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General Knowledge Quiz 253 (60 MCQs)

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1. "Taramasalata" is traditionally made from what base?
2. What type of tree is the coolabah, found in Australia?
3. What is unusual about the current (in 2013) Governor General of Australia, Quentin Bryce?
4. Besides crosswords, where is the only place that you could see an emu in its native environment?
5. What is the meaning of the medical term "tachycardia" ?
6. He was a Russian physician, author and playwright whose plays and short stories were and are acclaimed by critics and audience alike. Who was he?
7. The Adriatic Sea lies along the shores of Italy and a number of other countries; which of these is not one?
8. After discovering a new planet, Herschel named it Georgium Sidus (George's Star), or the "Georgian Planet" in honour of King George III. The scientific community did not like the name, and decided to call it what?
9. Which of these has a style called "fly on the wall" ?
10. South African professional golfer Ernie Els is known by what nickname?
11. A waterbear or moss piglet, otherwise known as a tardigrade, is a minute extremophile organism. Which one of these can it survive?
12. Which are among the ancient Egyptian remedies given in the 16th or 17th century BCE medical treatise known as the Edwin Smith papyrus?
13. Which company bought the Daimler, Lanchester, Jaguar and Land Rover brand names in March 2008?
14. Which of these is not the name for a theoretical short cut in space?
15. Which of these is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts?
16. The Muslim leader Saladin recaptured which city from the Crusaders in 1187?
17. Who created the character of Doctor Finlay in the British TV series (1962-1971) "Dr Finlay's Casebook" ?
18. What theory originated in the 1930s with the work of Rózsa Péter, Kurt Gödel, Alonzo Church, Stephen Kleene, and Emil Post?
19. Where did the 2014 Umbrella Revolution happen?
20. Which Australian actor, singer-songwriter, model and philanthropist started her singing career in Britain with the release of "Torn" ?
21. In the original Star Trek TV series that aired from 1966 to 1969, who played Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy?
22. What word was coined by Charles Richet to denote a substance or spiritual energy "exteriorised" by physical mediums, said to be associated with formation of ghosts?
23. Which of these sports is not represented in the modern pentathlon, contested in Olympic Games?
24. Where did the borzoi dog breed originate?
25. Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea is bordered by Poland and which other country or countries?
26. What does the term "to spend a penny" mean?
27. Cambodia is better known in Asia as, and its official name was changed in 1975 temporarily to, what?
28. In England, what form of punishment was abolished by the Criminal Justice Act of 1948?
29. In 1827 which two great figures of the Romantic Age died in Europe?
30. Which of these films was directed by Stanley Kubrick with Ryan O'Neal in the title role?
31. Which of these countries has the longest coastline?
32. At which city was Kai Tak airport replaced by Chek Lap Kok in 1998?
33. What device removes a pilot from an aircraft in an emergency?
34. "Powder one's nose" is what, in relation to someone's use of a latrine?
35. What sport involves pockets, spots and rests?
36. Who or what are Matilda and Sherman?
37. To what gauge pressure, when measured by the referees, do the official rules of the National Football League require footballs to be inflated?
38. The diet of a Portia, a genus of jumping spider, focusses on what food?
39. Musician Nigel Kennedy caught the eye of an international public with the 1989 release of him as violin soloist in which piece of music?
40. How many countries compete in the World Series?
41. Which of these is a dance?
42. Where is the sacred city of Anuradhapura, established around a cutting from the 'tree of enlightenment', the Buddha's fig tree, brought there in the 3rd century BCE?
43. Who won the 2010 Boston Marathon with a time of 2:05:52, easily breaking the course record of 2:07:14?
44. Which automobile racing award was first given in 1900 in France and awarded annually until 1905?
45. Which 21st century film featured a pig as one its central characters?
46. Which subsequently top tennis champion, still No 4 during 2017, was No 1 as a junior at the end of 1998?
47. Which degenerative disorder is found in professional athletes in the fields of boxing, American football, association football, ice hockey, professional wrestling, stunt performing, bull riding, bicycle motocross and rodeo as a result of their sport?
48. What kind of object is "tansy" ?
49. What informal phrase means "well known" or "popular in its day" ?
50. Which of these words is another name for a nose bleed?
51. In Greek mythology, a female hybrid monster with the front of a lion, the middle of a goat and the rear of a dragon is called a ..... ?
52. Round which planet do two shepherd moons circle named Ophelia and Cordelia?
53. Where is the primary source (2015 figures) of mined cobalt?
54. The night of 9 March 1945 saw, according to historians, the most devastating World War II bombing raid in terms of immediate death on what city?
55. If The Beatles were listed in a 1969 telephone book, who would be the last to be listed?
56. In 1961 US President John F Kennedy negotiated for the release of the 1, 189 survivors out of 1, 500 men directed and trained by the USA who had tried to invade which country?
57. What river serves as a border for about 640 kilometres (398 miles), separating South Africa to the southeast from Botswana to the northwest and Zimbabwe to the north?
58. Which of these is an ape that can swing from branch to branch for distances of up to 15 m (50 ft), at speeds as high as 56 km/h (35 mph), make leaps of up to 8 m (27 ft), and walk on two feet with its arms raised for balance?
59. Which point on the African coast is closest to the point where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Mediterranean Sea?
60. What medium had its first test with a recording of Richard Strauss's "Eine Alpensinfonie" by the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Herbert von Karajan in 1981, and its first commercial pressing with "The Visitors" by ABBA a year later?
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