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General Knowledge Quiz 103 (60 MCQs)

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1. What is most likely to be a characteristic of a whippersnapper?
2. Which of these sayings is attributed to US president Teddy Roosevelt?
3. What ship is commanded by the fictional pirate Jack Sparrow?
4. In 2008, who became the first female recipient of the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year award?
5. A halyard can be attached to a triangular sail by bowline knot, half-hitch knot with a figure 8 knot, or by which of these?
6. Why was the running of a record-breaking sub-two hour marathon (26.2. miles), in Vienna in October 2019 by an internationally well-known athlete, not recognised as an official world record?
7. What is the main ingredient of a plain omelette?
8. What is the capital of the province of Alberta, Canada?
9. What nationality is supermodel Elle MacPherson?
10. The Terracotta Army marched underground frozen in time from the burial of an emperor in the third century BCE until 1974 CE, where?
11. The Kaua'i mole duck, the Great auk, the Cuban giant owl and the Stephens Island wren are all flightless birds and are ..... ?
12. Baksheesh may be given as what?
13. What does her name suggest about the Greek goddess Aphrodite?
14. A place known as Haishenwai or Urajio and now a major seaport on the East Sea has been known by what name since the 1860 Treaty of Beijing?
15. In Greek legend, what were Stheno, Euryale and Medusa, winged female monsters with snakes for hair who turned mortals to stone if they looked directly at them?
16. Which of these capital cities is not at present sea level?
17. Which of these people played a major role in the discovery of DNA?
18. What is a synonym for the musical term "ostinato" ?
19. In the musical "The King and I", who was "I" ?
20. What event coincided with the closing ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics and Paralympics in 2014?
21. The latter half of the 11th century and the battle of Manzikert in 1071 marked the beginning of a long decline and eventual disappearance of what?
22. What is the setting for the first film titled "Night at the Museum" (2006) an adventure comedy film based on a 1993 children's book by Milan Trenc?
23. Who was the only golfer in the President's Cup tournament held at San Francisco in 2009 to win all 5 of his matches?
24. Which Beatrix Potter character invades Mr McGregor's garden?
25. In David Hockney's painting "Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy", what is Percy?
26. What is another name for oedema?
27. Which of these diseases can appear 40 to 50 days after the bite of an affected dog, fox or wolf?
28. Which is the oldest identified era of activity by homo sapiens and relatives?
29. What was the name of the meeting that drafted the United States Constitution in 1787?
30. Who succeeded Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon Church, after he was shot and killed on 27 June 1844?
31. An original copy of which book was sold at auction at Sotheby's auction room in London in December 2010 for £7.3 million, a record price for the sale of a book?
32. The small insect Marchalina hellenica is important for production of the almost unique pine honey in which of these countries?
33. What was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948, "as a common standard of achievements for all peoples and all nations" ?
34. The Rashtrakuta, Pala and Prathihara dynasties vied for rule during the second half of the first millennium in what present day country?
35. Copenhagen stands on what 39 mile (63 kilometre) long strait between Sweden and Denmark that leads from the Baltic Sea to the Kattegat?
36. What became a popular description, following the success of a machine sold by E. Remington and Sons from 1873?
37. Which is a usual habitat of the mugger and the gharial, two of the three species found there?
38. Roughly what does Juliet mean when she says "Wherefore art thou Romeo" ?
39. Where are bascules found?
40. The character of Mary Alice Young is heard but does not appear in which US TV series?
41. Which theory is French-American mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot known for developing?
42. Who was the American poet who worked for Mussolini to broadcast propaganda to the USA, was tried for treason in 1945 and was judged to be insane?
43. Coney Island, the pleasure resort off Long Island, is part of which New York borough?
44. What phrase is used to explain the resorting to supernatural causes to explain phenomena that are not able to be explained by natural means?
45. In 1991 a performance was broadcast on US TV which, when released separately and then re-released in 2001, was certified platinum?
46. Jane and Michael were the two children who featured in which of these?
47. Where is the Sea of Serenity?
48. The word "renal" refers to which part of the body?
49. When was the first charter granted to what became The East India Company?
50. Which two countries between them have won every Netball World Championship since its inception in 1963 and as at 2019 are unbeaten?
51. Which of these would be found at a racetrack?
52. Where was the first "Surf Bathers' Life-Saving Club" founded?
53. What name is given to the giving up of food, often for religious reasons?
54. Which Swiss theologian, philosopher, author, organist and medical missionary won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1952?
55. When was the first IHF World Women's Handball Championship held?
56. What role, first established in May 1947 with the appointment of Walter Winterbottom, was filled in 2008 by Fabio Capello, who replaced Steve McClaren?
57. Queen Elizabeth I of England was from which Royal House?
58. 19th century French engineer Ferdinand de Lesseps, having supervised the construction of the Suez canal, was later famously tried and convicted for what?
59. Where is the Great Green Wall project designed to happen?
60. What type of creature can be called earth, round, flat, butt, arrow, jaw, horsehair, ribbon, velvet, horseshoe, peanut and tape?
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