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General Knowledge Quiz 143 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which of these countries has never hosted a Summer or Winter Olympics?
2. Steve Redgrave is most associated with which of these?
3. Which country was divided at the 17th parallel in 1954?
4. "Why don't you come up sometime and see me" was a famous line by Mae West in the 1933 film "She Done Him Wrong" . Which actor did she say it to?
5. The sport parkour developed from what?
6. American singer Alison Mosshart and English guitarist Jamie Hince are what indie rock band?
7. Where were the Qumran Scrolls discovered between 1946 and 1956?
8. In what style of painting is small distinct dots of colour used to create the impression of a wide selection of other colours and blending, making use of the phenomenon of depicted imagery emerging from disparate points?
9. What is a Chilean guemal or huemul?
10. The exploits of the hero Beowulf, thought to date from the 8th century or before, are associated with which country or countries?
11. Which of these is the title of a documentary by Michael Moore?
12. One of the longest African rivers is also recorded as the world's deepest. What is the measured depth in parts of the river?
13. On which 1986 album did South African group Ladysmith Black Mambazo feature?
14. The Man Booker prize is awarded for what?
15. Morten Harket was the lead singer for which band?
16. Polocrosse is a sport combining polo and what else?
17. What is the surname of sisters Rain and Summer, who come from a Hollywood acting family?
18. Which of these was an American frontierswoman who became a scout for General Custer in 1870?
19. Who led "The CBS Orchestra", the house band for "The Late Show with David Letterman" ?
20. What fabulous creature appears in the Heraldry of Wales, Japan and China and is typical of evil in Christian lore?
21. The invasion of which country by Germany signalled the start of World War II?
22. What name is given to the items collected by a woman in anticipation of marriage?
23. Carl Orff's 1936 cantata "Carmina Burana" ("Songs from Benediktbeuern") was inspired by a 19th century translation of poetic and dramatic texts on what subject?
24. Gordon Ramsay opened a restaurant in 2001 in which London hotel?
25. What fluid has groups called A, B, AB and O?
26. What is the correct term for the furthest forward line a cricketer must observe when bowling, batting or running in order for the bowl, bat or run to be accepted?
27. What was the first finished product to roll off Henry Ford's moving assembly line established in 1913?
28. The ball used in rugby, American and Canadian football, and Australian Rules football resembles what shape?
29. What is the difference between the sum of the prime numbers between 0 and 10 and the product of those numbers?
30. The first crusades called by Europeans to march into the Holy Land and the Middle East and conquer for the Christian Cross marched in 1095; when did the last of the major crusades come to an end?
31. The USS "Constitution", launched in 1797, earned the nickname of "Old Ironsides" when she defeated the British warship HMS Guerriere in the War of 1812. What is her hull made of?
32. Which of these instruments is usually played with a bow?
33. Eamon de Valera was a politician in which country?
34. Glandular fever is caused by what?
35. The name of Manuel Noriega, ex-dictator of Panama, was used for a possible character in a 2012 scifi video game with what nickname current during Noriega's time in power?
36. When the Austrian Archduchess Marie Antoinette came to France and married Louis, later crowned Louis XVI, how old was she?
37. Which book, winner of the Canadian Governor-General's Award for Fiction 2021, assembles six present-day Inuk stories?
38. What silver-gray, malleable and ductile, lustrous transition metal element is also regarded as a semi-precious gemstone?
39. Ranidaphobia is the irrational fear of what?
40. In Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations", who or what was Abel Magwitch?
41. San Miguel Island is part of an eight-island archipelago known as what?
42. A major USA dam, completed in 1935, was known as Boulder Dam from 1933 to 1947 at which point its name was changed by a joint resolution of Congress to what?
43. Paul Simon wrote the music for what 1998 musical?
44. When did India first participate in the modern Olympic Games?
45. Following the publication of a story in the "News of the World" on 2 May 2010, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association announced the immediate suspension of 3 time World Champion John Higgins. What was Higgins accused of?
46. Where is a diaeresis, or dieresis, used?
47. Which is Venezuela's main port, and capital city of its state of Vargas?
48. Which former General and President of South Vietnam resigned and left for Taiwan 9 days before South Vietnam unconditionally surrendered on 30 April, 1975, handing power to his Vice President?
49. What is a sphygmomanometer used to measure?
50. In the Shavian alphabet what graphics represent vowel sounds?
51. Which Liverpudlian was Prime Minister of Great Britain four times in the 19th century?
52. He was deeply interested in the Vedanta philosophy of Hinduism, won the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics, published works in psychology in particular colour perception, but became known widely for a paradox about a cat. Who was he?
53. Which of these is a fictional character created by P D James?
54. The saying "Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful" is commonly attributed to whom?
55. Which of these was an Austrian composer who, though he died at the age of 31, wrote around 600 Lieder, nine symphonies, liturgical music, operas and a large body of chamber and solo piano music?
56. Internet pages run by apps such as Anonymonkey are intended for what?
57. At the time of her construction in 2003, what was the longest, widest, tallest, largest passenger ship ever built?
58. Where is the homeland of Queen Boudica (also Boudicca or Boadicea), who led a revolt against the Romans in England in the first century CE?
59. The fact that hot water freezes more quickly than cold water is known as what?
60. Which of these words refers to vinegar rice, topped with other ingredients, such as fish, sometimes involving dried and pressed layer sheets of seaweed or fried tofu?
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