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General Knowledge Quiz 264 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which of these is a tragic heroine in Greek mythology?
2. Who won the World Darts Championship 13 times between 1995 and 2010 inclusive?
3. Irving Berlin's 1911 hit, "Alexander's Ragtime Band", was a narrative sequel to what composition?
4. The arching several-tiered Ban Gioc Waterfalls sit on the border between which two countries?
5. Haemophilia is caused by a problem with what?
6. Which were the countries which were co-equal in number of gold medals won at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea?
7. What Olympic anthem was played at the opening ceremony of the 1984 Summer Olympics as well as the closing ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics?
8. Which of these would most expect to use a Fourier analysis?
9. In which British sitcom does recently-widowed Audrey fforbes-Hamilton have to sell her manor house, which is bought by Richard DeVere, a nouveau riche millionaire supermarket owner?
10. The word "fornication" is derived from the Latin word "fornix" meaning, among other things, what?
11. Which river runs through the cities of Shanghai, Chongqing, Jingzhou, Yangzhou and Nantong?
12. Finocchio is a type of what salad vegetable?
13. For what reason were Senegal and the Ivory Coast unique among African nations at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal?
14. Who was the cause of a political scandal after being allowed to stay in the USA in May 2010, despite a 2004 deportation order?
15. Between 1250 CE and 1500 CE a series of massive human-shaped carved monoliths were created and set up on what island?
16. What is a regatta?
17. Which of these is classed as a keyboard instrument?
18. In 2010, what North American horse broke the All-time North American female earnings record with over $ 6 million, broke two world records for Grade/Group I (for consecutive victories and the All-time North American record number of victories by a filly/mare), and tied the All-time North American record for the number of consecutive victories without defeat?
19. Once widely bred in south-east Asia for blood sport but now often kept instead domestically or as pets, what escaped in large numbers into the wild in Australia and was identified as a possible severe threat to natives?
20. How did the indebted East India Company gain the large amounts of money needed to buy tea from China, hugely popular in Britain in the 19th century?
21. Damascus is the capital of which country?
22. Which composer wrote "Night and Day", "I Get a Kick out of You", "Well, Did You Evah!" and "I've Got You Under My Skin" ?
23. What did the oceanographer and racing boat captain Charles J. Moore see when he was returning from a race in 1997?
24. What can be a description of such expressions as "from whence", "cling onto", "continue on", or "comprised of"/
25. Which plant has leaves and flowers (each of which consists of 5 or 6 small yellow flower heads surrounded by leaflets in star form that bloom between July and September) that are covered with white hairs and appear woolly?
26. "Black Cherry" and "Supernature" are albums by which band?
27. What kind of game or sport does the word "faro" refer to?
28. What river rises in the Black Forest and travels 1, 775 miles to empty into the Black Sea?
29. What name is given to a molecule or atom in which the total number of electrons is not equal to the number of protons?
30. The crosses of how many saints make up the British flag, the Union Jack?
31. France's largest international airport and one of the world principal aviation centres, also known as Roissy, is usually known by the name of what historical figure?
32. "Easter Parade", the highest grossing musical film of 1948, starred which retired dancer and prominent entertainer?
33. What was the profession of the person who invented the mechanism of the door lock for London toilets operated by payment of a coin, initially one penny?
34. The song "Consider Yourself" is from what musical?
35. Which country held its first democratic elections in 1990, and retired its title as "People's Republic of ..... " in February 1992?
36. In the 1920s and 1930s, Bessie Smith was known as what?
37. In the 2015 World Rowing Championships which country was not in the top four medal winners?
38. What does "pernickety" mean?
39. The colourless, odourless, sweet-tasting and non-toxic compound glycerine, or glycerin, is or can be an ingredient in which of these?
40. In which British TV series did the lead character refer to his wife as "she who must be obeyed" ?
41. Which US city has the same name as the state that it is in?
42. The Republic of China (ROC) did not compete at the Montreal Olympics in 1976 because the People's Republic of China (PRC) pressured the organisers to stop it competing under that name. What name did the ROC use when it next competed in 1984?
43. Which points on the Earth can see a total eclipse of the sun?
44. What is typically used to grind a telescope mirror to the surface wanted?
45. Which of these quotes is ascribed to the Swiss physician, Paracelsus (1493-1541)?
46. Among these stars of the early American film scene, Cary Grant, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and Errol Flynn, which is the odd one out in terms of their early life and career?
47. What word would you use to describe someone who sees sound?
48. According to a song by Marvin Gaye, released in 1968, he "Heard It Through The ..... '' what?
49. Food poisoning is an umbrella term covering foodborne illness from what source or sources?
50. What is a pistachio?
51. In the UK, what is the formal name for the testimony by a criminal against fellow criminals?
52. Where is the Atlas Moth usually found?
53. In golf, who presents the traditional green jacket to the US Masters winner?
54. Where are the Snowy, Murray and the Darling?
55. Respiration in many arachnids is through book lungs, which are generally situated where?
56. Where are the Beth Chatto Gardens?
57. Where was agreement reached in November 1995 for the document formally signed in Paris on 14 December 1995 called "The General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina", which ended the 3.5 year long war in Bosnia?
58. What play written in 1902 by J. M. Barrie reverses the rankings of the classes in British society when aristocrats and servants are shipwrecked on a deserted tropical island?
59. The popularity of extreme sports has led to several world games; when and where were the X Games Asia (now KIA X Games) first held?
60. The Belgian artist Georges Remi is better known by what name?
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