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General Knowledge Quiz 112 (60 MCQs)

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1. What phrase appeared on screen at the end of Warner Brothers cartoons?
2. In which British sitcom does a draughtsman give up his job to live a self-sufficient lifestyle, planting fruit and vegetables, and running chickens, pigs and a goat in the garden, to the horror of their next-door neighbours?
3. The Deepwater Horizon, a semi-submersible offshore drilling rig, exploded on 20 April 2010, and sank, killing 11 people and causing a significant oil spill. Where was it at the time?
4. One of the questions the 4th century BCE philosopher Aristotle discussed in his "Topics, book VIII", was translated into Latin as "petitio principii" and eventually in the 16th century as what?
5. When and where did the Songhai Empire flourish?
6. Who played Mary Goodnight in the 1974 James Bond film "The Man With The Golden Gun" ?
7. A statue to which tactical commander during the Battle of Britain was unveiled in Waterloo Place, London, on 15 September 2010?
8. Who was the fourth king of the Kingdom of Judah who succeeded his father Asa, ruling for twenty-five years until 849 BC, until his son Jehoram succeeded him?
9. Part of which modern country was known at one time as Bessarabia?
10. Macular degeneration affects what part of the body?
11. Which of these English monarchs does not appear in the title of a play by William Shakespeare?
12. What is sibship?
13. If someone is equivocating which are they doing?
14. During production of "Twilight Zone:The Movie" in 1982 what happened in contravention of filmmaking safety and child-labour laws?
15. What term is used to describe a wine that, at a relatively young age, has already passed its peak (or optimal) drinking period and is rapidly declining in quality?
16. In February 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin was suspended from his position as honorary president and Ambassador of what organisation?
17. What are formed from linear chains of amino acids?
18. Where was the Freedom of the Press Act 1766 passed?
19. "Livery" is concerned with the care and feeding of what animals?
20. The TV series was only 17 episodes (approximately 5 months of screen time) but it quickly became a cult series and has remained one. Which series was it?
21. The first National Lottery in England included goods as well as cash; how much was the total value?
22. Which calendar, introduced in 46 BC, had a regular year of 365 days divided into 12 months, and a leap day added to February every four years?
23. As whom did Mohammad Reza Pahlavi become better known?
24. Who is the subject of the painting by James McNeill Whistler, "Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 2" (1873)?
25. The Great Rift Valley runs through Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique and which of these countries?
26. New Zealand historian Michael King has specialised in what area?
27. The Australian Open Tennis Championship is held in which city?
28. Where is the solitary Minaret of Jam?
29. What activity had Afro-American Booker T Washington been involved with to be invited to dinner at the White House in 1901 by Theodore Roosevelt?
30. Where is the mouth of the River Nile?
31. What were Operation Torch, Operation Ichi-Go, Operation Bagration, Operation Market Garden and Operation Crossbow?
32. The talk between activist Malcolm X, footballer Jim Brown and musician Sam Cooke which occupies the 2020 film "One Night in Miami" includes which other person?
33. For a problem with hair thinning or scalp malfunction which of these would be more appropriate to consult?
34. What is the name of the Polish intelligence agency, which gathers information abroad for the Republic of Poland, that was created in 2002 from the split of Urząd Ochrony Państwa?
35. The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company specialises in performing works by which of these?
36. Which American country music singer-songwriter, born in 1934, won two Grammy Awards of 2005, (Best Country Album and Best Country Collaboration with Vocals) for her album "Van Lear Rose", which was produced by Jack White of the White Stripes?
37. Which country, after the collapse of its government-owned bank and via a referendum, decided in March 2010 not to pay Great Britain and the Netherlands the €3.9 billion that it owed them?
38. The national flag of which country differs from the Italian tricolour only because it contains the national coat of arms?
39. Which spirit was highly popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries, but was then banned for years in the Congo, France, USA, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria-Hungary, Brazil and Switzerland?
40. When were the first colour pictures transmitted from the surface of the planet Mars?
41. The sea which lies immediately north of Norway and Russia is known by what name?
42. Who is most likely to have an ASP?
43. Why have various campaigns been launched from 2017 onwards to rename the Margaret Court Arena in Australia, presently named after Australia's one-time tennis No.1?
44. In January 2005 the Huygens Probe landed on what?
45. Which of these is a region in Austria?
46. What is linguistics?
47. Which of these is a supermodel?
48. What wild animal appears in a traditional "Punch and Judy" show?
49. A two-person crew arrived on the International Space Station at the beginning of October 2021 for a 12 day mission. How long was their astronaut training?
50. Roswell, the "UFO crash site", is in which US state?
51. Which of these is a primate of the Old-world monkey family, closely related to the baboons?
52. What kind of soil is the classification "Pt" applied to?
53. Before Spanish or Italian influence the area around Lake Maracaibo in what is now Venezuela was known by a name understood to mean "The Land of ..... " what?
54. For which of these is rum the basis?
55. Gwyneth Paltrow played which American poet in a 2003 film?
56. Who was the president of the Confederate States of America following its formation in 1861?
57. Which of these is a very large foresail for a yacht?
58. Who is the next in this series:John L. Sullivan, James J. Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons, James J. Jeffries, Marvin Hart, ..... ?
59. What phrase describes the runner, driver or rider in the lead of a race?
60. What colour is pure sulphur?
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