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General Knowledge Quiz 243 (60 MCQs)

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1. The mountains called the Grampians are in which of these countries?
2. From time to time the Earth's magnetic poles reverse; which of these is a way past reversals can be detected?
3. What latin phrase means "unaccompanied" when applied to music?
4. What was the first land passage between Manhattan Island and Brooklyn that, on its opening in 1883, became the longest suspension bridge in the world and its towers the tallest structures in the Western Hemisphere?
5. The Peloponnesian War, fought around 430 to 405 BC, was primarily a conflict between the city state of Athens and people from where?
6. The technology industry centre known as "Silicon Valley" is in which state of the USA?
7. To go "round the houses" in asking or answering a question means what?
8. Which conflict began in England in 1455 after King Henry VI, following a troubled reign, had a long period of mental withdrawal?
9. Out of the following African countries, which has the largest population?
10. What is the former name of the area that is now called Belize?
11. In 1632 the Puritan William Prynne published "Histriomastix", over a thousand pages, showing that what were unlawful, incentives to immorality, and condemned by the scriptures, the fathers, modern Christian writers, and the wisest of the heathen philosophers?
12. Chinese poet Ai Qing is closely related to which of these?
13. Which English botanist became famous for his research during expeditions to the east coast of Canada in 1766, the Pacific in 1769 and Iceland in 1772?
14. The 1992 Winter Olympics were the last what?
15. What causes the scent to develop in the aromatic resinous wood known as agarwood, or aloeswood?
16. Wars in 1947-48, 1965 and 1971 ended in a formal Agreement between which two countries and established a Line of Control where?
17. Which active volcano is the second highest peak in Mexico?
18. In skeet shooting what are the discs made of?
19. Started as early as 1888, professional competitions offering trophies testing and displaying cowboy and vaquero skills are called what?
20. Mexico is on what continent?
21. Which song by John Mayer, written for the Rob Reiner film "The Bucket List", was his highest charting single on Billboard at that time, and won Best Male Pop Vocal Performance at the Grammy Awards in 2009?
22. Which celebrated British couple were first mentioned in a poem by Henry Woodfall which appeared in 1735 in "The Gentleman's Magazine" ?
23. If something is nugatory what is it?
24. In 1905-6 the New Zealand representative rugby team toured the British Isles, France and North America, winning all matches apart from a loss to Wales, and are now known as what?
25. Who was the star of the films "Saturday Night And Sunday Morning", "Tom Jones" and "Two For The Road" ?
26. Who won the World Individual Championship Speedway title four times in 1957, 1958, 1964 and 1966?
27. When are CPM (Continuous passive motion) machines used?
28. Which of these is a term broadly applied to a range of persistent skin conditions that include dryness and recurring skin rashes characterised by redness, swelling, itching and dryness, crusting, flaking, blistering, cracking, oozing, and/or bleeding?
29. What type of pasta is shaped like hollow spaghetti?
30. Who resigned his army commission in 1858 to write music, such as the opera "Boris Godunov" and "Pictures at an Exhibition" ?
31. What city is the subject of "The Book of the City of Ladies" (finished 1405)?
32. Who is the most recent actor, up to 2015, to play the part of James Bond in films?
33. What perennial herb with sweet pine and citrus flavours was known to the Greeks and Romans as a sign of happiness?
34. Calicivirus, which was introduced illegally into New Zealand in 1997 to kill the exploding rabbit population, also has a form which seriously infects what other animal?
35. During the 1988 Summer Olympics American athlete Greg Louganis was concussed in preliminary rounds, went on to earn the highest single score in the next round and then to win the gold medal, in what discipline?
36. Which of these is an Australian carnivore?
37. What was the Giotto spacecraft sent to investigate in 1985?
38. Which term is unlikely to be used in a mathematical equation?
39. Which of these is one of Barry Humphries' "other identities" ?
40. Which English barrister, who wrote the play "Voyage Around My Father" and the TV series "Rumpole of the Bailey", died in January 2009?
41. "Yo! Bum Rush the Show", using the talents of Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Terminator X, Hank Shocklee, Eric Sadler, Stephen Linsley, Bill Stephney, Vernon Reid, Bill Stephney and Juice, was the debut album of which group?
42. When was the first trans-Atlantic telephone cable service opened?
43. What musical instrument is Woody Allen known for playing?
44. After a military coup on 21 March 2009, in which country did Andry Rajoelina became the youngest of the current heads of state in the world and the youngest head of state in Africa?
45. Which of these is a legendary island said to have sunk?
46. Jay Ward and Alex Anderson created which character which first appeared on American TV in 1959?
47. Which of these names is most associated with the politics of India?
48. On 16 June 1883 in Sunderland, UK, there was a disaster in which 183 children were asphyxiated; where did it happen?
49. Which author brought together the characters Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus?
50. The writer of US TV series "NYPD Blue" (1993-2005) was also the creator and/or writer of several other hit series; which of these was not one?
51. What film starred Michael Caine in the 1966 version and Jude Law in the 2004 version?
52. Americans call it a trunk. What do the British call it?
53. What is the focus of Gillian Wearing's 1997 Turner Prize winning work, "60 Minutes Silence" ?
54. On what continent are the following found:Mt Kilimanjaro, Ngorongoro Crater (the world's largest unbroken caldera), Nile River, Okavango Delta, Red Sea Reef, Sahara Desert, and the Serengeti Migration?
55. The series "Marvel's Daredevil" was created as what?
56. Animals which are ovoviviparous, such as some vipers and other snakes, frogs, toads, iguanas and lizards, sharks, and fish, do what?
57. What was the native language of Albert Einstein?
58. What name is given to 7 mathematics problems stated by the Clay Mathematics Institute in 2000, for which a US$ 1, 000, 000 prize will be awarded for a correct solution to any of them?
59. Who played eventual winners Atlético Madrid in the final of the 2010 UEFA Europa League soccer competition?
60. The high Andes mountains are home to which of these?
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