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General Knowledge Quiz 296 (60 MCQs)

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1. The Gregorian calendar was named after what public figure at the time?
2. In Alise-Sainte-Reine, Burgundy, France, the famous French battleground of Alesia is remembered. The battle was 52 BCE and was the last great battle between Julius Caesar of Rome and whom?
3. What best describes the asteroid Cruithne's orbit around Earth?
4. Where is the world's largest underground natural chamber?
5. Until September 2004, how many members were there in the French upper house, the Senate?
6. What was the name of the river, 200 Roman miles (256 km) north of Rome, where returning generals disbanded their armies when returning from campaigns to keep order in or expand the Roman Empire?
7. Brass, one of the copper alloys, is manufactured using mainly which other metal?
8. In 1953, six nations set up the International Federation of Translators (FIT) in Paris. The nations were Denmark, France, Italy, Norway, the Federal Republic of Germany and which other?
9. Who released the albums "Sentimental Journey", "Goodnight Vienna", "Bad Boy", "Old Wave" and "Vertical Man" between 1970 and 1999?
10. Where do most Hutu live?
11. The saying "By three methods we may learn wisdom:First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest" is credited to whom?
12. Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira, was an explorer for which kingdom?
13. What is the opposite of diminuendo?
14. Who was elected president of the southern states of the USA when they seceded from the Union in 1861?
15. Which city was founded in 763, ravaged by the Mongols in 1258, taken by the Turks in 1636, and occupied by the British from 1917 to 1932?
16. What is dichlor-diphenyl-trichlorethane used for?
17. In 1994 the Globe Theatre on London's Shaftesbury Avenue was renamed after which actor?
18. The River Volga runs through which capital city?
19. Wargaming in one form or another has gone through surges of use and popularity but one form is both ancient and still greatly popular; which is it?
20. How many months are there in a century?
21. Which of these sports has a Doubles variety?
22. Where was Zane Grey born, later an author, a dentist, and known for his adventure novels about the American West and frontier territory?
23. J.P.R. Williams played rugby union for which country between 1969 and 1981?
24. The series of wars known in some places as the French and Indian Wars was fought over the late 17th and early 18th centuries in which area or areas?
25. Which mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer is credited with introducing the technology of the screw in the 3rd century BCE?
26. What annual event, held on a Monday for children and their parents, that was started in 1814 by First Lady Dolley Madison in the grounds of the Capitol, Washington DC, USA, is now held on the White House lawn?
27. In 2014 where is artist Ai Weiwei based?
28. Which of these countries has the most time zones?
29. What colour or colours do the Vatican's Swiss Guards wear as the modern regular duty service dress uniform?
30. In which country, in June 2010, were there clashes between the two main ethnic groups, the Uzbeks and Kyrgyz, a state of emergency declared and troops deployed, inciting fears that the country could be heading towards a civil war?
31. He is credited with multiple advances in science, technology, engineering, anatomy, and the art of painting; who was he?
32. The film of Frank Herbert's "Dune" (1965) eventually released in 1984 was directed by whom?
33. How many decades are there in a millennium?
34. Full independence was granted by the UK to New Zealand by what?
35. In police-speak what is the "P" in the expression "POI" likely to stand for?
36. As well as being a spy, for which brief career she was both celebrated and then executed, in what other profession did Mata Hari engage?
37. Which of these is a song from the musical Oliver!?
38. What is the name of the desert basin in the Libyan Desert which, at 133 m below sea level, contains the second lowest point in Africa?
39. When they had hits with "Bills, Bills, Bills" and "Say My Name", Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, LaTavia Roberson and LeToya Luckett were known as what?
40. Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan, Qatar, China, Azerbaijan and India are what?
41. Martin Esslin coined what term for particular plays written in the 1940 to 1960s, and to the style of theatre which has evolved from their work by, for example, Samuel Beckett, Eugène Ionesco, Jean Genet, Harold Pinter, Tom Stoppard, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Fernando Arrabal, and Edward Albee?
42. Why did Canadian George Lyon refuse to accept his gold medal for golf at the 1908 Olympics?
43. During the 2006 FIFA World Cup fans at one of the games were displaying a logo of a beer which differed from the official sponsors of the Cup, which led to what?
44. Who sings the theme song to the UK TV series "One Foot in the Grave" ?
45. Which of these US states does not have an Atlantic coastline?
46. In which country is Lake Como?
47. What genre is the British television series "Spitting Image" ?
48. For a point in mathematics, what describes a set of points containing it where one can move in any direction away from that point without leaving the set?
49. The killing of 58-year-old Robert Krentz and his dog, shot on 27 March 2010 on his ranch roughly 19 miles (31 km) from the Mexican border, led to increased public support for a bill to combat illegal immigration in which US State?
50. The name given to a group of which of these is a rafter, a gobble or a flock?
51. The Pantanal in the south of South America is known as the world's largest what?
52. Which of these people married Spanish film actor, film director, film producer and singer Antonio Banderas in May 1996?
53. The 12th century French poet Chrétien de Troyes is credited with introducing which figure into legend and literature?
54. What is the name of a musical form and genre created within the African-American communities in the deep south of the USA at the end of the 19th century?
55. The critically acclaimed, but only 2-season, American TV series "Lot 49" (2018-19), described by one critic as "a fantastic puzzle of a series", references a book by which writer?
56. The Great Barrier Reef lies off which country?
57. What was the subject of the 2017 Fairbanks Declaration
58. Thursday 4 May 1780 saw the first running of which annual horse race for three-year old colts?
59. In general, shallow seas are seen as marginal or inland extensions of ocean with average depths of less than how much?
60. Which UK TV series, set in Peckham, London, over 7 years chronicled the attempts of an ambitious market trader and his younger brother to get rich?
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