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General Knowledge Quiz 242 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which of these gospels is last in the Christian New Testament?
2. Where was the word "ghetto" first introduced to describe segregated and restricted areas where Jews were forced to live?
3. In what decade was the oral vaccine against polio developed?
4. Which American is famous for her photographs of John Lennon and Yoko Ono taken the day of Lennon's death, Demi Moore nude when 7 months pregnant, and, later, nude with a suit painted on her body?
5. Suu Kyi, who was sentenced to home detention for six years in 2003, is the Leader of the Opposition in which country?
6. Which sport, originated by native Americans and introduced to England in 1867, is played with a stick with a net on one end by 12 players per side on a field around 100 to 150 yards long?
7. Where are more than half of the known mud volcanoes found?
8. Established in New York in 1999, what is the High Line?
9. What is the monetary unit of Cambodia?
10. Lavalava is a word common in the South Pacific. What does it mean?
11. What town is the setting for the film "It's a Wonderful Life" ?
12. Which way is it likely that the head of the successor of Queen Elizabeth II will face on a British coin?
13. Which country became a self-governing state within the British Empire on 3 June 1959, with Lee Kuan Yew sworn in as the first prime minister 2 days later?
14. Which of these was a 2005 hit for the Arctic Monkeys?
15. Where would one find the Appleton layer?
16. What waterway was opened to shipping on 15 August 1914 but not officially opened until 12 June 1920?
17. How many terrestrial planets are there in our solar system?
18. Which religion features the Five Duties or the Five Pillars?
19. What was "The Hindenburg Line" ?
20. Which of these countries has a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean?
21. The caves in the tepuis (table top mountains) in South America are formed in what kind of rock?
22. When did homosexuality between consenting adults cease to be illegal in England and Wales?
23. Which song contains the lyric "There'll be fun and laughter and joy ever after tomorrow when the world is free" ?
24. What caused the sinking of the British ship "The Royal Oak" on the night of 13 and 14 October 1939?
25. The San Andrés and Providencia island group near the Central American coast, together with Gorgona Island and Malpelo Island, are part of the territory of which country?
26. Which American dancer, also a rapper, record producer, ordained minister and entrepreneur, was co-founder of the short-lived DanceJam.com, exclusively dedicated to dancing video competitions, techniques and styles?
27. At the awards for "The Best of the Booker", a special prize awarded in commemoration of the Booker Prize's 40th anniversary, it was noted that two authors had won the Booker twice, J.M. Coetzee and who else?
28. Which of these people is concerned with the study of gorillas?
29. How high, including about 20 cm landing mat, should a pommel horse be?
30. What dessert consists of peach halves, raspberry sauce and ice cream?
31. What is raced in the annual I-500 in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, on the border between the USA and Canada?
32. Innsbruck is the capital of which Austrian state?
33. What do Switzerland, Hungary and the Czech Republic have in common?
34. What name was given to a series of violent events on 21 May 1979 in San Francisco, USA, sparked by the lenient sentencing (for voluntary manslaughter, the lightest possible) of Dan White for the assassinations of Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk, which led to changes in the city's official attitude to gays?
35. Which 1942 film starring Tim Holt, Joseph Cotton, Ray Collins, Agnes Moorehead, Dolores Costello and Richard Bennett was adapted by Orson Welles from a novel by Booth Tarkington?
36. Who carved Pinocchio?
37. Anne Geddes, an Australian-born photographer and clothing designer, is known for her stylized depictions of what?
38. What is the term for a wine with harsh and pronounced flavours?
39. Which book of the Christian Bible provides the details of the Apocalypse?
40. What US policy introduced in 1823, that efforts by European governments to colonise land or interfere with states in the Americas would be viewed by the USA as acts of aggression requiring US intervention, became one of the longest-standing tenets of US foreign policy?
41. Belgian Thierry Boutsen, winner of the 1989 Canadian Grand Prix and the 1990 Hungarian Grand Prix, drove for the Formula One teams of Benetton, Williams-Renault, Ligier, Jordan-Hart and what other?
42. Snooker is played with a what?
43. What, according to Greek legend, was built at Cnossos, Crete, by Daedalus?
44. Where is the woodland and plains ecoregion known as the Bushveld?
45. Why did Indian actress Deepika Padukone receive multiple death threats in 2017 and 2018?
46. What, apart from its warning bright orange and black colouring, gives the Monarch butterfly a level of protection from birds, lizards and similar predators?
47. Which low-key "equipment" is being used in Europe to catch drones which are believed to be posing a danger to the public?
48. Where would you go in all of U.S. territory to see the first sunrise of a new day at the equinox?
49. The city of Vladivostok is on which of Russia's coasts?
50. Pedro Lascuráin had the shortest Presidency of less than one hour (sources quote ranges between 15 and 55 minutes), of which country, thus giving it three presidents in one day on 18 February 1913?
51. Which of these is not a character in the TV series "Friends" ?
52. The International Olympic Committee and the United States Olympics and Paralympics Committees in 2021 and 2023, respectively, recognised which International Federation, making its sport eligible for inclusion in the Olympic Games?
53. Who had major hit records in the 1940s with "Beat Me, Daddy, Eight to the Bar", "I'll Be with You in Apple Blossom Time", "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy", "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else but Me)", "Near You" and "Underneath the Arches" ?
54. The ancient Greeks sailed through Propontis (now known as the Sea of Marmora), to reach Pontos; what is the modern name for Pontos?
55. What was the highest grossing American film of 1949?
56. The best known work of which 19th century French writer, who has the same name as his father, is "La Dame aux Camélias" ?
57. John McCain's running mate for the 2009 USA presidential election was the governor of which state?
58. When did the very young Lucasfilm's Computer Division create the first completely computer-animated sequence in a feature film?
59. In 2012 which was the city, second only to Paris, with the most populous metropolitan area in the world?
60. Daisy Ridley and John Boyega achieved world-wide recognition as the two young stars in what film released December 2015?
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