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General Knowledge Quiz 136 (60 MCQs)

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1. What was the name of the 156 foot yacht that Johnny Depp and his family lived on in Puerto Rico while filming "The Rum Diary" early in 2009?
2. In 1960 an area which declared itself as the State, or Republic, of Katanga seceded from which country?
3. Irish-born Francis Bacon (1909-1992) is known in what field?
4. What is the first name of the Canadian singer whose last name is Dion?
5. Neighbouring South American countries Suriname and Guyana share what apart from a border?
6. If you went due east of Rio De Janeiro, what country would you get to first?
7. When did women first compete in the Olympics in gymnastics?
8. Where are the terms "recto" and "verso" applied?
9. Which of these models was born in Australia?
10. What does "TT" stand for in the name of the race first held on the Isle of Man in 1907?
11. Which of these British bridges is the most southerly?
12. What was the stage name of American jazz singer and songwriter Eleanora Fagan?
13. Who captained Bangladesh to their 4-0 series win over New Zealand in the one day international cricket series completed in October 2010?
14. The Armagnac region of France lies between the Adour and Garonne rivers and near which other feature?
15. It originated in the 5th century BCE or earlier as training for the military, could involve up to 200 a game, was fêted for both men and women in Persian poetry and art. Which game is it?
16. Which of these is the title of a well known book by H E Bates?
17. Which country has Sucre as its capital city?
18. Which US television series created by Rod Serling was released from 1959 to 1964 to continuing critical acclaim (and revived later), with themes drawn from the surreal, science fiction and from Kafka-esque situations?
19. What is the common name of the endangered Techmarscincus jigurru, usually found above 1400 m on the slopes of Queensland's highest mountains, which was discovered in 1981?
20. The city was capital of the 17th century Dutch Brazil and is known for the reefs protecting its harbour; which is it?
21. The 19th century British caricaturist and illustrator George Cruikshank was popular and widely known for his satire and his book illustrations, in particular of the books of which author?
22. Who received the first Nobel prize for literature to be awarded to a British writer?
23. The first overseas property owned by the government of the USA, a US legation (consulate), was in which city?
24. When was Uluru (Ayers Rock) in the Northern Territory of Australia declared a World Heritage Site?
25. What is the Mufti of Jerusalem?
26. What competition was introduced into the 1912 Summer Olympics?
27. Steel is made mainly of iron, but although the alloy can include other elements like nickel, molybdenum, manganese, titanium, boron, cobalt, or vanadium, what element must it also have in order to be steel?
28. An optometrist is concerned with what part of the body?
29. What is sclerosis?
30. In which general direction do the rivers in Chile flow?
31. Who was the first person to sail through the North East Passage north of Russia from Europe to the Pacific Ocean in 1878/79?
32. John Lennon and Yoko Ono staged their famous "bed ins" for peace In which two cities in 1969?
33. What is the common name for Herpes Zoster?
34. Which of these terms comes from drag racing?
35. What was the name given to actions by Timothy McVeigh on 19 April 1995 at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building?
36. What is the disorder OCD?
37. The work of French playwright Racine appears in which modern English classic by A.S. Byatt?
38. Which psychological thriller film was the first appearance for Angela Lansbury (currently in long-running US TV serial "Murder She Wrote") and won its lead actress her first Academy Award for Best Actress?
39. Which English football team was both the last to win the FA Cup final at the old Wembley Stadium, and the first to win the FA Cup final at the New Wembley Stadium?
40. What was the capital of West Germany from 1945 to 1990?
41. What was one of the privileges for France in a 1536 alliance between Francis I, King of France, and Suleiman I of the Ottoman Empire?
42. The early works of which American playwright (best known for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?") reflect an "Americanisation" of the Theatre of the Absurd, a movement that found its peak in works by European playwrights such as Jean Genet, Samuel Beckett, and Eugène Ionesco?
43. What is Plain Bob Minor?
44. What is the aim of the game "7 Wonders:Architects" ?
45. What was the name given to the Minardi Formula One team after it was bought by Red Bull in 2005?
46. San Francisco is closest to which ocean?
47. Who created the character of Hercule Poirot?
48. The game of "racquets" developed into which sport?
49. What does the word "lambada" refer to?
50. If the numbers from 1 to 10 are multiplied by each other, which of these numbers is nearest to the result?
51. Which of these people is a Persian astronomer, poet and mathematician who died in 1123?
52. What 1983 film directed by Brian De Palma, scripted by Oliver Stone and starring Al Pacino as Tony Montana, is based on Howard Hawks's 1932 biopic of Al Capone?
53. Which of these is a professional body and learned society established in 1957 and incorporated by Royal Charter in 1984, which has over 70, 000 members in over 100 countries?
54. What are Kali Gandaki, Yarlung Zangbo and Charyn?
55. In thinking about the singularity at the base of the Big Bang which sparked the present universe, some theories about what in turn formed that singularity include ..... ?
56. The Dakar Rally, formerly known as "The Paris-Dakar", an annual off-road automobile race that began in 1978, has usually been held from Paris, France to Dakar, Senegal. Due to political instability in Africa, the 2009 rally was run where?
57. Which 16th century Venetian, born Jacopo Robusti, studied under Titian and painted "St George and the Dragon", "Belshazzar's Feast", "The Last Supper" and "Paradise" ?
58. It was his 18th pop single, was released in July 2012, and by the end of July 2013 was YouTube's most watched video with 1.715 billion hits; who and what is it?
59. How many sides does a hendecagon have?
60. Which commission operated in Britain from 1833 to 1842, granting ₤20 million to private citizens among 46, 000 applicants?
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