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General Knowledge Quiz 202 (60 MCQs)

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1. What name was given to an uprising of rural workers in the south and east of England in 1830 who wanted to stop reductions in their wages and protest against the new threshing machines?
2. What computer game has variants such as Sudoku, Stax, Arcade, Jungle and Higher higher?
3. If a group of people is seeking parity with another group, what are they looking for?
4. When did twerking arrive on the American music scene?
5. What does "I" stand for in the acronym "LGBTI" ?
6. Who became the King of Norway on 17 January 1991?
7. Which of these is not part of a standard 3 piece suit?
8. What is a kumquat?
9. When did the word "smog" gain popular attention?
10. Which of these describes a sudden change of government, forcibly effected by a ruler, the army or the general populace?
11. Which of these is a term used in tennis?
12. The southern US dish "chitlins" is made from the intestines of what animal?
13. Where is Montego Bay?
14. What colour were the famous silica deposit terraces in New Zealand, destroyed during a 19th century eruption?
15. Where was nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale ("the lady with the lamp") born?
16. What board game is played with 24 pieces on a board marked with 64 squares, where the object is to capture an enemy piece by passing over it to a vacant square behind it?
17. The 1984 Winter Olympics were the first conducted under the IOC (International Olympic Committee) presidency of whom?
18. How many keys are there usually on a standard modern piano?
19. When Brad Pitt featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated in 2011 what was the reason?
20. Sometimes called a gulf or marginal sea, sometimes an extended delta, sometimes a river in which case it is the widest in the world, what is it known as?
21. In 1993, the British TV show "Network First" partly replaced which other British documentary series, which had been broadcast 1987 to 1992?
22. Which of these is a Chinese lottery game, popular in Oceania in the 19th Century, which is based on Chinese characters?
23. Which is a lammergeier's normal habitat?
24. Which of these historical periods in Britain is most recent?
25. What ocean does the Limpopo River discharge into?
26. The small island (57.4 sq. km) of São Vicente, the most densely populated island in Brazil, houses part of the city of São Vicente as well as part of what other city and a container port of the same name, the busiest in Latin America?
27. Which two American track and field athletes, who finished first and third in the 200 metres, were sent home from the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City after they performed the Black Power salute on the victory stand?
28. What is a "grotto" ?
29. The word for a shepherd's stave or, according to some, the alcohol in barrels with cork bungs has given the name to what sport?
30. Which team won the gold medal in the women's cycling team pursuit at the UCI World Cup in Beijing, 2009, setting the second fastest time in the world for the 3, 000m?
31. Libya borders which sea?
32. Who led barons to revolt against Henry III in 1263, established England's first elected parliament, and was killed at the Battle of Evesham in 1265?
33. Who wrote the song "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" ?
34. Düsseldorf is a major city in which country?
35. What was the name of the autobiography of motor racing commentator Murray Walker, published in 2003?
36. What is the mythological "xana" ?
37. What is the name of the cat that appeared in Warner Brothers cartoons?
38. Murmansk, a Russian city which is consolidating a focus on resources for oil and gas exploration and transport, is on the shores of what body of water?
39. In Buddhism, what is the state of blissful repose or absolute existence by someone relieved of the necessity of rebirth?
40. The Himalayas are on which continent?
41. If you take any number, double it, add 10, divide by 2, and subtract your original number, what will the answer be?
42. How many compete on each sled in skeleton racing?
43. What was the original nationality of the Nobel Prize-winning author of "Mario and the Magician", "Joseph and His Brothers", "Buddenbrooks" and "The Magic Mountain" ?
44. When Pixar executives John Lasseter, Brad Bird, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich were presented with the Golden Lion award for Lifetime Achievement by the Venice Film Festival in 2009, who was the award physically presented to?
45. Which of these was an English actor who featured in several Ealing Comedies, including "The Lavender Hill Mob", "The Ladykillers", "The Man in the White Suit" and "Kind Hearts and Coronets" (in which he played 8 characters)?
46. British actor Malcolm McDowell featured in which 1971 film, hailed as brilliant and dangerous, a landmark in the relaxation of control on violence in the cinema, a dystopian nightmare, and a hit in the USA and France, but was withdrawn in the UK in 1973 because of copycat violence?
47. Where was the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the first World Cup to use the video assistant referee (VAR) system, held?
48. Who has been quoted as saying "Cricket civilizes people and creates good gentlemen ..... I want ours to be a nation of gentlemen" ?
49. What kind of bird is a guillemot?
50. Where is the traditional home of balsamic vinegar?
51. Collard plants are closely related to which of these?
52. What best selling novel begins "The great fish moved silently through the night water, propelled by short sweeps of its crescent tail" ?
53. The eponymous leads in the US TV series "Rizzoli and Isles", which began in 2010, are what?
54. Which of these countries was officially neutral during both World War I and World War II?
55. The Joad family appear in which novel and 1940 film directed by John Ford?
56. Who was the Roman god of the sea?
57. Lalophobia is the irrational fear of what?
58. Who was the Roman god of the underworld?
59. Which country has won the most Football (Soccer) World Cups?
60. Who wrote the series of books revolving round Victorian era teenager Sally Lockhart?
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