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General Knowledge Quiz 27 (60 MCQs)

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1. Where is Wrangel Island Reserve?
2. Patrick Swayze headed a cast including Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Goldwyn and Vincent Schiavelli, in what 1990 fantasy film?
3. What name is given to the ancient preserved dead bodies found in Egypt?
4. Which opera singer, and oratorio and concert soloist with the New York Philharmonic, London Symphony and Israel Philharmonic orchestras is even better known for dubbing the singing in films of musicals including for Margaret O'Brien in "The Secret Garden" (1949) and for singing roles on Broadway in 2000-2003?
5. Jane Horrocks plays which role in the TV series "Absolutely Fabulous" ?
6. Which of these is a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean?
7. What does the Chandrasekhar limit relate to?
8. The author of the 16th century treatise, "Spiritual Exercises", simple meditations, prayers, and other mental exercises, was which career Spanish Basque soldier, courtier and later university student?
9. Who was the central figure in the 2015 film "Amy" ?
10. Where is the Gulf of Ob?
11. Which of these is a graph of a function showing smooth repetitive oscillation?
12. Tamerlane was a 14th-century conqueror of Western, South and Central Asia, founder of which empire?
13. "The Year of Three Popes", involving Pope Paul VI, Pope John Paul I and Pope John Paul II, is the name given to which year?
14. Which Caribbean country, consisting of two main islands, is the smallest nation in the Western hemisphere?
15. What sport was competed in the Home Nations Championship, now the Six Nations Championship?
16. The Battle of Khafji was the first major ground engagement in which war?
17. The ancient sport of Jallikattu in Tamil Nadu involves riding or taming what?
18. What was the favourite vegetable of Catherine de Medici, who, when she left Florence to marry the king of France, brought her own cooks, who could prepare it in the ways that she especially liked?
19. Which Serbian-Australian female professional tennis player reached a career-high ranking of World No. 4 in 2002, but after several family-related difficulties (mostly involving her father), she slowly slipped down the rankings in 2006?
20. Where was the men's world best time (up to 2009) for the Team Sprint, of 42.950 seconds, set by the British cycling team of Jamie Staff, Jason Kenny and Chris Hoy?
21. Bacalhau is a dried product which is more likely to be used in what kind of dish?
22. Which country topped the gold medal count at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver?
23. In 1974 author Paulo Coelho was arrested and tortured for "subversive" activities by his government, which viewed his lyrics as left-wing and dangerous. Where was he born?
24. Which of these is not known as Black Thursday?
25. Where was "the Bhopal disaster" that took place at a pesticide plant owned and operated by Union Carbide (UCIL), when the plant released methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas and other toxins in December 1984, exposing over 500, 000 people?
26. What is shigella?
27. In Tom Clancy's "Rainbow Six" (1998), what is the setting for a plot by eco-terrorists who plan to spread a terrible new plague?
28. Which of these might be used in association with a guitar?
29. With what group are Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton associated?
30. Who was elected "the greatest stage actor of all time" in a poll organised by "The Stage" magazine in December 2010?
31. Where is the radar site Link Quality Indicator (LQI) based to monitor the Traffic Separation Scheme in the Strait of Hormuz?
32. How is lamé essential in professional fencing contests?
33. Fairy rock chimneys are a feature of Colorado and the Badlands in North America, the south of France, Taiwan, and Serbia and also, with houses carved from the formations, where?
34. Who composed the opera "Betrothal in a Monastery", first performed in 1946?
35. What is the stage name of Londoner Susan Janet Ballion, who fronted the group "The Banshees" between 1976 and 1996?
36. Rafael de la Cruz Franco Ojeda was President (1936-37), and later founder and leader of the Febrerista Party which sparked a civil war, in which country?
37. Which of these is a homophone of "lough", meaning a narrow bay or an arm of the sea?
38. A kukri is a crooked knife traditionally used by which regiment in the British army?
39. Which land mass is nearest to the island of Madagascar?
40. Which ocean is on the eastern shore of the Kamchatka Peninsula?
41. Which character in a play has a soliloquy that begins "To be or not to be, that is the question." ?
42. Which of these is a type of knot?
43. Which of these comedians was born last?
44. Where are the 2022 Winter Olympics to be held?
45. What nationality was Confucius?
46. What is boiled in water to form gelatine?
47. Where is the Sea of Vapors?
48. Which tennis tournament runs for 14 days from late June to early July, ending with the men's singles final on a Sunday?
49. What was established by the Maastricht Treaty?
50. Where does kapok, use for stuffing mattresses and cushions, come from?
51. Where is the Foaming Sea?
52. Where is Brasilia, the capital city of Brazil, situated?
53. Which of these means "in addition" ?
54. Archery was included in the Olympic Games in 1900, 1904, 1908, and 1920, and every time since 1972. Which country has won the most gold medals?
55. From which country is it currently thought that we get chicken tikka masala?
56. What was the nickname of the British army regiment called "The 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)" ?
57. What is the branch of the Mediterranean Sea between Italy and the Balkans, with ports such as Bari, Venice, and Trieste?
58. Which of these is in the city of Florence, Italy?
59. "Four Quartets", a set of four poems ("Burnt Norton", "East Coker", "The Dry Salvages" and "Little Gidding") published between 1936 and 1942, were written by whom?
60. In legal terms, the prohibition of the transport, sale, use and production of intoxicating drink in the USA was ended in December 1933; when did the legal changes to the USA Constitution which established Prohibition happen?
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