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General Knowledge Quiz 248 (60 MCQs)

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1. The boundary of which territory, disputed by the USA and Canada, that had started between the Russian and British Empire in 1821, was resolved by arbitration in 1903?
2. What land, a British colony for 155 years, and occupied by Japan briefly in WW II, was ceded to the People's Republic of China in 1997?
3. A club in central London called "The Night Tripper" that opened on 23 December 1966 later changed its name to what?
4. Which is the nearest neighbour of the island of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States?
5. Where are the Yoruk people native?
6. Which of these is a short coat, either sleeveless, or with short sleeves or shoulder pieces, which was a common item of men's clothing in the Middle Ages?
7. The first concrete-steel composite arch bridge in the USA that links the states of Nevada and Arizona by spanning the Colorado River is near which other man-made construction?
8. The federal government of Australia moved to what new, purpose-built, planned, capital city in 1927?
9. Which film featured the voices of Hugh Grant in his animated feature film debut, Martin Freeman, Imelda Staunton, and David Tennant?
10. Which of these cities is not a port?
11. Muslin and chenille are two what?
12. Where did the early 19th century art movement which reacted against Neoclassicism, the academy system and virtuosity in art, take shape?
13. What kind of event is the Welsh word Eisteddfod applied to?
14. Which of these US states is the furthest south?
15. Harry Osborn is the offsider to which comic book superhero?
16. The ice field which contains the world's third largest reserve of fresh water and is the world's second largest contiguous extrapolar ice field, lies across which two countries?
17. In 1919, Rev Philip (Tubby) Clayton founded which organisation as a club and church for returned soldiers?
18. Which book of the Bible contains the story of the visit of the Queen of Sheba to the court of King Solomon?
19. Which American abolitionist was one of a group who seized the Arsenal at Harper's Ferry in October 1859, was wounded, captured and, in December, hanged at Charleston?
20. Where are the islands of Mayotte, a French overseas department and region, and single territorial collectivity?
21. What did the non-violent resistance group known as White Rose target?
22. Who wrote "Farewell To Arms" (published 1929), "For Whom The Bell Tolls" (1940), and received a Pulitzer and Nobel Prize for Literature for "The Old Man And The Sea" (1952)?
23. What vitamin is thiamine?
24. What word was used by poets and nineteenth-century Irish nationalists in English as a romantic name for Ireland, that is the name sometimes given to the female personification of Ireland?
25. Which of these golfers was born in Scotland?
26. The "Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests In The Atmosphere, In Outer Space And Under Water", known as the "Partial Test Ban Treaty", "Limited Test Ban Treaty" and "Nuclear Test Ban Treaty", introduced in 1963, was signed by a number of countries including the UK, the USA and which other?
27. What time did the Everly Brothers wake up in the movie theatre in the song "Wake Up Little Suzie" ?
28. What cooking technique involves frying quickly in a small quantity of hot grease?
29. Which Beatle wrote the music for the film "The Family Way", starring Hayley Mills and Hywel Bennett, released in 1967?
30. The Sagrada Família in Barcelona, which began construction in 1882, was consecrated and declared a basilica by the Pope in what year?
31. What is the name of the system whereby a number of persons subscribe to an invested fund which becomes the property of the last survivor?
32. Who were the winning team at the first World Aerobatic Championships in 1960?
33. Who or what was Jesus referring to when he said "Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these" ?
34. A billion in short scale is 1 followed by 9 zeroes. What is it in long scale?
35. Which of these is best remembered as the mothers in the TV series "Lassie" and "Lost in Space", and for her portrayal of Dr. Janet Craig on the sitcom "Petticoat Junction" from 1968 to 1970?
36. What is the name of the long narrow island off the east coast of Russia?
37. What carries the larvae of guinea worms?
38. What U K TV series about a father and son, rag and bone men, was the basis for the U S TV series "Sandford and Son" ?
39. Which Italian island in the Mediterranean is to the south of Corsica?
40. John Calvin, 16th century French theologian, was the autocrat of which city for 13 years, where he improved the city and provided harsh punishments for moral transgressions?
41. What is a common name for the small ancient wingless insects of the order known as Archaeognatha, which live almost world-wide in conditions ranging from the Arctic to moist soil to sandy deserts?
42. What is the stage name of Victoria Hesketh, an English electropop musician who sings and plays the keyboard, piano, stylophone and the Tenori-on?
43. If, viewed mathematically, the alphabet leads to "A plus B equals C"; what does "I plus Q" equal?
44. In 2022 a number of international sports bodies banned events in Russia (and, in some cases, Belarus) and sportspeople from Russia in events everywhere else. What was the reason?
45. Which of these films does not include reference to events on 11 September 2001?
46. A sport practised in parts of the Netherlands, Belgium, North America and for a short time in parts of England, involved trying to decapitate what?
47. Who voiced the eponymous hero in the 1973 film "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" ?
48. Which of these buildings is in Bangkok?
49. What spirit, in Ireland and Scotland, makes noises near a house when someone is about to die?
50. What is the subject of the 2019 documentary "Sea of Shadows" ?
51. Mascagni's one act opera Cavalleria Rusticana is often performed as a double bill with which other opera?
52. George Bush, then vice president, asked which of these people to be his running mate for the 1988 presidential election?
53. What field of work does renowned Brazilian Sebastião Salgado work in?
54. The River Nile is on what continent?
55. What was Colin Powell's role in George W Bush's government from 2001 to 2005?
56. Who designed the wedding dress for the marriage of Lady Diana Spencer to Charles, Prince of Wales?
57. What was the author Tolstoy's first name?
58. What Spanish city became famous in the middle ages for swords and fine steel?
59. The 1925 serum runs to Nome by dog sled across Alaska (the "Great Race of Mercy"), were to combat an epidemic of what?
60. Which is Egypt's closest neighbour?
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