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General Knowledge Quiz 282 (60 MCQs)

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1. In which city was US president John F Kennedy assassinated on 22 November 1963?
2. Outremer was the Western term applied originally to a number of states established following what?
3. Del Boy from the UK TV series "Only Fools and Horses" drove what vehicle?
4. Which of these countries would you go to, to stand on a bank of the Danube River?
5. Which UK sitcom features a yellow three-wheeled van?
6. Where was the first commercial railway line built?
7. The Angus, Australian Lowline, Blue Albion, Florida Cracker, Hereford, Romagnola, Tasmanian Grey and Whitebred Shorthorn are all types of what?
8. According to its creator the name of which social and maritime drama TV series and its main character was inspired by the name of a mythological sea creature?
9. What is the next in the series:Innsbruck, Austria; Grenoble, France; Sapporo, Japan; Innsbruck, Austria?
10. If you travelled due west from Seattle, USA where would you make landfall?
11. Which of these is a card game for 2 players who are dealt 12 cards each from a pack excluding the 2s to 6s, with the remainder placed face downwards?
12. Encore", now "Starz Encore", was launched in 1991 by which organisation as a premium channel featuring older feature films?
13. From the 10th to the 14th centuries Scandinavian and, later, Anglo Saxon warriors formed the guard for Byzantine emperors under what name?
14. What is a reality TV show in which a group of people live in a large house watched by cameras, first broadcast in the Netherlands in 1999?
15. The parable of "The Good Samaritan" is in which Christian gospel?
16. He was an 18th century composer, court musician and Austrian, whose first name was "Joseph" . What was his family name?
17. What vitamin is riboflavin?
18. What is the Yuntai Skyscraper?
19. King George VI had two daughters:Elizabeth Alexandra Mary and which other?
20. Bob Geldof was lead singer for which band?
21. If someone cadges something, what are they doing?
22. Which of these, a late impressionistic work and one of his two self-portraits, is an 1878-79 painting by French artist Édouard Manet?
23. The plotline of which film begins in 1845 in Canada, when young James Howlett kills a groundskeeper named Thomas Logan who had killed his father?
24. In a coup in 2006, who seized power in Fiji?
25. In the film Spider-Man 2 (2004), which New York newspaper does Spider-Man's alter ego again take photographs for?
26. What country in Southeast Asia about 640 km (400 miles) northwest of Australia that occupies half of one island and two smaller ones, was colonised by Portugal in the 16th century, declared independence on 28 November 1975, was invaded by Indonesia 9 days later and became a sovereign state on 20 May 2002?
27. Which of these was a character that appeared in the TV series "The X Files" ?
28. What was the first of a succession of Soviet state security organisations, created by a decree issued on 20 December 1917 by Vladimir Lenin and subsequently led by Felix Dzerzhinsky?
29. What is the approximate population of the largest city or town in the Tierra del Fuego area at the extreme tip of the South American continent?
30. What group was Roger Bannister representing when he broke the 4 minute mile at 3 minutes 59.4 seconds on 6 May 1954?
31. Which Greek physician born in 460 BC to a family of priests and doctors lived most of his life on Cos and Cnidus and is generally considered to be the father of modern medicine?
32. White headwear is worn by the Pope and what other Roman Catholic clergy?
33. How many people made up the English pop rock group "Tears For Fears" ?
34. Quitline is a system of centres to help people to quit what?
35. In 1964, what did University of Oregon grad. student Carolyn Davidson design for $ 35?
36. What is the largest planet in our solar system?
37. What game is played in 4 quarters between two teams of 18 outdoors on a large oval grass field with two goal posts and two behind posts at each end, where the primary aim of the game is to score by kicking a ball between the posts of the opposing goal?
38. The lyric "Jeremiah was a bullfrog" is from which song?
39. What is added to water to make brine?
40. The modern Olympic Games are named after games held originally in what country?
41. What is a transient psychological disorder encountered by some people visiting or vacationing in Paris, to which Japanese visitors are observed to be especially susceptible?
42. The faces of which of these shapes are not triangles?
43. Which country does not currently have a sultan as its political and/or religious head of state?
44. Which Australian playwright's work "Up for Grabs" starred Madonna in its London première in 2002?
45. In 2004, Christopher Bailey was appointed creative director of which British luxury fashion house that manufactures clothing, fragrances and fashion accessories?
46. Which astronomer, born in West Yorkshire, England in 1915 and dying in 2001 in Bournemouth, England, was a science fiction writer, whose output includes the novel "The Black Cloud", a TV series "A for Andromeda" and a play "Rockets in Ursa Major" ?
47. What shape are the 12 faces of a regular dodecahedron?
48. Who was the subject of a 4 week inquiry by the US Atomic Energy Commission in 1954 into his background, actions and associations, due to suspicions that he was a member of the Communist Party and might have spied for the Soviet Union, which resulted in his top secret security clearance being revoked?
49. The most renowned oracles were Zeus (at Dodona) and Apollo. Where was Apollo based?
50. Which of these requires the largest area?
51. With what profession was Vidal Sassoon most associated?
52. Which is known as the only primate which defends itself with venom?
53. Seven countries did not attend the 1988 Summer Olympics in South Korea. What did Nicaragua and Madagascar, two of the countries, give as a reason?
54. In 1828 Casparus van Houten Sr. patented a hydraulic press that revolutionised the production of what?
55. Where in London was the first Globe Theatre built in 1599?
56. What is the chemical symbol for copper?
57. In aviation in the USA what is "VFR" ?
58. The mediaeval wind instrument called a shawm typically had a cover over its keys called what?
59. Who was a session musician from Harlesden, North London, England who played for leading UK independent producers Shel Talmy and Mickie Most and performed on albums and singles by The Kinks, The Move, The Who, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Donovan, Jeff Beck, Jefferson Airplane, and the Steve Miller Band?
60. What is the meaning of the Italian and Latin words from which "gabion" comes?
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