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General Knowledge Quiz 284 (60 MCQs)

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1. What is the element associated with the Year of the Dog in China in 2030 (by the Western calendar)?
2. What does the name of Nana, one of the centres of "The Travelling Cat Chronicles" by Hiro Arikawa, relate to?
3. When were the first Far Eastern Games, now replaced by the Asian Games, held?
4. Who "packed her trunk and said goodbye to the circus" ?
5. What is a hoatzin?
6. To what office in the USA was Henry Kissinger appointed in 1973?
7. In English folklore, what symbolises fertility and rebirth?
8. Dr. James Naismith, a Canadian-born American sports coach and innovator, invented which sport in 1891?
9. These are the first lines from what song: "They asked me how I knew, My true love was true. Oh, I of course replied, Something here inside cannot be denied" ?
10. What is a frequent element in the work of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama?
11. In Greek mythology, what was left in Pandora's box after the evils, ills, diseases, and burdensome labour had escaped?
12. Which Texas congressman who ran a campaign to rid Afghanistan of Soviet influence in the 1980s, died in February 2010?
13. Which of these developed and produced the Malaysian feature film "Thanggam" (2019) featuring a millennial named Kumar and his elderly grandmother who come to live together but speak separate languages?
14. Robert Cecil, 1st earl of Salisbury, later Viscount Cranbourne, succeeded his father as whose chief minister?
15. Where is the unusual Perito Moreno Glacier?
16. Which creature gives its name to the centre of a shooting target, or the shot which strikes it?
17. What is the largest (by population) landlocked country?
18. In 2001, who began a relationship with director Tim Burton with whom she has two children:Billy (born 2003) and Nell (born 2007)?
19. In 2012 where was the magnetic North Pole?
20. Which English duo had hits between 1984 and 1987 that included "West End Girls", "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)", "Love Comes Quickly", "Suburbia", "It's a Sin", "What Have I Done to Deserve This?", "Rent" and "Always on My Mind" ?
21. The term "syzygy" is used in activities in what kind of area?
22. In 2024 researchers at the University of Helsinki and Aalto University in Finland studied what, as an example of multispecies design?
23. What is the basic design of the new state flag adopted by The Republic of the Union of Myanmar on 21 October 2010 to replace the former flag that had been in use since 1974?
24. Which of these can mean a chill or fit of shivering, or a condition, especially associated with malaria, characterised by alternating periods of chills, fever, and sweating?
25. Which of these is in the English Channel/La Manche?
26. To create the musical "The Capeman" (1998), Paul Simon collaborated with what Nobel laureate?
27. Which manufacturer of pens was established in 1884 in New York City, USA?
28. What would a joiner use to bore a hole?
29. What is the name of the strip of land between a golf tee and the green?
30. Rabbits have been reported as a problem at London's Stansted Airport as leading to what?
31. In 2022 the National Tax Agency in Japan designed a campaign to do what?
32. In the 5 part 2009 UK TV series "The Queen", Emilia Fox, Samantha Bond, Susan Jameson and Barbara Flynn took the role of Queen Elizabeth II at different stages of her reign. Who took the role for the last episode?
33. In Greek mythology, who was required to carry out ten labours set by Eurystheus?
34. In February 2021, at the age of 43, Tom Brady was voted MVP for the 5th time as part of the winning team in which game?
35. Psephology is the study of what?
36. The co-creator and co-host of British radio show "The Museum of Curiosity" (2008 to present) also created what other show?
37. A nationalist organisation, subsequently with paramilitary initiatives, was formed in 1959 with what name?
38. What London landmark has served as the Royal Mint, the Public Records Office, a royal menagerie, a residence and a prison?
39. Which of these is an African capital city named after a US president?
40. Where did United Airlines flight 93, hijacked by terrorists on 11 September 2001, crash?
41. What are "peripherins" ?
42. The city previously known as Byzantium and Constantinople is in what modern day country?
43. Where in London, covering 350 acres (140 hectares), would you find the Serpentine (an artifical lake), Rotten Row (for riding horses) and a bird sanctuary?
44. According to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, where did the village smithy stand?
45. After the records of the UK Singles Chart started in 1952 who was the first singer to be No 1?
46. How did US president William McKinley die in 1901?
47. Where was the Yushin Constitution introduced in 1972, dramatically increasing presidential powers in the area and creating a virtual dictatorship?
48. What is a natural number called if it has exactly two distinct divisors?
49. Who introduced the song "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" ?
50. In the English version of the "Asterix" books, the character of Unhygienix has what occupation?
51. Which sporting event has a trophy known as the Claret Jug?
52. When writer Franz Kafka described someone as true to their lineage in "strength, health, appetite, loudness of voice, eloquence, self-satisfaction, worldly dominance, endurance, presence of mind, [and] knowledge of human nature", of whom was he speaking?
53. What is the next in this series:1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy ..... ?
54. In the film "Basic Instinct" (1992) Detective Nick Curran and Catherine Tramell were played by which actors?
55. What purpose would groats NOT serve or have served?
56. Revolutions in February and October in 1917 are remembered in what country?
57. The period of the French Revolution when the Girondists were guillotined, which ended with the guillotining of Robespierre, was known as what?
58. What sport is played in the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup Final, that has been held since 1914?
59. Which musical was written by Tim Rice with two ex-members of ABBA?
60. What painting has the alternative name of "La Gioconda" ?
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