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General Knowledge Quiz 150 (60 MCQs)

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1. With what formerly enemy country has Japan not signed a peace treaty following World War II?
2. Which of these was a 19th century painting by Goya?
3. Several animal species project venom as defence, in attack, or to preserve their food; which of these is one?
4. What name is given to the concept that an animal hitting keys at random on a typewriter for an infinite amount of time will almost surely type a particular chosen text, such as the complete works of William Shakespeare?
5. The name "Ruth" is derived from a Hebrew word meaning what?
6. Which of these is a pomaceous fruit?
7. An alembic in a chemist's or alchemist's laboratory is likely to be used to do what?
8. What figure in Greek mythology was killed by a wild boar?
9. In medicine, which suffix denotes the surgical removal of something, usually from inside the body?
10. In common English usage, what is a word for doing or saying the same thing as the one mentioned before?
11. Who presented a list of 23 problems in mathematics at a conference of the International Congress of Mathematicians on 8 August 1900 in the Sorbonne, of which only 10 have resolutions which are fully accepted?
12. What is the popular name for Sirius, which is 9 light years from Earth?
13. What remake of a British science-fiction serial broadcast by BBC Television in the summer of 1953 was staged live by BBC Four in 2005 with actors Jason Flemyng, Mark Gatiss, Andrew Tiernan, Indira Varma, David Tennant and Adrian Bower?
14. Which team broke Germany's decade-long stranglehold on the Rowing World Cup in 2007?
15. These are the first lines from what song: "The falling leaves drift by my window, The falling leaves of red and gold, I see your lips, the summer kisses, The sunburned hands I used to hold" ?
16. What sport is played with a cue on a board or table 6 to 10 feet by 2 to 3 feet, with nine holes numbered 1 to 9, and usually 1 black, 4 white and 4 red balls?
17. Which colony centred at Fort Christina (now in Wilmington, Delaware) that included parts of the now US states of Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania was established in 1638, and in 1655 surrendered and was taken over by the Dutch?
18. Which 17th century philosopher, mathematician, scientist, and writer provided the basis for the calculus of Newton and Leibniz by applying infinitesimal calculus to "the tangent line problem" ?
19. Which horse race meeting, for "The Gold Cup", was first run in 1711 and is held on 7 June each year?
20. Billy Blaze, an 8-year-old genius who constructed a spaceship in his backyard from old soup cans and other household objects called "The Bean-with-Bacon Megarocket", puts on his brother's football helmet and becomes what character in a video game series?
21. In 1963, UNESCO, the International Sports Press Association, International Committee for Sport Science and Physical Education and International Federations of Basketball, Football, Rugby and Wrestling established the Pierre de Coubertin what?
22. Where in the UK is the only remaining Hanseatic warehouse, built to house the trade which operated out of that harbour under the Hanseatic League?
23. The 1820s and 1830s in Europe saw revolution in several countries, which brought major political change for the countries concerned. Which of these revolutions or rebellions was not one?
24. What sign of the zodiac is represented by a goat?
25. What is the name commonly used for a location system for radio transmission?
26. Which of these films was not directed by Terrence Malick?
27. Which of these countries had not, in 2024, yet permanently abolished the death penalty?
28. When is World Health Day celebrated, being the day when the constitution of the World Health Organisation came into force in 1948?
29. What route was the torch relay for the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico designed to do?
30. Basil Spence designed which of these buildings?
31. Which of these is a song by Noel Coward?
32. Which of these countries does not border Thailand?
33. Which organisation was formed in 1976 by Fred Hemmings to put together an annual tour of 12 events around the world with a points system for event placings to decide a champion?
34. Who had the lead roles in the TV series "Callan" and "The Equaliser" ?
35. What forms roches moutonnées?
36. Who played Jasper in "The 101 Dalmatians", a 1996 live-action film produced by Walt Disney Pictures?
37. What is the current name of the country that was ruled by the Pahlavi dynasty from 1925 to 1979?
38. Where is the Celebes Sea?
39. Which is the capital city of New Zealand?
40. What is a synonym for hypothecated?
41. Tony Robinson, well-known as the scruffy offsider Baldrick in the UK TV series "Blackadder", has been the presenter for a series of UK TV programmes since 1994, which focus on what?
42. Of the 6 Summer Olympics held between 1988 and 2008 inclusive, how many were in Europe?
43. What term describes a deep ravine with sloping sides that is often dry in summer?
44. What is the official language of Brazil?
45. Which company was founded and named after the inventor of vulcanised rubber in 1898, almost 4 decades after his death, by Frank Seiberling?
46. Complete the title of this James Bond film: "Quantum of ..... ''
47. What was the first propeller driven ship and the first iron ship to cross the Atlantic?
48. The sci-fi horror film "Plan 9 from Outer Space" (released 1959) marked the last appearance on film by screen icon Bela Lugosi. How did some critics describe it by the 1980s?
49. What is a food consisting of sweetened milk thickened with rennet into a curd, sometimes flavoured with brandy?
50. Which of these is a type of psaltery with strings stretched across a triangular frame which are struck with hammers?
51. What is the connection between the computer programming language ADA, developed in 1980, and the daughter of poet Lord Byron?
52. What colour connects 29 October 1929, 19 October 1987 and 22 November 1963 in US history?
53. The flag of which country is a horizontal tricolour of "deep saffron" at the top, white in the middle, and green at the bottom with, in the centre, a navy blue wheel with twenty-four spokes?
54. The country of Belgium is on what continent?
55. When Malick Sidibé (1936-2016) won the Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at Venice Biennale 2007 he was the first what to do so?
56. The rest is silence are the dying words of which Shakespearean character?
57. Which of these cities was specially built in the 1980s to be capital of its country?
58. Which painting was considered scandalous in 1863 because it showed nude women next to men dressed in contemporary clothing?
59. The Battle of Bull Run was fought in which war?
60. The Canadian province of British Columbia is almost exclusively where?
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