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General Knowledge Quiz 236 (60 MCQs)

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1. What are Duke Nukem, Frogger and Lemmings?
2. What is the only state flag in the USA that incorporates the Battle Flag of the Confederacy (also called the "rebel", "Southern Cross, or "Dixie" flag)?
3. Which of these is a major Australian River?
4. In the books by A A Milne, what was Eeyore?
5. The Waterbury children are from which film?
6. By what road do the Joads and Jim Casy travel west to California in John Steinbeck's novel of the great depression in America, "The Grapes of Wrath" ?
7. A famous round-robin chess tournament, one of the first super tournaments, was conducted in Hastings in England from August 5 to September 2 of what year?
8. Which of these French cities is famous for their mustard?
9. When the first pay toilets were established in the UK, at the Crystal Palace exhibition in 1851, the penny charge included using the hygiene facilities and what else?
10. A study of bacterial DNA through the 1960s and 1970s isolated and identified a new branch of the tree of life many of whose members live in places extremely hostile to other forms of life. What is it called?
11. Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the world's oldest and most famous cricket club (founded in 1787), is based where?
12. Who instigated the first complete translation of the Bible into English?
13. Which small marsupial, thought extinct until 1994, now survives naturally only in Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve in Western Australia, in estimated numbers of about 70?
14. What is the record speed, set in 2009 on Ivanpah Dry Lake near Primm, Nevada, USA, for land yacht sailing>?
15. Who wrote the music for the musical "A Chorus Line" ?
16. What word is commonly used to describe residents of the South American pampas, chacos, or Patagonian grasslands?
17. First released in 2009 and based on stylised wingless fighters, the game is called what?
18. What is a voluntary association of mainly former British colonies that co-operate with common values and goals that include the promotion of democracy, human rights, good governance, the rule of law, individual liberty, egalitarianism, free trade, multilateralism and world peace?
19. 19th century English theatrical manager and producer Richard D'Oyly Carte was responsible for the building of which London theatre?
20. What is the standard shape of counters used in Connect Four, or Connect 4?
21. The National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations was licensed in 2006 as what?
22. What characterises deep sleep?
23. What was the name of the first British jet bomber built in 1949 by English Electric?
24. What is the only sequel to win an Academy Award for Best Picture?
25. What was the title of the U S TV series starring Carroll O'Connor that was based on the British series called "'Til Death Us Do Part" ?
26. The French game popular in World War I called "L'Attaque", and the American game published in 1890 called "Baslinda", are similar to what other game?
27. Mount Fuji is in what country?
28. Pi mesons almost always decay into what?
29. The lyrics of which song were inspired by the successful American defence of Fort McHenry in September 1814?
30. What small group does the short-lived 21 episode TV series "Earth 2" (1994-5) follow?
31. On 24 July 1969, what object from outer space splashed down in the Pacific Ocean?
32. Canadian broadcaster Ron MacLean is known for his association with what sport?
33. What virtual cricketing prize began in 1882 when Australia beat England by 7 runs?
34. What is Spider-Man's secret identity?
35. What fraction of a millimetre is a nanometre?
36. In 1970, who began to popularise a style of journalism known as "Gonzo journalism" ?
37. Who was the first female prime minister of the Republic of India, who served for three consecutive terms from 1966 to 1977 and then from 1980 until her assassination in 1984?
38. What term is used when a sports team gathers in a tight circle to strategise, motivate or celebrate?
39. Which Irish Republican, an Irish volunteer of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, was elected to the UK Parliament while leading the 1981 hunger strike to protest against the removal of Special Category Status?
40. The World Freefall Convention moved in 2001 from Quincy, Illinois, where it had been first established in 1990, to where?
41. The Democratic Party is one of the main parties in US politics. What is the other?
42. What did the 1975 Viking programme aim to do?
43. Where is the northernmost point in the African mainland?
44. Apart from Africa where is there a Table Mountain?
45. What devastating event happened in north-east Asia in May 1987?
46. The third atomic bomb to be dropped from an aeroplane was where?
47. What age was Henry III of England when he succeeded his father, King John, in 1216 during an incursion by foreign forces?
48. Cameron Carpenter, born in Pennsylvania and currently living in the USA and Berlin, was the first what to be nominated for a Grammy Award for a solo album?
49. Which battle was partly fought on Senlac Hill?
50. The matched grip, Moeller method, Open, Rudiment and Traditional grip are terms used in playing what instrument?
51. In South America, the equator crosses Ecuador, Colombia and which other country?
52. Who was president of the USA at the outbreak of World War I?
53. What is the name for the station logo or watermark played at the corner of the screen in many TV programmes to identify the channel?
54. Which of these TV series is a cartoon?
55. What is the name for the outer covering of the shell of a coconut which is made into yarn used to make matting and brushes?
56. When a sensor is attached to the tip of someone's finger or their earlobe in the course of a hospital stay what is it measuring?
57. The US Masters golf tournament started in 1934. How many left handers won in the first 70 tournaments?
58. Which of these was viewed as an antidote to poison, and a general panacea?
59. Which is true of the volcano Cayambe in Ecuador?
60. In nursery rhymes, Tommy Tucker and Jack Horner are both referred to as what?
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