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General Knowledge Quiz 332 (60 MCQs)

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1. According to Greek legend, who had the task of rolling a marble block up a hill for eternity?
2. In England, what word refers to a parish constable of the Anglican Church, often charged with duties of charity?
3. Traditionally, to prepare haggis a sheep's stomach is stuffed with oatmeal, fats, spices, and what?
4. Which is a name celebrated in genetics?
5. The BBC began sending experimental TV images to the British nation in what year?
6. Which of these is the Benedictine monk who made important contributions to the production and quality of Champagne wine and is (incorrectly, apparently) commonly credited with having invented it?
7. What is the world's largest carnivore species found on land, which is native to the north of the northern hemisphere?
8. Physics, and not physical contact, are the only tools for playing what musical instrument?
9. Which of these is the study of reptiles?
10. What function can a subjunctive serve?
11. What carries the blood flow of the human body from the periphery to the right side of the heart?
12. What disco hit of 1975 by Donna Summer was banned by the BBC because of the background noises?
13. What worldwide movement describing itself as "a fellowship of men and women" was co-founded in 1935 by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith in Akron, Ohio?
14. In the UK, which of these is an abbreviation for a senior lawyer "appointed by letters patent to be one of Her Majesty's Counsel learned in the law" ?
15. A film released in 1971, starring David Hemmings and Michael Kitchen, based on a 1958 radio play by Giles Cooper, was called "Unman, Wittering and ..... " who?
16. What does "Forged in Fire", a US TV series first broadcast in 2015, portray?
17. What is Finniston Open Pit?
18. Which was Giacomo Puccini's last opera?
19. Uhu is a name for species of parrotfish in Hawai'i, the symbol for the chemical element Unhexunium (atomic number 161), a trump card in a Tapp Tarock deck, and the name also for a species of what?
20. What was unusual about Stamata Revithi running the marathon course at the 1896 Olympics, in Athens?
21. What is the name of the transition from a liquid state directly to a gas of an element or compound?
22. Five spice powder is commonly used in which ethnic cuisine?
23. What is the name of the recording studio and record label established by Ray and Dave Davies, members of the British group "The Kinks" ?
24. Which singer invested in the Ampex company in 1947 (which developed North America's first commercial reel-to-reel tape recorder), was the first to pre-record his radio shows and to master his commercial recordings on magnetic tape?
25. As a science phenomenon, what is a sprite?
26. In which sport is it forbidden for anyone to play left handed?
27. Who wrote the series of books about "Budgie The Helicopter" ?
28. What does the P stand for in the abbreviation "VSOP" ?
29. According to a Time-Pew Research Centre poll published on 29 November 2010, the percentage of married people in the USA changed from 75% (of those over 18) in 1960 to what in 2008?
30. Which river flows through Cologne?
31. What is the lightest noble gas?
32. Joseph Smith is known as the founder of what movement?
33. In 1996, who joined Paavo Nurmi, Larysa Latynina and Mark Spitz, tied for the record number of Olympic gold medals (9) up to that time?
34. If someone is referred to as "ursine", what animal are they being compared to?
35. Which of these would definitely not have been able to observe the rings of the planet Saturn through a telescope?
36. A range of devices including stick-on tattoos to be a password ID or hydration sensor, and a pill which when swallowed would emit a signal to communicate with external sensors and similar, was developed by which company?
37. What has been seen as one of the intermediate vectors of the coronavirus, Covid-19, which appeared in 2020?
38. What is another name for China clay?
39. Which people (besides the Rolling Stones) appeared on the cover of "Their Satanic Majesties Request", a 1967 album by The Rolling Stones?
40. In 1858, why did Paul Broca name 5 skeletons "Cro-magnon Man" ?
41. According to the Bible, who was the son of Isaac and Rebeckah, the twin brother to Esau, the husband of Leah and Rachel, and the father of Joseph?
42. Which of these is a vinyl record that is smaller than an LP?
43. What do the tampura, theorbo, vihuela and vina have in common?
44. For what did its composer create the 1842 piece, the "Wedding March", which became a highly popular part of European and many other weddings after 1858?
45. In 1838, which steamship made the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, from Bristol to New York?
46. Bourbon is the usual basis for which of these cocktails?
47. He clasps the crag with crooked claws is an example of what?
48. Which of these is not one of the primary users of the Airbus A380, a double-deck, wide-body, four-engine airliner?
49. Antoni Gaudi is responsible for the architecture of which building which is still being constructed to his original plans and drawings, 90 years after his death?
50. Which film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger was about a young ballet dancer who defies the producer by being in love with a composer, and starred Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann and Marius Goring?
51. Renee Zellweger played which author in a 2007 film?
52. Which agency provided security for the 1980 Winter Olympics?
53. Leni Riefenstahl made a still highly praised film released in 1938, which centred on what?
54. Shortly before her death, English writer, Anna Sewell (1820-1878), daughter of a successful children's book writer published a work which is said to have had what effect?
55. "The Rachel Papers" was the first novel by which author?
56. The books "Homeland Elegies" and "American Dervish" centre on the experiences of what?
57. Captain James Cook encountered which people on his first voyage to New Zealand?
58. Which continent most closely resembles the letter "q" ?
59. In 1971 Alan Shepard fired two balls on the surface of the moonin which sporting code?
60. What orbits the Sun between Earth and Mercury?
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