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General Knowledge Quiz 169 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which cloud formation is a sign of thermals?
2. Following NASA's launch of space equipment in December 2021, what was in the first release of information from the equipment?
3. Ulysses is the Roman name for which Greek king?
4. What is the name for the middle part of the nose that separates the nostrils?
5. The Harelle, a revolt that occurred in the French city of Rouen in 1382 followed by the Maillotins Revolt a few days later in Paris, and subsequently in Amiens, Dieppe, Falaise, Caen, Orleans, and Rheims during the Hundred Years' War, was about what?
6. The musical "Kiss Me Kate" is based on which Shakespearean play?
7. The play "The Mousetrap" by Agatha Christie ran at the New Ambassadors Theatre in London's West End from 25 November 1952 until Saturday 23 March 1974, when it immediately transferred to which theatre next door, reopening on Monday 25 March?
8. Gee Jon. a member of the Hip Sing Tong criminal society from San Francisco, California, sentenced to death for the murder of an elderly member from another gang in Nevada, was the first person in the US to do what?
9. What does a trichologist treat?
10. What is the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet?
11. James Edward Oglethorpe founded the city of Savannah, Georgia, after obtaining a Charter from King George II to establish a colony for what sort of people?
12. In which US city is the National Air and Space Museum?
13. In which Broadway revue did the song "You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)" first appear?
14. The Ob River, terminating in the long narrow Gulf of Ob, flows into what sea?
15. How many cards are used for a game of pinochle?
16. The first woman to serve as Prime Minister in New Zealand took office in which elections?
17. Which Rolling Stones song, a samba which begins "Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste", is also the title of a film directed by Jean-Luc Godard?
18. What is an alternative name for the prongs of a fork?
19. Which cartoon character is the adoptive father of Swee'Pea, an infant foundling left on his doorstep?
20. A tongue and groove joint is used when working with what material?
21. Who stars in the TV series "Californication" ?
22. Where was the siege of the Alamo?
23. Which Earl of Essex, after being sent to Ireland as Governor-General in 1599, being briefly imprisoned and leading a rebellion against Queen Elizabeth I, was executed in 1601?
24. What is a 1938 crime film starring Edward G. Robinson, Claire Trevor and Humphrey Bogart, directed by Anatole Litvak and written by John Wexley and John Huston, based on a play by Barré Lyndon?
25. Which of these countries has one official time zone that is eight hours ahead of UTC (Greenwich Mean Time)?
26. The African continent lies most immediately ..... (where) ..... ?
27. What word refers to the period before "The Great Flood" as described in the Old Testament of the Bible?
28. Which of these ailments affects the throat?
29. Which of these people maintained that he, not Alexander Graham Bell, had invented the telephone and that Bell had stolen the invention from him?
30. Who played Rhett Butler in the 1939 film "Gone With the Wind" ?
31. Which school is the setting for the 1939 film "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" ?
32. Who discovered the moons of Saturn called Rhea, Iapetus, Dione and Tethys, between 1671 and 1684?
33. What was the name of ten Kings of Denmark between 1448 and 1947?
34. In 1567 Queen Elizabeth I established England's first what?
35. Which of these was the title of a TV series starring Robert Stack as Eliot Ness, who was in charge of a police unit that tackled criminals during the American Prohibition?
36. The islands called the Moluccas were previously known as what?
37. What car was a feature of the US television series "The Rockford Files" (1974-80)?
38. Who was tried for treason on 17 November 1603 for trying to remove James I from the Engish throne?
39. The Maoist organisation Sendero Luminoso is based in which country?
40. Which of these is a Japanese dish of cooked vinegared rice, commonly topped with seafood?
41. Who, in 2004, riding the prototype KTM 250-SXF four stroke, won the MX2 World Championship?
42. Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland, was the daughter of which other English monarch?
43. Which of these was an Austrian-Jewish architectural engineer and Holocaust survivor who became famous after World War II for his work as a Nazi hunter who pursued war criminals?
44. What did Bertolt Brecht call some intellectuals, including members of the Frankfurt School of thought in sociology and critical philosophy?
45. This 19th century Swiss civil engineer and inventor, brother of a talented painter and father of an eminent French composer and pianist, was a pioneer of the automobile industry as well as inventor of an automotive which could loop-the-loop. Who was he?
46. For the type of bet called a "Quinella", how many horses are picked?
47. What was the name of the evil wizard that appeared in the TV series "The Smurfs" ?
48. What does a glazier work with?
49. What is an "echidna" ?
50. Where is the longest bridge in the world?
51. George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards were well known in the British American colonies in the mid 18th century for being what?
52. What was the stage name of Jiles Perry Richardson, Jr., a singer and songwriter from 1957 until his accidental death in 1959, who is best known for his recording of "Chantilly Lace" ?
53. Charlie Brooker developed what British TV series, highlighting human/technology relationship and creating stories that feature "the way we live now-and the way we might be living in 10 minutes' time if we're clumsy." ?
54. Lieutenant General Aman Andom, Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen, Brigadier General Tafari Benti, Major Mengistu Haile Mariam and Major Atnafu Abate were involved in the politics of which country between 1974 and 1987?
55. What is the value of the Chandrasekhar limit?
56. Which English landscape painter painted "Dedham Vale", "The Valley Farm", "The Hay Wain" and "The Cornfield" ?
57. Dr Alison Lapper gave what TEDx talk in 2022?
58. What does "tour de force" mean?
59. Which of these is Japanese chanted poetry drama, using masks and originally devised for aristocratic audiences?
60. Which of these is a form of colour blindness?
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