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General Knowledge Quiz 232 (60 MCQs)

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1. Who sang with Barbra Streisand on "No More Tears (Enough is Enough)" ?
2. When Robert Falcon Scott reached the south pole in January 1912, he discovered that who had reached it before him?
3. The Fandango originated in which country?
4. When Michael Clarke resigned his captaincy of the Australian team in the course of a 2015 competition between Australia and England, to take effect when the series was finished, what sport were the teams competing in?
5. Whose first album was called "Voice of an Angel" ?
6. Bob Judd wrote novels based in what environment?
7. Which of these buildings is in Kuala Lumpur?
8. What acronym is used to acknowledge a debt?
9. Craig Breedlove is mostly associated with which activity?
10. Which New York nightclub manager, who appeared on a cover of the New York Post holding a picture of her fiancé who was killed in the September 11 attacks, was alleged by The National Enquirer in 2009 to have had an affair with Tiger Woods?
11. Seattle Grace Hospital is the setting for which TV series?
12. What profession was Jean-Paul Marat, noted for his involvement in the French Revolution at the end of the 18th century?
13. The shallow soda Mono Lake is in what state of the USA?
14. What part of the body is affected by gingivitis?
15. Which of these happened to the half brother of USA President Barack Obama in January 2009?
16. What 1965 film was credited with saving 20th Century Fox from bankruptcy?
17. In which country are the cities of Bishkek, Batken, Karakol, Naryn, Osh and Jalal-Abad?
18. Where are the sacred sites of Oweynagat and the Hill of Tara?
19. Of what did Scotsman William Fyfe (1785-1865), founder of a longstanding and famous house in his industry, say that he preferred them because they were "fast and bonnie" ?
20. Someone who tells lies is what sort of person?
21. What song was played at the end of the 1964 film "Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb" ?
22. UNESCO has recognised which of these as an intangible cultural heritage in the culture of Belgium?
23. Which of these singers is also a children's author, most notably with the "English Roses" series, the first of which was published in 2003?
24. What is the scientific symbol for calcium?
25. With which sport do you associate "Flushing Meadow" ?
26. How many states are there in Australia?
27. In which '' Star Wars" episode does Anakin Skywalker transform into the black-suited Darth Vader?
28. In Roman numerals, what is signified by the letter V?
29. What is the name of the airport at Salzburg?
30. Where was co-founder of the band which became Crowded House, Neil Finn, born and raised?
31. Who won the Indycar Championship in 1993?
32. What does a contestant using a longbow need?
33. In what year did Sachin Tendulkar formally retire from playing cricket?
34. What used to characterise Lake Poopó in Bolivia, effectively dry since some time before the end of 2015?
35. What is a present term for the 15th and 16th century transfer of plants, food crops, animals, culture, people, technology, diseases, and ideas between the "New World" of the Americas and the "Old World" ?
36. Which of these was a TV series starring Ronnie Barker?
37. Where did the car manufacturer Renault originate?
38. Which of these is a woman?
39. What Canadian-born British newspaper proprietor was granted a peerage in 1917, was the first Minister of Information responsible for allied propaganda in allied and neutral countries in 1918 and, during World War II, was Minister of Aircraft Production and Minister of Supply?
40. If the map of South America were thought of as a human head viewed in profile, facing to its left, what could be an appropriate description?
41. Minsk is the capital city of which country?
42. How does Basque pelota differ from Valencian pilota?
43. Where is Noshaq, or Nowshak, or Nōshākh?
44. If something in the eyelid or cheek is described as vellicating what could this be due to?
45. Who co-wrote "BANG! The Complete History of the Universe" with Patrick Moore?
46. Duffel coats were named after a town in which country?
47. At the 1925 Wimbledon Championships, the finals of the Men's Singles were contested by René Lacoste who defeated Jean Borotra and the finals of the Women's Singles by Suzanne Lenglen who defeated Joan Fry Lakeman. Three of these players were French:what nationality was the other?
48. What is the term for the joints between the bones of the cranium?
49. Which are the most closely related to the armadillo?
50. The novels "The Lover", The Sea Wall" and "Moderato Cantabile" and the script for the film "Hiroshima Mon Amour" (1959) were written by which 20th century French novelist, playwright, scriptwriter, essayist and experimental filmmaker?
51. Which mountains are between Lake Champlain and the St Lawrence, in the state of New York, USA?
52. Which of these processes involves using specific hand, thumb and finger pressure to points in the patient's feet, ears and hands to cure illness?
53. What colour is Bob the Builder's hat?
54. What was the tallest man-made structure before the completion of the Eiffel Tower?
55. Where was the "Equitable Life Building", the first office building to feature passenger elevators?
56. In 429 CE, the Roman Emperor Theodosius II initiated what became known as the Codex Theodosianus, in order to do what?
57. Where was naumachy carried out?
58. Who is the next in this series:Jersey Joe Walcott, Rocky Marciano, Floyd Patterson, Ingemar Johansson, Floyd Patterson, ..... ?
59. Where was the Treaty of Waitangi signed in 1840?
60. What is entombed in a cenotaph?
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