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General Knowledge Quiz 329 (60 MCQs)

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1. Who was best known for his role as Dracula, a role he first took on in film in 1931?
2. The escaped prisoner "Angelotti" appears in which opera?
3. Where is the W.M. Keck Observatory, a two-telescope astronomical observatory whose telescopes are among the largest optical/near-infrared instruments currently in use around the world?
4. What still-famous child character was first introduced by his author in his 1902 novel "The Little White Bird" ?
5. What indicates the legal limit to which a ship may be loaded?
6. Which of these is a landlocked principality in the Pyrenees?
7. Which of these is one of the definitions for the Japanese word "obi" ?
8. Who played the longest tennis match at Wimbledon?
9. By what name were Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, David Dellinger, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, John Froines, Lee Weiner, and Bobby Seale collectively known when they appeared before Judge Julius Hoffman in 1969?
10. The Great Fire of London swept through the central parts of the English city of London in 1666 for about how long?
11. Which ocean is on the shores of the eastern part of the Horn of Africa?
12. Which of these is a French impressionist painter?
13. Michael Caine appeared as which character in 5 films?
14. March 2015 marked what Commonwealth first?
15. What comes before Zeta in the Greek alphabet?
16. What is a paronomasia?
17. Which are found in books?
18. Motorcycle speedway riders compete over how many anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit?
19. Which one of these means to raise or semi-raise one's hat?
20. Who printed his own translations of a French romance "The Recwyell of the Historyes of Troy" and "The Game and Plays of the Chesse" in Bruges in 1474?
21. The greater part of Lake Maggiore is in which country?
22. The Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods, about 252 to 66 million years ago, are collectively known as what era?
23. The islands of Kos, Leros, Nisyros, Patmos and Rhodes are in what sea?
24. In cloth weaving, both the warp and the weft threads may be visible, but in tapestry, all the warp threads are hidden in the completed work. What is this type of weaving called?
25. Which is most usually associated with the word "sakura" ?
26. In depictions of the Hindu God Rama, he is famously holding what in his right hand?
27. "The Glass Universe" (2016) by Dava Sobel chronicles what scientific work, or workers?
28. In Botticelli's painting "The Birth of Venus", what is she standing on?
29. The online computer game Build With Chrome combines Lego and what?
30. The genus of beautiful and venomous marine fish called Pterois, which is invading and dominating the west Atlantic, Caribbean Sea and Mediterranean Sea, is native to where?
31. Which English pop group became known for the 1982 No.1 hit "Come On Eileen", a single from their album Too-Rye-Ay?
32. Who was the president of France and Co-Prince of Andorra from 2012 to 2017?
33. What is the surname of the film director whose first names are Francis Ford?
34. What name is given to the area above the stage into which scenery can be raised?
35. Which of these is an American film studio originally formed in 1919 by three film actors and a director?
36. Herring is the basis for which of these?
37. Piggyback, fireman's, and Estonian-style are holds in what sport with Championships in North America, Finland, and (in 2011) India?
38. In total, how many moons do the 4 planets closest to the sun have?
39. A US Federal holiday observed on the third Monday of January each year marks what date?
40. Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler are known for their work in what area?
41. Who are Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick?
42. Who is the "I" in Roald Dahl's book "Danny, Champion of the World" ?
43. What is a quern?
44. Which of these people was associated with the band "Boyzone" ?
45. Who was Charles XIV John, also known as Charles III John?
46. Which is closest to the number of curves provided in national and international bobsleigh courses?
47. In plays performed "in the round" where does the audience sit in relation to the playing area?
48. Which of these spectator sports is Japan's most popular?
49. What is the scientific study of insects?
50. What is the technical term for double vision?
51. In what field is Stockhausen known?
52. Which of these songs is not from The King and I?
53. Morrissey is a singer associated with what band?
54. The term "skimo" is used in what?
55. In 1903, Maurice Garin was the first winner of which event?
56. In what sport would you find a beltman?
57. In what kind of establishment was the TV series Fawlty Towers set?
58. What does a norovirus cause in people?
59. The name of what American music group originally formed in 1967 in New York City, was possibly indirectly inspired by a line from Winston Churchill's first speech as Prime Minister of Great Britain?
60. Artists Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Frederic Edwin Church, Jane Frank and Thomas Cole painted in what style or genre?
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