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General Knowledge Quiz 201 (60 MCQs)

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1. If the sides of a triangle measure 5, 13 and 12, what is the angle defined by the sides which are 5 and 12?
2. What does the suffix "some" mean in relation to the word to which it is attached?
3. What is the name of a measure that is equal to 42 US gallons, 158.9873 litres, or 34.9723 Imperial (UK) gallons?
4. In the film "The Reader" (2008) Michael Berg and Hanna Schmitz were played by which actors?
5. Who ordered the building of the Great Pyramid of Giza?
6. What BBC documentary film, screened in high definition and featuring narration and live orchestral accompaniment conducted by its composer George Fenton, had its world première in Dallas in June 2010?
7. When were the Women's Freestyle Wrestling championships first staged?
8. A country-wide law establishing an Assize of Bread in England was passed in 1266, and similar laws continued in effect until the 19th century. What did the law regulate?
9. Who captained the "Endeavour" and the "Resolution" on 3 voyages to the Pacific in 1768-71, 1772-75 and 1776-79?
10. What is the first geological period of the Paleozoic era?
11. Which of these games has 64 squares on a standard board?
12. Which author wrote: " ..... whatever [women] ask for they had first given to us. They create Love in our natures. They have a right to demand it back" ?
13. Which of these is a palindrome?
14. Which country shares a 530 km border with Saudi Arabia on the west, south, and southeast, a 450 km border with Oman on the southeast and northeast, and a smaller border with Qatar in the northwest?
15. Which of these is a sudden and irrational fear of time?
16. If a person has pieces of metal in his body, such as from shrapnel, a bullet injury or any implanted devices e.g. a pacemaker or artificial joint, which procedure is particularly difficult or may be impossible?
17. Francis Crick and James Watson did their research into DNA at what institution?
18. The painter Pablo Picasso was born in which country?
19. What name is give to a tax minimisation deal whereby a profitable company makes a payment to a loss-making company in the same group?
20. With what sport does one associate sponsor's trade names "Ping" and "Titleist" ?
21. What is the name given to the code of Roman law that was "published" with the approval of the Roman Republic in 450 BC?
22. A broad plain formed by the joining of very gently sloping, and typically concave, inclined bedrock surfaces is known as what?
23. Which country administers the uninhabited subantarctic Campbell Island, which lies at 52$^\circ$32'24″S 169$^\circ$8'42″E?
24. Which of these words means a castle gate?
25. In L M Montgomery's book, where was Anne of Green Gables brought up?
26. Whose famous "Chinese Theatre" is at 6925 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood?
27. The head of state of the Isle of Man, which is a Crown dependency and not part of the United Kingdom, is the monarch of Great Britain. They rule there because they hold what title?
28. What type of story begins "once upon a time" and ends "they lived happily ever after" ?
29. When St Michael's Cathedral in Coventry, UK, was rebuilt after being bombed in World War II, among several epic artistic creations was a glazed so-called West Wall showing what?
30. What was significant about the double-header between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Braves on 11 August 1951?
31. Which of these was a singer known as "The Big O" ?
32. What does a gelotologist study?
33. Where are frogfish found?
34. What type of apple was adopted by The Beatles' "Apple Records" as its symbol?
35. Which river flows through or forms the border of Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova and Ukraine?
36. Who wrote the books "Blott on the Landscape" and "Porterhouse Blue" ?
37. On May 23, 1816, what happened in Estonia?
38. Where is the island named Groote Eylandt?
39. Where are trinquetes and frontons found?
40. Which was the first Soviet Union republic to establish its independence when the Soviet Union was dissolving?
41. Before 1945, what was the city of Gdansk called?
42. Wenceslas Square is in which capital city?
43. What field of activity does a potager usually supply?
44. In literature, what is the word for a person, or a group of people who are the main character, or the main characters (in simple terms, "the hero")?
45. When does a biannual event occur?
46. The Treaty of Wallingford, signed in 1153, ended the civil war between Empress Matilda and her cousin King Stephen, which was fought over what?
47. Who were the two contenders for the America's Cup in yachting in 2013?
48. The mural-size canvas painted in oils, known as "Guernica", was painted by whom?
49. The singer Frank Sinatra was known by what nickname?
50. What is the name for a mountain in Scotland with a height over 3, 000 ft (914.4 m).
51. How many times has cricket been an Olympic sport?
52. What is the most abundant element in the earth's crust?
53. Which of these Mediterranean islands is the most eastern?
54. In the 25 years from 1962 to 1986, which golfer won a record 18 professional major championships?
55. What is the title of the patriotic anthem by Julia Ward Howe that contains the line "His truth is marching on" ?
56. The chief rivers of which country are the Ebro, Jucar, Guadalquivir, Tagus, Douru and Minho?
57. Which artist performed with the group From Scratch and pop/rock/alternative band Blam Blam Blam, and co-founded the musical/theatrical band Front Lawn and the rock/alternative band The Mutton Birds?
58. What are the Passerelle Clauses?
59. In which film was Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" used to underscore a helicopter attack?
60. When were taxes on income first established as a permanent federal feature in the USA?
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