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General Knowledge Quiz 159 (60 MCQs)

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1. What can be described as a "stout cotton fustian made with a pile so cut as to leave a ridged surface in the direction of the warp" ?
2. The 9th Marquess of Queensberry sponsored the rules for which sport?
3. In which country did student protest leader Steve Biko die while in police custody in 1977?
4. Under what name is the longest river in the region of the European Union mostly known?
5. Which is the name of a Goddess that personifies retribution?
6. Which British journal of political and social satire was first published in June 1841?
7. What structure was designed by John A Roebling, who supervised construction until his death when the project was taken over by his son, Washington?
8. Who wrote "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ?
9. In mediaeval England and other European countries how was the price of a loaf of bread determined?
10. Which of these is a prefix that means "false" ?
11. What name is given to the neuropsychiatric disorder in which a person holds a belief that they are dead, do not exist, are putrefying, or have lost their blood or internal organs?
12. Labour laws in the UK and France in 1833 and 1841 respectively prohibited employment (in certain types of factories) of people below which age?
13. What was the sub-title of the book "The Snow Goose" by US writer Paul Gallico?
14. What new radio edit was created of a 2009 song by Britney Spears because the original caused controversy in many English-speaking countries due to its use of a double entendre in the chorus?
15. Which of these is a USA possession in the Greater Antilles, east of Hispaniola?
16. What is an affliction of nose, throat, upper air passages and eyes caused by over-sensitivity to proteins of pollen in certain plants?
17. What profession is referred to in the title of the UK TV series "The Professionals" (1977-83)?
18. Which of these is a disease caused by a lack of Vitamin B1, characterised by inflammation of the peripheral nerves with subsequent paralysis, dropsy and heart failure?
19. What did Edgar the Atheling spectacularly fail to do in England in 1066?
20. Which British racing car manufacturer and Formula One racing team won four drivers' and two constructors' world championships in its 30-year Formula One history?
21. Who married Sir Winston Churchill?
22. Which two countries are closest to the islands and archipelagos of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe?
23. Which of these people appeared in the TV series "The Good Life" and "To The Manor Born" ?
24. Who was mother to Napoléon Bonaparte's son and heir, also named Napoléon?
25. Where is the calcaneus bone?
26. After the guilty verdict in the ecclesiastical trial of Pope Formosus in 897 in Rome, what prison sentence was carried out?
27. What type of sausage is usually sold in a flat circular coil?
28. According to Malory and Tennyson who was the son of Lancelot and Elaine, raised by nuns and knighted on his arrival at Camelot?
29. In June 2013 the UK's College of Arms granted which chef a personal coat of arms?
30. Which of these is a town in Ireland that is famous for the manufacture of crystal glass?
31. At the 2008 Olympic Games at Beijing, 4 countries won one medal, a gold. Which of these countries won more than that?
32. In which country was "The Tunguska Event" on 30 June 1908, believed to have been caused by the air burst of a large meteoroid or comet fragment of 5-10 kilometres (3-6 miles) above the Earth's surface?
33. Where is the ancient Oxus River?
34. What ambulance service is a common name used by a number of affiliated organisations in different countries dedicated to the teaching and practice of medical first aid and the provision of ambulance services, all of which derive their origins from an association founded in 1877 in England?
35. Olympic gold medallists Paavo Nurmi, Ville Ritola, Clas Thunberg and Lasse Virén represented which country?
36. Which of these characters in a play does not appear on stage?
37. When did western scientists first demonstrate that it was possible to produce electricity from light?
38. Aisin-Gioro Puyi, courtesy name Yaozhi, also known as Henry Puyi, was better known as who?
39. Where did the Konbaung dynasty rule from 1752 to 1885, until the British finally defeated their forces and annexed their core country?
40. Which of these words means "dumbfounded" ?
41. It is home to the Bayerische Staatsoper, Staatsorchester and Staatsballet, was burned down in 1823, rebuilt and re-opened 1825, bombed and destroyed 1943 and re rebuilt and re-opened 1963; what is it?
42. What causes a star to collapse?
43. What is the last part of a famous quotation from Malcolm X that begins "we didn't land on Plymouth Rock, brothers and sisters, ..... "
44. Which of these is a British geologist who greatly influenced the modern study of geology with his book "The Principles Of Geology" ?
45. Which of these was the title of a single by Peter Andre that was not released off the album "The Long Road Back" in 2004?
46. On what date on the Christian calendar is the day of the Annunciation or Lady Day?
47. Which of these states of the USA is a rectangle?
48. A subspecies of which bird or insect makes an annual migration of-in terms of direct flight-about 11, 000 km (6, 835 mi) each way (total 22, 000 km, 13, 670 mi), the first leg of which is non-stop?
49. The port of Gqeberha in South Africa's Eastern Cape Province, a major seaport with the most significant car loading facilities in the southern hemisphere, was previously known by what name?
50. The First Anglo-Afghan War was fought by the British imperial Indian military in Afghanistan over three or four years ending in 1842. What happened there in January 1842?
51. Minh Mạng, Emperor of Vietnam 1820-1841, was deeply opposed to western involvement in his country and in 1825 outlawed what?
52. Where is the liqueur "Bénédictine" traditionally made?
53. In which city were the first meetings held of the General Assembly and the Security Council of the United Nations in January 1946?
54. Who established the Jersey Zoo on the Channel Island of Jersey in 1958?
55. Professor Sprout is a character in which series of books?
56. Which category best describes a piano?
57. Which Formula One legend suffered major brain injury while skiing in 2013?
58. Toronto, Canada, is on the northern shore of which lake?
59. What is the centre of the TV series "Defying Gravity" (2009)
60. Transits of Venus occur in a pattern, with pairs of transits 8 years apart separated by much longer gaps, that repeats every how many years?
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