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General Knowledge Quiz 305 (60 MCQs)

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1. Apart from tourism, what are industries of the islands of Zanzibar?
2. Which is due north of Hawaii?
3. What weapon is associated with Davy Crockett?
4. Which of these countries is an island nation?
5. What visual effect is associated with a plane's breaking the sound barrier, or reaching supersonic speed?
6. Who designed the jet boat?
7. In 1898, an agreement was made between Britain and China for a 99 year lease for part of which colony?
8. What do Eurythmics, Fleetwood Mac, Bee Gees, David Bowie, Elton John, Van Morrison, Rod Stewart, Freddie Mercury, Status Quo and Queen have in common?
9. The 2018 film "The Girl in the Spider's Web" is based on the book by which Swedish author?
10. The highlights of which British General's career include the Battle of Dettingen and the Battle of Lauffeld during the War of Austrian Succession, the Battle of Falkirk and the Battle of Culloden during the Jacobite uprising, and the Battle of the Plains of Abraham at Quebec during the Seven Years War?
11. What is another term for ignoratio elenchi?
12. What British town's pier was referred to in a book title by George Orwell?
13. The larvae of which insect, common worldwide, are known internationally for being good at turning vegetable and animal refuse into valuable manure, and at providing feed for farm animals, while at the same time having a minimal role in spreading disease?
14. In the Roman calendar, what was the 7th day called for the months of March, May, July and October?
15. What is the normal diet for a pangolin?
16. With the history of which country is Davy Crockett associated?
17. Multiple areas across the world of up to almost 2 billion hectares each were devastated during 2019 /2020 by sometimes months-long what?
18. Who wrote three major operas over three years, two of which were finished and premièred within two months of one another?
19. Where would an oxbow be found?
20. In geology, what are nappe formations?
21. What forces were involved in the Battle of Omdurman 1898?
22. The root of the word "carotid", as used for arteries carrying blood to the head, is the Greek for what?
23. What are the Roaring Twenties, also known as Années Folles and Golden Twenties?
24. "Aegrotocatellus jaggeri", an extinct marine arthropod which disappeared about 250 million years ago, is named after whom?
25. What is the capital of the province of Manitoba, Canada?
26. A July 2016 Oxford University study as well as a 2021 study for the Council of Foreign Relations focussed on the costs, or the cost/benefit, of what international enterprise?
27. How many members are there in the German Federal Council, the Bundesrat?
28. Where are the Wahibah Sands?
29. Which African country is the largest in area?
30. What is the capital of Malta?
31. A "Howitzer" is a type of what?
32. Which lake, the largest in Central Europe, is sometimes referred to as the "Hungarian Sea" ?
33. According to the Bible's old testament, what was deciphered by Daniel?
34. During 2017 and 2018 there were tit-for-tat expulsions of large numbers of diplomats between, on the one hand, the USA and later the UK and 20 other countries, and on the other hand which country?
35. Who is the outspoken English judge on "American Idol" ?
36. A type of simple gentle profile portrait popular in the 18th century in Europe was called a silhouette, deriving the name from what?
37. What pollinates the tubular, bright red flowers of the Salvia coccinea (known as Texas Sage, Scarlet Sage, or Blood Sage), a species of flowering plant native to the south of North America, the Caribbean, and the north of South America?
38. Living examples of one of the rarest and most primitive flowering plants, the Idiot Tree, are found where?
39. During WW II German official policy was developed to eliminate all Jews and all Gypsies, as well as actively eliminate homosexuals and those deemed mentally defective. As well as 6 million Jews it is generally accepted that the Nazi regime was responsible for a further how many deaths under these policies?
40. A major canal link between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans was named what?
41. Kyūdō is the Japanese martial art of what?
42. Which of these is an ancient siege machine?
43. What was the occupation of William Kidd, who was hanged for it in 1701?
44. How many play the card or computer game of Spider?
45. What does recent research suggest as a function of the human appendix?
46. Which of Queen Elizabeth's children is the lowest in succession to (i.e. furthest away from) the throne?
47. In Norse mythology, which plant killed the god Baldur?
48. Which of these is a novel by James Joyce?
49. The oldest known complete western deck of playing cards, the Cloister cards, or the Flemish Hunting Deck, includes court cards and four suits and is thought to date from when?
50. What do Cate Blanchett, Russell Crowe, Nicole Kidman and Geoffrey Rush have in common?
51. In the game Blind Man's Buff, what does the word "buff" mean?
52. Which 18th century self-taught Liverpudlian, who studied human anatomy and spent 18 months dissecting horses, is best known for his paintings of horses (such as "Whistlejacket"), sometimes accompanied by hounds, and of animals such as lions, tigers, giraffes, monkeys, and rhinoceroses?
53. What did the UK's 1931 Statute of Westminster provide for?
54. What is the name given to a randomly derived change to the nucleotide sequence of the genetic material of an organism?
55. According to the Bible, which country was hit by ten plagues, including of frogs and locusts?
56. What was the occupation of Willy Loman in the play written in 1949 by Arthur Miller?
57. Which of North America's Great Lakes has the same name as a province of Canada?
58. At the medal ceremonies for events at the Olympics, national anthems are played for those who have which placing(s)?
59. Which of these people has hosted the most Oscar ceremonies?
60. What does an EC meter measure in a solution?
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