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General Knowledge Quiz 196 (60 MCQs)

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1. After 1857 the princedom of Kashmir came under the suzerainty of what?
2. On April 6, 2018, in Saskatchewan, Canada, a truck collided with a bus carrying a team of young players in what sport?.
3. Which island territory is a self-governing unincorporated territory of the U S A?
4. Ostriches are known for their long and powerful legs, and, among other things, for their what?
5. The Limpopo River separates Zimbabwe and Botswana from what country?
6. A stratigraphic approach to the history revealed in what, was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?
7. What sport competes for the Bermuda Bowl as part of its World Championship?
8. Artist Ai Weiwei was resident, until 2015, in what country?
9. Who is Grizabella?
10. Which of his children did Michael Jackson famously hang over a hotel balcony?
11. Where is a sea anemone's sphincter?
12. Which of these was a Flemish painter whose mythological works featured voluptuous female nudes?
13. What century were the four major eruptions of the volcano on Krakatoa, heard some 3, 000 miles away and changing global weather patterns and temperatures for years?
14. What do the 13 stripes on the US flag represent?
15. In 2009, The Mongoose Bat was introduced into which sport, with the aim of providing 20% more power and 15% more bat speed?
16. What vehicle was sold to John and Maureen Hendricks at the Barrett-Jackson Auto Auction in Scottsdale, Arizona, in 2005, for a record $ 3, 240, 000?
17. What are Prowl, Sunstreaker, Wheeljack, Ironhide, Skids, Swoop, Gears, Huffer, Windcharger, Reflector and Soundwave?
18. Who was Pierre de Ronsard (1524-1585)?
19. Which city was the capital of Italy from 1865 to 1871?
20. Which of these led the US basketball team in the 1984 Olympics and was a member of the squad In the 1992 Olympics, becoming one of 3 US men's basketball players to win Olympic golds as amateurs and professionals?
21. What was the main form of transport used by the Japanese army in their invasion of Singapore in World War II?
22. Which of these was a famous lexicographer?
23. Which band, which at the time comprised Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill, Michael MacNeil, Mel Gaynor and John Giblin, had hit records with "Alive & Kicking", "Sanctify Yourself", "Ghostdancing" and "All the Things She Said" ?
24. Where is the world's oldest surviving bowling green, with the first recorded use being in 1299?
25. In snooker, what colour ball scores 7 points?
26. In 711 AD, the Moors invaded part of Europe that is now part of what country?
27. Traditionally, what is shouted by a town crier?
28. Teams from how many countries have competed teams in the Olympic Rugby Union competitions until 2016?
29. What is the main seed used in the traditional British seed cake?
30. What is the mathematical result of dividing any real number other than zero, by zero?
31. The Basque country is centred mainly around which mountain range?
32. Which of these animals cannot retract its claws fully?
33. Which of these is a breed of dog?
34. Which African kingdom, founded by Osei Tutu in the 1670s fought 4 wars against Britain between 1823 and 1896 until, in 1900, it was incorporated into the Gold Coast colony as a protectorate?
35. It has excellent electric insulating and arc-quenching capacity, and is widely used in electronics, laser, medical, meteorological, freezing, fire-fighting, chemical, military, space aviation, non-ferrous metallurgy and physical research. What is it?
36. Which 1967 film, directed by Stuart Rosenberg starring Paul Newman and George Kennedy, was about the fate of a man sent to prison for vandalising parking meters?
37. What word is used to describe the repetition of vowel sounds in words?
38. The coldest temperature recorded in Canada was-63 $^\circ$C (-81.4 F) on 3 February 1947; where was it?
39. From 12 internationally nominated dancers at the end of 2022, readers of the international dance magazine "Dance Europe" voted which person Dancer of the Year?
40. Which film actor and winemaker won his first César Award for his role in "The Last Metro" (1980), was nominated for an Academy Award for the title role in "Cyrano de Bergerac" (1990) and won the Golden Globe award for Best Actor in "Green Card" in 1990?
41. What part of the body removes old red blood cells, holds a reserve of blood in case of haemorrhagic shock and recycles iron?
42. Where would one find the Swiss Guard on duty?
43. Who, from 1940 to 1949 was Jane Wyman's third husband?
44. A 19th century French physicist, chemist, botanist and teacher is particularly well-known for his seminal work in establishing entomology. What was his name?
45. Stubble goose is a traditional dish served in places in the Northern Hemisphere to celebrate what?
46. The term, "soccer", coined first in the 1880s in the UK to distinguish types of football comes from what?
47. What is a "put you up" ?
48. Who was crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day, 1066?
49. Which of these is found mainly in the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia, and lives on lizards, birds, fruits, eggs, termites, the young tips of palm trees, nests of bees, berries, sprouts, insects, roots, cocoa, nuts and coconuts?
50. "Monkey's fist" is a type of what?
51. Which 2008 Western film starred Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen as lawmen, Jeremy Irons as a rancher and Renee Zellweger as a piano-playing widow?
52. A former member of the band "Man Jumping" and composer of several operas, Scottish musician John Lunn also composed music for more than one UK TV series. Which one was BAFTA Award-nominated?
53. What Shakespearean play begins "When shall we three meet again, In thunder, lightning or in rain" ?
54. If you are holding a musical instrument with F-holes what are you likely to be holding?
55. Az, buky, vědě and glagoli and dobro are the first 5 letters of which alphabet?
56. Until Tony Blair, which of Britain's Labour Prime Ministers was in office for the longest overall time?
57. The film actor Norma Jean Mortenson is better known by what name?
58. Rheumatism affects what part of the body?
59. The Singapore Declaration issued in 1971 and the Harare Declaration issued in 1991 are considered to be the two most important documents to what union of nations?
60. Rob Pilatis and Fab Morvan were collectively known as what?
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