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General Knowledge Quiz 294 (60 MCQs)

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1. Tableland, large flat elevated areas sitting above cliffs, is sometimes called what?
2. In 1921 Sir Arnold Lunn organised the first British national ski championship which included, as well as jumping and cross-country, a speed version of what other style?
3. Where are the Kasubi Tombs, also known as the Ssekabaka's Tombs, the burial grounds for four kings, which were badly damaged by fire on 16 March 2010?
4. Which of these animals is native to Africa?
5. The continent, or micro-continent, of Zealandia broke away from what land mass an estimated 83-79 million years ago?
6. Rapidly boiling a liquid to make it thicker and more concentrated is called what?
7. Which US President resigned on 9 August 1974?
8. At the 2010 Grammy Awards, who set a new record for the most wins by a female artist in one night, winning six?
9. How could the majority of the land in Laos be described?
10. What were reportedly the last words of Ned Kelly when he was hanged on 11 November 1880 at the Melbourne Gaol?
11. "Boz" was the pseudonym of which author?
12. In how many years since the Nobel Prize in Literature was first awarded in 1901 until 2019, has the prize not been awarded?
13. The 24 year "Horthy era" was formally established, beginning in 1920, when he was proclaimed what?
14. The score of which athlete could not be displayed in the 1976 Summer Olympic Games?
15. What was invented by Alessandro Volta in 1800?
16. Which American TV series (2000 to 2004) centred on Winslow High School, a fictional public high school located in Boston, Massachusetts, had the slogan "Every day is a fight. For respect. For dignity. For sanity." ?
17. What is the name of the sterling silver salver awarded to the Wimbledon Ladies' Singles champion?
18. Prince Charles founded what organisation in 1976 to help young employed people?
19. A New Zealand squash player who dominated the sport in the late 1980s and early 1990s, winning the World Open 4 times, is Susan who?
20. The leader of the Catholic Church in England is based where?
21. What is the name of the test cricket venue in Manchester, England?
22. What is the name of the supercomputer at the National Supercomputer Center in Tianjin, China, one of the few petaFLOP-level supercomputers in the world, that in October 2010 became the world's fastest supercomputer, performing at peak computing rate of 2.507 petaflops?
23. Which war, which lasted for ten years, was fought between Agamemnon and Menelaus on one side and Priam on the other?
24. The name of a 19th century Warden of New College, Oxford, UK, is given to which play on words, deliberate or not, in which corresponding sounds are switched between words?
25. How did Lord Darnley, the father of James I of England and Ireland and James VI of Scotland, die on 10 February 1567?
26. Which pianist, philosophy and public affairs major, and investment banker started a political party and was elected President of France just over 12 months later?
27. What does the "P" stand for in the acronym "PDA", that refers to a small computer that has the ability to connect to the internet?
28. In medicine, what do the initials BMI stand for?
29. What nationality were the brothers who invented a style of hot air balloon strong enough to fly people?
30. The highest elevation African capital city is of which country?
31. Which mystic symbol among Buddhists was adopted in its clockwise form by the Nazi party in Germany?
32. The family of games in which a ball is propelled into a table where it bounces off various obstacles, scoring points either en route or when it comes to rest, is called what?
33. The asteroid 16 Psyche which orbits the sun between Mars and Jupiter is ..... (what)?
34. British novelist, playwright and poet Deborah Levy has received several honours for her work, including recognition in the Man Booker Prize awards; how many of her books were listed for a Man Booker Prize?
35. Which planet has 5 rings that are named for the astronomers Johann Gottfried Galle, Urbain Le Verrier, William Lassell, François Arago and John Couch Adams?
36. What name is given to the age at the end of which the extinction event happened which saw the end of the dinosaur?
37. From which musical does the song "Maria" come?
38. Which of these is a popular theory for the reason for the existence of Stonehenge?
39. The narrator of which poem has to wear an albatross around his neck?
40. What numbers are on the two yellow pool balls?
41. Which country's air forces owned the two planes that fatally crashed in April and May 2009?
42. Who married film star Grace Kelly in April 1956?
43. Where is El Nino, a warm current that affects the world's weather?
44. When was the flight of the first Orbital Class Rocket, parts of which are capable of reflight?
45. A nobleman who spent at least 32 years in asylums and prison (10 in the Bastille), the Marquis de Sade (1740-1814) was famous for a life preoccupation which led to famous (hopefully) fictional writings, of which kind?
46. What is the main material out of which a pool cue is usually made?
47. What game is played by usually 2 persons on a table 12' by 6' 1 1/2" and 6 pockets using 3 balls?
48. Which of these Italian places is on the coast?
49. Which film, using characters called Jason, Plato and Judy, dealt with the problems of urban, high school age children of well to do middle class parents?
50. Who was the wife of Richard I of England (the Lionheart)?
51. The song "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin" ' is from which of these?
52. What did Sir Francis Drake's ship, the Golden Hind, achieve from 1577 to 1580?
53. Why are Angel Falls, Venezuela, so called?
54. In the 2018 Winter Olympics North and South Korea fielded a combined team in which sport?
55. What product was commercially introduced to Britain in 1930?
56. Who wrote the poem "Paradise Lost" ?
57. When was Muhamad Morsi elected President of Egypt?
58. Pol Pot was overthrown as ruler of what country in 1979?
59. In 2012 the Royal Mint in the United Kingdom did what?
60. The opening ceremony of the Summer Paralympics 2016, featured a dance between US Paralympic snowboarder Amy Purdy and what?
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