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General Knowledge Quiz 302 (60 MCQs)

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1. In which 1940 film did the characters Adenoid Hynkel, Benzino Napolini, Garbitsch and Herring appear?
2. It started as a long-running radio series, became an even longer-running TV series the first episode of which was introduced by John Wayne. Which was it?
3. In 2020, where is the world's tallest building?
4. Which of these is a type of mushroom?
5. What was the name of the last of NASA's five space shuttles to be built?
6. What was agreed by the Treaty of Northampton in 1328?
7. Which of these is a type of music?
8. Which US state borders another country, and no other US state?
9. Who was elected Mayor of New York City in 2001?
10. English actress Talulah Riley was married to whom from 2010 to 2012 and again from 2013 to 2016?
11. When the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman discovered what is now known as Tasmania, Australia, in his 1642 voyage what did he name it?
12. With what sport is Dennis Compton associated?
13. Which country has as its official capital a city largely destroyed in 1995 and completely deserted since 1997?
14. Which of these airlines is based in Russia?
15. What are the Vendée Globe, Clipper and Volvo?
16. What was one of the names originally considered for what was then introduced (in 1967) and marketed as a "Big Mac" ?
17. Which of these is the name of a diamond that is set in the sceptre of the British Crown Jewels?
18. The .44 Magnum was made famous by which fictional policeman?
19. Which of these is not a component of an atom?
20. Off which Japanese island would you find the Straits of Soya and Tsugara?
21. To which part of the world are the Zulu people native?
22. What can be debrided?
23. For a French citizen what flower is associated with the dead of World War I?
24. What are the Christian names of J K Rowling, the creator of Harry Potter?
25. What are "Phragmites australis" ?
26. What was the fate of "Violetta" in Verdi's opera "La Traviata" ?
27. How many #1 hit singles has Bob Dylan had in the USA?
28. Myanmar military took over the government in their country in 2021 and imprisoned its leader, following what?
29. Who wrote "The Shape Of Things To Come" ?
30. What ancient civilization was centred in the north of ancient Canaan, with its heartland along the coastal regions of modern day Lebanon, Syria and Israel?
31. Which of these was Vice President of the USA the earliest?
32. What native language would Jesus Christ have spoken?
33. Which of these cities is furthest from Tokyo?
34. How many players from each team usually make up a rugby league scrum?
35. What is an astronomical event that occurs when one celestial object moves into the shadow of another?
36. Who was the pig who came to dominate in George Orwell's "Animal Farm" ?
37. In December 1991 Hungarian Judit Polgar beat Tibor Tolnai to become the youngest what?
38. Where would the game of ringette be played?
39. Traditionally, in rugby, what number appears on the jersey of the fullback?
40. Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and what other country signed a free trade agreement on March 2018?
41. The Pano and the Shipibo peoples are indigenous in the area named after what river?
42. Where is the Sahel?
43. Which country was proclaimed a republic in 1867, following the withdrawal of the French administration and the execution of Emperor Ferdinand Maximilian?
44. Who won the World Rally Championship 9 times in a row from 2004 to 2012?
45. The Mizo Hills to the east of Chittagong, Bangladesh, are in which country?
46. A stiletto heel gets its name from a type of what?
47. What team water sport involves two teams of six field players and one goalkeeper with a maximum of six substitutes?
48. He was a composer whose music lay behind the poignant appeal of many films, notably Titanic, A Beautiful Mind, Field of Dreams, Apollo 13, Braveheart, and Avatar; when he died in 2015 what was the cause?
49. The king of what country became Iceland's ruler by treaty in 1262?
50. The ethnic group called "Karen" were seeking refuge in which country in June 2009?
51. Who wrote "Raindrops Are Fallin' On My Head", the theme from the film "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" ?
52. Robert Mugabe served as Prime Minister and then President in Zimbabwe after 1980; when did he step down?
53. Who was alleged to have choked pop star Rihanna until she was unconscious in a rented Lambhorghini shortly before the 2009 Grammy Awards?
54. The French novelist, polemicist and physician Louis Ferdinand Destouches (1894-1961, pen-name Louis-Ferdinand Céline) is known as much for his controversial and successful writing as for what element in it?
55. In the 16th century, which explorer began and led the first known successful circumnavigation of the earth?
56. What is a fontanelle?
57. Which of these is another name for toothache?
58. In 2009 it was announced that the WGC-HSBC Champions, a men's professional golf 72-hole tournament, had been awarded World Golf Championships status. Where is it held?
59. What is the name for money obtained from illegal activities?
60. What is one of the unique things about the Book of the Dun Cow?
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