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General Knowledge Quiz 265 (60 MCQs)

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1. Who was the author of "Jurassic Park" ?
2. Which of these words means spraying or dusting a chemical on plants to cause their leaves to fall off?
3. Which actor is a link between the outstanding psychological UK crime series, "Cracker", and the eight Harry Potter films?
4. Who has played (on film) Queen Elizabeth I twice, Galadriel three times, Katharine Hepburn and Veronica Guerin?
5. What country, with a population of around 12, 000, is the third-least-populated sovereign state in the world behind Vatican City and Nauru, and at 26 square kilometres (10 sq miles) is the fourth smallest country in the world, behind those two and Monaco?
6. With what tradition are Theravada chants associated?
7. In which of these countries is it possible to find lithium in quantity?
8. Pictures of a babirusa are seen in cave paintings of more than 30, 000 years ago; what is it?
9. What country surrounds the self declared "Principality of Hutt River" (founded in April 1970 by His Royal Highness Prince Leonard who rules with his family including his wife Princess Shirley and their son, Crown Prince Ian), which issues its own car registrations and currency and pays no taxes?
10. In Texas, what is known as "Ole Sparky" ?
11. The year of 1820 was busy on the coast of Antarctica, with at least two sailing expeditions which are thought to have good claim to be the first from the West to sight the mainland; who led one of these?
12. How many verbs are in the following sentence: "Roger told his dog not to jump on the furniture with muddy feet" ?
13. John Adams, second President of the newly independent United States of America, was also which of these?
14. What was notable about the jobs held by Ann Hays and Elizabeth Hoisington at the end of May 1970?
15. What is name for the holistic, global, comparative study of humans (the comprehensive study of human beings and of their interactions with each other and the environment), which has its intellectual origins in both the natural sciences and the humanities?
16. When did the United Kingdom convert to decimal currency?
17. Under what conditions is a midwife given dispensation by the Roman Catholic Church to baptise a child?
18. Who was the main illustrator for the Tintin series of books?
19. A 1924 enterprise in tourism in South Dakota, USA, resulted in what?
20. Which country, once part of the Republic of Gran Colombia under Simon Bolivar, became independent in 1830 and annexed the Galapagos Islands in 1832?
21. Andy Warhol is associated with what sort of art?
22. In which country is Lake Khövsgöl and its surrounding National Park?
23. Who was the first person to be recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations as running the 1500 metres in under 3 minutes 30 seconds?
24. Which referee allowed the "Hand of God" goal scored in the quarter final of the 1986 FIFA World Cup, which was part of the 2:1 score that enabled Argentina to knock England out of the Cup?
25. Which of these are words applied to an eclipse?
26. Japatis are part of the cuisine of which country?
27. Racing on ordinary roads from town to town was banned in France from 1903 when a number of people, spectators and drivers (including Marcel Renault) were killed during a race between which two cities?
28. Who was the last of these to have a number 1 hit in Britain?
29. What are rotating stars that emit a beam of electromagnetic radiation that can only be observed when the beam of emission is pointing towards the Earth, which is called "the lighthouse effect" ?
30. A "quack" is usually defined as someone who pretends to be an expert in what field?
31. Once it is harvested, spelt is usually ..... ?
32. If you travelled down the Rhine, which sea would you reach?
33. Who was re-elected President of the Republic of Germany in 1932 defeating Adolf Hitler, became a figurehead when Hitler became Chancellor in 1932, and died in 1934, enabling Hitler to disestablish the position of President and proclaim himself Fuhrer?
34. Which of these is a traditional English pantomime?
35. In cricket, which of these is applied to a specific period in which no runs are scored?
36. The UK general election in May 2010 produced a hung parliament. When was the previous time that that happened?
37. Who is the creator of a 2006 web serial dealing with the running of the world?
38. How many books are there in the "Harry Potter" series by J K Rowling?
39. Which of these characters was created by Enid Blyton?
40. ABBA named a song after which battle?
41. Who established the short-lived Duchy of Warsaw in 1807?
42. Paediatrics is concerned with what?
43. Loch Long, in the Loch Lomond area of Scotland, UK, sometimes hosts which of these?
44. Benjamin Franklin is usually credited with the creation of the first pair of what items of optical equipment in the early 1760s?
45. Which book was published in 2015 but written before, and seen as a preliminary to, the author's only other book, a prize-winning work published in 1960?
46. What is the title of the first album by Susan Boyle?
47. The "rig veda" is a collection of scriptures sacred to which religion?
48. Where did the ancient city state known now as Palenque or Lakamha flourish?
49. To what did the light-heavyweight boxer Cassius Clay change his name?
50. Alevism shares many beliefs with what religion?
51. A time signature in music which contains two minims per measure with a beat on both, is called what?
52. Which is a name for a thin slice of meat?
53. When South Sudan was established as an country independent of Sudan in 2011 how was this done?
54. Which film, directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Hermione Gingold and Louis Jourdan, had been a Broadway play based on a story by Colette?
55. Who wrote the poem called "The New Colossus" that is inscribed on the base of the Statue of Liberty?
56. What does scroggin usually include?
57. On 1 July 1867 which of these happened in Canada?
58. Scientists' work in Peru's northern Zaña Valley in 1989 discovered what ancient artefacts, a mitigation of the valley's dry climate?
59. Who was the singer, trumpeter and big band leader behind songs such as "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow", "Riders in the Sky" and "On Top of Old Smoky" ?
60. In which country do these laws apply:the 1975 State Protection Act (Article 10 b), which grants the government the power to imprison persons for up to five years without a trial, and the Law to Safeguard the State Against the Dangers of Those Desiring to Cause Subversive Acts (Article 10 a)?
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