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General Knowledge Quiz 151 (60 MCQs)

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1. What musical instrument is used to indicate that someone has "cooked the books" ?
2. What is directly opposite south southeast on a compass?
3. The royal wedding between Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling on 19 June 2010, described as "Europe's biggest royal wedding since the Prince of Wales married Lady Diana Spencer", took place in which country?
4. What instrument consisting basically of a telescope that can be rotated vertically and horizontally on graduated scales was designed for use in land surveying for measuring by triangulation?
5. What is a 1 ounce gold coin minted in South Africa?
6. Babe Ruth played for which Major League Baseball team in 1936?
7. Where was the Cyclo-cross World Championship 2013 held?
8. Where are the Amazon Spheres?
9. In 1991 Magic Johnson stunned the sporting world in the USA by what?
10. Before they launched as Cirque du Soleil in 1984, they were a street theatre group in Baie-Saint-Paul, near Québec City, the name of which featured what kind of performer?
11. "Organum", "centonisation", "12 mode", "climacus", "Bishop of Milan", and "neum" are terms most often heard when talking of ..... ?
12. In freestyle skiing, what is the name of a mid-air split, with one leg pointed backwards and the other forwards?
13. Which of these actors was born in Australia?
14. What does the word "mould" not refer to?
15. The popular name for a type of inflamed elbow joint is associated with which sport?
16. Which of these is a portable media player launched by Apple on October 23, 2001?
17. To which of these musical instruments could the word "flute" not be applied?
18. What is the full name of the lobby group that operates in the USA called "NOW" ?
19. The early use of algebraic techniques for analysing geometrical problems is attributed to whom?
20. Scott Robinson, Ritchie Neville, J Brown, Abs Breen and Sean Conlon were the founder members of which boy band?
21. What is an example of a supersaturated solution?
22. Who, an ironmonger by trade, created the first practical steam engine to pump water from mineshafts?
23. The Republic of Biafra (1967-70) took its name from what?
24. According to the Islamic calendar, during which month were the first verses of the Qur'an revealed to the Islamic Prophet Muhammad?
25. Rod Blagojevich was alleged to have solicited personal benefit in exchange for an appointment to the US Senate after Barack Obama resigned because he had been elected President of the USA. He was the Governor of which US state?
26. What was the first name of the 19th century Russian composer Mussorgsky?
27. When Alexander Litvinenko was granted asylum in the UK in 2000, following which he was assassinated, where had he been an officer?
28. Depending on the region, what is the period from about 3200 BCE to 500 BCE known as?
29. The Idiot Fruit, or Idiot Tree, was thought to be extinct in the mid 19th century but in 1971 one was rediscovered. How?
30. Eleanor was the name of the First Lady of which of these US presidents?
31. The Three Gorges Dam is in which country?
32. According to the old song, when will I "be waiting at the k-k-kitchen door" for "K-K-Katy, beautiful Katy" ?
33. "The lady doth protest too much" is a comment on whom?
34. What was the cause of an epidemic of 355 cases (46% fatal) between March and June 2010 in Zamfara State, Nigeria?
35. Silkworms feed mainly on the leaves of what tree?
36. Which of these US television series most closely fits the description of crime drama?
37. What is the pub game played in Basque country, which straddles parts of north-central Spain and south-western France, where 10 metal discs are thrown at a structure including a mill and a bridge?
38. What was the sport played by the first recipient of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award?
39. A painting discovered in France in 2016 of Judith beheading Holofernes has been attributed to what artist?
40. Who brought together dramatist W. S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan and nurtured their collaboration on 13 operas from "Trial by Jury" (1875) to "The Grand Duke, or The Statutory Duel" (1896)?
41. What is the surname of the father and son actors Martin and Charlie?
42. Daniel Radcliffe is best known for playing which film role?
43. What is the name for the piece of medieval armour that covers the lower part of the face and throat?
44. Where was the German pocket battleship, the Admiral Graf Spee, scuttled by her captain in 1939 to prevent it falling into British hands?
45. How frequently are each of the World Cup Soccer Finals, the Olympic Summer Games and the Olympic Winter Games held?
46. Where was the exotic dancer, courtesan and spy Mata Hari born and where did she die?
47. Niccolò Machiavelli, Thomas Carlyle, and Thomas Macaulay share a scholarly interest in what?
48. What does the chemical symbol Ag stand for?
49. Where was film actor Errol Flynn born in 1909?
50. What is widely considered to be the commercial capital of India?
51. What is the world's southernmost active volcano?
52. Excluding Antarctica, which continent reaches the furthest south?
53. Apart from being writers of literature for children which of these is also common to Astrid Lindgren, Tove Jansson, Patricia Wrightson, Aidan Chambers, Margaret Mahy and Annie M. G. Schmidt?
54. What is a young pigeon called?
55. John the Baptist lived in the wilderness of Judea between Jerusalem and the Dead Sea, "his raiment of camel's hair, and a leather girdle about his loins; and his meat was ..... " what?
56. What electricity voltage is provided as mains power in Britain?
57. Which metal is liquid at room temperature?
58. According to Norse legend, which of these is the chief of the Valkyries (warrior maidens)?
59. Which Bulgarian-born artist is famous for wrapping landmarks and landscapes in fabric?
60. Where is an opisthosoma found?
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