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General Knowledge Quiz 226 (60 MCQs)

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1. Why was the Eiffel Tower built?
2. In what field would the terms Nikkei, Dow, and DAX be used?
3. Where were statues of lamassu built in the first millennium BCE?
4. Which Greek letter usually denotes the brightest star in a constellation?
5. Where was the Year of the Great Stink (1858) which led to the installation of an efficient underground sewage system?
6. After Mac Bethad mac Findláich, or MacBeth as he is known in English, the Mormaer of Moray, claimed the throne of the recently united Scotland when his young cousin King Donnchad mac Crinain (Duncan) died in battle, how many years did he reign?
7. Approximately what shape is the Chinese island of Hainan?
8. In the game called Boggle, played using a grid of lettered dice used to find words in sequences of adjacent letters, what kind of skills are being exercised?
9. Which of these James Bond films is the most recent?
10. Which 2001 film swept the Golden Globes (in Drama) and the Oscars for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay?
11. Who carried out his early experiments at Villa Grifone, Bologna, Italy, with his brother Alfonso?
12. The didgeridoo is an instrument from which country?
13. What was ordered by Pope Paul IV in 1555 to be set up on the left bank of the Tiber?
14. The musical "The Sound of Music" is associated with which geographical area?
15. Which seabird that ranges widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific has the largest wingspan of any existing birds?
16. What is at the centre of the flag of Brazil?
17. How many songs from the Beatles "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" were released as singles?
18. A form of verb in the English language that expresses something probable, possible or wished for, is ..... ?
19. Of the 8 Summer Olympics between 1896 and 1952 inclusive, how many were held outside of Europe?
20. Which (prolific) author shaped books around characters called, among other things, Fauntleroy, Sara, Mary, Dickon and Colin?
21. Where is Shangdu, sometimes known as Xanadu?
22. Which of these was a novel by Thomas Hardy?
23. When did Polish codebreakers first break the code of the Enigma Machines used by German military?
24. "Whispering" Ted Lowe was associated with which sport?
25. In online gaming, what is the term for a multi-user real-time virtual world described in text that combines elements of role-playing games, hack and slash, interactive fiction, and online chat that were the forerunners of modern games like World of Warcraft, and social virtual worlds such as Second Life?
26. What describes "went" in the phrase "he went" ?
27. What is the main surface type in the Gobi Desert?
28. The Eddystone Rocks are 14 miles from which part of the UK?
29. What is the world's longest mountain range, that lies as a continuous chain of highland along the western coast of South America?
30. The TT on the Isle of Man, first run in 1907, is for what?
31. In which country was there a civil war between 1936 and 1939, which was won by General Franco's forces?
32. Who was King of England when Daniel Defoe published "Robinson Crusoe" and Jonathan Swift published "Gulliver's Travels" ?
33. Along with peaches, Peach Melba consists of what flavour of ice cream and what type of sauce?
34. When did blind black singer/composers Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles lose their sight?
35. Where is a clef indicated in a piece of modern written Western music?
36. Sun Myung Moon is known as the founder of what movement?
37. Who won the 1975 Wimbledon men's singles title?
38. In 2017 the new president of the USA, Donald Trump, had wars of words on social media with many people but the social media war with which person particularly disturbed many countries outside America?
39. In the British TV series "Til Death Do Us Part", who played Alf Garnett's wife?
40. Which fruit is used to make cider?
41. Which English MP, Chief Secretary to the Admiralty under King Charles II and King James II, kept a detailed private diary during 1660-1669 which contained personal revelations and eyewitness accounts of great events and, after publication in the 19th century, became a primary source for study of the English Restoration period?
42. The term "Nordic" means relating to what area?
43. "Song and Dance" which premièred in 1982 is performed in two acts, one entirely song and the other entirely dance, both to music composed by whom?
44. Which Beatle invested heavily in Handmade Films, the production company that made "Life Of Brian", "Monty Python In Search Of The Holy Grail" and "A Fish Called Wanda" ?
45. When was the first international championship, the World Cup, of One Day International (ODI) cricket held?
46. In which year was artist Pablo Picasso born?
47. Which school of thought is a manifestation in Islam of the rites, values, doctrines and institutions of mysticism, or ethical and spiritual goals?
48. In the sport of curling what is meant by "to wick the stone" ?
49. The archipelago of Indonesia was colonialised for about 4 centuries as a major trade prize. When did it finally gain fully recognised independence?
50. Which of these is not a member of the group of vitamins called Vitamin B?
51. Where did the Nasrid Dynasty rule from 1230 to 1492, the last Muslim dynasty to do so?
52. Where is Montevideo?
53. Where was the world's tallest road bridge opened in December 2004?
54. Ratatouille is native to which country?
55. Bishops Hugh Latimer & Nicholas Ridley, and Archbishop Thomas Cranmer were tried for heresy in 1555 and burnt at the stake. By what name are they collectively known?
56. What is the largest island of Denmark, that includes the cities of Copenhagen and Helsingǿr?
57. What is a hangnail?
58. The city of Potosi in Bolivia was known for centuries as what?
59. Which of these is an old-fashioned name for a song thrush?
60. When and where was the Batavian Republic?
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