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General Knowledge Quiz 292 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which can be a demonstrative pronoun, a determinative adjective, and an adverb?
2. Which of these countries is on the Gulf of Finland?
3. What can the Valsalva manoeuvre be used for?
4. Which 1929 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock is considered to be the first all-talkie feature British film?
5. For the 2020 BBC Sports Personality of the Year why was the Unsung Hero award made posthumously?
6. The double and triple rings on a dartboard are alternative sections of red and what colour?
7. Which of these is a word for the irrational fear of women?
8. Which of these is a method of preserving milk?
9. Daniel O'Connell did what in 1828 and 1829 as part of a campaign to remove the restrictions on Roman Catholics in the UK?
10. What is the next in the series:Williamsburg Bridge, Rutgers Street Tunnel, Manhattan Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge?
11. America's Cup races are competed in or on what?
12. Why was air travel across western and northern Europe disrupted in April and May 2010?
13. In 1965, who became the first non-American golfer to win the Masters, the US Open, The Open Championship and the PGA Championship?
14. What is the name of the type of curve traced by a point on a rolling wheel?
15. Under which British monarch was Warren Hastings appointed first Governor of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal) and the head of the Supreme Council of Bengal, effectively the first Governor-General of India?
16. James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, declared himself King and was crowned in Chard and in Taunton in 1685 in an attempt to overthrow whom?
17. What type of creature is a katydid?
18. Which of these was published first?
19. The Chancellor is the head of government in which of these countries?
20. Which is the first gas giant in our solar system, journeying outwards from the Sun?
21. Tropical glaciers are rare, and found only in scattered mountains in East Africa, islands in Southeast Asia, and where?
22. Where is 0 degrees latitude and 180 degrees longitude?
23. Which Formula One team, founded in 1963 by a New Zealander, were the first to design a car using a carbon fibre monocoque?
24. Who was the proprietor of "New York World" who made a bequest to award 12 prizes annually to American authors and composers?
25. In 1906 which country became the second in the world since the 18th century to grant full suffrage to all adult citizens, and the first country to grant all women full political rights, not only to vote but also to stand for election to parliament?
26. Which of these is a sweet-tasting, foul smelling fruit?
27. Which of these is a very large dulcimer with a double sounding board, approximately 6 ft (2 m) long, with about 200 strings of both gut and metal, some double-or triple-strung?
28. Australia, France (through New Caledonia), Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu surround what sea?
29. What is the Scottish name for the evening before All Saints Day, a Christian ceremony grafted onto an ancient pagan ceremony?
30. What was the capital of Italian East Africa between 1936 and 1941?
31. Which of these countries was never a member of The League of Nations, which was created by the Treaty of Versailles after World War I?
32. Tony Hawk won 9 gold medals at what annual event between 1995 and 2002?
33. What name is given to an over-theatrical actor?
34. Which London landmark was designed by Sir Christopher Wren to commemorate the Great Fire of London?
35. What is the name for a group of lines that is repeated throughout a poem or song?
36. An endomorph has what physical characteristic?
37. The film "The African Queen", starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, was set during which war?
38. Which of these has the highest annual alcohol consumption per capita?
39. Why was Swedish wrestler Ara Abrahamian disqualified by the IOC from his medal for the men's 84kg Greco-Roman wrestling event at the 2008 Olympics?
40. What was the name of the otter, the subject of a novel by Henry Williamson that was first published in 1927?
41. What is the background of the character Kim in the 1901 book of the same name by Nobel Prize-winning English author Rudyard Kipling?
42. Who is the main protagonist in the action-adventure game series, "The Legend of Zelda" ?
43. Which country in 1990 had the first female Prime Minister to give birth to a child while in office?
44. Which of these has the highest heart rate?
45. When was the scourge known in England as the "harrying of the north" carried out?
46. On television, who was the father of Meadow and Anthony Junior?
47. Before the Battle of Copenhagen, what is Nelson said to have put to his blind eye?
48. When they played together between 1966 and 1968, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker & Eric Clapton were known as what band?
49. What is the world's richest horse race in 2023?
50. In music, what word means increasing the loudness of the tone?
51. Which of these countries does not have a Pacific coastline?
52. Who died suddenly on 14 October 1977 from a heart attack soon after a round of 18 holes of golf near Madrid (apparently his last words were "That was a great game of golf, fellas" followed a few moments later by "Let's go have a Coca-Cola")?
53. Which of these is a republic?
54. Which of these is a book by Laurie Lee?
55. What is German for "ghost who makes a racket" ?
56. The food of the Gods is ambrosia:what is the drink of the Gods?
57. Trioecy-the co-occurrence of male, female and hermaphrodite-is relatively common in plants. It is also seen in what animals?
58. Who founded the London Symphony Orchestra Summer Pops in 1985 and served as Pops Musical Director of the San Francisco Symphony and Rochester (NY) Philharmonic in the USA?
59. Who wrote the book "The Prince and the Pauper" ?
60. Near what would one find an "ingle nook" ?
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