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General Knowledge Quiz 314 (60 MCQs)

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1. A large part of the vegetation of the Okavango Delta, named one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Africa in 2013, is what?
2. Which song contains the line "You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life" ?
3. In grammar, what is the genitive case usually employed to indicate?
4. Who or what is the Medusa, whose glance was said to turn anyone who met it to stone?
5. What was the nickname of tennis player Mark Philippoussis?
6. In British and Irish media who or what is "Dave" ?
7. Besides Maria Sklodowska-Curie, three people have received two Nobel Prizes. Which of these is not one of them?
8. What is the smallest state in the USA by land area?
9. What are mitochondria?
10. The island of Anguilla, in the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean, is a largely autonomous overseas territory of which country?
11. Which space age sit-com starred a black Liverpudlian, a computer, a robot and a hologram?
12. Jessye Norman, José Carreras and Giuseppe Verdi are associated with what style of music?
13. Which cricket team was accused of being the subject of rigging the result of an international cricket game against England at Lords in August 2010?
14. Who rose from Prime Minister (1922-1924) to President (1925-1928), and on 1 September 1928 was crowned King and declared Field Marshal of the Royal Army, proclaiming a constitutional monarchy?
15. Vermicide is used to kill what?
16. In mathematical terms what does a martingale offer?
17. Over-arm throwing, long-distance throwing, freestyle and discus are the four disciplines competed for at the world championships in what?
18. Which book, the title of which references a device to demonstrate Earth's rotation, is a satirical and literarily playful novel by an Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, cultural critic, political and social commentator?
19. Woody Guthrie, tired of radio overplaying Irving Berlin's "God Bless America", wrote a song in 1940 now known as ..... what?
20. Where and when is "Fiddler on the Roof" set?
21. After a kangaroo court trial in 1989 which European leader and his wife were then executed by firing squad?
22. What is a tabor?
23. What is the name of the target ball in bowls?
24. "Fawlty Towers" was written by John Cleese and Connie Booth, who played main characters. Which character did Connie Booth play?
25. What inspired a February 2017 cartoon on the front page of a weekly German news magazine of the new President of the USA holding the dripping head of the country's Statue of Liberty and a bloody knife?
26. In "The Day of the Triffids", a novel by John Wyndham made into a 1962 film and TV series in 1981 and 2009, what affliction strikes most of humanity?
27. Making their record debut in 1989, what were Squire, Mani, Reni and Brown collectively known as?
28. Formula One world champions James Hunt, Nigel Mansell, Damon Hill, Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button are all from where?
29. The Boston Tea Party, where tea was tipped into the harbour to protest taxation, precipitated what historical event?
30. What organisation did Hasan-i Sabbah found in 1090?
31. With the history of which of these countries is Rasputin associated?
32. Which US TV programme was broadcast regularly from the Ed Sullivan Theatre?
33. For the lead role in his film "A Fistful of Dollars", director Sergio Leone thought about approaching Henry Fonda, and then made realistic approaches to Charles Bronson and James Coburn. Whom did he approach after they both turned him down?
34. Which adaptation of a Tom Sharpe novel was a TV series of the same name, released in the UK in 1985, which starred George Cole, David Suchet, Geraldine James, Julia McKenzie, and Jimmy Nail?
35. In what year was the German Empire, including all the German states except Austria, with the King of Prussia as emperor, founded?
36. What is the name of the skyscraper in Saudi Arabia, one of the world's 5 tallest buildings, that is in Riyadh?
37. Cortaderia selloana, a grass of the family Poaceae native to southern South America, is more widely known as what?
38. Who was the literary character behind the play Man of La Mancha?
39. Who was the 2014 World Backgammon Champion?
40. Che Guevara is associated with the history of which of these countries?
41. In Greek legend, who was the son of Daedalus who fell to his death?
42. Which of these is a character in Charles Dickens's "David Copperfield" ?
43. What is the common name for Hydrocephalus, a pathological condition whereby fluid is retained within the skull?
44. Which religion has about 119 million known adherents in Japan?
45. The American TV series "The Big Bang Theory" is an example of what genre?
46. He speaks English, French and Italian, trained as a singer and, later, as a theatre designer, had a lighting design practice and manufacturing business, and presents on TV. Who is he?
47. Who was the star of US TV series "The Six Million Dollar Man" ?
48. What is a philatelist?
49. Which line divides a circle into equal halves?
50. For what UK show was the fictional character Alan Partridge created?
51. What is the name of the annual celebrations which happen in:Canada-2nd Monday in October; Norfolk Island last Wednesday in November; Liberia 1st Thursday in November; the Netherlands first Wednesday in November; Saint Lucia 1st Monday in October?
52. He began in mechanical engineering, he was Professor in the Academy of Agriculture, and in 1901 was the first Physics Nobel prize winner for '' the discovery of the remarkable rays ..... ". Who was he?
53. What bridge, between Millers Point and Milsons Point, opened on 19 March 1932?
54. When was critical illness, or trauma, insurance first launched?
55. Which of these lakes is the largest by area?
56. If, in expressing the past tense of "sink", the word "have" is not used as part of the verb, what is the correct form?
57. The re-election campaign of 66 year old Uganda president Yoweri Museveni gained international attention in 2010 when he presented himself as what?
58. Which was the first year in which the football World Cup final was broadcast on television in colour?
59. Who was the first person to defeat Muhammad Ali during his professional career?
60. What is a tallit, or tallis or talith?
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