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General Knowledge Quiz 227 (60 MCQs)

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1. Who stands off-stage and reminds actors of forgotten lines during a performance?
2. The Swiss scientist Carl Gustav Jung was influential in philosophy, anthropology, archaeology, literature and religious studies but particularly in what other field?
3. If something or someone is described as smouldering, what is either literally or metaphorically present?
4. The Tokyo Summer Olympics in 2020 is the second time Tokyo has hosted the Games. How many years since the previous time?
5. Which English novelist wrote "Decline and Fall", "Brideshead Revisited" and "Officers and Gentlemen" ?
6. Which English soccer player, whose career in first class soccer ran from 1958 to 1976, was captain of the England team that won the 1966 World Cup and was England's most capped player (108) when he retired from the England team in 1973?
7. MC Romeo, Dan Da Man, Mr Akira and Mr C were members of which group?
8. The lands of Castile, which came to prominence in Europe in the 13th century, make up much of which modern country?
9. What is the next name in this series:Orlando Bloom, David Bowie, Daniel Radcliffe, Chris Martin, Sir Ian McKellen ..... ?
10. Horatio Nelson lost his right eye in which battle?
11. Who was born Claire Mary Teresa Rowstron in Gisborne, New Zealand, but became famous under her adopted name?
12. What name was given by Rudyard Kipling in one of his stories to a mongoose?
13. Which of these starred in the 1990 film "Hamlet" directed by Franco Zeffirelli?
14. What is the triangular part of a horse's hoof?
15. What does the chemical symbol Au stand for?
16. What term for a style of post-Impressionist painting with bold and flat forms separated by dark contours, a famous example odf which is Paul Gauguin's "The Yellow Christ" (1889), was coined by critic Edouard Dujardin in 1888?
17. In what field was Roland Garros, after whom an international French sporting venue is named, especially known?
18. What is the only country in Central America which is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, and has English as its official language?
19. Botany Bay is in which of these countries?
20. What is the main characteristic of the cult jigsaw puzzles first published in 1997 and known as Wasgij?
21. Lawnmower racing as a sport took off in the second half of the 20th century in the UK, USA and Australia; what reason was quoted in the UK?
22. Belgian Filip Eyckmans had the concept in 2004. The sport for which he had the idea includes music, inflation and trampolines, and is known as what?
23. In which sport have Chinese players won the men's World Championship 60% of the time since 1959, and in the women's competition, all but two of the World Championships since 1971?
24. Sir Winston Churchill as well as being a soldier and politician was a prolific writer. Much of his writing was in the non-fiction genre, military, social and political history and analysis; which was his only full-length published novel?
25. What does the Latin root "virgula" of the word for the punctuation mark "/" (forward slash or virgule) mean?
26. What was the original name of Mickey Mouse?
27. German measles, characterised by a rash, malaise, headache, fever and conjunctivitis, is otherwise known as what?
28. The revolver, with a single barrel and a number of chambers for cartridges fired by a one-lock mechanism, was patented in 1835 by whom?
29. Which 2002 play by Neil LaBute that takes place around 11 September 2001 concerns an extra-marital affair between a man (Sam) and his boss (Abby) who worked in the World Trade Centre?
30. What film was remade as the 1956 musical film, "High Society", starring Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, John Lund and Frank Sinatra?
31. Which of these sports has an arbitrator officially called an "umpire" ?
32. Which is the only country in Africa to show a weapon in its national flag?
33. What is the derivation of the word napalm, meaning a type of incendiary bomb?
34. What is the only book written by Emily Bronte?
35. Which of these is the nearest east of New York City?
36. Every year from mid-July to late August a shower of shooting stars, called the Perseid shower is seen. What does the event result from?
37. An oenophile is a lover of what?
38. Which war pitted anarchists, socialists, and Communists supported by the Soviets and international volunteers, against conservatives, monarchists, nationalists and fascists, with the support of Portugal, Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany?
39. Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool are collectively known as which band?
40. Where was the area known as "The Spanish Main?
41. What is the specialty of a podiatrist?
42. Ojos del Salado on the border between Chile and Argentina is what?
43. Who described "unified field theory", an attempt to unify and simplify the fundamental laws of physics, in a paper titled "On The Generalised Theory of Gravitation" in 1950?
44. Who developed the men's scent "I Am King", which was first marketed in February 2009?
45. What body of water between Israel and Jordan fed by the Jordan River has no outlet stream?
46. Which of these is called a "nymph" ?
47. Who wrote "A Year in Provence" ?
48. What land was recorded by the American captain Benjamin Morrell of the schooner Wasp in March 1823, in the Weddell Sea area of Antarctica, the existence of which was not disproved until during Antarctic expeditions in the early 20th century?
49. An aster is a type of what?
50. Which of these characters appeared in "My Fair Lady" ?
51. What is or are Westvleteren 12?
52. The Scrabble game board is marked with what sized grid?
53. Which of these is a form of overexertion by people who used the same repetitive motion for many years, especially in their profession?
54. In cosmological terms, what are JuMBOs?
55. What country has an official residence called Blair House, kept for guests of the leader of the country?
56. What was the cause of the Great Stink in London, UK, in the summer of 1858?
57. Where were descendants of intermarriage between Arawak and Carib Indians and Nigerian ex-slaves originally found?
58. How is Body Mass Index (BMI) calculated?
59. In musical notation, what is the name for the short lines drawn for notes that are too high or too low to fit on the stave?
60. Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon and Lorne Geene starred in what long running TV series?
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