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General Knowledge Quiz 33 (60 MCQs)

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1. Skier Jure Franko, from the host country, won his country's first Winter Olympics medal in which Games?
2. Which of these mountain ranges is mainly in the US state of California?
3. Which of these names is associated with reference books about ships and aircraft?
4. The two athletes, Rafer Johnson and Yang Chuan-Kwang, won gold and silver in the 1960 Summer Olympics in a long and extremely tight contest in what?
5. Which of these is a British entrepreneur and inventor of the slim-line electronic pocket calculator in 1972 and the ZX Spectrum series of computers in the late 1970s and early 1980s?
6. What beverage was introduced to England from China by the Dutch in 1645?
7. Charles Higson's book "Silver Fin" concerned the adventures of which fictional character as a teenager in the 1930s?
8. In what sport do the tests include an "away drive", "shedding", "singling", a "cross drive" and a "double lift" ?
9. Whose film career from 1940 to 1966 included starring roles in "Scaramouche", "Salome" and "Beau Brummell" ?
10. What is a caduceus?
11. What family name is next in the series Ivanišević, Hewitt, Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, and Murray?
12. In the nursery rhyme "The House That Jack Built", what was wrong with the cow?
13. What profession was Larry Nassar who was sentenced in the USA in December 2017 to 60 years in federal prison, in January 2018 to an additional 40 to 175 years in Michigan State prison, and in February 2020 to yet another 40 to 175 years in Michigan State prison?
14. It is in Rwanda, delivers 8.5 megawatts of power and is designed so that, from a bird's-eye view, it resembles the shape of the African continent; what is it?
15. What is the term for one of a pair of arched fibre tracts that join under the corpus callosum of the brain, or for the line of reflection of the conjunctiva from the eyelid to the eyeball, or for the annular recess around the outside of the cervix?
16. Which island is governed in the western half by Indonesia and is independent in the eastern half?
17. The Mason-Dixon Line, surveyed by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, which became a popular name for the dividing line between the slave and free states, is the boundary between which two states of the USA?
18. Which of these countries is on the southern side of the Strait of Gibraltar?
19. Between 1989 and 2002, the UK's Dalton Grant was a gold medal winner in what sport?
20. Assigning a cause or source to something or someone is ..... ?
21. Someone described as a niggard is what?
22. It is traditionally distilled from malted barley, grain, potatoes or whey and is one of the strongest alcoholic beverages in the world. What is it?
23. Which country hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896?
24. Which of these is a mythical bird that rose from the ashes of a fire?
25. Which of these is not one of the Seven Dwarfs?
26. What is the smallest country in land area on the South American continent?
27. Where on a fish would you find a dorsal fin?
28. Manus Island off the coast of Papua New Guinea houses a detention centre on behalf of which country?
29. The character Jin Kazama features in which game(s)?
30. What was the name of The Beatles' manager who died from a drug overdose in 1967?
31. What is Dr Joseph-Ignace Guillotin best known for?
32. What actor, then a lieutenant in the British Highland Light Infantry, after being placed under close arrest for insubordination escaped from a first-floor window, went to the USA and made 97 films until 1983?
33. In January 1949, "micro-groove" records, on vinyl, were put on the market in the USA by RCA and Columbia. What was the main difference between them?
34. What policy was adopted by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) to decide the host country for the tournaments for 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup?
35. Which of these is NOT an Iranian treasure in the Islamic world designated a UNESCO World Heritage site?
36. Americans call it a faucet. What do the British call it?
37. Which of Britain's Labour Prime Ministers was in office for the shortest continuous period?
38. "Treason" is what sort of word in relation to "senator" ?
39. What is the meaning of the word "furrow" ?
40. Which of these is a legendary winged reptilian creature, a type of dragon often found in mediaeval heraldry, with two legs and a barbed tail, often with two wings that may have clawed tips?
41. What, if decreased, will lower the boiling point of water?
42. The United Arab Republic was formed in 1958 by Egypt and what other country or countries?
43. What is the popular name of the legal situation regarding the sale and manufacture of alcohol in the USA between 1919 and 1933?
44. Shi'ite and Sunni are beliefs within what religion?
45. British singer, songwriter, electronic music DJ, and model, Deborah Dyer is particularly known for her work as lead vocalist of which rock band?
46. Which of these is NOT a detective crime TV series?
47. The NASA space probe NEAR Shoemaker launched in 1996 was their first to do what?
48. What is the science that deals with the principles and construction of timepieces?
49. Food prepared under the dietary laws of Judaism is called what?
50. Where was the most damage done by the Loma Prieta earthquake, that struck on 17 October 1989?
51. Which of these cities is in the Canadian province of Alberta?
52. Until 2013 the deepest known submarine eruption was where?
53. What is the plural of "criteria" ?
54. Which is the most similar to the game of Jenga?
55. What is the southernmost point in territory claimed by Chile?
56. Where were the Paralympics Games 2016?
57. Three members of which family, between 1781 and 1850, discovered Uranus, compiled a star catalogue, mapped all the stars in the Northern hemisphere and founded an observatory to map those in the Southern?
58. What is the next in this series:Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan ..... ?
59. Who was "Monty Python's Life of ..... ''?
60. What term is used to describe Western European architectural style for the period from the late 10th to the 12th century which was identifiably Medieval and prefigured the Gothic, yet maintained the rounded Roman arch?
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