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General Knowledge Quiz 298 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which cocktail has scotch whisky and vermouth as a base?
2. What French military unit was established in 1831 to enable people from other countries to serve in the French Armed Forces, commanded by French officers?
3. The groundhog that famously appears at Gobbler's Knob, Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, on 2 February annually is said to be able to predict what?
4. In which of these cities are June to August not summer months?
5. In 1953 Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were executed in the USA for spying for which country?
6. After twelve men met in his bedroom in 1844, what was founded by Sir George Williams?
7. The Ländler is a traditional dance from where?
8. What is the Chinese name for the Yellow River?
9. Which Russian-born ballet choreographer co-founded the New York City Ballet in 1948?
10. Idris el Senussi, Emir or Cyrenu, was made the first king of what "United Kingdom" on 24 December 1951?
11. Which song, published in 1915 by Francis, Day & Hunter, and popularised by Marie Lloyd, became one of the best-known of its era?
12. There have been many peace walls built in Northern Ireland, some 60 of which remain in the 2020s; when were most of them built?
13. The Grand Canyon is in which US state?
14. In books by A A Milne, which of the main characters was usually depressed?
15. What is the result of the calculation (a + b)(a-b), if a=7 and b = 7?
16. What is a term for an event where a body of water contained in a glacier overflows its bounds?
17. A deficiency of iodine in the human body is likely to cause what?
18. What was the first name of Dr. Watson, Sherlock Holmes's assistant?
19. On 2 February 2015 who became the youngest person to be ranked No 1 in professional golf?
20. "Trigger" was the name of the horse belonging to which film cowboy?
21. In 1982 which group had a hit with music designed as the theme to a Yorkshire Television production depicting The Troubles in Northern Ireland?
22. The annual Roskilde Festival, first held in 1971, takes place in what country?
23. Which 2018 American murder-mystery novel entwines two storylines, one from the marsh, one from the swamp?
24. Vert skating, included in X Games, uses what equipment?
25. What, among other things, has the work led by Russian-Armenian nuclear physicist Yuri Oganessian discovered or created?
26. In legend, what was centaury used for?
27. On 24 October 1971, with a distance of 2, 028 yards (1, 854 m), Harry Drake broke the world record for the longest what?
28. Which of the Millennium Prize Problems listed by the Clay Mathematics Institute in 2000 has been solved?
29. Which English town is known for its collection of concrete cows?
30. Who was the female star of the 1984 film "Ghostbusters" ?
31. What is the name for a natural satellite that orbits a planet?
32. The pneumatocysts found in many kelp species assist the kelp to do what?
33. A non-slip leather historically used for some book bindings and in the hilts and scabbards of swords and daggers is made from the skin of horse or asses, or what other animals?
34. At which Olympic Games was Women's diving introduced for competition?
35. Harry Vardon was the first British golfer from the Bailiwick of Jersey to win which of these?
36. Where was opera singer Maria Callas born?
37. What term is used to describe the layers of smells and aromas perceived in an aged wine?
38. Guitarist and composer Bill Frisell, known in the fields of world fusion, New Acoustic, Americana, experimental rock, grindcore, country, folk, and film soundtrack, also has an Emmy award for what?
39. What NFL wide receiver is referred to as "Megatron" ?
40. What does "plantigrade" mean?
41. What is the name of the large seat covered with red cloth, being the seat of the Lord Speaker in the House of Lords, the Upper House of the UK Parliament?
42. If someone is fain to do something, what are they?
43. Who was shot at with poisoned bullets by Fanny Kaplan in August 1918?
44. Harvey Littleton, Dominick Labino, Dale Chihuly, Dante Marioni, Fritz Driesbach and Marvin Lipofsky are associated with producing art from what material?
45. Iran and the United Arab Emirates together with Musandam, an exclave of Oman, are on either side of which stretch of water?
46. When the group known as Destiny's Child formed originally in 1997 what was their name?
47. Which news channel broadcasts, or plans to broadcast, in Mandarin?
48. Zane Grey wrote what type of novels?
49. The Super Bowl, the championship game of the National Football League, was first played as part of a merger agreement between the NFL and its rival, the American Football League, in what year?
50. Someone who loves and/or is expert in archery could be called a what?
51. Which model was engaged to Bryan Ferry of Roxy Music before she married Mick Jagger?
52. The following lyric is from which song: "Birds sing out of tune and rain clouds hide the moon" ?
53. The publication of Harriet Beecher Stowe's book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in 1852 aroused much public feeling about what issue in the USA?
54. In 2019 Taizha Keakealani Hughes-Kaluhiokalani was what?
55. Which of these capitals is the most northern?
56. What reaction did Bob Dylan receive to the second night of his performances at the Newport Folk Festival on Sunday 25 July 1965?
57. What is the name of the seaway through the Arctic from Europe, north of Asia to the Pacific Ocean?
58. "Give me Liberty, or give me Death!" is a quotation attributed to which speaker at a court hearing on 23 March 1775, at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia?
59. The Republic of Chad is predominantly what type of land?
60. Which boxers fought in the "Thrilla in Manila" in 1975?
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