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General Knowledge Quiz 221 (60 MCQs)

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1. What work of art dating from around 1100 AD is approximately 230 feet (70 m) long by 20 inches (50 cm) wide?
2. What is Tiger Woods' first name, really?
3. Where is ElephantEar made as a food?
4. The civil rights advocate, published writer and singer, Pauley Perrette, is also known as Abbey Sciuto the forensic scientist in what US TV series (2003-present)?
5. Japan's attack on Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, was a supporting strike to their main attack an hour or so earlier on where?
6. What is the chief ore from which aluminium is obtained?
7. Which American brig was discovered in mid-ocean in 1872, seaworthy and under partial sail but deserted?
8. What name is given to the silvery aureole enveloping the sun's chromosphere?
9. Which of these are worn on the shoulders?
10. What differentiates the game of roque from that of croquet?
11. With which of these was Canadian-born magnate and American convicted fraudster, Conrad Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour, associated?
12. What should you do with a baguette?
13. In June 2009 it was announced that the rats on Rat Island had finally been eradicated, 229 years after a Japanese shipwreck caused an infestation. Where is Rat Island?
14. A long running UK TV series, the longest to date, is what " ..... Street" ?
15. What name is given to the disease whereby parasites can change the behaviour of rats and mice, making them drawn to rather than fearful of the scent of cats?
16. The various series for British television in the 1950s, in 1979 and in a 2005 remake named "Quatermass ..... " were named after what fictional person or thing?
17. What area of interest is associated with Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820)?
18. In Irish folklore, what do leprechauns make?
19. What is the word used in Greek mythology for the underworld?
20. When the Chicago Cubs baseball team won the 2016 World Series, it was the first World Series win for them since when?
21. Limited-overs day/night cricket matches are often referred to as what?
22. Which of these is a very good hand in the game of cribbage?
23. Which fictional detective was created by G K Chesterton?
24. What do benthic communities consist of?
25. What was the fictional TV family, with children named John, Jason, Mary Ellen, Erin, Benjamin, James Robert and Elizabeth, that first came to US TV screens in 1972?
26. Which of these affects the eyes?
27. Solanine is a poison found in which of these?
28. Which country or territory has as its capital, the city of Nouakchott?
29. Which is a description of the mathematical form known as a solid torus?
30. By the time the first explorers from the West reached the remote Chilean island of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in 1722, how long is it thought that the island had been settled?
31. Which of these is a shade of brown?
32. What was the first name of de Gaulle, the first President of the French Fifth Republic from 1959 to 1969?
33. What is the Russian rocket launch and development site in the Astrakhan Oblast, between Volgograd and Astrakhan, established in 1946?
34. In what discipline is the English artist (of Bangladeshi descent), Akram Khan, MBE, known?
35. What were the last words of Romeo in Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" ?
36. With which sport is Michael Schumacher associated?
37. Which bird has the widest wingspan?
38. Who were John Lydon, Steve Jones, Paul Cook and Glen Matlock?
39. Which of these is the furthest north?
40. What is a term for the illusion that one is moving, in relation to some other relatively large object within a limited field of vision, when in fact it is the object which is moving?
41. What body of water does the Mississippi River empty into?
42. Which logic puzzle, described by the Crossword Editor of The New York Times as being the creation of Canadian Jacob E. Funk first published in 1950, was later revised and rebranded by Nikoli of Japan?
43. What is a word for a man dedicated to his smart appearance?
44. In the first 30 years since the first World Elephant Polo annual championship was held in 1982 how many countries have been represented among the winners?
45. Who was Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers during the occupation of Japan immediately following World War II?
46. Herodotus, one of the earliest writers now to be called a historian, lived when?
47. In the 18th century, the capital of Russia was moved from Moscow to where?
48. Which of these is the word for a coin collector?
49. In 1284, Prince Edward (later King Edward II of England), the first son born to Edward I of England, was the first English-born what?
50. When a snooker game is set up, what ball is set closest to the centre of the table?
51. What is a point of difference between beer or ale poured from a keg from that served from a cask?
52. Which construction, designed by Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen and structural engineer Hannskarl Bandel in 1947, that stands 630 feet (192 m) tall and is 630 feet (192 m) wide at its base, is called "the tallest monument in the USA" ?
53. Who plays the lead female role in the 2016 addition to the Star Wars drama, "Rogue One:A Star Wars Story" ?
54. A "throw in" or "bowl" is the way that the ball is put into play in which of these?
55. Where is the lowest point in the USA?
56. In Norse mythology, who was best known for carrying a hammer?
57. What did the Green March in 1975 precede?
58. What is the meaning of the German word "ausgang" ?
59. Who wrote the poem "O Captain! My Captain!" ?
60. Traditionally, the leader of a symphony orchestra plays what?
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