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General Knowledge Quiz 198 (60 MCQs)

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1. What is "Too much money chasing too few goods" ?
2. The last time that anyone spoke to Adolf Hitler, he was in what city?
3. Which European country has a flag that is not oblong?
4. Who won the 1996 Formula One Driver's championship?
5. Feldspars, which make up over half of all minerals in the Earth's crust, are a group of rock-forming minerals characterised by the presence of aluminium and what else in their base chemistry?
6. What is a hฤngi?
7. Who discovered the two moons of Mars in 1877?
8. Sand forest, a type of rare subtropical forest, with a unique combination of plant (often rare plant) and animal species, is found in south-eastern Africa and where else?
9. In musical notation, what word means "lower in pitch by a semitone" ?
10. In which field is Auguste Escoffier famous?
11. The Millennium Dam, now known as the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and built between 2011 and 2020, is on which river?
12. What is the 2018 Paralympic mascot, Bandabi?
13. What is the study of the production of very low temperature and the behaviour of materials at those temperatures?
14. Which of these was a leading figure in heart surgery?
15. "Silly mid on" and "gully" are positions in which sport?
16. In the 2012 Summer Olympics, eight badminton players were accused (and then disqualified from the women's doubles competition) of what?
17. Fort Belan, purpose built to defend against raiding American privateers was built in 1775 where?
18. In Victorian cookery, what was one of the main ingredients of mock turtle soup?
19. Which of these is a common word for champagne?
20. What are "cestodes" ?
21. What is the longest known non-stop, non-eating migration flight south for the winter?
22. The Spanish throne had been vacant since 1936, but on 22 November 1975, Juan Carlos came to the throne as King though he was the grandson of the previous king and his father was still alive. Why was Juan Carlos made King?
23. During World War I, US president Woodrow Wilson raised an army through conscription and gave total command to whom?
24. The character names Purdey and Ducky are indirectly linked by which UK TV scifi series?
25. The line "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures, the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge, has marked the upward surge of mankind ..... " is from which film?
26. Who was the mother of James V of Scotland (the father of Mary, Queen of Scots and the son of King James IV of Scotland)?
27. Where are armadillos native?
28. Which of these became a World Formula One Champion while driving for Williams?
29. Which of these is an island holiday destination and a type of shorts?
30. Who was responsible for taking Caracas from the Spaniards?
31. In the late 16th century when the phrase was first recorded in England, what did the phrase "wild goose chase" refer to?
32. Which group of over 7000 islands has main islands called Luzon, Mindanao, Samar, Negros, Palawan, Panay, Mindora, Leyte, Cebu, Bohol and Masbate?
33. Which of these is a Japanese dish?
34. Dan Quayle was Vice President to which president of the USA?
35. A verse or any writing with fixed lines, the first letter, syllable or word of which forms a message when read downwards is called what?
36. Which was a "first" that marked the opening ceremony of the 1976 Summer Olympics?
37. Student protests on the streets of central Dublin on 3 November 2010 involving 25, 000 to 40, 000 protesters, and in London 2 weeks later with 10, 000 protesters, were in opposition to what?
38. In 2014 what Formula One team was Lewis Hamilton driving for?
39. Writers of episodes for the UK comedy TV series "Doctor in the House" (1969-70) included comic artists Graham Chapman, Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Bernard McKenna and who else?
40. Which of these was a German rocket scientist who worked in America after World War II?
41. Which country, whose chief port is La Guaira, became a republic after seceding from the Republic of Colombia in 1830?
42. What is the capital of the Isle of Man?
43. Which of these is used in the film industry?
44. What arcade game, based on the concept of eating, was developed primarily by Tลru Iwatani over the course of a year in 1979/80, with a nine-man team?
45. The mnemonic Roy G. Biv is an aid to remembering what?
46. What made Superman weak?
47. Over how many holes is The British Open (golfing championship) played?
48. The Sunda Strait lies between which two islands?
49. Which of these Beatrix Potter characters is a cat?
50. Where was Expo 2010 held from 1 May to 31 October 2010, the most expensive Expo in the history of world's fairs with the largest site (5.28 square km), with more than 190 countries and over 50 international organisations participating?
51. Between which countries was the War of the Pacific fought?
52. Blue Mountain Coffee, noted for its mild flavour and lack of bitterness (the beans of which are the flavour base of Tia Maria coffee liqueur), is grown in which country?
53. Work published by English scientist Alfred Russel Wallace in 1855 and 1858 proposed what?
54. Dust carried in winds from the Bodรฉlรฉ Depression, an ancient desiccated lake bed in the south-west corner of the central African country of Chad, has been identified as a key source of phosphorus-a vital nutrient for plant growth-in what area?
55. What is the favourite drink of a vampire?
56. As at 2 February 2015, when she won No 1 ranking in women's professional golf, what age was Lydia Ko?
57. In which country does over half of the population live on reclaimed land?
58. What are raced in the Iditarod, held annually since 1973 in Alaska from Anchorage to Nome?
59. What is a boson?
60. The names of how many continents end with the same letter that they started with?
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