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General Knowledge Quiz 256 (60 MCQs)

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1. What are "chiroptera" ?
2. The show "Holby City" was a spin off from which UK TV series?
3. The musical "Fiddler on the Roof" is set in what country?
4. In the International Radio Alphabet, how many are traditional male given names?
5. To roquet in a game what must a player do?
6. Which of these was a king in England when Vikings invaded?
7. Before political activism and eventual election in 1990 as President of his country, what was Lech WaΕ‚Δ™sa's occupation?
8. Which of these men never commanded a ship called "Discovery" ?
9. Who are "The Dixie Chicks" whose success began in 1998 with songs like "Wide Open Spaces", "Cowboy Take Me Away", and "Long Time Gone", winning 5 Grammy Awards in 2007?
10. What was the bowling technique developed by English cricketer Harold Larwood?
11. What is "The Wormworld Saga" ?
12. What was first brought to Europe by Francisco Fernandes, and sent as a treat by Jean Nicot to Catherine de Medici?
13. Who, according to legend, discovered the principles of buoyancy while having a bath?
14. What name is given to the liability of members of certain families or races to suffer from certain diseases?
15. Who won the Association of Professional Surfers 2014 Men's Championship?
16. In Greek mythology, who is the son of Chaos and the god of darkness?
17. How many countries surround the Gulf of Mexico?
18. When did the use of sugar make its way from Asia and the Middle East into Western recipes?
19. When was the film "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981) set?
20. In 1577, Francis Drake embarked on a voyage around the world with 5 ships. After 3 years, which was the only one to return to England?
21. Which Canadian won the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest representing Switzerland?
22. In the Pink Panther series of films, who is Clouseau's house boy, an expert in martial arts, who frequently unexpectedly attacks him?
23. King Idris I was deposed in 1969 as king of where?
24. When was the first National lottery advertised and held in England?
25. The first international test cricket score to exceed 700 runs in an innings was in which year?
26. What do the writings-by historian Sima Qian 2nd century BCE in the "Shiji"; by Saint Augustine in "Confessions" about 400 CE; in "The Book of Margery Kempe" 1438; by Enea Silvio Piccolomini (then Pope Pius II) in "Commentarii" 1458-1464-have in common?
27. For which of these is vodka the basis?
28. Which of these wine regions is in Italy?
29. Which horse won the inaugural Epsom Derby horse race in the UK in 1780?
30. Which of the Hindu Trimurti is "The Creator" ?
31. Which literary character started the popularisation of the phrase "hoist with one's own petard" ?
32. What is the name given to a bone fracture when the bone bends and splinters rather than breaks in two?
33. Which film actress was born in Germany in 1904, went to America after appearing in the film "Blue Angel", and became an American citizen in 1937?
34. What is the name of the son of American musicians Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, who was born in November 2008?
35. Haiti and which other country entered the Winter Olympics for the first time in 2022?
36. Robbie Coltrane played a psychologist in which British TV series?
37. Who is the only president of the USA to have been elected four times?
38. Which international philanthropist has included independent media and open society as a focus of their funds?
39. What word is the plural of "sheep" ?
40. In October 2003, which cricketer, playing in a Test series against Zimbabwe, scored a record 380 not out?
41. When the US Domestic Parcel Post, set up to handle large parcels, was initiated by the controversial new Postmaster General A.S. Burleson in 1913, what unexpected items were sometimes posted during the first decade of its existence?
42. What is George W Bush's middle name?
43. Which of these is a salad made mainly with walnuts, celery and apples?
44. In the New Zealand road movie "Goodbye Pork Pie" (1981) the main non-human character was what?
45. What is the name of the vinegar made from Trebbiano grapes?
46. The Ob, Yenisei, Pyasina, and Taimyra rivers empty into which sea?
47. Which 2020 American series on the British Regency period based on the book by American author Julia Quinn stars among its cast Adjoa Andoh and Ben Miller?
48. Which of these actresses was born last?
49. What is a symbol of food and abundance dating back to the 5th century BC, which is classically depicted as a goat's horn filled with fruits and flowers?
50. Which is a Greek resinated wine, made for at least 2000 years and with a unique flavour said to have originated from the practice of sealing wine vessels with Aleppo Pine resin in ancient times?
51. The German athlete Isabell Werth is known as what?
52. Where did the term "bluetooth" in communication devices come from?
53. By what name is William Thomson better known?
54. Which of these is a mountain range in Asia?
55. What is an "indigent" person?
56. Yanar Dag, "burning mountain", is a natural gas fire which blazes continuously from the ground on a hillside peninsula where?
57. In which did the franc become the single currency in 1850?
58. How many states of the USA have the words North, South, East or West in their name?
59. American musician, singer, and songwriter Richard Wayne Penniman was known as what?
60. In 1877 Sir Arthur Sullivan composed which immensely popular song?
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