dishevelled state with stained sheets, surrounded by detritus such as soiled underwear, slippers and empty drink bottles, was exhibited at the Tate Gallery in 1999 as one of the shortlisted works for the Turner Prize?
59. Where is the rugged mass of mountains sometimes called "The Roof of Africa" ?
60. The British television reality series "Airline" featured the activities of which company?
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