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General Knowledge Quiz 105 (60 MCQs)

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1. Structuralism in anthropological thinking is an approach that does what?
2. The term "radar", of American origin, coined in 1941, replaced the British abbreviation "RDF" which stood for "Radio Direction Finding" . What does "radar" stand for?
3. The 1812 Overture was written to commemorate the defence of which city against Napoleon?
4. What is the oldest existing lighthouse in America, built in 1764?
5. What weapon is associated with Robin Hood?
6. What name was popularly given to the event on 6 December 1989 when Marc Lépine killed 14 women and injured 10 women and 4 men, now commemorated annually in Canada as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women?
7. Liberia shares borders with Sierra Leone, Côte d'Ivoire, and which other country?
8. A famous Icelandic freshwater diving site, the Silfra (Silver) Fissure, is known for the extreme clarity of its water and for which other of these?
9. Mother Teresa died in India on 5 September 1997, less than a week after which other notable figure?
10. During the Industrial Revolution in England Henry Cort became famous for what?
11. Sir George Grey was Premier of which state or country 1877-1879, having previously served it as its autocratic and influential Governor 1845-53 and 1861-1868?
12. What was the collective name for the writers John Clennon, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Gregory Corso, Charles Bukowski & William Burroughs?
13. Which 19th century American poet wrote over 1, 000 poems which were published between 1890 and 1945, after her death?
14. Who was First Minister of State in France from 1624 until his death in 1642?
15. Which of these is not an Australian native?
16. Who was president of the Society for Constructive Birth Control and Racial Progress in England and the author of books on sexual hygiene published between 1918 and 1935 including "Married Love", "Radiant Motherhood" and "Marriage in My Time" ?
17. Which of these is based in Arlington, Virginia in the USA?
18. Whose name is honoured in the "Thulin Prize", offered by the International Physical Education Federation (FIEP)?
19. What is called "kaymak" in Poland?
20. Which hurricane demolished virtually everything on the islands of Abaco in September 2019?
21. Syd Barrett was a founding member of which band?
22. The ICC Women's Cricket World Cup plays which of these?
23. What extra power does the flying king in some variants of checkers, or draughts, have?
24. Annie Leibovitz is famous as what?
25. Both opposing generals, the British general Wolfe, and the French general Montcalm, were killed in a battle for which city in 1759?
26. How many legs has an arachnid?
27. Which country between the Andes mountain range and the Atlantic Ocean has borders with Paraguay, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay?
28. Who was involved with the management of "The New York Dolls", "The Sex Pistols", "Adam and the Ants", "Bow Wow Wow" and "Jimmy The Hoover" ?
29. The 1980 Paralympic Games in Arnhem in the Netherlands led to what?
30. Prepatellar bursitis is more commonly known as what?
31. What is the name of a calculating machine that originally consisted of beans or stones moved in grooves in sand or on tablets of wood, stone, or metal?
32. What is the lowest score that cannot be scored with a single dart?
33. Which 18th century writer produced "She Stoops To Conquer" and "The Vicar Of Wakefield" ?
34. Which is an intelligence service of Israel?
35. Where is the Humboldt Sea?
36. Which is the film for which Pixar Animation Studios completely rewrote their animation system for the first time in 25 years, and dedicated the film to Steve Jobs?
37. Which of these was a Russian composer whose music was officially denounced in the USSR twice and periodically banned, yet received state awards and served in the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR?
38. What are the two middle names of George H W Bush?
39. Which singer/songwriter, who began releasing hit singles in 1958, has had 3 albums ("The Definitive Collection", "Waking Up Is Hard to Do" & "The Music of My Life") on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart between 2007 & 2010?
40. Who set the record for winning the most races in a single Isle of Man TT meeting, with five wins in 2010?
41. Which playwright, even better known as a novelist, poet, essayist and painter in his own country, included among his more than 60 plays "The Father" (1887), "Miss Julie" (1888), and "Creditors" (1889)?
42. What is the Chilean desert between the coast and the Andes?
43. What have the two constellations Ursa Major and Minor given their name to?
44. According to the Bible, which one of Eve's sons killed his brother?
45. Which of these assists a vehicle's braking?
46. Where is the canyon described as the world's deepest and longest?
47. Which of these is an island in the Gulf of St Lawrence, Canada?
48. What was the occupation of the character played by Maggie Smith in "The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie" ?
49. In the book "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom" (publ.1926) what does the title mean?
50. Part of its full title is "also Falsely Called BREAKS. The Wanderings or Falsifications of the One Thought of Frater Perdurabo, which Thought is itself Untrue. Liber CCCXXXIII [Book 333]" but it is better known as what?
51. Who is the writer credited on the 2016 play "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child", the 8th in the Harry Potter series of tales?
52. After a Facebook campaign to make it the number 1 UK single in December 2009, "Killing In The Name" by which band set a record for most downloads in a single week, selling over 500, 000 copies?
53. What was unusual about jumps carried out by BASE jumpers Dean Potter and Bruno Valenta?
54. What star is closest to the Earth?
55. Which of these is Elton John's most popular song?
56. Who won the F.I.M. World Championship 500cc motocross title in 1996?
57. What is the word for the light infantry or cavalrymen in the French army which was first formed in 1743?
58. The satirical American musical "The Book of Mormon" follows two Latter-Day Saints missionaries from mid-west America as they take their message to a village in which country?
59. Which region of South America lying to the south of latitude 40 degrees S was identified by Magellan in 1520 and divided between Chile and Argentina in 1881?
60. The Royal Observatory, from which standard time was recorded, was established in Greenwich in 1676. Where is it now?
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