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General Knowledge Quiz 32 (60 MCQs)

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1. What does the V stand for in the abbreviation "VSOP" ?
2. When Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 was brought down by hostile fire over East Ukraine on 17 July 2014 what was the death toll of passengers and crew?
3. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was born on which island?
4. In France, which of these establishments specialises in selling pastries and sweets?
5. Which of these is not a term from NFL (American football)?
6. Which country completely surrounds the Kingdom of Lesotho?
7. "The sum of the squares of the lengths of the four sides of a parallelogram equals the sum of the squares of the lengths of the two diagonals" is known as what?
8. For a netball net, how high should the top of the ring be from the ground?
9. Who became World Snooker Champion for the third time in 2008?
10. Which of these undertakes to help to find partners for romance?
11. Which of these is not used to groom a horse?
12. Swiss physician and psychologist Carl Jung was initially a disciple of whom, until he disagreed with his theories regarding the Libido etc?
13. Which of these is a lake in Venezuela?
14. What is another name under which Helsingør, Denmark, was famous?
15. In England, at which venue are the Oaks and the Derby run?
16. What was the name of the literary coterie that met regularly around 1750 that included Mrs Vesey, Mrs Ord, Mrs Elizabeth Montagu, Elizabeth Carter, Mrs Hester Chapone and Benjamin Stillingfleet?
17. What is a preliminary version of the Highland bagpipes for students known as?
18. What is the largest moon of Pluto?
19. Which of these is a natural area of roughly 16 square km (6.2 squ miles), which is 5 km (3.1 miles) west of Tuktoyaktuk, Canada, in a coastal region of the Arctic Ocean, which contains approximately 1, 350 Arctic ice dome hills?
20. What was founded in 1560 and, except for intervals in the 17th century, became and continues to be the national church in Scotland?
21. Which of these is a scoop usually used for?
22. In which film does Tom Cruise play Count Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg?
23. By 2014 how many sports were contested in the Winter Paralympics?
24. At the Krasnoyarsk hydroelectric dam on the Yenisei River, Russia, what method of transport was installed to move boats or ships over or round the dam?
25. Marti Pellow was the lead vocalist of what group?
26. What word describes the surface of the palms on the human body?
27. Presidents of the USA Richard Nixon and Herbert Hoover had what religious upbringing?
28. What is the oldest and southernmost city in Russia, with 7 miles of city wall?
29. Which of these is an organ that, in humans, are in pairs behind the abdominal cavity, in the retroperitoneum, on top of each of which is an adrenal gland (also called the suprarenal gland)?
30. What is the highest number of stars that the Michelin Guide awards to restaurants?
31. What phrase implies that something said has been fully believed?
32. Who formally became Emperor of Japan in 1926 and became its constitutional monarch in 1946?
33. In which country did Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte fight the war in which he was finally defeated?
34. What is another name for a zucchini?
35. Which popular 1959 jazz opera/musical had, exceptionally in its country of origin, an all-black cast?
36. In 1966 a computer programme called ELIZA was published, which is described as the first designed to do what?
37. Which of these is a social movement against the use of alcohol, criticising excessive alcohol use, promoting complete abstinence, or pressuring the government to enact anti-alcohol legislation?
38. What is the main ingredient of pilau?
39. How many faces are there on a cube?
40. The Soviet Union did not participate in the Olympics until 1952, and from 1928 organised an alternative international sports event. What were these games called?
41. Which of these is not a creature if the word "red" is placed in front of it?
42. Where is Tipperary?
43. With what is the international partnership ALMA, based in Chile, concerned?
44. What are the official languages of the Kingdom of Morocco?
45. Chaim Weizmann was the first president of which country?
46. What are the words called in crosswords that appear under the headings "Across" and "Down" ?
47. It has been used to give life to wall surfaces, stained glass, Chinese carved lacquer, heraldry, silverwork and fabrics; it uses a repeated pattern, generally squares, lozenges or other simple shapes. What is it called?
48. Which American scientist from the Scripps Research Institute shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2001?
49. The word "Honcho" comes from what language?
50. What objects feature in the game "Ker-Plunk!" ?
51. If a player calls "aboard", "fly", or "airmail" which sport would they be playing?
52. In which city would you find Victoria Peak, Victoria Harbour, Tai Mo Shan, Lantau Island, Cheung Chau, Lamma Island, Peng Chau and Tsing Yi Island?
53. Who created the Book of Kells?
54. In 1906, Lee de Forest developed a "triode" to amplify and convert alternating current to direct current, which played a major role in the development of which invention?
55. What in the plant known as monkshood, devil's helmet or blue rocket is sometimes used medicinally?
56. What city is divided into 20 administrative areas which include Louvre, Temple, Hôtel-de-Ville, Panthéon, Luxembourg, Elysée, Opéra, Popincourt, Gobelins, Observatoire and Ménilmontant?
57. The US TV series, "Mrs America", centres on the struggles in 1970s America to do what?
58. Which professional surfer who died on 2 November 2010, the only surfer to have won a title at every venue on the ASP calendar, had won 3 world titles (2002, 2003, 2004) and as recently as 3 September 2010 had won the Billabong Pro in Tahiti?
59. Which of these dishes is named after a Napoleonic battle?
60. The letters "G I", when applied to dietary matters, stand for what?
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