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General Knowledge Quiz 25 (60 MCQs)

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1. "The Mirror and the Light" is the third book in which trilogy?
2. What does FIT-IFT, founded in 1954, promote?
3. "Silent Invasion" (2022) by American physician and diplomat Dr Deborah Birx, a one-time White House task force coordinator in the administration of President Donald Trump, talks about what?
4. He played keyboard for English rock band Dare and for Northern Irish/English pop & dance group D Ream, has co-written several books including "Why does E=mc2?", and since 2005 has been widely known as a television presenter. Who is he?
5. In which city are the Oscar statuettes made?
6. What is a "cere" in relation to a bird?
7. Who was the last Nazi war criminal to be tried and executed?
8. Galvanised steel is steel which has been treated with what other metal?
9. With what music is the dance style despelote associated?
10. Which country would you go to in order to travel up the Amazon River?
11. The president of the Indian Olympic Association, Suresh Kalmadi, publicly thanked Prince Charles and Princess Diana for attending a Commonwealth Games opening ceremony. Which year was this?
12. These are the last lines of which play: "A girl has just died-on her way to the infirmary-after swallowing some disinfectant. And a Police Inspector is on his way here-to ask some-questions."
13. What was the name of Simon Le Bon's maxi yacht, that lost her keel and capsized during the Fastnet race off Falmouth, on the southern coast of Cornwall, in 1985?
14. According to some Christian tradition, who were Balthazar, Melchior and Caspar?
15. How many defensive players are on a baseball field at any one time?
16. The Atlas Mountains occupy most of the land area of which country?
17. The sparkling wine called cava originated in which country?
18. Tolstoy's book "War and Peace" is set when?
19. Who was re-elected President of the Republic of Germany in 1932 defeating Adolf Hitler?
20. Silver Thursday on 27 March 1980 refers to a reaction by USA regulators to activities by what or whom?
21. Where is the 250 to 290 km Marathon des Sables run (or walked)?
22. Which port city was the capital of the British Mosquito (or Miskito) Coast protectorate, now part of Nicaragua?
23. J Rock, Flawless, Cherise and Nasia were members of which group?
24. American author Angie Thomas's novel "On the Come Up" (2019) follows the experience of a teenager as a what?
25. Which bass player, who had been a member of the Sex Pistols, died from a drug overdose in New York?
26. Which French artist was particularly influential in developing photography as a publicly known and available process in the early 19th century?
27. What device measures the proper acceleration relative to freefall, and is increasingly used in portable electronic devices and video game controllers to detect the orientation of the device or provide game input?
28. The Triple Crown of Motorsport, an unofficial motorsport achievement, is to win the Indianapolis 500, the Le Mans 24 Hours and either the Monaco Grand Prix or the Formula One World Championship. Who is the only driver to have won it according to both definitions?
29. For 26 years until 2020 there were two annual World Darts Championships held in the UK. Which two bodies were involved?
30. What is the name of Joseph Heller's best known novel?
31. From which language do we get the word "fiasco" ?
32. The categories in the annual World Hip-Hop Championship are for contestants known as what?
33. Who is the only 20th century US president carved into Mount Rushmore?
34. What actor is common to the films "Ned Kelly" (1970), "Performance" (1970), "Freejack" (1992), "Bent" (1997) and "The Man From Elysian Fields" (2001)?
35. Saint-Etienne is a city in which country?
36. Where is the British Royal Yacht "Britannia", decommissioned in 1997, permanently moored as a visitor attraction?
37. What is the process of decreasing or eliminating an unwanted magnetic field, a term first used by Commander Charles F. Goodeve, RCNVR, during World War II while trying to counter German mines?
38. What is "eddish" ?
39. What is a state of stability, in which all forces are equal and opposing, cancelling each other out?
40. These are the first lines from what song made famous by Bobby Vee in 1963: "They say that you're a runaround lover, Though you say it isn't so, But if you put me down for another, I'll know, believe me, I'll know" ?
41. Who was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952?
42. When was the earliest patent filed for a toilet plunger?
43. The colours red and blue mixed together makes what other colour?
44. What does a copywriter do, such as Peter Wimsey in Dorothy Sayers's book "Murder Must Advertise" ?
45. In 1743 Charles-Marie de La Condamine led the west's first scientific expedition to observe which river and its environment?
46. Which of these was encouraged by Gauguin to take up tapestry design but abandoned it after he began making small terracotta sculptures in 1895 and became a sculptor and painter. His important works include a monument to Cézanne (1912), and 3 of his bronzes grace the grand staircase of the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.
47. Which native plant of the Socotra archipelago is considered to be the national tree of Yemen?
48. In Greek mythology, who thought up the idea of the Trojan Horse?
49. A traditional music ensemble from Indonesia, featuring instruments such as xylophones, gongs, bells, bamboo flutes, and strings is known as what?
50. In October 2009 a diplomatic incident arose between Albania, India and Macedonia about whether whose remains should be disinterred and where they should be reburied?
51. Akhenaten ruled in which country?
52. Which of these is a type of fungus?
53. New York businessman and gambler Arnold Rothstein was believed to have been behind baseball's Black Sox Scandal, in which the 1919 World Series was fixed, giving the series to which team?
54. In 891 Minamoto no Yoshiari, a Japanese court official and founder of the Takeda school of archery, was given the task of compiling a National what?
55. In 1871, Otto von Bismarck became the first what?
56. Which of these is a type of Australian dog?
57. What military junta came to power in Ethiopia following the ousting of Haile Selassie I on 12 September 1974 and although officially coming to an end on 22 February 1987, was not formally abolished until September?
58. The Red Ensign, a flag that originated in the early 17th century as a British ensign flown by the Royal Navy, is currently specifically used by which group?
59. Henry Ford II's grandfather was Henry Ford. Who was Henry Ford II's father?
60. What was the first name of the English Prime Ministers known as Pitt the Elder and Pitt the Younger?
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