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General Knowledge Quiz 247 (60 MCQs)

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1. What was an ingredient of the fermented sauce first released commercially in 1838 under the name "Worcestershire Sauce", and eventually "Lea & Perrins" ?
2. What do the words "xoxo", "pogonophobia" and "yarn bombing" have in common?
3. Which of these cities lies between Philadelphia and Washington, DC?
4. Which is a security agency administered by and part of the Ministry of Justice in Japan?
5. Which comic strip created by Rudolph Dirks that first appeared in 1897 in the "American Humorist", the Sunday supplement of the New York Journal, is still distributed, making it the oldest comic strip still in syndication?
6. Martin Kamen, with Sam Ruben, synthesised the radioactive isotope carbon-14 in 1940 and then was the first to use it to study what?
7. What do the matches played under the auspices of the FIDE take place on?
8. Who takes care of animals on a film set?
9. According to the 1962 film "The Day of the Triffids", what was fatal to the triffids?
10. In May 2010, David Byrne, the former lead singer of 1980s band "Talking Heads", began a lawsuit claiming $ 1 million in damages against Florida governor Charlie Crist over the use of which song in an election commercial?
11. Who was the subject of the film "I'm Not There", and did not appear in it?
12. From 1925 to the start of World War II in 1939, Ahmed Muhtar bey Zogolli ruled what country?
13. What is the median of 1, 2, 2, 5, 9 and 17?
14. What are Jetfire, Whirl, Roadbuster, Shockwave, Omega Supreme, Sky Lynx, Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, Blitzwing and Jazz?
15. Something which is specious can be what?
16. When was the first part of the erstwhile royal palace, the Louvre, opened in France as a public museum?
17. Who were Mr and Mrs Munster in the 1960s TV series?
18. In snooker, what is the name of the shot where a ball goes into a pocket after hitting the opposite cushion?
19. Which is a show produced by July Moon Productions, Kicked to the Curb Productions, Anonymous Content and Paramount Television, and released as a series on Netflix in 2017?
20. The United Nations Charter was signed by 50 nations in San Francisco on which day?
21. What was Harry Potter's pet, Hedwig?
22. In Scotland and northern England, what is a "bairn" ?
23. What was Geri Halliwell's nickname when she was in the Spice Girls?
24. In August 2009 Wallace Souza was accused of arranging murders so that cameras for the TV programme that he hosted, "Canal Livre", could be on the scenes of the crimes before the police. In which country did this happen?
25. When part of Ireland was given a new constitution in 1937, what name was given to it?
26. In traditional English cuisine, what goes with roast pork?
27. According to legend, who was King Arthur's father?
28. The 1980 Summer Olympic Games were ..... ?
29. To where, between June 1948 and May 1949, was over 1 million tons (up to 13, 000 tons per day) of food, coal and other supplies transported by the aircraft of the USA, UK and France?
30. Where is the Gulf of Urabá?
31. Although much reduced and fragmented, the Atlantic Forest stretches where?
32. Which of these is a fictional character in a series of children's books by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, and adapted into multiple films and television series?
33. After sporadic visits by European explorers and merchants from the 17th century onwards, the eastern half of which continent was claimed by the British in 1770, and officially settled as a penal colony on 26 January 1788?
34. What was the nationality of the scholar Erasmus?
35. The version of Magna Carta accepted by King John of England at Runnymede and given the Royal seal was annulled shortly afterwards by Pope Innocent III; who then issued the version which survived to become the basis of much of modern Western law?
36. If a group have gathered for a bonspiel, and have the appropriate stones, brooms and hacks what other equipment is also needed?
37. Why do haloclines in parts of the coasts of New Zealand's rain-drenched Fiordland foster a unique shallow water growth of deep water coral?
38. Who played Skylar in the film "Good Will Hunting" ?
39. To say something is "bootleg" implies that it is what?
40. Where, since 1839, is the steeplechase known as the Grand National run over 4 1/2 miles in England?
41. The "Giant Marbles" rock formation in the USA is in which national park?
42. Julian Edwin Adderley, a jazz alto saxophonist of the small combo era of the 1950s and 1960s, was known by what nickname?
43. What science features in the "Indiana Jones" film series?
44. One form of ascorbic acid is commonly known as which vitamin?
45. Which English explorer commanded the ships "Discovery" and "Terra Nova" to explore the Antarctic?
46. Where was the Two Seas Canal built, of which the first part was constructed 1666 to 1681?
47. Where does Harry Potter have a scar in the shape of a bolt of lightning?
48. What dye used in cooking for crimson tints is made from the body of a female insect inhabiting Peru and Mexico?
49. From which play is the quotation "All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players" ?
50. What body did the National Assembly of Venezuela, first elected in 2000 under President Hugo Chávez, replace?
51. Which Greek philosopher and mathematician, born on Samos around 582BC, established a school at Crotana?
52. What small, oily fish, of which there are 15 species, found in the shallow, temperate waters of the North Atlantic, the Baltic Sea, the North Pacific, and the Mediterranean, move in vast schools, coming in spring to the shores of Europe and America?
53. During lockdowns designed to halt the spread of the pandemic COVID-19 in 2020, several studios chose to release films online instead of waiting for theatres to open. Which was one of these?
54. Which of these phrases is traditionally associated with a highwayman?
55. Which legendary couple are said to be buried at Glastonbury, Somerset, England?
56. If a criticism or a satire is described as mordant what does that mean about it?
57. What is pognophobia the fear of?
58. Who wrote the memoirs "'Tis" and "Teacher Man" ?
59. "Silks" is the name used to describe the uniform of a competitor in which sport?
60. Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836-1917) was the first woman in Britain to be elected to a school board, the first female mayor in Britain, and the first ..... ?
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