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General Knowledge Quiz 217 (60 MCQs)

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1. How did the Presidency of Charles de Gaulle end in France?
2. The Apennines is a mountain range that runs for 870 miles in what country?
3. The Indus River flows the length of Pakistan and is Pakistan's main source of water for industry and drinking; where does it rise?
4. Which of these was a hit record for the band The Undisputed Truth in 1971?
5. In which continent does the Mekong River rise?
6. Which British TV series starring John Simm as DCI Sam Tyler and Philip Glenister as DCI Gene Hunt was remade in the USA starring Jason O'Mara and Harvey Keitel?
7. A full size replica of Chauvet Cave in the Ardèche in southern France was opened in 2015 to provide public access to what?
8. Toamasina, the chief seaport of its country, is on what sea or ocean?
9. What equipment puts an object in rotation around a fixed axis, applying a force perpendicular to the axis, and uses the sedimentation principle to cause heavier particles to move out along the radius?
10. Quicksilver is the alternative name for what?
11. Which medal awarded in the Australian Football League is informally known as "Charlie" ?
12. Who was the youngest First Lady of the USA?
13. "The Unsinkable Seven" is a nickname given to the only competitors to finish what rally, in both 1963 and 1968?
14. What US public holiday falls on the 3rd Monday in February every year?
15. Who designed the Shavian alphabet?
16. Ground-breaking research into American sexual habits was made by which couple?
17. Salmon is used to make which of these dishes?
18. Which story by Hans Christian Andersen involves Kai, Gerda and a splintered mirror?
19. What machine, that enables a person to breathe when the work of breathing exceeds their ability to do so, was invented by Phillip Drinker and Louis Agassiz Shaw in 1928 and improved upon by John Haven "Jack" Emerson in 1931?
20. In the enforcement equipment known as ASP, what does the "A" stand for?
21. What does the usual role for a roadie in a tour by musical performers relate to?
22. In netball, the ball cannot be held by a player for more than how long at any time?
23. What is the maximum number of people in a women's bobsleigh crew in official competition?
24. An isotherm is a line denoting equal what?
25. The city colloquially known as Krung Thep is the capital city of which country?
26. In 1932 Lotus Bakeries was established in which country?
27. Which of these is a type of semi-automatic pistol?
28. Who was known as "Ol' Blue Eyes" ?
29. The Rhine flows into the North Sea near which city?
30. PADI Worldwide, which has its corporate headquarters in California, USA, is concerned with what?
31. Between 1955 and 1970, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King and Angela Davis were significant people in which movement in the USA?
32. With what activity was Isadora Duncan associated?
33. Which ballet, with music by Igor Stravinsky and choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky under impresario Serge Diaghilev, caused a riot at its 1913 première in Paris by The Ballets Russes because the music and choreography were considered barbaric and sexual?
34. Which satirical 19th century American folk ballad talks of the merits of a little sister?
35. Marie Grosholtz was under threat of execution by guillotine in the 18th century but was reprieved out of respect for her teacher, and her skills, in the art of what?
36. Pope Francis is sometimes slowed, and in 2021 was prevented from taking part in some traditional services, by pain caused by what?
37. When there are clouds in the sky, which cloud formation best prophesies dry and settled weather over the next few hours?
38. What characterises a Möbius strip, or loop, i.e. one formed by attaching the ends of a strip of paper to one another after a half-twist?
39. Which rectangular flag centred with a white square was flown by British ships as a sign that it was due to sail?
40. What central London street is famous for containing the main government offices?
41. Epsom salts, traditionally used in bath salts and in agriculture, are what mineral compound?
42. Who was hanged on 11 November 1880 at the Melbourne Gaol, Australia?
43. What is the capital city of Australia?
44. A newly analysed human skull discovered in 1933 in northeastern China is described as a previously unknown line called what?
45. Which 2014 international conference held in Australia did Vladimir Putin leave before the closing ceremonies?
46. Hobart, Tasmania is due south of where?
47. In the movie 'Miracle on 34th Street', Kris Kringle is hired to play Santa Claus in what large department store?
48. What were the grounds for the debate about whether Russian athletes would be allowed to participate in the 2016 Olympic Games?
49. In February 1939 Madison Square Garden was the venue for a rally some 20, 000 strong in vociferous support of what or whom?
50. Which is one of the land masses closest to the Comoro Islands?
51. What is the principal ingredient of slivovitz brandy?
52. What engineering work was opened by Mayor McLellan on 27 October 1904?
53. The aims of the international organisation FIEP, originally mooted in 1900 and eventually established (as the FIGE) in 1923, are broadly speaking to promote action in what field?
54. What was the name of the enterprise, directed by J Robert Oppenheimer, to develop the first US nuclear weapon?
55. Which of the following people made their debut as a dancer in 1908, appeared with the Diaghileff Company, and became a choreographer in 1912?
56. From Hainan in the north to and including Singapore in the south, and including the Gulf of Thailand, how many countries have coasts on the South China Sea?
57. What do Seung-Hui Cho, Thomas Watt Hamilton, Robert Steinhäuser, Charles Joseph Whitman, Tim Kretschmer, Marc Lépine, Dylan Bennet Klebold, Eric David Harris, Farda Gadirov, Bai Ningyang and Walter Seifert have in common?
58. Who, after making a living painting porcelain and sun blinds, became well known due to such paintings as "Portrait of Alfred Sisley", "William Sisley (Father of Alfred Sisley)" and "Skaters in the Bois de Boulogne" ?
59. Where are the terms "flight", "paddle" and "lock" used?
60. In the films "Batman Forever" (1995) and "Batman & Robin" (1997) who was Bruce Wayne's ward?
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