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General Knowledge Quiz 244 (60 MCQs)

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1. The fur ermine comes from which animal?
2. Which of these is a warning shout during a game of golf?
3. Twenty years after the NFL began formally to review effects of injuries from repetitive play-related head blows e.g. CTE in NFL players, researchers in 2015 announced they had found CTE in what percentage of deceased NFL players examined?
4. Shane Lynch, Mikey Graham and Keith Duffy were members of which group?
5. What is the Hindu Kush?
6. The Sandinista National Liberation Front ruled from 1979 to 1990, initially as part of a Junta of National Reconstruction, in which country?
7. What was the only discipline competed in the first ISSF World Shooting Championships?
8. Who was the player nicknamed the "Say Hey Kid", who played for the Giants when they won the World Series in 1954?
9. Eyes, studs and dots are alternative names for what?
10. Which Greek poet (1200-850 BC) is famous for the poems popularly attributed to him about the siege of Troy and the wanderings of Ulysses?
11. In addition to having a slender long tail, prehensile and strong enough to function as a 5th limb, spider monkeys have what other characteristic, unusual in primates?
12. Which English writer wrote "Goodbye To All That", "I, Claudius", "Claudius The God" and "King Jesus" ?
13. In the 19th century, Edward Gibbon Wakefield set up which organisation to colonise New Zealand?
14. Whose novels "Northanger Abbey" and "Persuasion" were published posthumously in 1818, and who died before completing one that was eventually called "Sanditon" ?
15. Which American singer, actress, songwriter and author who was born Cherilyn Sarkisian has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award and three Golden Globe Awards?
16. What is the most prestigious event at the Henley Royal Regatta, for a cup which has been awarded since the regatta was first staged?
17. At the 1988 Olympics, the team from Great Britain defeated West Germany to win gold in which sport?
18. Which of these was a pioneer in the Western world in the use of moveable type?
19. Which of these cities is furthest from Hong Kong?
20. What name is generically given to any football match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, the most followed club football match in the world, watched by hundreds of millions?
21. Early in November 2010, the Pope made a speech in which he relaxed the church's rules on what?
22. Which of these starred in the television series "The Rockford Files" ?
23. What are North Ronaldsay sheep in the Orkney Islands almost exclusively fed on to give the meat its prized flavour in Orkney Island dishes?
24. When were 18 year olds allowed to vote in a General Election in the United Kingdom?
25. The musical "Calamity Jane" is set in which town?
26. Which ancient country to the south west of the Caspian Sea had rulers called Deioces, Phraortes, Cyaxares and Astyages?
27. The Cyclops computer system, conceived by British inventor Bill Carlton, was first used in international competition in 1980 for which sport?
28. What country separates part of the Gabonese Republic from the Republic of Cameroon?
29. Which city is in the Chao Phraya River delta?
30. When FIFA accepted Tourism Saudi Arabia as a major sponsor for the 2023 Women's World Cup, it caused controversy with organisations from which two countries?
31. What is carménère?
32. In 1960 an international agreement defined the metre in terms of the wavelength of the light from which gas, when burnt?
33. Which of these places is furthest from Perth, Australia?
34. British TV series "Soldier Soldier" (1991-97) was the springboard for what reluctant, short-lived but highly popular pop duo 1995-96?
35. Three women talk about noses of Turk, Tartar's lips, liver of blaspheming Jew, scale of dragon and other things in the opening scene of which play?
36. The South American butterfly Greta oto is known for having what?
37. In which film does the character Holly Golightly appear?
38. The "Entente Cordiale", signed on 8 April 1904, was a pact to resolve all outstanding issues that were outstanding between France and which other country?
39. One of the central characters in the US TV series "The Big Bang Theory" is overwhelmed when he is given a napkin signed and used by whom?
40. What does the A stand for in the United Nations agency known as the FAO?
41. In what film did Mae West as Lady Lou (starring with Cary Grant) first say "why'n'cha come up and see me sometime?" ?
42. Which of these people was related to Diana, Princess of Wales, by marriage?
43. Which London street runs from St Paul's churchyard almost to the Bank of England?
44. Cape Enniberg in the Faroe Islands and Thor Peak in Canada are known for their what?
45. If you suffered from androphobia what would you be afraid of?
46. What is the basis of the Moderna vaccine developed to combat the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and prevent COVID-19?
47. What was the final and controversial score in the intensely physical, driving, suspense-filled, penalty-ridden rivalry of the USA vs RUSSIA men's ice hockey game at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on February 14, 2014?
48. Courteney Cox, from the TV series "Friends", starred in which of these films, released in 1996?
49. Which of these is a type of file?
50. Which of these starred in the 2000 film "The Perfect Storm" ?
51. The national flag of Mozambique has what in common with that of Guatemala, Bolivia and Haiti?
52. Which is a variety of gypsum, typically white and translucent, or of calcite, usually either banded or marked with swirling bands of cream and brown?
53. The main ingredient of what dish is potato?
54. What is a ribosome?
55. Who was IBF Light Welterweight Champion from 4 March 1987 until he retired in December 1987, and was accused of being the masked gunman who shot Frank Warren, his former manager, twice in the chest in November 1989 outside the Broadway Theatre, Barking, England?
56. In Greek mythology Autolycus, a gifted, cunning and prolific trickster and robber, was the grandfather of Odysseus and which other Greek hero (making them first cousins)?
57. What book, written by Sun Tzu in the 6th century BC, has become so popular in modern business corporations that many Japanese companies make it required reading for key executives?
58. In the James Bond film "Goldfinger" who played Bond girl Pussy Galore?
59. If you sailed directly West from Perth, Australia, which of these harbours would be nearest your landfall on the other side of the Indian Ocean?
60. Which of these is a problem that a hairdresser would deal with?
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