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General Knowledge Quiz 162 (60 MCQs)

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1. In Michelangelo's painting on the Sistine Chapel ceiling, Adam's finger points to whom?
2. What word's original meaning was "to remove or destroy every tenth one" ?
3. Which of these is an alcoholic beverage made by leaching part of the cannabis plant in a high-proof alcohol, resulting in a very potent dark green or brown liquid?
4. What gave rise to the phrase "mad as a hatter" ?
5. Which country won the 1999 Rugby World Cup?
6. Which is the only one of the four grand slam tennis tournaments currently played on grass?
7. Which founder member of The Goons in 1951 was an old Etonian, served in MI9 in WW II, appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, and received the Peruvian Order of Merit in 1971?
8. Where was the first officially recorded baseball game held in the USA?
9. Which team defeated Pakistan in the 2007 inaugural ICC World Twenty20 cricket tournament?
10. Sometimes called St Stephen's Tower, now formally Elizabeth Tower, it houses a famous landmark in Britain; what is that?
11. The standard tuning of which instrument is one octave higher than a cello?
12. Who was the King of Thailand from 1946 to 2016?
13. Who was the author of "The Heptameron", inspired partly by Boccaccio's "Decameron" ?
14. Where did Colonel James Bowie and Davy Crockett die fighting Mexican forces?
15. The "numbered treaties", a series of eleven treaties signed between the aboriginal peoples and the reigning Monarch (Victoria, Edward VII or George V) from 1871 to 1921, apply in which country?
16. The members of which Christian organisation do not take the oath in a court of law, oppose military service, and believe that individuals can have a personal relationship with the divine without the need for intermediaries, such as priests, rituals or sacraments?
17. "Kraal" is an Afrikaans and South African English word for what?
18. Honeycomb is made of wax cells in what shape?
19. If something is described as a "des res" what is it?
20. The Martin Scorsese film "Hugo" (2011) takes place mainly in and around what?
21. Who is the lawyer in Charles Dickens's "Great Expectations" ?
22. In a 1956 interview with the American journalist Anna Louise Strong, Mao Zedong described the USA as a paper what?
23. She was born in what is now North Macedonia, worked mainly in India, was influential internationally, and (among many other honours) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. Who was she?
24. An autobiography is about whom?
25. What distinguishes the flag for Mali from that for its near neighbour Senegal?
26. The theme music for the British TV series "Jonathan Creek" was inspired by which music?
27. Where is the southern end of the Great Rift Valley?
28. What is "La Sorbonne" in Paris?
29. Which of these is an infringement in rugby union?
30. Four year old Exodus, who died due to an accident with a treadmill in May 2009, was the daughter of whom?
31. Which of these is a surrealist painter known for paintings that include melted watches and other deformed items?
32. Sir Mortimer Wheeler was famous in which field?
33. Which of these birds is known for making a laughing sound?
34. The city of Maracaibo and its lake are in what country?
35. "Wisden" is a reference book on which subject?
36. Edward VIII of the United Kingdom reigned for less than a year in 1936. Why was his reign so short?
37. What is a peninsula?
38. A Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action finally signed with Iran in July 2015 and 7 major world powers, after around 12 years of on-again off-again negotiations and agreements, was dramatically weakened by the withdrawal of which signatory in May 2018?
39. Where was the 1997 film "The Full Monty" based?
40. The success of which English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982 was based on the songwriting partnership of Morrissey (vocals) and Johnny Marr (guitar), with the rhythm section of Andy Rourke (bass) and Mike Joyce (drums)?
41. In common usage, what does "caste" refer to?
42. Which of these is not an element shown on the periodic table?
43. The composer of the tone poem for orchestra, "Danse Macabre", is also known for what composition?
44. Asperger's syndrome is believed to be a form of what?
45. The Tiger Quoll, Dibbler and Phascogale are native to which country?
46. Which white metal that burns in air forms more of the earth's crust than carbon, sulphur, copper or lead?
47. What is the calculation "the square root of 1.5 times the height in feet = the answer in miles" used for?
48. "He was a lion on the field" is an example of what?
49. Travel from Montevideo, Uruguay's capital city, to Buenos Aires, Argentina's capital city, is in which direction?
50. The US Stock Market crash known as Black Thursday happened on 24 October of what year?
51. Tianhe-1A, the supercomputer at the National Supercomputer Center in Tianjin, China which in October 2010 became the world's fastest supercomputer, uses what operating system?
52. Up to and including 2010, Switzerland and 3 other countries have hosted the World Rowing Championships 4 times since the first in 1962. Which of these was not one of them?
53. In 1990, mountain climbers Rob Hall and Gary Ball were the first to do what in 7 months?
54. Where is it that Roman Catholics believe souls are held after death for purification to be made fit for heaven?
55. The play "Drowning on Dry Land" (2004) by British playwright Sir Alan Ayckbourn is a comedy centred on what?
56. How is the shoe held on a racehorse's foot?
57. When Max Verstappen won Formula One's Italian Grand Prix in September 2023 what record did he set?
58. In tectonic triple junctions, what is the approximate angle or angles at which the three tectonic plates usually meet?
59. Who wrote the 1974 non-fiction, true crime novel about the Charles Manson murders?
60. Maqaam (or maqām) is a spiritual stage on the long path of a soul's search for God, in what religion?
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