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General Knowledge Quiz 267 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which country was the first to win the Rugby World Cup other than its founders, New Zealand and Australia?
2. In the history of the Academy Awards, why do Luise Rainer and Katharine Hepburn stand out?
3. What does the word "Kendo", a modern Japanese martial art, mean?
4. From 1089 to 1125, David who became later known as "The Builder" or "The Restorer" was king of what territory?
5. Who was the guitarist for David Bowie's recording and performing band from 1970 to 1974?
6. What complex, once the residence of the Muslim rulers of Granada that became a Christian palace, was "rediscovered" in the 19th century and now exhibits Islamic architecture, together with Christian 16th century buildings and gardens?
7. What does a linguist study?
8. Where are the mountain ranges which are crossed by the Unai Pass, the Kaoshan Pass and the Salang Pass?
9. What is the popular name for the strip of land in France, Monaco and Italy that includes the cities of Cannes, Nice, Monte Carlo, Antibes, Rapallo and Bordighera?
10. Which of these is a common bird which breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe?
11. What is the gestation period of the African elephant?
12. Who entitled his autobiography "My Wicked, Wicked Ways" ?
13. In 1903 American showman and aviation pioneer Samuel Cowdery (or Cody) did what?
14. The song "Sit down, you're rockin' the boat" is from which musical?
15. Which of these is not a Swedish tennis player who has held the world number 1 men's ranking?
16. Where are the annual wife-carrying World Championships held?
17. Richard Griffiths won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play, the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, and the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play, all for his role in which play?
18. English-Australian playwright and screenwriter Joe Penhall created what US TV series, based on a 1995 true-crime book subtitled "Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit" ?
19. What was a name given to Britain's first operational nuclear weapon?
20. Which People's Republic officially ceased to exist on 13 February 1992?
21. Which 1973 British film, directed by Lindsay Anderson, featured the music of Alan Price?
22. On 4 June 2008 the International Olympic Committee announced that the finalists to host the 2016 Olympics were Chicago, Tokyo, Madrid and which other venue?
23. What or who does the PYA, formed in 1991 and based in Antibes, France, represent?
24. Rihanna, who had hit singles from 2005 that include "Don't Stop the Music" and "Disturbia", was born where?
25. The most immediate sea to the east of Drake Passage, south of South America, is what?
26. In the US, what are SEALs?
27. The French animation studio, Fortiche Production SAS, created which action-adventure television series released in 2021?
28. Where are the re-introduced and still endangered takhi native?
29. In the old song, what comes after "Old MacDonald had a farm" ?
30. What is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Armenia?
31. Starting from the astrological period in which Christmas Day lies, which is the last of these astrological signs to be reached?
32. What is the monetary unit of Laos?
33. What is the etymology of "malaria" ?
34. When the Netherlands football player, Clarence Seedorf, was appointed coach of the Italian football (soccer) team AC Milan from 16 January to 9 June 2014 what singled the appointment out?
35. A set square is designed to be used in which of these?
36. What style of music was made popular in the early 1970s largely due to the fame of Bob Marley, who incorporated nyabinghi and Rastafarian chanting into his music, lyrics and album covers?
37. In which month do the Russians celebrate the October revolution?
38. What is the name of the system of lakes, canals and rivers that enables shipping to get from the Atlantic to as far as Duluth, Minnesota, on Lake Superior?
39. What weather is found in an area of anticyclone?
40. The Mason-Dixon line, which came to symbolise the cultural boundary between the Northern and Southern United States, was originally surveyed to define the border between Maryland and which other state?
41. Excavations in Pompeii from 2023 have uncovered new what?
42. What is the primary reference for the Palermo Technical Scale, used for?
43. What ancient road ran from Silchester to Weymouth, via Old Sarum and Dorchester?
44. How does Kenta Kambara dance?
45. Which is one feature of a Cumberland sausage?
46. What was the census known as the Domesday Book intended to support?
47. For whom was Daedalus said to have built a labyrinth?
48. How is the title of Rossini's opera "La Gazza Ladra" usually translated into English?
49. Which of these people was the lead singer for the group "The Verve" ?
50. Rubiola is another name for which of these illnesses?
51. Pablo Ruiz, born at Malaga, Spain, is better known as who?
52. Which member of the British royal family once worked for Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Theatre Company?
53. In which of these sports are players most likely to form a scrum?
54. Siberia is geographically part of which area?
55. How many common nouns are there in the words "Twinkle, twinkle, little star. How I wonder what you are." ?
56. What does a gourmand enjoy doing?
57. What does commensalism between two organisms imply about them?
58. What is the product marketed as Fisherman's Friend intended to do?
59. When was the sculpture of the four faces on Mount Rushmore begun?
60. For what does Greek legend generally agree that Prometheus received eternal punishment?
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