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General Knowledge Quiz 186 (60 MCQs)

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1. What boxer was known as "The Brown Bomber" ?
2. Kate Middleton is romantically linked with which of these people?
3. Giovanni Boccaccio, who is best known for his work "Decameron", was involved in what type of activity?
4. Which of these names would not refer to the herb coriander?
5. In the "Batman" film released in 1989 who played the villain called "The Joker" ?
6. The film "Revenant" (2015) was inspired by the experiences of what frontiersman?
7. Held annually since 1923 which is the oldest active endurance race for sports cars?
8. Which body of water runs through the city of Istanbul?
9. The Karnak Temple Complex, a conglomeration of ruined temples, chapels, pylons and other buildings, is near where?
10. Competitors representing which country won the most Olympic gold medals in Greco-Roman wrestling between 1896 and 2008?
11. In 1487, Portuguese navigator Bartholomew Diaz was the first European to sail past which landmark?
12. Where would a thorny devil usually be found?
13. In which 1925 silent film, directed by Fred Niblo, were extras offered a prize of $ 100 to the winner to make a race more exciting, resulting in a horrendous crash that remains in the movie?
14. The terms "Cosa Nostra", the "Camorra" and "The Honoured Society" are used to refer to which group of people?
15. Who did Juan Antonio Samaranch succeed when he assumed the presidency of the International Olympic Committee in August 1980?
16. What was the title of a 2005 film biography of Johnny Cash, starring Joaquin Phoenix?
17. Why did the protesters in the 2014 Umbrella Revolution use umbrellas?
18. Sacré-Cœur Basilica is in which European city?
19. A sulphur-crested cockatoo named Snowball (hatched in 1996) became well-known in 2008 for what?
20. Who was the last king in France?
21. What word's original meaning was "the hearing of a person's confession and their absolution before their execution" ?
22. Which country did Peder Balke, intensely dramatic landscape painter, pioneer of Modernism in his country, activist for social justice, and great-great-grandfather of jazz musicians Jon and Erik Balke, paint?
23. Who was the Italian player head-butted by French captain Zinedine Zidane in the final of the football World Cup 2006?
24. In which country is the city of Lisburn?
25. Which of these dishes is native to France?
26. What is Pablo Picasso's 1967 work known as the "Chicago Picasso" ?
27. Mike D'abo, Klaus Voorman, Tom McGuinness and Mike Hugg were four fifths of which band which had a 1968 hit with "Mighty Quinn" ?
28. How many times was Franklin D. Roosevelt elected president of the USA?
29. Who created the English aviator "Biggles" ?
30. In the inaugural 1896 modern Olympic Games, the Greek runner Stamata Revithi ran and completed the marathon (from which 7 runners had dropped out) but was not included in official records. What was one of the reasons?
31. Which celebrated actor appears to have pronounced camptodactyly?
32. Which country has the largest area and population in South America?
33. What are the last words of the film "The Wizard of Oz" ?
34. British engineers Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Robert Stephenson built their most impressive structures and locomotives in which century?
35. Who was the oldest man to win the world heavyweight boxing title?
36. Naturopathy combines modern treatment with traditional methods, and focusses on approaches which includes prevention, personal responsibility to optimise health and which of these?
37. Early in 2009, the American Premier League announced that it would play cricket in a converted baseball venue. Where?
38. What was the nickname of the British army regiment called the "6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons ''?
39. If you are looking at a "sillion", what are you seeing?
40. Which country annexed Korea in 1910?
41. Which of these singers is identified with the song "My Way" ?
42. What name was given to the English Civil war in the 15th century between the rival houses of Lancaster and York?
43. How many cards are used in a deck to play the game 500?
44. What part of the manufacture of a woven carpet suggests the presence of a dog?
45. Which infectious disease, usually occurring in childhood, is characterised by eruptions of successive crops of vesicles?
46. When was the Ukrainian national anthem first played at an Olympic Games?
47. How did General George S Patton, responsible for a number of US victories in World War II, die?
48. What is the silt-formed delta of the River Rhône?
49. Q is associated with scientific developments and gadgets for which other fictional character?
50. Where in the USA are the La Brea tar pits?
51. What does calendering entail?
52. In the television series "Jeeves and Wooster" (1990-1993), one of the episodes featured which song, that was first released in 1931, became the biggest chart-topper of the year, and in 1999 was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame?
53. Where is the boxing venue known as Madison Square Garden?
54. What event in mid 2023 caused extensive and ongoing comment in the golf world?
55. Digitalis is a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous perennials, shrubs, and biennials that are commonly called ..... ?
56. Jiggers, or chigoe or sand fleas (Tunga penetrans), are a small parasite found mostly where on the body?
57. Where is the "Caprivi Strip" ?
58. Which of these is a variety of igneous rock consisting of large-grained crystals, such as feldspar or quartz, dispersed in a fine-grained feldspathic matrix or groundmass?
59. Besides their meat, whales have been hunted from the 1600s for three main items. Which of these is not one of them?
60. What does field archery involve?
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