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General Knowledge Quiz 259 (60 MCQs)

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1. The Vedic Age in India, ca 1500 BCE to 600 BCE, began with an influx of immigrating peoples known as what?
2. Bill Bryson called his 2006 autobiography "The Life and Times of ..... '' who?
3. The dance Merengue originated where?
4. The Crucible, a 1953 play by Arthur Miller, was set in what city?
5. An impala is a type of what?
6. What is the middle name of Sir Austin Powers, KBE, a fictional character who first appeared in "Austin Powers:International Man of Mystery" (1997) and is portrayed by Mike Myers?
7. Which of these statements is incorrect?
8. What did the writings of Howard L. Chace on "Anguish Languish" deal with?
9. The Macrocarpa tree is native to what continent?
10. Before the 2016 film "Fences" provided a role in which actress Viola Davis won the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Critics' Choice Award, SAG Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress, what US TV series (premiering in 2014) also starred the actress?
11. Who sings: "But with nothing to consider they forget my name. They call me 'Hell', They call me 'Stacey', They call me 'her', They call me 'Jane', That's not my name" ?
12. When did Channel Four and the Welsh language channel SC4 first broadcast in the UK?
13. Cassius Chaerea led the assassination of which Roman emperor during the Palatine games in January 41AD?
14. The works Gil Blas, Till Eulenspiegel, The Tin Drum, Lazarillo de Tormes, and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn all share a similar characteristic, which is that they are ..... ?
15. With what activity is the name Boris Spassky associated?
16. What is the meaning in English of the French word "éclair" ?
17. In 146BCE Rome sacked Carthage and what other major city?
18. H2SO4 is the chemical symbol for what?
19. Which actor played Queen Elizabeth II in the final series of the Netflix drama "The Crown" ?
20. When Hugo Chávez entered the Venezuelan Military Academy in 1971 at the age of 17, what was he aiming to be?
21. Record medal winner in the Rio Olympics 2016 Simone Biles from the USA competed in what discipline?
22. What is the dominant land type of Namibia's long western border on the Atlantic Ocean?
23. Which of these is a sign of the zodiac?
24. What is one way to make "5+5+5 = 550" a true statement by drawing one straight line?
25. Which Iron Maiden album, their third and the first to be released with Bruce Dickinson as vocalist, reached No 1 in the UK charts and at the same time went platinum in the USA?
26. What was the surname of the actor who won only 1 Academy Award, for Best Actor for the 1934 "It Happened One Night" ?
27. The Gila Cliff Dwellings and Fort Union National Monuments are in which US State?
28. What is the northernmost point in all U.S. territory?
29. Which of these is a book of maps?
30. What name is given to the police force in the Republic of Ireland?
31. What was the name of the 1976 film that told the story of Woody Guthrie?
32. Which boxer held the World Welterweight title from the end of 1946 to 1951, at which point he then won the World Middleweight title?
33. How many different people were President of the USA in the first 200 years after 30 April 1789?
34. What was the title of the third Mad Max film (1985), starring Mel Gibson and Tina Turner?
35. Which playwright wrote the musical "Mamma Mia" ?
36. In June 2010, 8 highly endangered monkeys (4 cottontop tamarins and 4 pygmy marmosets) were stolen from the Symbio Wildlife Park in which country?
37. What word applies to the action of tilting one's head back, allowing a mouthful of liquid to sit in the upper throat and expelling air from the lungs, causing the liquid to bubble through the throat and mouth?
38. In what city did Cacareco famously receive about 100, 000 votes in the city council elections of 1958, more than any other candidate, but did not take office?
39. Which of these musicals is set in France following Napoleon's fall from power, during the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy and the uprising which ends it?
40. Several traditional musical genres are almost exclusively based on percussion; which of these is not one?
41. The opening of the 2012 Summer Olympics had echoes of what event at the 1984 Olympic Games opening?
42. Where, in 1857, was there a brutal and unsuccessful uprising against British control, with estimates of the number of deaths in the hundreds of thousands?
43. Which abolitionist was hanged in 1859 for his role in the Harper's Ferry Raid and played a major role in starting the Civil War?
44. Zhou Yang, gold medal winner at the Winter Olympics 2010, made the news again later by being chided by China's deputy sports minister Yu Zaiqing for thanking her parents, but not her country, for her win. She had won gold in what sport?
45. Where is the Senkaku / Diaoyu / Tiaoyutai / Pinnacle group of islands?
46. The land of Azeroth features in which video game?
47. Research into ocean mixing, of oxygen and nutrients from and to surface and seabed, highlights the influence of which minute animals?
48. Minsk, capital of Belarus, is twinned with over 20 other cities, including which?
49. What kind of animal is a Turkish Van?
50. The Colossus, one of the seven wonders of the world, was built where?
51. Who presents the UK TV natural history series "Life Story" (2014)?
52. Wynton Marsalis is known for playing what type of music?
53. By what name is Reg Dwight better known?
54. Something tense and exciting is what "biting" ?
55. How many points can you get in Pontoon without going bust?
56. Which of these was a leading figure in the pop art movement, who became famous as a painter, avant-garde filmmaker, record producer and author?
57. Who began producing accounts of debates in the British parliament in 1803, the work continued by his family until it was taken over by the staff of "The Times" in 1895?
58. What is the name given to a bone fracture when one part of it is driven into another?
59. For what quality was the first Nobel Prize in Literature awarded?
60. Which country holds Africa's highest point?
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