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General Knowledge Quiz 205 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which river runs through the cities of St. Louis, Saint Charles, Jefferson City and Kansas City?
2. The Crusaders from western Europe during their fourth crusade destroyed what major Orthodox Christian city in 1204?
3. What does the Russian word "dacha" refer to?
4. Which of these is an African gabbro and granodiorite monolith, an inselberg similar to the sandstone monolith Uluru/Ayers Rock in Australia?
5. What does the acronym START, a treaty signed on 31 July 1991 and effective from 5 December 1994, stand for?
6. In 1970, where did the authorities attempt to dispose of the rotting carcass of a beached sperm whale with explosives, which threw guts and chunks of whale flesh over 800 ft (up to 250 m) away?
7. Lotte Lenya, who played Rosa Klebb in "From Russia With Love" and the Contessa in "The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone", was married to whom?
8. Which US state produces the most maple syrup?
9. The diet of dung beetles varies according to species, including the dung of herbivores and omnivores, mushrooms, decaying leaves, fruits, but in the case of one species what instead?
10. Which of these was a film starring Robert Carlyle, Ewan McGregor, Kelly Macdonald, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd and Ewen Bremner?
11. Which of these words refers to someone from Naples?
12. "RBT" is a reality TV series (first screened 2010) focussing on what?
13. What branch of anthropology compares and analyses the origins, distribution, technology, religion, language, and social structure of the ethnic, racial, and/or national divisions of humanity?
14. What position did Boris Johnson hold from 4 May 2008 to 9 May 2016?
15. What does the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom relate directly to?
16. When was the chart-topping single "Barbie Girl" released?
17. Which star shines brightest in Earth's sky?
18. What is 17 year old New Zealander Lydia Ko's ranking in women's world golf at the start of 2015?
19. Which of these characters appear in "Jabberwocky", a poem of nonsense verse by Lewis Carroll in "Through the Looking-Glass" ?
20. Where are the Mendips?
21. What was the title of Gracie Field's autobiography?
22. Which of these is most similar to blancmange?
23. Which of these words comes to English from the Swedish language?
24. Which of these countries was known as the Pepper, or Grain, Coast by European traders until the 19th century?
25. Who were the series of books for beginners, first published in 1991 and initially about computer systems and software, explicitly aimed at?
26. Which English poet, Roman Catholic convert, and Jesuit priest, whose 20th-century fame established him posthumously among the leading Victorian poets, was praised because "his experimental explorations in prosody ..... and his use of imagery established him as a daring innovator in a period of largely traditional verse" ?
27. Where is Copacabana Beach?
28. In what year did the airship Graf Zeppelin complete the first round-the-world flight in September, and inaugurate the first commercial transatlantic service in October?
29. Which of these is a play by Oscar Wilde?
30. Which holy book consists of two parts, the Mishnah and the Gemara, the latter of which differs between the Jerusalem and Babylonian versions?
31. Formosa Island is one of the largest islands on which river?
32. Where, on 24 June 1314, did Robert Bruce defeat Edward II's army?
33. How did the leotard get its name?
34. The Mason-Dixon line, originally surveyed to define the border between Pennsylvania and Maryland, is along which longitude?
35. Which of these is a fluid obtained by the distillation of resin obtained from trees, mainly pine trees?
36. What part does Scheherazade, the wife of the Sultan Shahrayar, play in "The Thousand Nights And One Night" (sometimes known as "The Arabian Nights")?
37. What do Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gary Cooper, Marlon Brando, Dustin Hoffman, Tom Hanks, Jack Nicholson, Daniel Day-Lewis and Sean Penn have in common?
38. Usain Bolt is what type of athlete?
39. In the 13th century how far west did the rule known as the Golden Horde extend?
40. Who became world Middleweight boxing champion by beating Sugar Ray Robinson in London on 10 July 1951 and lost the title to Robinson in New York on 12 September 1951?
41. What was US president John Kennedy's middle name?
42. What is a specific learning disability involving innate difficulty in learning or comprehending mathematics, similar to dyslexia?
43. Koalas are native to which country?
44. In the long-running US serials "Law and Order" and the off-shoot " ..... Special Victims Unit" there is a connection with the even longer running UK serial "Coronation Street" in the person of an actor who has played which role?
45. How is it generally accepted that Coney Island in New York got its name?
46. Which fictional characters appear in plays by Shakespeare, Tom Stoppard and W S Gilbert?
47. Where is the Niterói Contemporary Art Museum, opened in 1996?
48. What was Britbox's first original drama series released in the US?
49. In the darts game "21", how many throws are permitted in order to get to the score of 21?
50. Of whom or what was Oscar Wilde reputedly speaking in one of his last reported remarks, "One of us will have to go" ?
51. Who is cartoon character "The Phantom" married to?
52. What does julep always contain as a base?
53. According to the saying, what "wasn't built in a day" ?
54. Paraplegic New Zealand sportswoman Neroli Fairhall won Paralympics and Commonwealth Games golds and held medals and titles in international and World Championship contests for what discipline?
55. Traditionally what area does the "Southern Cone" cover?
56. What caused the disaster in December 2004 which killed an estimated 227, 898 people in 14 countries round the north-eastern Indian Ocean?
57. Which is a distinguishing characteristic of true fungi?
58. Which of these forms the main diet of the American bald eagle?
59. Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group purchased which historic London theatre in 2000?
60. Who was Mel Gibson's co-star in the "Lethal Weapon" series of films?
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