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General Knowledge Quiz 212 (60 MCQs)

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1. Abkhazia claims independence from which country?
2. Where in Paris would you find the Arc de Triomphe?
3. Which of these is a tender low-growing culinary herb prominently featured in Italian cuisine, also playing a major role in the Southeast Asian cuisines of Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, which tastes similar to anise, with a strong, pungent, sweet smell?
4. In which UK TV series did Ronnie Barker play "Arkwright" and David Jason play his nephew "Granville" ?
5. Who of these could, chronologically, have sat down for a drink with Confucius?
6. Which band, in the middle of a "farewell" tour, performed at the closing ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics?
7. From 1965 as part of a civil war, and systematically from 1975 until at least 1986, which country purposely eliminated most of its native population and their villages?
8. Which 19th century composer wrote "Oh! Susanna", "Camptown Races", "Old Folks at Home" ("Swanee River"), "My Old Kentucky Home", and "Beautiful Dreamer" ?
9. What is the name for a method of enamel decoration where the design is outlined with soldered metal fillets which are filled with enamel paste or powder, which is vitrified and ground smooth?
10. What prompted British statisticians Duckworth and Lewis to devise the system now used to reset the target score for the team batting second in a limited overs cricket match interrupted by weather or other circumstances?
11. The Gunpowder Plot, planned for 5 November 1605, was an attempt by a group of Catholics to blow up the English parliament and which monarch?
12. Which of these is a guessing game where the clues to the answer are mimed?
13. In 2006, who became the second basketball player to score over 80 points in an NBA game?
14. What was the occupation of Vaslav Nijinsky from 1908?
15. A vestry is a feature of what sort of building?
16. Who wrote, between 2003 and 2008, "Little Red", "Little Red's Christmas Story", "Little Red's Summer Adventure" and "Tea for Ruby" ?
17. In general terms what does tensile strength measure?
18. International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge used to play which sport, representing Belgium?
19. Which sport, practised since at least the 8th century BC, is still current and was celebrated on the special €10 Greek coin minted in 2003?
20. What is the term "synaesthesia" applied to?
21. Which relative of the llama from Peru and Chile is known for its soft, fine hair?
22. The Reign Of Terror was a period in the revolution of which country?
23. Which of these people is best known for writing about wine?
24. Which English scholar of Ancient Roman civilisation, Professor of Classics and Professor of Ancient Literature is also widely known for presenting TV documentaries and discussions on civilisations ancient and modern?
25. In 1492, the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria were trying to reach which part of the world?
26. Which of these appear in Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado" ?
27. When was English law changed to enable a child to be made legitimate by the later marriage of its parents?
28. When Spanish commander de Heredia founded a city in 1533 on an indigenous village in a bay in the north-west of what is now Colombia what was the source of the name he gave to it?
29. The Marquesas Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean are a group of volcanic islands and an overseas collectivity of what country?
30. Chief Superintendent Strange, the Divisional Commander for Oxford city, of the Thames Valley Police force, is whose boss?
31. A litre is a measure of what?
32. Rosalind Franklin, a biophysicist and X-ray crystallographer who made critical contributions to the understanding of DNA, RNA, and viruses, was what nationality?
33. How long is the Greek measure called a "stadium" ?
34. A baseball pitch called a "knuckleballer" is characterised by what?
35. In the 1989 film "Batman", the Joker revealed his real name, which was ..... ?
36. Which wonder of the ancient world was on the island of Pharos in Alexandria, Egypt?
37. In the centre of South America, spread across Brazil, Paraguay, and Bolivia, there is an extensive wetlands known as what?
38. Which of these is double-landlocked?
39. What orchestral string instrument has a deeper tone than a violin, and higher than a cello?
40. Which author, in 2001, was the first to win the Whitbread Book of the Year award for what was classified as a children's novel?
41. Which TV series made in different countries includes characters with names such as Lace, Siren, Titan, Amazon, Panther, Warrior, Ice, Scorpio, Lightning, Blade, Cyclone, Flash, Force, Shadow, Thunder, Viper, Nitro and Cobra?
42. "So Dear to My Heart" (1948) was a film by whom, intended to be his first live action film but which in the end included animation?
43. Travelling up the St Lawrence River from its mouth, which is the first major city on its shores?
44. On a Monopoly board, what is the symbol for the water works?
45. What is the next in the series:Waterloo, Blackfriars, Blackfriars Railway, Millennium ..... ?
46. Cape Horn is the southernmost point of what area?
47. What is the name for an organised body of professional applauders employed in French theatres?
48. The Meuse River rises in France and flows through which other country or countries?
49. Which of these is a fighter plane used by the British air force during World War II?
50. The national team of the Iroquois League was admitted to the international federation for what sport in 1990 and competes internationally, the only native American/First Nations team to do so?
51. Which of these bands had hit records with "She Loves You", "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "P. S. I Love You" ?
52. "Saki" was the pen-name of which Scottish short story writer who was killed during World War I?
53. Which of these cities is in Libya?
54. A book by D H Lawrence that caused controversy in the 1960s is "Lady Chatterley's ..... " what?
55. A British comedy, first staged in London's West End in 1971 that ran for nearly a decade to packed audiences though unanimously panned by critics, was "No Sex, Please, We're ..... " what?
56. What is the name of the index of average daily prices on the New York Stock Exchange?
57. Sim, a two-player game designed to be played with pencil and paper, calls for the players to do what?
58. Bodrum, Fethiye, Marmaris, Kuşadası, Cesme, Didim and Alanya are tourist resorts in which country?
59. Where was the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Frances Spencer on 29 July 1981, held?
60. Former New York City police chief Bernard Kerik, appointed US homeland security chief in 2004, was imprisoned for 4 years in February 2010 for what reason?
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