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General Knowledge Quiz 131 (60 MCQs)

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1. What is a Quagga?
2. Boadicea, Queen of the Iceni, is famous for leading resistance to the invasion of Britain by whom?
3. If someone in Ancient Greece wanted to be in the presence of, or look for interpretation of, sacred mysteries or arcana which of these would they be most likely to deal with?
4. What is another name for "lateral epicondylitis" ?
5. Following the abdication in February 1873 of the Spanish monarch, King Amadeo, the only Spanish king from the Italian House of Savoy, what happened immediately afterwards in Spain?
6. Who were the first recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize?
7. Which tale forms the basis of the film "Ever After" starring Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Huston, Dougray Scott, Jeanne Moreau, Megan Dodds and Melanie Lynskey?
8. The main aims of which society in Great Britain between 1838 and 1850 were, basically:a vote for every man 21 years of age, a secret ballot, no property qualification for Members of Parliament, payment of MPs, equal Constituencies, and annual parliaments?
9. Who was president of the USA when South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union on 20 December 1860, the first step towards Civil War?
10. Why could a missing "ha'porth of tar", in the phrase "to spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar", cause a problem?
11. The songs "Almost Like Being In Love" and "Come To Me, Bend To Me" are from which musical?
12. Sherry was first associated with which country?
13. The Gobi Desert lies in which area?
14. What is the fastest time to date, set in 2016, for completing the annual 1, 000 mi (1, 600 km) Iditarod Trail sled dog race across Alaska?
15. What word is applied to a Muslim devotee, usually a monk or wandering mendicant?
16. Which of these is a type of somersault in gymnastics?
17. If the length of two sides of a right angled triangle measured in inches are prime numbers, and it has two adjacent sides of 12 and 13 inches long, how long must the third side be?
18. An interactive agency from which country, together with one of its websites, was named in three prestigious European awards in 2007?
19. Which of these cities is on the Mississippi River?
20. What type of animal is the world's largest reptile?
21. In geological terms where is a graben found?
22. What is a guitar-based instrumental composed by Peter Green, released as a single by Fleetwood Mac in 1969, later featuring on the compilation albums The Pious Bird of Good Omen (UK) and English Rose (USA)?
23. What name was given to both of the Acts that united the parliaments of England and Scotland in 1707, and those of Britain and Ireland in 1800?
24. What is the first line of the speech by the 3 witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth that ends "toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble" ?
25. The "loop of Henle" is found where in the human body?
26. Where is the Marsh of Decay?
27. The International Pageant of Pulchritude, held from 1926 to 1932, was the forerunner of what modern event?
28. Which of these is not one of the six states of Australia?
29. Which Indycar racing driver married American actress Ashley Judd in 2001 at Skibo Castle near Dornoch, Scotland?
30. Which of these did not audition for the TV series "The Monkees" ?
31. Which Spanish monarch was deposed in 1868 after 35 years of reigning, and finally abdicated in 1870?
32. What American TV serial, first broadcast between April 1990 and June 1991, followed an investigation headed by Special Agent Dale Cooper?
33. Who fought the first world title fight between two undefeated world heavyweight champions?
34. Although Maximilien Robespierre is most associated with the creating of the French Revolution, he was known for a number of other advocacies; which of these was not one of them?
35. Which South American country extends the furthest east?
36. What is the next in this series:Sarajevo, Calgary, Albertville .....
37. What is the maximum score in a game of ten-pin bowling?
38. In which literary work does the character of Mrs Malaprop appear?
39. What can be done to water to make it freeze at a lower temperature than normal?
40. What is the "Ishihara test" for?
41. What was the main theme for the 1994 film "Four Weddings and a Funeral" ?
42. Completed in 1607, Pont Neuf spans what river?
43. Which of these scientists became an international name in 2020?
44. Bernard Silver and Norman Woodland pioneered and were the first, in 1952, to patent what?
45. Which 19th century German composer, who wrote piano music, songs, a piano quintet, a piano concerto and 4 symphonies, attempted suicide in 1854 by throwing himself into the Rhine?
46. Which studio released the top (and the 9th) highest grossing films in 1983?
47. If Charlie Watts is playing drums, who is most likely to be singing?
48. What was the name of the taxi company in the US TV series "Taxi" ?
49. A pugilist is a competitor in which sport?
50. Which prominent British architect worked in all of the reigns of Elizabeth I, James I, Charles I and the Commonwealth of England?
51. In 1962, retired American racing driver Carroll Shelby got a licence to import a British sports car made by AC Motors of England and installed an American Ford engine rather than its original Bristol engine. He introduced the car to the American public as what model of car?
52. Where are the headwaters of the Orinoco River?
53. Kōhei Uchimura from Japan was the gold medallist at the 2012 and the 2016 Summer Olympics in what?
54. The Manchu dynasty ceased to rule China in what year?
55. In which decade was Barack Obama born?
56. A magpie is a member of which of these bird families?
57. What shape is a standard backgammon board?
58. Who had her first major movie role in "Crossroads" (2002), a comedy-drama film that also starred Dan Aykroyd and Kim Cattrall?
59. What piece of music was used by Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean when they won Olympic gold medals at Sarajevo in 1984?
60. Where would halophiles be found?
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