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General Knowledge Quiz 197 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which of these is a disease affecting the eye?
2. In the first decade of the 1900s, Henry Ford established the Ford Motor Company in which city of the USA?
3. According to William Congreve's play "The Mourning Bride" (1697) what "has charms to soothe a savage breast" ?
4. What is a connection between Phillip Hughes (1988-2014), Australian cricketer, and Roy McBridie, (1915 1960), New Zealand cricketer?
5. A "marlin" is a type of what?
6. How does the game of Upwords differ from Scrabble?
7. In the late 1940s, a soldier named Constantin Esmont made detailed records of the various types of dog known as borzoi, concerned that the breed was degenerating. Where did the breed originate?
8. What does the "C" in LUCA as an evolutionary term stand for?
9. The mind sports included the first World Games in 2008 were chess, draughts (checkers), go (weiqi), xiangqi (Chinese chess) and which other?
10. What year did South African golfer Gary Player first win the PGA Championship?
11. England and Scotland both formed national football teams in 1872, but for over 30 years played only within the UK. Where, in 1908, were the first games played by England outside British territory?
12. When cooking a ragout using pluck, what would somebody be using?
13. Guru Nanak was the founder of the faith followed by whom?
14. Which river runs through the city of Paris, France?
15. Which saint founded a monastery in 563 on the island of Iona off the west coast of Scotland?
16. With which of these is Bernard Leach most associated?
17. What region lies mainly in the Dinaric Alps, ranging to the southern borders of the Pannonian plain, with the rivers Sava and Drina marking its northern and eastern borders?
18. In the TV series "Thunderbirds", Parker was chauffeur to whom?
19. What was Natalie Imbruglia's debut single?
20. He was of Huguenot descent, lost sight in one eye in a practice fencing bout with his father, was knighted in 1893 for artistic achievement, and was renowned for a long career of biting, sarcastic, often radical political and social comment. Who was he?
21. What was the Musée d'Orsay in Paris used for before it was an art gallery?
22. In 1943, Joan Barry, an actress in her early 20s, accused which 54 year old of fathering her child, resulting in a paternity suit in which he was ordered to pay child support although blood tests proved he was not the father?
23. About 90% of the world's extractable material, used for the manufacture of ornamental objects and jewellery, is in the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia on the Baltic Sea. What type of material is this?
24. Which playwright wrote the plays that won the Tony Award for Best Play in 1963 & 2002 and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1967, 1975 & 1994, and gained nominations for Tony Award for Best Play in 1964, 1965, 1967 & 1975, Tony Award for Best Author of a Play in 1965, the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2001 & 2003 and a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play in 2005?
25. How did Steve Rogers (Captain America) acquire his super powers?
26. Why was the Ice Hockey World Championship at Chamonix in 1930 moved mid-championship to Vienna and Berlin?
27. Where was the 1991 film "The Commitments" set?
28. The cruciate ligaments are in which part of the human body?
29. "Unchained Melody", originally released on the soundtrack of the film "Unchained" in 1955, was written by whom?
30. Which major Roman road in England linked London to the Fosse Way, passing through Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted, Tring, Aylesbury and Bicester before changing direction towards the south-west, passing Woodstock and Witney to the north before heading into Cirencester?
31. What was the destination of a number of caged chickens which were found abandoned, starving, dehydrated, and (in the case of 35 of them) drowned, in the streets of Brooklyn, New York, in late 2005?
32. Which two are recognised as being the first to adopt Christianity as their state religion?
33. Who composed the music of "Dido and Aeneas", first performed around 1688?
34. Which of these is a fortified town in France?
35. In Spain, what does "cortes" refer to?
36. What is a strumpeteer?
37. In India in the 1930s, the left wing nationalist party was run by Subhas Chandra Bore, and Gandhi's followers were in the centre. What was the main right wing party?
38. Which Greek philosopher and teacher of Alexander the Great, wrote on many subjects including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theatre, music, logic, rhetoric, politics, government, ethics, biology and zoology, and died in Euboea of natural causes in 322 BC?
39. Between 1973 and 1979, Mohammed Daoud Khan, Nur Mohammad Taraki, Hafizullah Amin and Babrak Karmal were presidents of which country?
40. Military signals are given on which musical instrument?
41. In Scandinavian mythology, who was the son of Odin that had a magic hammer called Miohir?
42. What is Boesmansgat, or Bushman's Hole, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa?
43. Hamlet in the play of the same name was a Prince of which country?
44. What is another name for the gladioli?
45. In what field is a technique of "tilt shift" used?
46. What glands produce adrenaline and cortisol?
47. Beginning in the late 15th century, expeditions mainly from Britain and which other country explored, and later settled, along the Atlantic coast of Canada?
48. She was known during her training and work as Nora Baker, and was posthumously awarded a British George Cross, appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire and awarded a French Croix de Guerre with Gold Star. What was her real name?
49. What is the object of rolling dice in the game Yahtzee?
50. What country was divided at the 38th parallel in 1945?
51. Who hit the top spot in 2002 with "U Got it Bad" ?
52. In the James Bond film "Quantum of Solace" who played Bond girl Camille Montes?
53. Ouzo is flavoured with what?
54. The "Zapruder film" is famous for being a colour film of which event?
55. What kind of weather is prevalent in the Guiana Highlands?
56. What is the main grain used to make bourbon?
57. Which is an example of a black dwarf in our galaxy?
58. Who painted the famous paintings known as "The Cardplayers" and "Les Grandes Baigneuses" ?
59. The Jefferson Memorial, completed in 1943, is in which city?
60. What is the name of the belt of a judo uniform?
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