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General Knowledge Quiz 293 (60 MCQs)

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1. An ancient city in the Colombia's Sierra Nevada, thought to have been founded about 800 CE, is known as what?
2. According to legend, what is needed to kill a werewolf?
3. Where are giraffes most likely to be found in the wild?
4. What does the "A" stand for in the insurance group AIG?
5. Where are China's largest natural gas reserves found?
6. The Camel Cup, first held in 1970 in the dry bed of a river, is held where?
7. Which part of the body would be treated if the patient was suffering from lumbago?
8. Where is the Riigikogu the national parliament?
9. Which country, governed by the Danish government as its colony, was made an equal part of the Danish Kingdom in 1953?
10. What do V.S.Naipaul, Doris Lessing, John Maxwell Coetzee and Bob Dylan have in common?
11. The capital cities of two neighbouring countries in the southern hemisphere are located on the opposite sides of the mouth of which river?
12. The "Authorised" English translation of the Bible was named after whom?
13. What form does an "iamb" have?
14. How old was the oldest person to win an Olympic Medal?
15. Where is Brobdingnag?
16. Which of these is a French island that you would pass when travelling from Tunisia to Monaco?
17. The two UK TV series "The Sweeney" (1975-78) and "Inspector Morse" (1987-2000) share which actor?
18. In 2005, Kelly Slater became the first surfer to record two perfect scores in professional competition under the new ASP two-wave scoring system. What was the competition?
19. The escudo is the currency used in which of these countries?
20. What was the motto of the arms of England during the reigns of Elizabeth I and Anne?
21. Chloramine T trihydrate is a reagent commonly used in what?
22. From 1971 to 1992 who was awarded the Ballon d'Or in football the most times?
23. Following the rules of the World Darts Federation, how far from the face of a darts board are professional players required to stand?
24. In what language was "War and Peace" mainly written?
25. In 1981, Peter Sutcliffe was convicted of murdering 13 women and attacking several others. By what name was he known in the popular press?
26. Which half of a comedy duo was born in Lancashire in 1895?
27. Which of these was a former Prime Minister of South Africa?
28. Pirates operating off the coast of which country took over $ 100 million in ransom payments between 2007 and 2009?
29. Which of these has the lowest population destiny?
30. In what year did competition for the Davis Cup begin?
31. Why did Captain Cook throw 6 of his 10 cannon into the sea at Great Barrier Reef, off the Australian coast in 1770?
32. The modern Olympic Games, the first of which was held in 1896, has attracted several internationally famous people, including ..... ?
33. What type of land does Bogotá, Colombia, have most of?
34. Who first started exhibiting paintings at the Paris Salon in 1864 and painted several thousand works until his death in 1919, even though during the last twenty years of his life he was wheelchair-bound and rheumatoid arthritis severely limited his movement?
35. Who released an album called "Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player" in 1973?
36. Which inn at Cheapside near Friday Street (where, it is said, Shakespeare, Johnson and friends met frequently), was destroyed by the Great Fire of London?
37. Which of these is a landmark in Bogota?
38. What height should the top of the rim of a basketball net be above the court?
39. Where is hydrochloric acid found in the human body?
40. Who played the title role in the 1970s TV series "McCloud", about a cowboy policeman working in New York?
41. The amateur sport ARDF is a competition in what field?
42. What is the world's largest rodent?
43. What is the name for the meteorites that arrive at earth's atmosphere around mid November?
44. Which of these women was rushed to hospital in 2007 following a drug overdose, reportedly a cocktail of heroin, ecstasy, cocaine, ketamine and alcohol?
45. What is another name for the alligator pear?
46. Which US TV show, for which the cast list included Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards and Jason Alexander, was set predominantly in an apartment block on New York City's Upper West Side (but shot mostly in Los Angeles, California)?
47. Which of these uses is not one thought to relate to Bedloe's Island?
48. The Kuril island archipelago lies between the Pacific Ocean and which other sea?
49. What Christian festival commemorates the coming of the Three Wise Men to Bethlehem?
50. What is the capital of Peru?
51. Looking at distances averaged over time, which is the planet closest to the Earth?
52. The song "Whatever Lola Wants" is from which musical?
53. What does Monarch Initiative focus on?
54. Which of these historical figures is most associated with the year 1605?
55. Where was Daniel arap Moi a leader?
56. What stands at the west end of the Champs Élysées?
57. What is a Saanen?
58. Which HBO Max sci-fi series set on the real planet Kepler-22b centres on artificial intelligence and religious belief?
59. What game is one of the inspirations for the video game, "The Witness" ?
60. African nations boycotted the Montreal Olympic Games in 1976, as a protest against a recent tour of South Africa by a rugby team from which country?
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