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General Knowledge Quiz 270 (60 MCQs)

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1. Who was an American gangster, the leader of a crime syndicate dedicated to smuggling and bootlegging of liquor and other illegal activities during the Prohibition Era, whose criminal career ended in 1931 when he was convicted for income-tax evasion?
2. What name is given to a cocktail consisting mainly of vodka and orange?
3. The phrases "cry wolf" and "sour grapes" have a basis in which collection of stories?
4. Bohemian engraver and artist Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677) created multiple works prized in England as tools of government. What were they?
5. What country borders the Spanish city of Ceuta?
6. Which of these is associated with Dijon, France?
7. Which of these airports serves Chicago?
8. The "Land of Fire" is at the southern tip of which continent or sub-continent?
9. What does a philologist work with particularly?
10. "House music" originated in clubs in which city?
11. The original terms of reference of the International Whaling Commission were to "provide for the proper conservation of whale stocks and thus make possible the orderly development of the whaling industry"; what did the Commission do in 1982?
12. What nationality was the physician Paracelsus, prominent in the Renaissance revolution in medicine?
13. Who lost in the 1994 Women's Singles final at Wimbledon to Conchita Martínez, and was beaten by her in the first round of the 2004 French Open, 6-1, 6-3?
14. According to a book by former British foreign secretary Lord Owen, which world leader collapsed while sitting on a sofa watching a football game in 2002?
15. The Exxon Valdez oil spill, considered one of the most devastating human-caused environmental disasters ever to occur at sea, happened on 24 March 1989 in the Prince William Sound, in which state of the USA?
16. Which American blues, soul, R & B, rock & roll and jazz singer/songwriter has won 4 Grammys, 17 Blues Foundation Music Awards, and been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (1993), the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame (2001) and the Grammy Hall of Fame (both 1999 & 2008)?
17. When did the European Union come into being?
18. Martin and Charlie are the first names of actors with what surname?
19. What sport is played by the Catalan Dragons?
20. Where were tanks used for the first time in battle?
21. Snakes are kept in a what?
22. The capital of the USA is named after which US president?
23. Who supplied tyres for all A1 Grand Prix cars?
24. Amelia Earhart is famous for what area of activity?
25. Movistar, Bharti Airtel, Telenor, TeliaSonera & Etisalat are what?
26. Which former champion sportsperson was known for the phrase "You cannot be serious" ?
27. What is the world's largest cat species?
28. Who was the US president when women got the vote in the USA due to the ratification of The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution?
29. What old English unit equalling ⅓ inch (8.46 mm) is the base for the English and the US shoe sizing system?
30. Which of these seas is not on the coast of Europe?
31. The poem "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" by Dylan Thomas is written in what poetic form?
32. Which of these British TV costume dramas was the first to be aired?
33. Who had a hit record in 1990 with "U Can't Touch This" ?
34. What does "coup d'etat" mean?
35. Who created the character of Allan Quatermain?
36. Which fictional character referred to his wife as "She Who Must Be Obeyed" ?
37. Which professional American football league played its only season in 2001?
38. What apple-like fruit containing pulp covered seeds with a golden-red rind is formed from (usually scarlet) flowers?
39. "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry and the writer Timothy Leary were on what famous flight together?
40. What is the name of the simplified Roman alphabet-based phonetic system of Chinese script adopted in 1958 at the Fifth Session of the 1st National People's Congress in mainland China?
41. The Houston Astros baseball team in the US was heavily criticised and penalised in 2020 and onwards for what?
42. A major UK prize, sponsored by Orange until 2012, then rumoured to be interesting to Apple, later sponsored by Baileys, presently not using a sponsor name, is given to what or whom?
43. The Battle of Agincourt in 1415 was fought between which two countries?
44. Cotswold, Southdown, Dorset, Lonk and Lincoln are breeds of what animal?
45. Who, in the years prior to World War II, conceived and oversaw the development of an integrated air defence system for England which included radar, human observers, raid plotting and radio control of aircraft?
46. What does "VAT" stand for in Britain?
47. Which of these is concerned with disorders of the eye?
48. In international sport, what is the IPL?
49. The 1960 Summer Olympics saw the first medal, a gold, won by the 18 year old Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali); in what boxing discipline did he win?
50. What did Sarah Ferguson and Beatrice & Eugenie film in the UK documentary "Duchess and Daughters" that caused an international incident?
51. In Britain, the political party called Whigs were an early version of what party?
52. In Euclidean geometry what is a triangle?
53. Which of these rings has a red and blue corner?
54. The US version of the Indian game pachisi, Parcheesi, was trademarked by US firm E. G. Selchow & Co in what year?
55. What is kept in the sump of a motor car engine?
56. In jazz, what kind of singing is vocal improvisation with nonsense syllables or without words at all, whereby singers have the ability to create the equivalent of an instrumental solo using their voice?
57. A pink gin is gin mixed with what?
58. In 1991 the PYA was formed to represent people in what field?
59. "Now is the winter of our discontent" is a line from which play?
60. Which of these might have a piilion passenger on board?
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