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General Knowledge Quiz 257 (60 MCQs)

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1. Bagòs, Burrino, Casareccio di Gorreto, Crema, Double Gloucester, Gioda, Lancashire, Pierino, Sakura and Tabor are all types of what?
2. Which president of the USA faced impeachment proceedings over his activities with Monica Lewinsky?
3. What is a "quandong" ?
4. The Elgin Marbles, currently in the British Museum, came from which building?
5. Who was the 17th century English architect who designed St Paul's cathedral, London?
6. From where did the guillotine get its name?
7. Edgar Wright, writer/director of the 2017 US/UK film "Baby Driver", drew initial inspiration for the film from which music, which also provided the backdrop to the film's opening scene?
8. Whose last words have been reported to be "Kiss Me, Hardy" ?
9. Dichromacy is a form of what?
10. Which of these is a chronic inflammatory disease of the digestive tract?
11. According to legend, what was the Pied Piper asked to drive out of Hamelin?
12. Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to as speedway (or flat track motorcycle racing in the USA) takes place on a flat oval track usually consisting of what?
13. In 2010, Iyad Allawi and Nuri Al-Maliki contested an election in which country?
14. What type of building is famous in Milan, Venice, Florence, Seville, Paris, Chartres, Amiens, Rheims, Cologne, Mainz and Trèves?
15. The largest eruption in South America in recorded history was in 1600, of which volcano?
16. Most of the world's caviar comes from where?
17. According to the Guinness Book of Records, what film became, in 1995, the biggest box office failure?
18. Who collaborated with Andrew Lloyd Webber to create the musical "The Beautiful Game" ?
19. Cayenne pepper is a condiment prepared from the dried and pounded pods of several species of what?
20. What can you do with a "toby" ?
21. What nationality is sailor Russell Coutts, MBE, winner of numerous international match races, World Championships victories and America's Cups?
22. What was or is Icesave?
23. By what name is Saloth Sar (19 May 1925-15 April 1998) better known?
24. Why was the winner of the women's 2021 Boston Marathon not declared until December 2022?
25. During World War II the British Broadcasting Corporation prefaced many of its broadcasts by the opening bars of which music?
26. Which of these is an herbal liqueur beverage produced in France and named after a religious order, the recipe for which contains 27 plants and spices?
27. Which of these is a mythical creature from Australian folklore?
28. In May 2016 the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) published guidelines for what?
29. Which group, which broke up in 1981, had Howard Devoto as the frontman, while Dave Formula played keyboards, Barry Adamson played bass, with John Doyle on drums?
30. Which of these manufactured the aeroplane that, when it first flew on 21 December 1988, became the world's largest fixed-wing aircraft?
31. Who designed the Olympic flag?
32. What city has more than one hundred kilometres of canals (the main ones called Herengracht, Prinsengracht, and Keizersgracht), which were dug in the 17th century to form concentric belts around the city, known as the grachtengordel?
33. Which Russian composer, after writing "The Firebird" for the Russian ballet, became a US citizen in 1945?
34. Which band, led by Mick Hucknall, released its first single, "Money's Too Tight (To Mention)", in 1985?
35. Which of these is a professional association in the UK with the dual roles of learned society and professional body that was formed in 1980 from the merger of the Faraday Society with 3 other societies?
36. Teal, mallard, muscovy and mandarin are all types of what?
37. What was the first television show to be presented by Jimmy Savile (later knighted) who went on to present the long-running-1975-1994-UK TV series "Jim'll Fix It" ?
38. Who wrote "The Naked Ape" and "The Human Zoo" ?
39. When was the revolver, a hand gun with a rifled barrel and a revolving cartridge cylinder, invented?
40. Which four-time Grammy Award-winning artist's hit singles included "Fast Car", "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution", "Baby Can I Hold You", "Give Me One Reason", "The Promise" and "Telling Stories" ?
41. The fruit of which plant, endemic to the island of Socotra, or Soqotra, between the Guardafui Channel and the Arabian Sea, is known to be used as a treatment for sores and wounds?
42. What is the unconventional use of TLDs in domain names (such as using .tv, .fm and .am to denote television or radio stations) known as?
43. What is another generally accepted name for King Philip's War of 1675-76?
44. Belgian competitor Eddy Merckx, often referred to as among the best of all time in his field, was involved in what sport?
45. Most of the state of Nevada is in which time zone?
46. What tuning is the cavalry trumpet most often used for sounding the Last Post in British cavalry and Royal Regiment of Artillery (Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Artillery)?
47. Vellum, a type of parchment, was originally made from the skin of which animal?
48. In May 1999, the Karachay-Cherkessia Republic in the northwestern Caucasus conducted its first what?
49. If you travel down the Zarumilla River on the border between Peru and Ecuador, where do you arrive?
50. Olympic weightlifters are permitted, in addition to a close-fitting one-piece leotard, to wear what?
51. Bukhara (or Bokhara), one of the ancient cites on the Silk Road, is in what present-day country?
52. The first international hot air balloon flight by Jean-Pierre Blanchard in 1785 was between France and which other country?
53. A hit for the Marvelettes, the Beatles and the Carpenters was "Please Mr ..... who?
54. Which of these is subject to scientific debate about whether it is a bear (classified in the Family "Ursidae" ), a racoon (a "Procyonidae") or a type all of its own ("Ailuridae")?
55. What was Kriegsspiel developed for?
56. In which country, in 1984, did its Prime Minister bar nuclear-powered or nuclear-armed ships from using its ports or entering waters?
57. Which of these is not green?
58. The Celtics are a professional basketball team based where?
59. "Coppélia", a sentimental comic ballet with original choreography by Arthur Saint-Léon to a ballet libretto by Saint-Léon and Charles Nuitter and music by Léo Delibes, was based upon two macabre stories by whom?
60. In the 18th century, whale bone was used universally in making which of these?
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