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General Knowledge Quiz 308 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which of these is an English fashion and portrait photographer, the winner of four Tony and two Academy Awards, whose costume design for the stage version of "My Fair Lady" (1956) led to his work on two film musicals, "Gigi" (1958) and "My Fair Lady" (1964)?
2. What is the stage name of Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, who was born on 28 March 1986?
3. Which city was hit by a magnitude 6.2 earthquake about 5 kilometers below its centre at 12:29 a.m. 23 December 1972, killing around 5, 000 of the 400, 000 population, injuring 20, 000 and leaving over 250, 000 homeless?
4. The North German Federation together with Bavaria and other southern German states fought which other country in 1870 in what war?
5. Which 1987 film set during the Vietnam War was based on the career of Adrian Cronauer, a disc jockey on Armed Forces Radio Service who was popular with the troops but infuriated his superiors?
6. Although the game Yahtzee has similarities to several older dice games, when was it actually trademarked under that name in the US?
7. Which of these is the name of a series of films starring Peter Sellers?
8. Which of these is a free social networking and blogging service created in 2006 by Jack Dorsey, that enabled users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters displayed on a profile page and delivered to "followers" ?
9. What nationality was the band Trio which launched the hit song "Da Da Da" in 1981?
10. What length ribbon is used in rhythmic gymnastics by senior gymnasts?
11. In 2008, who was the President of Palestine and Fatah leader?
12. Aspartame is a chemical used as what?
13. The exterior of which real Boston pub was used in the TV programme "Cheers" in the 1980s?
14. Cyclops, Iceman, Angel, Beast and Jean Grey were the original members of which group of fictional characters?
15. The Warner Bros 2023 animated film "Taz:Quest for Burger" centres on a rescue adventure by a Tasmanian Devil (Taz) and which other?
16. What is the modern process used to make steel?
17. For what did Harold Pinter receive his 2005 Nobel Prize?
18. The hottest inhabited, and one of the lowest (at about 125 m (410 ft) below sea level), place on the Earth's surface is called what and found where?
19. Which of these plays a part in the production of a book?
20. At the beginning of the 7th century CE a member of the Banu Hashim clan of the Arabian Quraysh tribe took the first steps to create a world-changing movement. Who was he?
21. Vindaloo is a type of what?
22. What was the title of John Denver's song about Jacques Cousteau's boat?
23. In architecture, a dado is a type of what?
24. What is Parris Goebel's specialist field?
25. If something is labelled spurious what does that imply?
26. Who opened the 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games?
27. With which sport is Brett Favre associated?
28. What does SLR stand for when describing a camera?
29. What expression that comes from angling means "everything" ?
30. Who played Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter series of films (2001-2011)?
31. What Irish boyband formed in 1998 by Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, Shane Filan and Brian McFadden became the 3rd biggest selling pop band worldwide and biggest selling band of 2000-2009, with 14 number 1 singles in the UK?
32. What is the Copenhagen Wheel?
33. What is the name given to the retreat from Chiang Kai-shek's forces by the Chinese communists from Jiangxi to Shaanxi, a 9, 600 km (5, 965 mile), year-long journey that began in October 1934?
34. Which former American football star was acquitted of killing his ex-wife and was later convicted of armed robbery and kidnapping?
35. What sort of animals were "Lady and The Tramp", the main roles in a Walt Disney cartoon released in 1955?
36. A person described as a mugwump is usually being called what?
37. Which of Britain's Labour Prime Ministers was in office for the longest continuous term and the longest time overall?
38. Which series, starring at various times Martin Shaw, Tim McInnerny and Kierston Wareing, centres on a veteran of British operations in Afghanistan?
39. What was the setting for the 1960s children's TV adventure series "Daktari" ?
40. Iodine is added to table salt to prevent what?
41. On July 13 2005 remote controlled robotic jockeys were raced for the first time on the backs of what?
42. US basketball's "Dream Team" first appeared at which Olympic Games?
43. If someone has defrayed something what have they done?
44. Which of these won Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series for 1994 to 1998 inclusive?
45. What is usually needed In order to decrypt a cipher?
46. In chess, what piece is allowed to jump over other pieces?
47. What military rank and historical title for Hereditary Commanders of Armies in Japan ended when Tokugawa Yoshinobu relinquished the office in 1867?
48. The American TV series "How the West Was Won" (1976-79) was started with a full length television film called what?
49. Where did McDonald's decide to introduce Georgie Pies into its menu in 2013, after having bought the Georgie Pie fast food chain and closed its outlets over 15 years earlier?
50. In 1642, Cardinal Mazarin succeeded whom as Chief Minister of France?
51. The 12th century group of texts dealing with women's illnesses, treatments, cosmetics and gynaecological matters, which was extremely popular and respected over several hundred years in Europe, is known as what?
52. One of the largest countries in Africa derived its food wealth for thousands of years from the regular flooding of which river?
53. What name was given to a series of confrontations in the 1950s and 1970s between the UK and Iceland?
54. What was the result of the 1688 "Glorious Revolution" in Britain?
55. Which of these events in English history came first?
56. Which of these cities is closest to Paris, France?
57. Hamlet's thought: "The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of ..... "?
58. Which of these is not a line from "I Won't Go Home Without You" by Maroon 5?
59. How is an acciaccatura written in music?
60. Who had hit records with "Long Tall Sally" and "Good Golly Miss Molly" ?
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