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General Knowledge Quiz 140 (60 MCQs)

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1. US author Sara Paretsky created which fictional detective?
2. Which member of the trio ZZ Top does not have a chest-length beard, only a trimmed moustache?
3. The first recorded mention of which of these sports is in a proclamation forbidding it?
4. Which US horse race is called "The Run for the Roses" because a blanket of roses is draped over the winner?
5. A lastingly popular game released in 1991 by Psygnosis was called what?
6. Which of these was nationalised in 1956?
7. Which of these was a painter?
8. In what century (CE) was Ramadan first observed as a month of fasting, introspection and virtue?
9. Which of these is a famous London bookshop?
10. Which Saint's Day is 23 April?
11. Which of these is not a prison in England?
12. What is the name for a thin metal bar attached to the ribbon of a military decoration, civil decoration, or other medal, commonly used to indicate the campaign or operation the recipient received the award for?
13. Which of these capital cities is on the River Danube?
14. What is a filibeg, or philabeg?
15. Which of these is a dog developed and bred solely in the former USSR by the state owned Red Star Kennel until 1957 for use as a military/working dog?
16. What 1939 film starred Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara?
17. When he completed his translation of the Roman Catholic Christian Bible in 1534 Martin Luther made several changes. Which is one?
18. What is a synonym for "overweight" ?
19. Who was the only President to have two women attempt to assassinate him-and in the same month?
20. What is the Maracaibo Beacon?
21. What mountain system in the USA stretches over 1500 miles south to Alabama, through which pass the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys?
22. Which club won UEFA's inaugural European Champion Clubs' Cup in 1956?
23. What racetrack is the usual in championship snail racing?
24. What song by Johnny Christopher, Mark James & Wayne Carson Thompson was released by Brenda Lee (1972), Elvis Presley (1972), John Wesley Ryles (1979), Willie Nelson (1982), Pet Shop Boys (1987) and, B.B. King (2003, on the album "Reflections")?
25. Which of these cities and towns is not on the Moroccan coast?
26. Which of these is a character in the "Mission Impossible" series of films?
27. Which of these is a party traditionally held after a move to a new home?
28. Following several halting years after 1957 when it was formed, from 1971 the FIPJP organises annual World Championships in what sport?
29. In October 2010, who sued Steve McQueen's fashion company, Alexander McQueen, and retail giant Saks, for trademark infringement?
30. Who discovered and named the element francium in 1939?
31. "Rock 'n' Roll", a play by Tom Stoppard that premiered in 2006, takes place in Cambridge, England and what other city?
32. How often does a solar eclipse happen somewhere in the world?
33. What are the main characters in the play "The Frogs" by the Greek playwright Aristophanes?
34. A number written without any fractions is technically known as what?
35. What river is dammed by the Three Gorges Dam?
36. In 206 BCE Xian Yu took Xianyang, the capital city of the Qin dynasty, in rebellion against the Qin Emperor, what did he order?
37. On 29 March 2017 the United Kingdom did what?
38. "Gastric" applies to which part of the body?
39. What is most likely to be food for a tenrec?
40. From what game is the Yoshi video game series a spinoff?
41. Which country declared itself to be independent from Great Britain on 2 July 1776?
42. What is the Great Karoo, or Karroo?
43. Who married Welsh actress Catherine Zeta Jones in 2000?
44. By what name is an Ornithorhynchus better known?
45. In a 2022 British TV series written by Chris Lang dramatising a real-life situation and attempt to claim life insurance, one of the characters fakes his death in what?
46. What does the Tokyo-based Project Persephone focus on?
47. What date is famous for four co-ordinated terrorist attacks in the USA on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the United States Capitol?
48. On 27 April 2010, the debt rating of which country was decreased to 'junk' status by Standard & Poor's, amidst fears of default by the government?
49. What is Valerie Adams's profession?
50. On Monday 20 July 2015 what happened in Washington, USA, for the first time in 54 years?
51. Who was the female lead in the film "Casablanca" ?
52. Which of these is made from the liver of a goose?
53. Lúcio Costa was the principal urban planner, Oscar Niemeyer was the principal architect, and Roberto Burle Marx was the landscape designer for which purpose-built capital city?
54. The statistical study of human populations is known as what?
55. In which of these sports would you encounter a "baulk line" ?
56. What is the coastal region of Turkey, Syria, Lebanon and Israel known as?
57. Where in Europe was the Great February Flood of 1825, the worst natural disaster in its area in the 19th century?
58. Olympe de Gouges, a French playwright and political activist, is today best known as an early feminist who demanded that French women be given the same rights as French men. How did she die?
59. A call of "do-si-do" or "dosado" is heard during some what?
60. Which of these is an ingredient of marzipan?
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