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General Knowledge Quiz 179 (60 MCQs)

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1. The hypothesis that there are episodes in Earth's history when it became completely frozen, including at the equator, are referred to as what?
2. Who was the author, and illustrator, of "The Adventures of Uncle Lubin" (1902)?
3. What is the specialty of a chiropodist?
4. Where did business magnate, engineer, angel investor and product architect Elon Musk first attend university?
5. The Belgian Blue, British White, Canadian Speckle Park, Galloway, Lincoln Red, South Devon, Welsh Black and White Park are all types of what?
6. Where is Dragon Hole, the deepest known underwater sinkhole in the world?
7. Which of these authors wrote the books "Under the Tuscan Sun:At Home in Italy", "Bella Tuscany:The Sweet Life in Italy" and "In Tuscany" ?
8. What was Hepburn romanisation devised for?
9. What is the name for the centre of an atom?
10. Which British music chart television programme was originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006?
11. Between 1180 and 1185 the Genpei War (or the Jishō-Juei War) was waged between which two forces?
12. The shape of which island nation could be described as a spear point, or a teardrop?
13. The Darling family are from which film?
14. What does an angler try to catch?
15. What is the capital city of Turkey?
16. Which of these comes closest to the meaning of the French phrase "bon appétit" ?
17. The podcast which grew out of "This American Life", and first aired in 2014, is called ..... ?
18. Rimsky-Korsakov named a piece of music "The Flight of the ..... " what?
19. What is the stage name of Natalie Renee McIntyre, a US R & B and soul singer-songwriter, record producer and actress with a distinctive raspy voice and a singing style heavily influenced by Billie Holiday & Betty Davis?
20. When were the first Olympic Games held in the USA?
21. Which of these is not a line from the French nursery song "Frère Jacques" ?
22. What nationality is Marat Safin, who won his first Grand Slam tennis tournament at the US Open in 2000?
23. The French call it La Manche. What do the English call it?
24. The IWC, established in 1946, is the International ..... what ..... Commission?
25. When did the first edition of the conservative and anti-Communist monthly magazine, "The Reader's Digest", appear?
26. What became known as the Carrington Event in 1859?
27. What is common to a stuga, lavvu or goahti?
28. Which was the last of these Star Wars films to be released?
29. Between 1960 and 1987, Maurice Yaméogo, Lt. Col. Sangoulé Lamizana, Col. Saye Zerbo, Maj. Dr. Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, Capt. Thomas Sankara and Capt. Blaise Compaoré were involved in the politics of which country?
30. With what is the Indonesian term "lahar" associated?
31. What is a cuscus?
32. What branch of medicine deals with the cause, origin and nature of disease?
33. What was used instead of paper in ancient Egypt?
34. What name is given to a cultural and societal phenomenon characterised by an excessive preoccupation with the individual's own appearance, accompanied by difficulties coping with the aging process and with the requirements of maturation?
35. How many years are there in the Chinese zodiac cycle?
36. Until the year 2000, how many US vice presidents had become president when a sitting President died, resigned or was removed from office?
37. What is or are the mandible(s)?
38. A film poster inspires the amnesiac who begins the 2001 film "Mulholland Drive" to take the name Rita, the name of the actress on the poster. What is the film she appears in?
39. Which of these British papers is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper?
40. In the 10 years before the US Open Tennis Championship was held at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, New York City, where was it held?
41. Its secretive nature, connection to classified aircraft research, and reports of unusual phenomena have led which part of the USA to be a focus of UFO and conspiracy theories?
42. According to the proverb, the way to hell is paved with what?
43. Which of these is a term used in chess?
44. What is the effect of the submerged shoal, the Barra del Indio, in the Río de la Plata west of Samborombón Bay?
45. On which of these would one find a "masthead" ?
46. Where was the industrial accident on 2-3 December 1984 that caused the deaths of 3, 000 to 16, 000 people, for which 7 ex-employees were convicted in June 2010 and sentenced to 2 years imprisonment & a fine of about US$ 2, 000 each?
47. The mathematician, al-Khwarizmi, in the royal court of Baghdad in the 9th century CE gave his name to what procedure or formula for solving a problem?
48. At which Olympic Games did the People's Republic of China participate for the first time?
49. The children's book "Swallows and Amazons" by Arthur Ransome is set in what area of Great Britain?
50. Harrison Ford, who was at the time filming "Star Wars:The Force Awakens", injured himself in 2015 how?
51. Where do Walloons come from?
52. Which of these is the greatest distance apart in a straight line?
53. How many dan levels of proficiency are measured in judo and karate?
54. Which annual festival, first held in 1989, starts off the two week Kentucky Derby Festival in the US?
55. Who, in 1969, was the first female prime minister of Israel?
56. The American TV serial "Twin Peaks" was set in what state of the USA?
57. Where are the Elburz, or Alborz, Mountains?
58. What people traditionally dance a hornpipe?
59. A song written by Chuck Berry is "Roll Over ..... '' who?
60. To measure blood pressure which of these would be used?
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