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General Knowledge Quiz 104 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which fictional rock band was previously called "The Originals", "The New Originals", "The Originals" again, and the "The Thamesmen" ?
2. "The Same Sky", the 2017 Netflix series based on a "Romeo" operation in East Germany in the 1970s, is a co-production between the UK, Germany and which other country?
3. Crimea, over which multiple wars have been fought, was annexed from Ukraine in 2014 by which country?
4. Who was the ringmaster in the UK TV series "QI" from its inception in 2003 until the end of 2015?
5. The centre of the Somali tectonic plate is approximately where?
6. UK Ariel programme developed and launched 6 satellites 1962-79, which were launched for them by NASA; which was the only British satellite successfully launched by Britain using a British rocket?
7. Traditionally, what was the name of the sword with which St. George slew the dragon, and the name given by Winston Churchill to his personal aircraft during World War II?
8. How many members are there in the US lower house, the House of Representatives?
9. What has been the currency of Venezuela since 1 January 2008?
10. Which group of people took control of Carthage in 439 AD?
11. The term "blue collar" refers to what?
12. What does someone with the hikikomori syndrome show?
13. For men's basketball, the official basketball size is 29.5 inches in circumference (size 7) and what weight in ounces?
14. What do the initials "E.T." stand for in the title of the 1982 film directed by Steven Spielberg?
15. The dessert known as "crumble" usually consists of a sweet topping covering a layer of what?
16. What nationality is tennis player Gaston Gaudio?
17. Stirling WHO was a British racing driver, who raced from 1948 to 1962 and won 212 of the 529 races he entered, including 16 Formula One Grands Prix?
18. The Bacon Society was founded in England in 1866 to promote the study of what?
19. Who plays Lexie Grey in the US TV series "Grey's Anatomy" ?
20. Limes became part of the British Royal Navy's diet in an attempt to prevent what?
21. What is the study of plant diseases?
22. What is a trifecta?
23. Who was declared president by both houses of the US Congress because there was no precedent or clear constitutional rule for a vice president to assume the office of president upon the death of his predecessor?
24. Where is the town of Kobe?
25. The Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine, built by Frederic C. Williams, Tom Kilburn & Geoff Tootill that first ran on 21 June 1948, was an early form of what?
26. Brian Lara is associated with which sport?
27. Over several weeks after the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union agreed to give up its monopoly of power on February 7, 1990, the constituent republics of the USSR held their first competitive elections. How many republics were there?
28. What is the only venomous lizard native to the USA?
29. When did the Football Association in the UK present the FA Cup for competition?
30. The convention of moving the Olympic flame via a relay system from Olympia to the Olympic venue began with which Olympic Games?
31. Which English steeplechase is held annually at Aintree near Liverpool?
32. Clint Eastwood played the character of Rowdy Yates in which US TV series of the 1960s?
33. Which British ruler was nicknamed "The Merry Monarch" ?
34. Frida Kahlo, famous for her paintings, many of them self-portraits, was married to which other artist?
35. Where did the space probe New Horizons launched by NASA in 2006 aim to investigate?
36. Which musical with book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot opened in October 1967 at Joseph Papp's Public Theater?
37. If a painter is working in oils which of these would they be more likely to use?
38. George Washington became president of the USA in which century?
39. Who is popularly recognised as being the first person to run a mile in under 4 minutes?
40. When the passage of a wave, such as light or sound, changes to a different density medium what is originating it can appear reversed, shifted, and magnified in a process known as what?
41. Where in Sochi were the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2014 Winter Olympics held?
42. The first vice-president of the USA to be elected President, the father of a future President, assistant in drafting the Declaration of Independence and negotiating peace with Great Britain, and architect of vital government loans from the Netherlands, was who?
43. In which TV series did the characters Crockett and Tubbs appear?
44. Which of these was known as "Mellow Johnny" ?
45. A male horse four years and under is called what?
46. What popular name is given to a situation where a man cannot make up his mind which of two women to marry?
47. What was the Watergate building that was the subject of a US political scandal that began in 1972?
48. Which country, in 2013, announced plans to launch a project similar to Google Earth?
49. What can cabotage involve?
50. What are found, although in small amounts, in certain seeds and stones, such as those of apple, mango, peach, and bitter almonds?
51. When did the first African American woman take her seat in the US House of Representatives?
52. Classical Greek theatre, and several current theatre spaces, such as La Boite in Australia, The Globe in Canada, Blue Orange Theatre in the UK, L'Européen in France and Theatre '47 in the USA, specialise in what style of performance?
53. What was the Roman name for Scotland?
54. Roller Hockey was known as Hardball Hockey in the USA until 2008, when what official USA name was adopted?
55. What was the "Scopes Monkey Trial" about?
56. Which Olympic sport was contested in only 1904 and 1908, by teams from only 3 countries (Canada, USA and Germany) altogether?
57. What is the name used for the young of a kangaroo?
58. The ancient Celtic two-person game fidchell is thought to have been most similar to which modern game?
59. Which American blues artist died on 21 June 2001?
60. The Serbian Empire came under Turkish domination after which battle in 1389?
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