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General Knowledge Quiz 187 (60 MCQs)

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1. What is the Caspian Sea Monster?
2. Which of these was painted last?
3. What headwear is traditionally worn at Harrow, the English public school?
4. Celebrated 20th century Chinese poet, essayist, short story writer and playwright Lin Huiying, sometimes known as Phyllis Lin, was prominent in which other field in the arts?
5. Who directed "Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid", "Convoy", "The Wild Bunch" and "Cross of Iron" ?
6. The cochlea is part of which part of the body?
7. Who plays Gail Platt in the British TV soap opera "Coronation Street" ?
8. Which village, now a suburb of Dublin, was famed for an annual rowdy fair that was held between 1204 and 1855?
9. The lead singer of which band is known as Suggs?
10. What phrase refers to someone who is between two people or groups who are arguing but who does not want to agree with either of them?
11. What date in the western Gregorian Calendar is currently the date for the Russian Orthodox Church Christian New Year?
12. Which 1967 film ended with the deaths of the characters played by Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty?
13. Who of these was a musician and dancer?
14. The two goal posts, located at the same end of the field, are the furthest apart in which of the following sports?
15. What is an American food made from small pieces of cornmeal bread that are deep fried or baked, the ingredients of which include cornmeal, flour, eggs, salt, baking soda, milk, and water, and sometimes kernel corn, onion, spring onion and peppers?
16. In 1918, when did the armistice take effect at the end of World War I?
17. Which New York Yankees baseball identity is credited with coining the phrase "It's deja vu all over again" ?
18. Which of these is a contagious disease, an upper respiratory tract illness characterised by sore throat, low fever, and an adherent membrane on the tonsils, pharynx, and/or nasal cavity, once common, that has largely been eradicated in industrialised nations through widespread vaccination?
19. What name is given to the earth's crust?
20. The name of the city of Firenze in Italy is usually anglicised to what?
21. What is fundamental to the common methods used in cryptography?
22. What is the word for the weight on a line of a fishing rod?
23. What fraction, having 10 or a multiple thereof as the denominator, is represented by a full stop?
24. Which is (very) slightly acid forming?
25. Quakers are also known by what name?
26. The military action popularly known as "The Charge of the Light Brigade" took place in which war?
27. A peace camp was established at which RAF base in Berkshire, England from 1981 to 2000 to protest at nuclear weapons being sited there?
28. In a popular song of the 1950s and 1960s, Chuck Berry told who to roll over?
29. What lies due east of Uruguay?
30. An island bearing the name Victoria Island is found in the Canadian Arctic archipelago, in Ottawa, near the Russian archipelago of Franz Josef Land, in Lagos in Nigeria, in the Chonos Archipelago in Chile, and where else?
31. What was the capital of the Inca Empire from 1438 to 1532 which, at its peak, dominated a territory that included (from north to south) Ecuador, part of Colombia, the northern half of Chile, and the north-west part of Argentina, and (from west to east) from Bolivia to the Amazonian forests and Peru?
32. Since 1994 what Day has been observed internationally by adherents on 1 November?
33. What science features in the TV series "NUMB3RS" ?
34. Dunbar's Number is a proposition of what?
35. Immediately before Wembley Park Stadium, now the home of the England national football team, was built and then opened in 1923 what stood there?
36. What is a form of word play that deliberately exploits ambiguity between similar-sounding words for humorous or rhetorical effect?
37. Mayonnaise is made by what process?
38. What are Jimmy Reed, Skip James, Elmore James & Big Bill Broonzy best known as?
39. On which coast of South America would you find the country of Venezuela?
40. Who originated the "Wombles" characters?
41. What musical term means "at walking pace" ?
42. According to Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky", what were "all mimsy" ?
43. "I'm a dot in place" has what relation to "A decimal point" ?
44. Whose hit records include "I Feel Love", "Love to Love You Baby", "Starting Over Again" and "On the Radio" ?
45. Which of these states of the USA extends the furthest north?
46. In 2009, Heikki Kovalainen, Kimi Raikkonen, Sebastian Vettel, Robert Kubica and Nico Rosberg were competitors in which sport?
47. Which of these is a wrestling hold?
48. Which team was the runner-up at the 3rd American Football World Cup in Kawasaki, Japan, in 2007?
49. If the two sides of a right-angled triangle which enclose the right angle are 3 and 4 units long respectively, what is the length of the other side?
50. Thom Yorke is the lead singer for which band?
51. Which of these countries is the first to start each new day?
52. When did the final armistice for World War I come into effect?
53. Who designed the white chiffon one-shoulder gown worn by Michelle Obama at the series of 10 balls celebrating US President Barack Obama's inauguration?
54. What 1956 film was remade in 2004 starring, respectively, David Niven / Steve Coogan and "Cantinflas" / Jackie Chan
55. In rhyming slang, what is "to talk a lot" ?
56. What is the main substance or substances used to make most watch faces glow in the dark?
57. General Victoriano Huerta, Emiliano Zapata and "Pancho" Villa feature in the history of which country?
58. Herodotus, Josephus, Michael King, Simon Schama and Edward Gibbon share what common focus?
59. What is a meal of bread, cheese and pickle known as?
60. In what land did the remains of the giant statue stand which were inscribed with a saying of Ozymandias "King of Kings", and which inspired a poem by English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley?
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