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General Knowledge Quiz 330 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which item of clothing was named after an American women's rights and temperance advocate?
2. Which were the first Olympic Games held under the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidency of Jacques Rogge, Count Rogge?
3. Who is the central character in the 2008 film "The Dark Knight" ?
4. The fifteen elements with atomic numbers 57 to 71, which includes Lanthanum (La), Cerium (Ce), Praseodymium (Pr), Neodymium (Nd), Promethium (Pm), Europium (Eu), Erbium (Er), Thulium (Tm), Ytterbium (Yb) and Lutetium (Lu), are known as what?
5. Which of these is the shortest?
6. An investigation by the Roman Inquisition in 1615, which concluded that heliocentrism was foolish, absurd, and heretical since it contradicted Holy Scripture, was responding to statements by whom?
7. What is disrupted when "Jet lag" occurs?
8. Which character in "Friends" had a mother who wrote romance novels and a father who performed in a drag act?
9. Who founded the Prince's Trust in 1976 to give special help to Britain's youth, especially those who are unemployed?
10. Which of these is an alternative name for Santa Claus?
11. The rafflesia, a parasitic plant which has no leaves or stems but the largest flower in the world, is native to which area?
12. According to Greek mythology, who spent eternity in the underworld with food and drink just out of reach?
13. The book (and later a 1981 film) called "Mommie Dearest" published in 1978 was about which actress who appeared in films and on television from 1925 to 1975?
14. What is the occupation of the serial killer hero of the TV series "Dexter" ?
15. Which country is the 2016 Asia-Pacific Men's Champion in Tchoukball?
16. Which Dick eventually had a flop in his sport in the 1960s?
17. Which honour was conferred by Charles II on John Dryden in 1668?
18. In whose name was an annual award established in 2009, to be given to a living UK poet for new work in poetry?
19. Which river is the largest contributor (by volume) to the waters of Lake Titicaca?
20. The religious movement known as the Doukhobors was oppressed and circumscribed in Russia where it first developed; when its members were eventually allowed to leave what country welcomed them?
21. Arshile Gorky, Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, Mark Rothko, Philip Guston, Hans Hofmann, Clyfford Still, Barnett Newman, Ad Reinhardt, Richard Pousette-Dart, Robert Motherwell, Peter Voulkos & Jackson Pollock painted in what style?
22. Which artist was the architect for the dome of St Peter's Basilica, Rome?
23. What was the name of the step that ran under the bottom of the doors on early motor cars?
24. Which 1965 album by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass sold 6 million copies in the USA?
25. What style of architecture is distinguished by extravagant ornamentation, and applies particularly to the decadent style that flourished in Italy in the 16th to 18th centuries?
26. Which of these is related to the tuba?
27. When and where were the short-lived "Black Codes" enacted?
28. Tan Dun composed the music, and co-wrote the libretto, for which 2006 opera?
29. If you were watching a game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Philadelphia Flyers, what sport would they be playing?
30. What was the occupation of Penrod Pooch, the secret identity of the cartoon character Hong Kong Phooey?
31. What colour does red litmus paper turn when in contact with alkaline?
32. The Rock of Gibraltar and Mt Abyla on the African coast were known as what?
33. What is another name for a hippocampus?
34. Who is the next in this series:Mary Ann Nichols ("Polly"), Annie Chapman ("Dark Annie", maiden name Eliza Ann Smith), Elizabeth Stride ("Long Liz"), Catherine Eddowes (also known as "Kate Conway", "Kate Kelly" and "Mary Ann Kelly") ..... ?
35. The cities of Ciudad Juárez, El Paso, Laredo and Brownsville are on the banks of which river?
36. Which constellation lies between the Centaur's foot and the Southern ecliptic pole?
37. Whose epitaph by Johnson in Westminster Abbey reads in part "Nihil quod tetigit non ornavit" ("He touched nothing without adding a lustre to it" ?
38. For what was the Italian Enrico Caruso famous?
39. Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli, a Renaissance man of many talents, is well-known for his writings on politics but was also a well-known politician, diplomat, philosopher, humanist, letter writer, playwright, poet, songwriter, and what else?
40. What preceded the transition in Thailand from an absolute to a constitutional monarchy?
41. "84 Charing Cross Road" is a book based on 20 years of correspondence between which New York writer and Frank Doel, an antiquarian bookseller in London?
42. Which of these is a famous Parisian restaurant?
43. The names of Cannae, Gaugamela and Austerlitz are associated with what?
44. Where is the source of the Yangtze River?
45. A French/American/British co-produced film focussing on Germans and Italians in one of the Greek islands in 1943, based on the novel by Louis de Bernières, was "Captain Corelli's ..... "?
46. Who is the only cricketer, as at 2023, to have scored 400 runs in a single innings in a test match?
47. Where was the semi-mythical Strait of Anián usually placed on a map?
48. When was the spacecraft Rosetta launched to make contact with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (67P)?
49. What is the name for a site serving as the final resting place of human skeletal remains, which is frequently used where burial space is scarce?
50. Whose autobiography was called "Unreliable Memoirs" ?
51. What Australian company began as a saddlery business in 1856 and produced the first "Australian Car" in 1948?
52. Which military powers fought the Punic Wars?
53. What are the epic tales associated with Iceland traditionally called?
54. Mount St Helens is in which state of the USA?
55. What system or systems does an air fryer combine in order to cook food?
56. Which of these is a diamond pattern, often used in knitting?
57. A group of quails or snipe is usually called what?
58. Which country surrounds most of the Sea of Okhotsk?
59. Which of these British army ranks is the highest?
60. The "Byzantine Empire" is the term used since the 19th century to describe the Roman Empire of the Middle Ages, centred on its capital, where?
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