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General Knowledge Quiz 286 (60 MCQs)

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1. Who has been called His Purple Majesty, His Royal Badness, TAFKAP, The Artist, Symbol, Love Symbol and The Purple One?
2. When was the Spanish Constitution enacted that created the 17 autonomous communities and 2 autonomous cities which constitute the country?
3. What explorer sailed on the ship "Terra Nova" ?
4. What is the name of cities in Argentina and Spain that are both capitals of provinces of the same name?
5. What football team is based in Green Bay, Wisconsin?
6. What is Thailand's largest island?
7. From which sport do we get the expression "On a sticky wicket" ?
8. Which movement was founded by Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell?
9. Who was the commander of the Luftwaffe during World War II and died by taking poison after being condemned to death at the Nuremberg Trials in 1946?
10. On the western Christian calendar, what date is Twelfth Day?
11. Which of these is an amphitheatre in LA, California, used mainly for music performances?
12. It was a 1982 BBC2 TV series of only 5 episodes, but it won the 1983 BA(F)TA award for Best Drama Serial, and continues to be rated in the top 50 TV dramas; what was it?
13. Porfirio Diaz resigned from the presidency of which country in May 1911?
14. Which would NOT be a meaning for "dispute" ?
15. Olympic gold medallists Kristina Šmigun and Kristjan Palusalu represented which country?
16. What is the next in this series:Squaw Valley, Innsbruck, Grenoble ..... ?
17. In the 16th century BCE, a census was carried out, thought to be the earliest recorded, of the population of where?
18. Samarkand is an ancient city in what present-day country?
19. The Christian festival of Easter Sunday occurs on which day?
20. Which brothers founded the studio which developed the dance rhythm game, Just Dance 2021?
21. How long is an Olympic-sized swimming pool?
22. Circadian rhythms are seen in plants, animals, fungi and cyanobacteria, and are what?
23. If food is described as farinaceous what does it contain?
24. What is the English name for the red wines of Bordeaux, especially from vineyards in the Medoc district of the Gironde?
25. Who dubbed the singing voice for Audrey Hepburn in the film version of "My Fair Lady" ?
26. In 2009, Kelly Clarkson released a song that included the lyric: "You got a piece of me, And honestly, My life would ..... "what" ..... without you" '?
27. What is the aim of the International HapMap Project?
28. Who had a morning show from June to October 1980 and a late night show from 1982 to 1993 weeknights at 12:30 a.m. at NBC in New York, then moved to CBS where the show screened at 11:30 p.m.?
29. What city was not known to the Western world until 1812, when it was discovered by Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt and described as "a rose-red city half as old as time" in a sonnet by John William Burgon?
30. What nationality is Ilie Năstase, World No. 1 tennis player in 1973/1974, who won more than 100 ATP professional titles, 7 Grand Slam titles and 4 ATP World Tour Finals championships?
31. Dame Barbara Hepworth is known mainly for her work in sculpture but later in her career was known for work in what other medium?
32. What is the maximum mass for a golf ball?
33. When did people last walk on the moon?
34. Which Winter Olympics sport does not feature a women's event?
35. Which country ended the USA's 132 year hold on the America's Cup?
36. Miners trapped underground in Chile in August 2010 received help and advice from which of these organisations?
37. What describes a variable signal that is continuous in time and amplitude, that can be seen as the opposite of "digital" ?
38. What is an alcoholic apéritif, a type of bitters, obtained from the infusion of bitter herbs, aromatic plants and fruit in alcohol and water?
39. What 3-D puzzle was invented in 1974 by a Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture?
40. What mythical creature is a symbol of Wales?
41. Which of these, an actor and a vaudeville, jazz and blues singer, was the first African-American artist to make a commercial vocal blues recording?
42. What are the young of a frog called?
43. What is the last Grand Slam tennis tournament played in a calendar year?
44. The Kiel Canal links which 2 seas?
45. What name is given to poetry written in lines of 12 syllables in 6 metrical feet?
46. In which Shakespeare play does the character Autolycus appear?
47. The composer of the music for "Blue Eyes", "Three Sisters" and "The Cat and the Fiddle" also composed the music for which of these other musicals?
48. Whose career was re-ignited with the release of his album "American Recordings", which included songs written by Tom Waits, Nick Lowe and Leonard Cohen, when it won the 1994 Contemporary Folk Album Grammy Award?
49. In the 1994 Winter Olympics what ancient tradition was revived and, for the first time in the modern Games, formally put in place?
50. What is the Abilene paradox?
51. What organisation was founded in London in July 1961 by English labour lawyer Peter Benenson?
52. What film did Vittorio de Sica direct in 1946 about two innocent boys in Rome who commit a crime to buy a horse?
53. What did Elvis Presley tell people not to step on in 1956?
54. In a 1989 American drama film, the semi-autobiographical script and the screenplay for which was written by Thomas Schulmann and inspired by a teacher of his and by his experiences at school, what are the people referred to in its title?
55. In May 2009, publicist Raymone Bain announced that she was suing who for US$ 44 million for five years' work?
56. How many pins are there to a firkin?
57. The IWC, an international body established in 1946, is concerned with what activity?
58. Who was the only Chinese track and field athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in Atlanta in 1996 (for the 5, 000m)?
59. "Superbad. Superdad." was the tagline for which 2010 film?
60. What was the name of the series of military campaigns between 1095 and 1291 sanctioned by the Roman Cathoilic Church and waged by much of Latin Christian Europe to seize Christian control of the Holy Land?
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