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General Knowledge Quiz 297 (60 MCQs)

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1. In which city are O'Connell Street, known as 'Sackville Street' until 1924, and O'Connell Bridge, known as Carlisle Bridge until the early 1880s, which were renamed for Daniel O'Connell, a nationalist leader of the early 19th century?
2. Which animal character, who first appeared on film in 1933, was conceived by Merian C Cooper and created by Willis O'Brien?
3. When the Lyttelton Railway Tunnel was completed in New Zealand in 1867 it was what?
4. Which of these countries has coastline on the English Channel, the Bay of Biscay and the Mediterranean Sea?
5. When was the eastern part of Australia claimed by Great Britain?
6. In which modern country was the Aksumite, or Axumite, Empire, which flourished from about the late first millennium BCE until the 9th century CE, centred?
7. Who wrote the music for the ballet "Romeo and Juliet" and "Peter and the Wolf" (a children's tale for narrator and orchestra)?
8. Which country won the most gold medals for the Olympic Marathon, the first 25 times that it was run (1896-2004)?
9. Who was the last of these to win their first Oscar?
10. In what long-running UK television documentary series have specialists Mick Aston, Francis Pryor and Phil Harding regularly appeared?
11. Which of these words is English slang for "head" ?
12. Who is credited with the invention of boxing gloves?
13. How many theses were nailed to a church door by Martin Luther in 1517 (generally accepted to be the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, on All Saints Eve, 31 October)?
14. Which member country of the Council of Europe has the smallest population?
15. Which of these forms of transport was the most recent to carry commercial passengers?
16. When was canoeing accepted as an Olympic sport?
17. Which of these was an African-American revolutionary organisation established to promote Black Power, and self-defence for blacks, that was active in the USA from 1966 into the 1970s?
18. The longest word included in English language dictionaries, and probably contrived to be so, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. What does it mean?
19. The album "The Wall" was made by which band?
20. What does the day known in the US as Juneteenth mark?
21. In 1974 many ranks of life-size models were discovered buried in China; they are known as ..... ?
22. "The Count of Monte Cristo" was originally written in which language?
23. What is a lizardfish native to the waters between Mumbai and Kutch in the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal and the China Sea?
24. Through which of these does the Pacific "Ring of Fire" run?
25. Which of these films was about the relationship between two sisters?
26. In the 20th and 21st century what is the third component in "The Order of Bards, Ovates and ..... "?
27. What music is Wu-Tang Clan known for?
28. Which of these was a boxer born in 1958 and known as "The Hit Man" ?
29. In June 2009, who was found dead in his room at the Swissotel Nai Lert Park Hotel in Bangkok, where he had gone to begin work on his role in the film "Stretch" ?
30. A particular song was copyrighted in 1935 by the Summy Company, crediting authors Preston Ware Orem and Mrs. R.R. Forman. The company was purchased in 1990 by Warner Chappell for US$ 15 million, with the value of the song estimated at US$ 5 million. What is the song?
31. Which of these is a Hollywood film company that has the logo of a mountain?
32. A home for music and intimate performance, well-established in Europe in the 19th century, flourishing in early 20th century, and attended by a wide cross-section of society, sparked a number of films. What was the name for the venue and style?
33. Who raised over £1, 000, 000 in donations for the Sport Relief Charity in July 2006 by swimming the English Channel?
34. What wood or woods did the Stradivari family use in the construction of their exceptional stringed instruments?
35. Which of these empires consisted mostly of Germany and northern Italy?
36. Most of Georgette Heyer's romance novels were set in which period?
37. To whom does the nickname "Dubya" refer?
38. The Lufira River runs between the Mitumba Mountain range, which stretches along the Western Rift Valley in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and which other mountains and high plateaus to the west?
39. Which of these countries is not one Marco Polo is recorded as having visited?
40. On 24 June 2010 Julia Gillard was elected to the leadership of her party and therefore became Prime Minister of Australia. Who was the previous Prime Minister?
41. Which of these is an integer?
42. For the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, 22 countries elected not to send diplomatic representation. What reason did 10 of them give?
43. Which of these gases is frequently used in refrigeration?
44. What was the first feature film made under its new persona by the studio formed from The Graphics Group of Lucasfilm?
45. Who won his fourth Olympic gold medal with Paul MacDonald in 1988?
46. In the acronym FMT applied to medical treatment, what does the "M" stand for?
47. Where is the Kruger National Park?
48. What sport uses the term "break point" ?
49. What role did John Flamsteed (1646-1719) fill in Great Britain?
50. What name is given to a class of functional mental disorders involving distress where behaviour is not outside socially acceptable norms?
51. In geometry, there is a name for convex polyhedrons that are regular, of which there are 5 types. Generically, what kind of solid are they called?
52. Under what name(s) did Britain's military air forces fly in World War I?
53. The American version of the TV series "The Office" is set in what city?
54. Toby Haynes who directed the acerbic British television drama "Brexit:the Uncivil War" in 2019, was also the director for which alternative television drama series?
55. The record for which sport was 15.54 metres in 1909 and 21.89 metres at the 2012 Olympics?
56. An election for which body, held on 29 May 2010 ended with a majority for the Best Party, whose manifesto included plans for a polar bear for the city's zoo, a local Disneyland, palm trees on the waterfront and free towels at swimming pools?
57. What was the married name of actor, playwright, novelist, and screenplay writer Mary Hayley Bell?
58. The Sargasso Sea, where ocean water is distinctive for its deep blue colour and exceptional clarity with underwater visibility of up to 200 feet, is in which ocean?
59. A study at the University of Portsmouth, England, by astrophysicist Dr Or Graur traces a relationship in human thought between the Milky Way and what?
60. When was the first institution of higher learning established in the USA?
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