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General Knowledge Quiz 215 (60 MCQs)

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1. Where would a hamerkop be found?
2. What is the nickname of opera singer Lesley Garrett?
3. What is the term for the change in direction of a wavefront at an interface between two different media so that the wavefront returns into the medium from which it originated, common examples of which include the behaviour of light, sound and water waves?
4. The plot of which play by William Shakespeare, whereby the King of Sicilia becomes convinced that his wife and his childhood friend have committed adultery and are bearing a child, was taken from Robert Greene's "Pandosto" (1588), but given a happy ending?
5. Harry Webb, who performs under the name of Cliff Richard, was born where?
6. The title of a 1999 film was "Being John ..... '' who?
7. The two carotid arteries in mammals carry blood to where?
8. Which of these is a Chinese dynasty?
9. Which of these is a type of representation that has pictures representing syllables and words?
10. In 1903, the Tour de France first awarded what distinction for the last cyclist to finish the race?
11. What is the name given to the recurrent period of 28 years, whereby the days of the week recur on the same days of the month in any corresponding year?
12. Meat is usually "hung" after the animal is killed to improve tenderness and flavour. The recommended time differs according to the meat; how long is the usual minimum for which beef is "hung" ?
13. Golf was clearly popular in Scotland in 1457, when James II did what?
14. Most of China lies on which tectonic plate?
15. How many "tribes of Israel" were there that descended from Jacob/Israel?
16. "Dae Jang Geum" (2003), an internationally telecast TV series from South Korean TV channel MBC (entitled "Jewel in the Palace" in English-speaking countries) and loosely based on the Annals of Joseon Dynasty of Korea, focuses on a character with what occupation?
17. A long running controversy between FIBA and Euroleague, which intensified in 2015-2017, involved which sport?
18. The publication of which book by Salman Rushdie led to threats on his life by Ayatollah Khomeini?
19. Who wrote the line "No man is an island entire of itself" ?
20. In general terms what shape is an atoll?
21. Where is the Mzaar Kfardebian ski resort?
22. What dish has romaine lettuce and croutons dressed with parmesan cheese, lemon juice, olive oil, egg, Worcestershire sauce, and black pepper?
23. The communes of Le Lavandou, Cunaux and Sarpouranx in France, the Greek island of Delos, the town of Lanjarón, and the Japanese island of Miyajima or Itsukushima have at times had what in common?
24. Who became Head of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 1954 (for 22 years), and received an honorary knighthood in 1975 for his role in pioneering the exploration of space?
25. Which of these is most commonly found in apples?
26. The near-global slump referred to as "The Great Depression" happened mainly during what decade?
27. What was the name of the plane that Amy Johnson flew solo from Britain to Australia in 1930?
28. What term was coined by publisher Henry Holt to refer to the direct influence of mind on a physical system that cannot be entirely accounted for by the mediation of any known physical energy, such as distorting or moving an object and influencing the output of a random number generator?
29. Which of these most distinguishes Richard Nixon from other US Presidents?
30. The 10th competition of which sport was held in Dubai, South Africa, New Zealand, USA, Australia, England and Scotland in 2008/09?
31. Which of these is not a hippocampus?
32. Italian Dr Mattheo Thun, whose work can involve bottles and cutlery among other things is best described as what?
33. Where are the Zimbalese Mountains?
34. What is taphophobia the fear of?
35. In 2018 the leader of North Korea travelled outside his country, unusually, and met the leaders of several other countries, including South Korea, China and ..... ?
36. Papagena is a character in which opera?
37. An award-winning British children's graphic novel series, written and illustrated by Luke Pearson and published 2010 onwards, draws inspiration from what?
38. What is a female fox called?
39. A shallow ephemeral lake in the Gawler Ranges, South Australia, is at the centre of what-now largely eroded-estimated 90 km (56 mi) diameter impact crater?
40. Which cartoon series relies on the voices of Mike Judge, Kathy Najimy, Pamela Segall Adlon, Brittany Murphy, Johnny Hardwick, Stephen Root & Toby Huss?
41. What sport, when it was first played in 1902, was called immoral and "a monster that spreads its claws to all sides" ?
42. Which new category was introduced In 2017 into the Dakar Rally?
43. Table tennis, or ping-pong as it was called then, was delighting the upper class English in the 1880s. It was played with an odd assortment of equipment; which of these was not recorded as one of them?
44. The Balfour Declaration, made by Lord Balfour on behalf of the British Government in 1917, was a promise to do what after World War I?
45. What is the next in this series:3.1, 95, 98, 98SE, .....
46. What is the name for partially decayed vegetable matter that is dug up and used for fuel?
47. Noam Chomsky thought, lectured and wrote on many subjects, including which of these?
48. The premier rugby union tournament known as the Currie Cup since 1892 is held in which country?
49. Juneau, Alaska is the most northern of the US state capitals. What is the second-most northern?
50. Which British TV series, of a total of 82 episodes between 1991 and the end of 1997, was set variously in the UK, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Germany, Cyprus, Australia and South Africa?
51. Who are the Leopold and Loeb of the 2003 musical "Thrill Me:the Leopold and Loeb Story" ?
52. Which 1972 film, set in the 1930s, involved American Sally Bowles dreaming of becoming a movie star while working at "The Kit Kat" in Berlin?
53. What is the name of the French national flag adopted during the French Revolution, consisting of three equal vertical bands of red, white and blue?
54. An adventurous mouse called Anatole who lives outside Paris, France, and a mouse called Basil of Baker Street who lives in Victorian London, UK, were created by a writer who lived where?
55. Which composer was publicly denounced by his country's Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, as an "atonal noisemaker", and whose music was banned in 1936 and then included in the 1938 exhibition of Degenerate Music?
56. What word can be applied to someone who devotes their life to pleasure?
57. Which winter sport was contested as an Olympic sport only once, at the 1908 Summer Olympics?
58. When was the first recorded ascent of Mount Fuji by someone who is not Japanese?
59. For a real or complex number In mathematics, its distance from zero is termed its absolute value or what?
60. What do anthropologists study?
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