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General Knowledge Quiz 210 (60 MCQs)

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1. In his autobiography "Life", what does Keith Richards say is his nickname for Mick Jagger?
2. Where is the dangerous oval-shaped reef and island known as Banc du Geyser?
3. What does the phrase "lickety spit" imply?
4. The show "Mozart in the Jungle", first streamed 2014-2018, focussed more in its third and fourth seasons on what?
5. Normally, a string quintet contains how many violins?
6. What does the 1954 book "The Bafut Beagles" describe?
7. A baby's first teeth are called what?
8. The Manhattan Project, led by the USA and including scientists from the UK and Canada, was the codename for a project that ran from 1942 to 1946 to develop what?
9. Mother Teresa is mostly associated with which of these cities?
10. What is both the botanical name and the English common name of a genus of flowering plants, sometimes also called sugarbushes, that were named in 1735 by Carolus Linnaeus?
11. The plot of the book and films entitled "The Day of the Jackal" concerns an attempt to kill the leader of which nation?
12. Which country has the International Dialling prefix 44?
13. What was the first song played on MTV on 1 August 1981?
14. What is a scuppernong?
15. Who was the early 17th century literary character Rosinante, or Rocinante?
16. The mountainous Kyrgyz Republic borders which of these countries?
17. The symphonic poem "Tintagel" in 1921 is a well-known work of which composer, poet, and author?
18. The hymn "I vow to thee, my country" was set by Gustav Host to which of his "The Planets" suite?
19. Which art museum, on the eastern edge of Central Park in New York City, USA, has a permanent collection containing more than two million works of art?
20. Who was the king of England who succeeded James I?
21. The skin condition urticaria takes its name from the Latin word for which of these?
22. Where is Erta Ale, the longest continuously erupting volcano (since 1906) and one of only four volcanoes with a lava lake?
23. What, holding a sword in one hand and scales in the other, traditionally represents "Justice" ?
24. What does sauerkraut traditionally consist of?
25. The course for which of these sports has "bunkers", "fairways" and "greens" ?
26. Where is the Tassili n'Ajjer National Park?
27. Al Pacino turned down the lead in which film, based on G B Shaw's Pygmalion?
28. In the middle ages, what were built in Canterbury, York, Lincoln, Salisbury, Lichfield and Winchester?
29. Who won the Best Actress Oscar for her role as Queen Elizabeth II in "The Queen" ?
30. What is the name of the song by Kenny Rogers that includes the lines "You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, Know when to walk away and know when to run" ?
31. There are 354 steps from where to where?
32. Suede is variety of what?
33. Who co-starred with Kevin Costner in "Bodyguard" and released a song from the movie, "I Will Always Love You", which became a hit?
34. The noted 15th and 16th century maritime explorers Ferdinand Magellan, Pedro Álvares Cabral, Vasco da Gama and Bartolomeu Dias (or Bartholomew Diaz) are all of what nationality?
35. The soldiers in New Zealand's Pioneer Battalion in World War I were all ..... ?
36. Beth Heiden, Christa Rothenburger and Sheila Young have all been world champions at speed skating and which other sport?
37. The Lorentz transformation of a scalar field takes into account the effects of what?
38. In Greece, what is a dish that is mainly cucumber mixed with garlic and yoghurt called?
39. Where would the phenomenon reported by locals as Naga Fireballs be found?
40. In 1957 the US army donated 15 what to zoos, and sold the remainder of its stock to the public?
41. Where did the 1819 event known as Peterloo take place?
42. Anton Gregorovitch Rubinstein, the 19th century musician who founded a conservatoire of music in St Petersburg, is associated with which instrument?
43. What is the name of the line of latitude that is approximately 23 degrees 30 minutes North?
44. In 1954 the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) appointed the first of its Goodwill Ambassadors, who was ..... ?
45. Which of these could be described as a potentate?
46. What is a Harvey Wallbanger?
47. Which American was the first Western photographer allowed into the Soviet Union, the first female photojournalist for Life magazine, the first female war correspondent and the first to be allowed to work in combat zones during World War II?
48. Where two or more species, sometimes related, co-exist in the same habitat at the same time how can they be described?
49. An arctophile is a lover of what?
50. What is the common name of the chemical NH3, which is found in cleaning products?
51. Which of these seas is not off the coast of North America?
52. What is the name of the Spanish island group in the Mediterranean Sea that includes Majorca, Minorca, Ibiza, Formentera and Cabrera?
53. In the first 25 years after 1975-76 when the world snooker ranking system was established, 6 players were Number 1 at various times; among how many further players was the ranking shared in the next 23 years (including in the rolling format from 2010 on)?
54. Which pair of films directed by Quentin Tarantino were originally conceived as one film?
55. What is the base meaning of the word "duma", a Russian assembly with advisory or legislative functions, and the formal name of the lower house of the Russian national parliament?
56. What is a name for the abstract study of topics such as quantity, structure, space, and change?
57. What is the official Latin name for Switzerland, which translates as the "Swiss Confederation" ?
58. In 1988, 290 people were killed when an Iranian airliner was shot down by a ship belonging to what navy?
59. In which area did the authors of "Spycatcher:The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer" (1987) describe themselves as working?
60. Malick Sidibé was internationally famous as a what?
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