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General Knowledge Quiz 262 (60 MCQs)

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1. What term is used to describe an influential and wealthy person?
2. What name was given to Indian religious fanatics who were suppressed in 1830 and 1848 for carrying out robbery and murder?
3. What is a distinguishing characteristic of Saturn's largest moon, and the second largest moon in our solar system, Titan?
4. Where in London is Nelson's column?
5. The first Telstar satellite, that relayed the first television pictures, telephone calls and fax images through space, was designed to provide satellite communications frrom one side to the other of what area?
6. Which British crime TV series set in Northumberland, UK, first broadcast in 2011 and continuing popular, centres round DCI Stanhope?
7. In Victorian times, what was an item of wardrobe known as a "stovepipe" ?
8. Sheep are aged by their teeth and are referred to by the number of permanent incisors that have erupted. About how old is an "eight-tooth" or full-mouth sheep, which is also referred to as 'aged'?
9. What is old Delhi's military fort, built by Shah Jahan, known as?
10. In which film did Johnny Depp play a policeman called Ichabod Crane?
11. When was the order of the Knights Templar founded?
12. What collective name includes the Samburu, the Arusha and Baraguyu (or Kwafi) peoples in eastern Africa?
13. The following lyric is from which song: "Other eyes see the stars up in the skies, but for me they shine in your eyes" ?
14. Which of these facts about The Beatles' album cover Help! (1965) is not true?
15. Electric, fuel cell, gravity, Wankel are all types of what?
16. In 1957 the Governor of Arkansas, USA, called in the state's National Guard to do what?
17. Which of these points of a horse is at the lowest point when it is standing up?
18. Olympic gold medallists Fanny Blankers-Koen, Inge de Bruijn, Leontien van Moorsel, Yvonne van Gennip, Ard Schenk, Jochem Uytdehaage, Pieter van den Hoogenband, Gianni Romme, Marianne Timmer, Wim Ruska, Charles Pahud de Mortanges and Adolph van der Voort van Zijp represented which country?
19. Where is the Dune of Pilat found?
20. What is the next in this series:Conrad Hilton, Michael Wilding, Michael Todd, Eddie Fisher, Richard Burton, ..... ?
21. No Direction Home is a documentary about whom?
22. Where was the ancient kingdom of Aksum?
23. The sound of cannons is heard in which of these musical works?
24. What among other things did officials of King Edward VI of England hope to achieve by destroying and looting Glasney College in 1548?
25. Which of these Canadian provinces is the largest by population?
26. What purpose does the inguinal canal serve in the human body?
27. In 1980 Cuban American Rosie Ruiz briefly became internationally recognised after she competed (with initial success) in what sporting event?
28. Which of these is a legendary flying horse?
29. What was the original name of the singer known as Annie Lennox, who was born on Christmas Day, 1954 in Torry, Aberdeen?
30. The existence of what was conjectured by Russian mathematician Vladimir Arnold in 1995 and proven in 2006 by Hungarian scientists Gábor Domokos and Péter Várkonyi?
31. What component of tonic water is used to prevent or alleviate the effects of malaria?
32. These are the last lines of which play:STANLEY:Now honey. Now love. Now now love. Now, now love. Now, love ..... STEVE:This game is seven-card stud.
33. Mandalay, once the royal city of Burma and now with a population 30 to 40% Chinese, is sited by which river?
34. What is the popular name for the ancient Egyptian works generally inscribed on papyrus and placed in coffins of nobility and royalty?
35. What is the name for a pheasant's nest?
36. Which US state is named for a King of France?
37. Survivor wrote which 1982 song as the theme music for the film "Rocky III" ?
38. Who, having been a Lieutenant General with three stars on his epaulettes, was posthumously appointed "General of the Armies of the United States" by a congressional joint resolution in 1976, with an effective appointment date of 4 July 1976?
39. What is the title of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Glenn Slater's sequel to "The Phantom of the Opera" ?
40. Which religion is most associated with kosher food?
41. If you travelled in a westward direction from New York City (USA) and passed through each of these cities along the way, which city would be reached last?
42. Simon Baker, the star of the TV series "The Mentalist", was born where?
43. How many bridges cross the Orinoco River, one of the longest rivers in South America (2, 140 km/1, 300 mi)?
44. Who was the goalkeeper for England's opening match in the 2010 FIFA World Cup against the USA on 12 June, whose performance made headlines in the UK such as "The Hand of Clod" ?
45. Mount Fuji is on which Japanese island?
46. Since its debut in the UK in 1998, international versions of which TV programme have spawned in over a hundred countries, more than any other game show?
47. Footballer Luis Suárez was given a nine-match ban in internationals, and banned from setting foot in any stadium even as a spectator for four months in mid-2014. Why?
48. In simple terms, what is "Bode's Law" ?
49. As the River Ganges enters Bangladesh the main branch becomes known as what river?
50. The character of "Flashman" first appeared in which book?
51. Where is the "Day of the Dead" celebrated on 2 November?
52. What was the name of the English law court, subsequently abolished in 1641, that had a mandate from Henry VII to deal with nobles who were too powerful to be punished by ordinary courts?
53. Which element, with a melting point of 3, 370 degrees C was discovered in 1783 by José and Fausto Elhuyar?
54. Which Saint's Day is 30 November?
55. In speleology, what does phreatic action achieve?
56. Some tarantulas, caterpillars and plants share what defence mechanism?
57. One of the longest ruling monarchs of the 20th century and a massive and dangerous volcano in the USA share which name?
58. What is the meaning of the word "micturition" ?
59. What island, 1 mile from Manhattan, which has been used by the army as an isolation centre for infectious diseases (such as typhoid and TB) and as a drug rehabilitation centre, is now deserted?
60. Which city was founded in 1624 as a commercial trading post by the Dutch, who called it New Amsterdam, and was a nation's capital from 1785 until 1790?
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