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General Knowledge Quiz 263 (60 MCQs)

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1. Nikkei is a ..... ?
2. The borders of which country which became independent in 1971 were established with the partition of Bengal and India in 1947, when the region became the eastern wing of the newly formed Pakistan?
3. The Sphinx is in which country?
4. Martini & Rossi is a brand of what drink?
5. What distinguished the ship known as a clipper?
6. What was the subject of "The Knowledge" (1979), a film written by Jack Rosenthal for UK TV?
7. At the death of the reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who was the heir to the British throne?
8. The film actor Maurice Micklewhite is better known by what name?
9. What is the name of the hand signalling system used by bookmakers to convey horses' odds?
10. Dancer and actress Josie Marcus was the third wife of whom?
11. Which beef cut is the Argentine delicacy known as chinchulin, or chunchullo?
12. What is the media nickname of Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer who was said to be the inspiration for Nicolas Cage's character in the 2005 film "Lord of War" ?
13. Who is a Greek god of gambling?
14. The medical specialty called obstetrics is to do with what?
15. What is the name for the 225 million years that it takes the sun to go around the galaxy?
16. What type of play did William Shakespeare never write?
17. What is a common name for flying insects known for their extremely short life spans-one day in the adult winged stage-and emergence in large numbers in the summer months?
18. Which of these could be needed to groom a horse?
19. What 3-wheeled microcar manufactured in 1962 and 1965 on the Isle of Man retailed for £199, and holds the record for the smallest-ever automobile to go into production?
20. How many states of the USA begin with the letter "M" ?
21. Which is not one of the quarter days in Scotland, and (until the 18th century) northern England?
22. In sport, what is the next country in the sequence China, Sweden, USA, USA, China, Germany, Canada ..... ?
23. What river, that passes through Turin, is the longest river in Italy?
24. What web series in the Star Wars franchise did Disney+ release, starting in 2019, starring Pedro Pascal with guesting roles from Werner Herzog, Nick Nolte and Taika Waititi?
25. What are tectonic plates?
26. Mrs Josephine Cochrane (1839-1913) in the USA is associated with which invention?
27. Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Guglielmo, Ferrando, Despina and Don Alfonso are characters in which opera?
28. Which of these appeared in the 1965 film "Dr. Zhivago" ?
29. Which of these phrases describes part of a surgeon's preparation for performing an operation?
30. The "Maple Leaf Rag", an influential hit in the ragtime genre, was by whom?
31. What is the name given to the official residence provided for the Olympic athletes?
32. The Green March in 1975 was co-ordinated by what or whom?
33. The Guaraní are indigenous to Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, Bolivia and where else?
34. What name was given to the architectural style adopted in Britain from 1714 to 1820?
35. What do the South American cities of Asunción, Caracas, Paramaribo and Georgetown have in common?
36. Where was Eric "Butterbean" Esch's mixed martial arts bout with Mariusz Pudzianowski on 18 September 2010, where an incomplete rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner", with wrong and incomplete words, made news around the world?
37. Which Channel Island is divided by a causeway called the Coupee, and has one port, Croux?
38. Which of these might form part of a vegan dish?
39. Where was the first Padel World Championship in men's and women's singles held?
40. Heydar Aliyev Cultural Centre in Azerbaijan, Riverside Museum in Glasgow, a series of fluid furniture, and a high fashion boot are among works by the Iraqi-born British architect Zaha Hadid (1950-2016); which of these others are also her works?
41. What did the accord popularly known as the Good Friday Agreement, signed in April 1988 and ratified the next month, relate to?
42. On whose book did Walt Disney base his 1940 feature film "Pinocchio" ?
43. Where did the car manufacturer Audi originate?
44. Edwina Currie, first elected to the British House of Commons as a Conservative Party MP in 1983 and a Junior Health Minister for 2 years before resigning in 1988, had an affair with whom from 1984 to 1988?
45. Charlie owes his adventures in a chocolate factory to which British author?
46. The Summer Olympics are held how many years apart?
47. World-wide publicity was given when the Codex Sinaiticus was made available on the internet in June 2009. What is it?
48. How many wheels were there on each hansom cab, the horse-drawn taxis that used to operate in London in Victorian times?
49. In the late 19th century, Jean Desbouvrie, an amateur bird trainer, persuaded the government of France to conduct a feasibility study to use what birds as messengers after early demonstrations showed that they could "home" and flew faster than pigeons?
50. What is an alternative name for Whit Sunday the time when, according to Christian tradition, the Holy Spirit descended on the Apostles?
51. What genus of flowering plants, native to an area from Brazil to Peru to southern Argentina discovered in 1768 by French botanist Philibert Commerçon, is a thorny, woody vine reaching from 1 to 12 metres tall by growing over other plants with hooked thorns tipped with a black, waxy substance?
52. The board for which game has 121 indentations arranged to form a six-pointed star, with ten indentations in each triangular star-point of the hexagram, and 61 within its hexagon?
53. For women's basketball, the official basketball size is 28.5 inches in circumference (size 6) and what weight in ounces?
54. Tom Lehrer, an American singer-songwriter, whose work contained much black humor and risque lyrics, often parodying popular song forms, taught which subject from 1972 to 2001 at the University of California, Santa Cruz?
55. The Lotus Temple in Delhi, India, which opened in 1986 is a centre for people of which faith?
56. What does the "U" stand for in "USB" ?
57. In 2018, after five years of deliberation, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a ruling on a case brought by Bolivia seeking what?
58. From 1922 to 1937, what name was given to the area of Ireland that was more independent than the rest of the island?
59. O'Hare International Airport serves which city?
60. Jesse Owens represented which country at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin?
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