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General Knowledge Quiz 26 (60 MCQs)

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1. North Korea has shores on which two seas?
2. Which long-running 1921 musical launched the careers of dancer and singer Josephine Baker, jazz singer Adelaide Hall, cabaret singer, dancer and comedian Florence Mills, performer Fredi Washington and bass baritone and actor Paul Robeson?
3. In which ancient epic poem was the warrior Achilles a central character?
4. The song "I Could Be So Good For You" was from which British TV series?
5. On 24 July 2010 at least 19 people are killed and 100 others injured in a stampede at which music festival in Duisburg, Germany?
6. Which city was the site of the dervish rebellion and the death of the British General Gordon in 1885?
7. What does the word "fine" mean on sheet music?
8. According to Greek mythology, what was the deepest part of hell?
9. Who led English barons in an attempt to influence Henry III, called a parliament in 1265 and was defeated at the Battle of Evesham?
10. Which Biblical temptress has inspired plays by Oscar Wilde and Nick Cave, operas by Richard Strauss and Antoine Mariotte, a ballet by Florent Schmitt, films, a sculpture by Tilman Riemenschneider and numerous paintings, including those by Sandro Botticelli, Titian, Caravaggio, Caracciolo, Gustave Doré, James Tissot, Aubrey Beardsley and Robert Henri?
11. With which art form are Wim Wenders, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and Werner Herzog all particularly associated?
12. What does LCD commonly stand for?
13. Where is a cedilla or cédille used?
14. The lyric "Then I got Mary pregnant and man that's all she wrote, and for my 19th birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat" is from which song?
15. In 1986, what name was given to a scandal in the US administration that arose from the use of proceeds from covert arms sales to Iran via Israel to fund rebels in Nicaragua?
16. Who played "One Punch Mickey" in the 2000 film "Snatch" ?
17. Which river flows from the Caspian Sea?
18. Whom or what was the Borg-Warner trophy named after?
19. What is the staple diet of the panda?
20. What part did Bucephalus play in history?
21. Which is Paraguay's main sea port?
22. What is the capital of the US state of Alaska?
23. What proportion of the 206 bones in the human body is contained in the hands and feet?
24. Americans call it a diaper. What do the British call it?
25. Where is Vientiane, or Viangchan?
26. What characterised the two centuries of the Sengoku period in Japan?
27. What is the world's largest non-polar desert?
28. Which of these was not an Australian prime minister?
29. What are, or were, Ceres and Faxe?
30. The Greeks constructed hippodromes for holding what events?
31. Thiamine, niacine and riboflavin belong to which vitamin group?
32. What is the modern game called, that was published by Milton Bradley Company in 1943 as the pad-and-pencil game "Broadsides, the Game of Naval Strategy" ?
33. How many "bones" are usually used in a game of knucklebones?
34. Which song-writing duo wrote hit songs under the pseudonyms Ann Orson and Carte Blanche?
35. Before she appeared in "Baywatch" Pamela Anderson had her first role in television in what series?
36. Present scientific thought is that most of the Earth's landmasses fused 299 to 273 Mya into one supercontinent, Pangaea, which later broke apart in stages. Which is one landmass which was not part of Pangaea?
37. In 2011 when the newly constituted Union of South American Nations came into being, it planned to distribute its main functions, especially its Headquarters, the South American Parliament and the headquarters of its bank (the "Bank of the South") in various cities. Which of these cities was NOT one?
38. What name is given to an alcoholic drink that is taken in an effort to cure a hangover?
39. Which of these do the USA, Kenya, Israel, Cyprus, Hungary, East Germany, Britain, China and Malaysia have in common or have had?
40. Until 1472 the archipelago known now as Orkney was part of what country?
41. Which of these painters was born in Belgium?
42. Who was the lead singer of the band "Joy Division" who committed suicide in 1980 aged 23?
43. In which country is the port of Incheon?
44. What has grown from the ruins of a volcano which spectacularly destroyed itself in the Indian Ocean in August 1883?
45. What sign of the zodiac is represented by a set of scales?
46. The Brouwer Route for trade, established after explorations in 1610, called for travel by what means?
47. As how is Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) best known?
48. Which English dramatist, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era had a mysterious and untimely death?
49. What is the meaning of the name of the great building in Istanbul, built in the early 6th century as a Christian church, subsequently becoming a Muslim mosque, a secular museum and a Muslim mosque again?
50. Who announced his engagement to New Zealand cellist Jiaxin Cheng, to be his fourth wife, in June 2009?
51. Horace Smith & D.B. Wesson formed a partnership in 1852 to manufacture what?
52. Which of these teams was the last to join the rugby union Six Nations Championship?
53. Which English TV and film actor, DJ, hip hop soul musician, and aspiring professional kick-boxer also starred on TV's Discovery Channel breaking a land speed record, driving a dragster and piloting a plane?
54. Built in 1869, what type of ship is the Cutty Sark, which was put on public display in 1954 and is preserved in dry dock in Greenwich, London, UK?
55. The American sculptor, cartoonist and illustrator who wrote and illustrated the Caldecott award-winning children's books "The Amazing Bone", "Doctor De Soto" and "Abel's Island", also wrote which other book?
56. What was a doublet, a common item from the 14th century to the 17th century?
57. In January 1506 the first what arrived at the Vatican?
58. What is Cajón del Maipo in Chile?
59. Which of these is a type of crane?
60. Immediately after leaving his band Roxy Music in 1973, Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno, more usually known as Brian Eno, released which solo album?
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