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General Knowledge Quiz 167 (60 MCQs)

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1. The USA's National Basketball Association (NBA) banned then-Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life in 2014 in response to what?
2. Gouache is used in what art form?
3. In June 2009, Canada announced plans to extend which national park from 4, 800 square kilometres to 30, 000 square kilometres to help protect the habitat of grizzly bear, caribou and other species?
4. Which of these characters has been played by both Michelle Pfeiffer and Halle Berry?
5. For his last two years in office as President of the Republic of South Africa, until the post was abolished by the Treaty of Vereeniging in 1902, who exiled himself to Europe?
6. What caused the British government to allocate £20 million in the first half of the 19th century for payment mainly to private individuals?
7. The city of Oxford was the setting for which of these British TV series?
8. "I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse" was a famous line from which film?
9. What was subtitled "The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical" ?
10. The U.S. Masters, one of the four major championships in professional golf, is the only major championship that is played at the same course each year. Where has it been played since its inception in 1934?
11. Motorbikes compete without brakes in what types of event?
12. In which year was the longest Tour de France held?
13. Which Dutch artist painted "Sunflowers" and was the subject of a pop song by Don McLaine?
14. What began when Bohemia revolted against the Habsburgs in 1618?
15. What is the international confederation IARU?
16. Who was president of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), when, on 28 May 1928, the FIFA Congress in Amsterdam decided to stage a world championship?
17. On which island is Marsamxett Harbour?
18. Where is an 'okina likely to be found?
19. What is the national park in Wyoming covering 3350 square miles that was opened in 1872?
20. In ballet, which of these terms means a leap?
21. The original American reality television series "Say Yes to the Dress" focussed on events at which boutique?
22. Where is tuff found?
23. The Battles of Alamein, Britain and the Bulge took place in which war?
24. What did George W Bush get from Tony Blair as a birthday present in 2006?
25. Where is a pachinko machine most likely to be found?
26. Who was the first US president to travel outside the USA while in office?
27. The following were influential in developing which subject in China:Liu Hui, Zu Geng, Li Chunfeng, Yang Hui, Shen Kuo, Liu Xin, Zhang Heng, Liu Hui, Zu Chongzhi and Wang Xiaotong?
28. What colour is cochineal?
29. Which is a conifer?
30. For what geographical feature is the area of the city of Reñaca, Valparaiso, in Chile, well-known?
31. Which of these is an American situation comedy, originally airing from 1963 to 1970, that was set in the Shady Rest Hotel just outside Hooterville on the train line of the C. & F.W. Railroad?
32. French actress Catherine Deneuve has been married once, from 1965 to 1972, to whom?
33. Who won the Oscar for Best Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role for 1990?
34. What are shinai made of?
35. If clergy, using the old Roman names, were travelling in the 11th century from Hibernia to Caledonia where, in present terms, would they be travelling from to?
36. In 1881 and 1882 Jules Ferry, Prime Minister of France, succeeded in passing laws in the field of French education which did what?
37. Although kites, balloons and other aircraft have been used in warfare for intelligence and/or communications since at least around 1000 BCE in China, when was the first known occasion when a person from one aircraft fired with a machine gun on another in war?
38. There is an Irish County called ..... ?
39. What, with the sickle, is a symbol of communism?
40. Plants and algae make carotenoids, which absorb light energy for photosynthesis and provide photoprotection; which is one of the only two animals known to do the same?
41. The "seven Champions of Christendom" were St George, St Andrew, St David, St Patrick, St Denys, St James and which other?
42. How many sports were contested at the Summer Paralympics in 2012?
43. As at 2023 Beyoncé tops the list of Grammys with 32 awards ad 88 nominations. Who is second?
44. Jeudi is the French word for which of these?
45. What is the next in the series Madagascar, Borneo, New Guinea, ..... ?
46. Which is the closest to an alternative name for a cyclone?
47. On 14 June 2022 Canada and Denmark agreed to sharing what?
48. Which emperor was played by Peter Ustinov in the 1951 film "Quo Vadis" ?
49. With what does the 12th century Trotula deal?
50. Which 17th century philosopher, mathematician, scientist, and writer has been called the "Father of Modern Philosophy, " through his books "Passions of the Soul", "Principles of Philosophy", "Discourse on the Method", and "Meditations on First Philosophy" ?
51. Which of these is a song by Iggy Pop?
52. In which of these could arugula and sirene be found together?
53. Who headed the Zimmerwald Left in 1915 at the first of the three Zimmerwald Conferences?
54. Finding its spraint means what animal has been there?
55. Which of these is a name of former Northern Rhodesia?
56. "A Nightmare on Elm Street", "Private Resort", "Platoon", "Cry-Baby" and "Edward Scissorhands" are the first five films starring which actor?
57. Which of these was a hit record for Madonna in 1986?
58. A popular interpretation of the name of the river "Uruguay" after which the country is named, is "River of ..... "?
59. In weaving, what are the threads running parallel to the length of the cloth called?
60. Which dancer had success on stage with his sister Adele before achieving fame in films with Ginger Rogers?
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