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General Knowledge Quiz 285 (60 MCQs)

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1. What is the name given to an unidentified serial killer who was active in the Whitechapel area and adjacent districts of London, England, in late 1888?
2. What is the current established official length of one metre?
3. What electricity voltage is provided as mains power in the USA?
4. She was only the second woman to receive a science doctorate from the Vienna University, and was one of three scientists to identify the splitting of the uranium atom, Who was she?
5. Which of these sports is competed in the World Games?
6. Who created the cartoon series called "Stanley the Palaeolithic Hero", "Bruce the Barbarian", "All the King's Comrades" and "Footrot Flats" ?
7. Which author created the character of C. Auguste Dupin, one of the first literary sleuths?
8. In 1957, Walter Frederick Morrison sold the manufacturing right to what product, which is now known as the "Frisbee" ?
9. Which of these is a specialist wine-growing area in Italy?
10. Which of these is a position in soccer?
11. The state flag of the Kyrgyz Republic, or Kyrgyzstan, contains a sun with how many rays?
12. Who served in the Crimean War (1853-56), was responsible for suppressing the Taiping rebellion in China in 1860, was governor of the Sudan 1877-79, and died there?
13. How many ways can a batsman be dismissed in cricket?
14. For what is the town of St. Moritz in Switzerland particularly known?
15. What is the surname of twin brothers Mike and Bob, who became the world's number 1 ranked men's tennis doubles team in 2007?
16. Who played "Charlie" in the 2005 film "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" ?
17. The United Provinces of Central America, or the Federal Republic of Central America, was the union in 1823 of what are now Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua. What are some of the reasons for its eventual failure?
18. In 2020, what became Berlin's only commercial international airport?
19. From the late 12th century until mid 19th century the warriors known as samurai dominated government in which country?
20. From which sport do we get the expression "selling a dummy" ?
21. What murderer lived at 10 Rillington Place, Notting Hill, London?
22. What is the name of the shallow sea between West Papua and the Gulf of Carpentaria in northern Australia?
23. What is the meaning of the motto on the Great Seal of the USA, "E Pluribus Unum" ?
24. In what position had Shimon Peres who died in September 2016 at the age of 93 most recently served in Israel?
25. With which field is Enrico Fermi associated?
26. Where is the town that is the setting for the animated TV series "South Park" ?
27. What is the colloquial name for people from Wiltshire, a county of South West England, that arose from a folk tale?
28. When introduced it needed only pencils, grid paper, 2 players and a shield blocking one person's game from the other; which game is it?
29. "The camel" is a move used in what?
30. In the 4 events held when table tennis was introduced to the Olympic Games, in 1988, which country or countries won the gold medals?
31. What is the name of the celebration held for a man shortly before his wedding?
32. Which country occupies the islands called Palawan, Mindoro, Marinduque, Masbate, Batanes, Bohol, Leyte and Samar?
33. In the human body, adductors and abductors are types of what?
34. Which of these is a simplified form of poker?
35. The city of Cologne is situated on which river?
36. What was the name of the group formed in London in February 1944 to plan the invasion of Europe under General Dwight D Eisenhower?
37. The comic actor Josh Widdicombe co-created which 2019 comedy panel show?
38. The screenplay for which 2000 film, set against the UK miners' strike in County Durham in 1984 & 1985, was inspired in part by A. J. Cronin's novel "The Stars Look Down" ?
39. If you were on the Great Slave Lake where would you be?
40. Shah Jahan directed the construction of which from 1632 to 1648?
41. Which of these is a character in "David Copperfield" ?
42. What phrase indicates an instruction to hold mail until it is collected?
43. What do myrmecologists study?
44. What is the main commercial flatfish in Europe?
45. According to legend, who was the sweetheart of Robin Hood?
46. Which of these was a celebrated 19th-century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician who represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives, served in the Texas Revolution, and died at the Battle of the Alamo?
47. She was as gentle as a lamb is an example of what?
48. Which of these is the name of the president of Egypt from 1956 to 1970?
49. Which country is the world's largest producer of rice?
50. Who won the gold medal for the 100m at the 1992 Olympics at 32 years of age and became the oldest Olympic 100 m champion by four years?
51. What was the winning team in the Formula One Championship 2011?
52. Who developed the most widely used system of shorthand, which he proposed in "Stenographic Soundhand" in 1837?
53. The music soundscape of three out of the four "Dirty Harry" films is associated with what Argentine pianist, composer, arranger and conductor?
54. A 1987 film starring Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann, described as "one of Britain's biggest cult films", is what '' ..... and I" ?
55. In which century did the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch paint the first version of his famous "The Scream" ?
56. Which of these is a parrot that inhabits Australia and the Malay archipelago?
57. Which of these under the 2010 European directive on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes are protected from experimentation?
58. Which single company, based in Johannesburg, South Africa and London, England, controls a significant proportion of the trade in diamonds?
59. In the 2014 film "Still Alice", Alzheimer's gradually blots out Alice's memories and abilities. Until the age of 50, when she is first diagnosed, what had been her work?
60. What is the least populous state capital in the U S A?
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