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General Knowledge Quiz 258 (60 MCQs)

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1. Who created the English schoolboy "William" ?
2. Who was Christianity's first openly gay bishop in a major Christian denomination believing in the historic episcopate?
3. Where was the only national team boycott at a Winter Olympic Games, which was when the Taiwanese athletes arrived at the Olympic village with their Republic of China identification cards, were not admitted, and left in protest?
4. The 1988 Winter Olympics saw the debut of the national bobsleigh team from where?
5. The internal angles of a rectangle add up to how many degrees?
6. What 1956 opera is based on a novella developed from a screenplay written by Georges Bernanos for a film of "Die Letzte am Schafott" (The Last on the Scaffold, or Song at the Scaffold)?
7. In autumn 2012 which phenomenon was observed in Alsace?
8. Phil Davis, Leslie Ash, Toyah, Sting and Ray Winstone among others star in the 1979 film "Quadrophenia", which follows Phil Daniels as which young London Mod?
9. Who was elected joint Vice-Chancellor by the Swiss Federal Assembly in August 2005 and became Federal Chancellor of Switzerland in December 2007?
10. Who is second in the line of US presidential succession, following the Vice President?
11. Roughly how many days does it take the moon to orbit the earth?
12. Which Frenchman was a Franciscan, then a Benedictine monk, a teacher, a professor of anatomy and a priest, who wrote "Gargantua et Pantagruel", a huge comic narrative full of miscellaneous learning from the 16th century?
13. Two Eastern Christian missionaries, brothers from Thessalonika, came as missionaries to Moravia in the ninth century CE as part of Christianisation requested by the Byzantine Emperor Michael III, and invented what?
14. How was the Olympic cauldron ignited at the opening of the Summer Olympics in 1992?
15. The Great Plague, an outbreak of disease in England that killed an estimated 100, 000 people, lasted for how long?
16. What group, consisting of vibraphonist Milt Jackson, bassist Percy Heath, drummer Kenny Clarke and pianist John Lewis (as musical director), was formed in 1952?
17. Which lake in Canada has the same name as a constellation?
18. What was the name of the British India "Special Force", the brainchild of British Brigadier Orde Charles Wingate, that operated behind Japanese lines in Burma & India in 1943/1944 during World War II?
19. What ancient people, whose major cities were Tyre and Sidon, founded Carthage?
20. What was the film to win a "Best Picture" Oscar in 2009 without receiving any acting nominations?
21. Which sport was developed in 1895 when the Rugby Union refused to allow professionalism?
22. Judi Dench won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for playing which character in the 1998 film "Shakespeare in Love" ?
23. What animal other than a cat is an integral part of the musical Cats?
24. What is the name of an official judge at a cycling event?
25. Against which area of Germany were the raids of the Dambusters directed in World War II in May 1943?
26. Which actor, producer and writer stars in a 2017 UK TV series based on a work written by him and his father; it is set in 1814 and concerns the character's return from Africa to England after 12 years away, and the East India Company?
27. The Saharan mountain range, which includes the highest points in the area, is named after what people?
28. What part of the body is affected by a stye?
29. Who was the first left handed golfer to win one of the four majors?
30. What are hnefatafl, or King's Table, brandubh, and tablut?
31. In the British army, how many chevrons does a sergeant wear on his arm?
32. Who was the first European to sail a ship round Cape Horn?
33. Nitroglycerin is made by treating glycerin with nitric acid and ..... what?
34. Originally, which was more likely to be called a "scallywag" ?
35. The USA's oldest non-broken "Treaty of Friendship", negotiated by Thomas Barclay, signed by John Adams and Thomas Jefferson in 1786, and ratified by US Congress in July 1787, is with which country?
36. The short story "The Beggar Woman" is the work of what sixteen year old writer, later a Nobel-prize winning author?
37. Who wrote "The Old Man of Lochnagar" ?
38. In the acronym PAL, used in the television industry, what does the "A" stand for?
39. Where in Europe are the three Isles of Gold?
40. Which British sprinter returned to competition in 2006 after a 2 year absence due to doping offences?
41. The Galapagos Islands are in which ocean?
42. By which name was boxer Walker Smith better known?
43. Which of these countries is north of the Tropic of Cancer?
44. Which dance, requiring music with 3 beats in the bar, was introduced at the court of Louis XIV in the 17th century?
45. What is an aficionado of Gilbert and Sullivan's light operas called?
46. What phrase was used to describe the separation of China from the West during the Cold War?
47. When was the "Prince of Denmark's March" or the "Trumpet Voluntary", which was played at the marriage of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer in 1981, composed?
48. What amateur rowing club based at Henley on Thames, England, was founded in 1818?
49. What is the Greek name for the Roman god known as Cupid?
50. Which of these was the companion of Don Quixote?
51. Goliath is the name for a South American spider that eats what?
52. The entire continent of South America lies south of the ..... ?
53. What is the name for a two-edged sword traditionally used by Scottish highlanders?
54. Who under the monarch of the United Kingdom governs the Bailiwick of Jersey?
55. Which sisters have been romantically linked to Nick Lachey, John Mayer, Tony Romo and Pete Wentz?
56. Who released the album "The Transformed Man" in 1968?
57. What kind of geographical feature is La Guajira in Colombia and Venezuela?
58. Wembley Stadium is in what city?
59. What lotion is used to soothe and protect the skin following external irritation?
60. Which of these is a type of worm?
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