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General Knowledge Quiz 111 (60 MCQs)

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1. Where is the term "brinelling" used?
2. What principle moves fluid in a diaphragm pump?
3. Where does the Republic of Djibouti have a coastline or coastlines?
4. Which of these cities on the mainland of the Americas is Cuba closest to?
5. What is the meaning of "agnate" or "agnatic" ?
6. Who was the only woman in Lenin's government, played a major role in organising mass movements of working-class women and peasants, was the second leader of Zhenotdel, and was the author of much of the social legislation of the early Soviet republic?
7. Who, through his company, owns copyright to all the songs written by Buddy Holly, and publishing rights to the musicals "Guys and Dolls", "A Chorus Line" and "Grease" ?
8. In 2007, the largest known specimen of what, weighing 495 kg (1, 091 lb) and measuring 4.2 m (14 ft) in length, was caught in the Ross Sea?
9. Where do the short-period comets observed in Earth's sky originate from?
10. What separates Horseshoe Falls on the Canadian side of the Niagara Falls and American Falls on the American side?
11. Where is the Australian parliament based?
12. The fictional town of Hartley in Lancashire was the setting for which of these British TV series?
13. What is the next in the series:Calgary, Canada; Albertville, France; Lillehammer, Norway; Nagano, Japan?
14. What has been a state religion in Japan?
15. At the end of March 1949, Newfoundland did what?
16. In which area in Egypt was the tomb of Tutankhamun discovered?
17. What kind of music does Simon Cowell's group Il Divo perform?
18. Who starred in the silent film "The General" ?
19. What moth eats only cloudberry leaves?
20. The German bandwurm word "rindfleischetikettierungsuberwachungsaufgabenubertragungsgesetz" became famous in early June 2013 for what reason?
21. What is the name for a musical work written for nine instruments?
22. Which well-known author wrote, about a quintessential upper-class English sport: "The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun" ?
23. Which of these words means a bad dream?
24. Which of these pairs has not starred in a film called "A Star Is Born" ?
25. What US federal agency that was founded on 3 March 1915 was dissolved on 1 October 1958?
26. Which of these is a concrete noun?
27. Benjamin Caunt (1815-1861) from Nottinghamshire, England's heavy weight champion boxer 1838-1845 although his fights occasionally suffered claims of fouls, is supposed by some to have been the source of what name?
28. What is the name for the act of murdering of one's own brother?
29. Where was "the Aberfan Disaster" where the collapse of a colliery spoil-tip in 1966 killed 144 people, including 116 children?
30. Which of these starred in the 2005 film "The Island" ?
31. The wine "Tokay" originated where?
32. Chester Gould created which comic character, which first appeared in 1931?
33. What did Ellen MacArthur achieve with "B & Q/Castorama" on 7 February 2005?
34. Rubbing a balloon on one's hair and then sticking it to a wall is an example of what type of electricity?
35. In which of these is there a city named Palm Springs?
36. Fatima Whitbread was a competitor in which Olympic event?
37. Which venomous snake is able to dilate its neck into a hood?
38. In the 1960s, how many African countries became independent from the UK and joined the "Commonwealth of Nations" ?
39. Ivan the Terrible was a czar of what country?
40. Stari Most, originally built in the 15th century, rebuilt in the mid 16th century, destroyed by shelling in 1993, and rebuilt to open again in 2004, is a what?
41. British world champion, double Olympic gold medalist and extreme sportsman James Cracknell won his medals in what sport?
42. Most mushrooms or toadstools are not poisonous but a few are fatal. Which of these is NOT fatal?
43. Which of these characters was the first to appear in "Coronation Street" ?
44. Which river did the Pont d'Avignon of the French song bridge?
45. Who or what was the subject of 1996 Oscar-nominated American documentary "The Line King" directed by Susan Warms Dryfoos?
46. Which of these modern-day countries was not one of those ruled by the King of Denmark in 1297?
47. Runner Caster Semenya, the subject of extensive press coverage after gender testing following her win in the women's 800m at Berlin in August 2009, was from which country?
48. Pingping, who died aged 21 in March 2010, was reputed to be what?
49. What is the name for the measurement and description of navigable waters necessary for safe navigation of vessels?
50. What world championship, the fourth to date, was held in Germany in August 2015?
51. Which of these was a British children's TV programme first aired in 1958?
52. Which Greek city was also known as Lacedaemon?
53. Who was the capacity crowd's sustained loud applause for, when Croatian-Australian Ajla Tomljanović won in the third round of the Women's Singles of the 2022 US Open?
54. Mary Lillian Ellison (1923-2007) was famous in what field?
55. When did the Aksumite, or Axumite, Empire, flourish?
56. What is a "homily" ?
57. Which Soviet leader was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990?
58. What type of material is silicon?
59. Which Russian author wrote "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina" ?
60. How many players from each team usually make up a rugby union scrum?
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