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General Knowledge Quiz 336 (60 MCQs)

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1. Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera) by Kurt Weill was based on which work?
2. The singer Kimbra who featured on the Record of the Year for 2012 was born and grew up where?
3. In "The Wizard of Oz", what was the name of Dorothy's dog?
4. 16 of what pieces are on a chess board at the start of a game?
5. Who wrote "The Threepenny Opera", "The Caucasian Chalk Circle" and "Life of Galileo" ?
6. The web series "Between Two Ferns" takes the shape of what?
7. What was a nickname of 11th century British king, Edward?
8. When was the last Olympic Games at which tug of war was competed?
9. Which of these is a common saying of Agatha Christie's fictional detective Hercules Poirot?
10. Chainmail was a precursor to what popular board game first published in 1974?
11. What type of work is Stephen Sondheim usually associated with?
12. The German word "schloss" refers to what?
13. Where in the Americas is the fertile Colchagua Valley?
14. When Denis Potter's "Brimstone and Treacle", originally a TV play starring Michael Kitchen, was made into a film and released in 1982, Kitchen's role was then played by whom?
15. In which country was there a civil war between 1861 and 1865, which was lost by the Confederate forces?
16. Which long-running TV series first aired on UK TV in 1963?
17. Madonna sang over the closing credits of the film "A League of Their Own", which centres on women playing what sport?
18. Which group had hits with "You Really Got Me", "All Day And All Of The Night", "Waterloo Sunset" and "Lola" ?
19. When did the 21st century Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics take place?
20. A lynx called Sjogg was adopted as the mascot for which Olympic Games?
21. "Stationery" refers to what?
22. How many players are most commonly involved in a present-day game of Snakes and Ladders?
23. Which of these pairs are homophones?
24. What is the name of Foyle's driver/protégé in the UK TV series "Foyle's War" (2002-2015)?
25. Which was the first Olympics to be held in a communist country?
26. "Shock Treatment" was the sequel to which musical?
27. What does pentameter refer to?
28. The convention in the English language which means that there is "mish mash" and "zig zag" and not "mash mish" and "zag zig" is called what?
29. What is the surname of the American father and son actors Lloyd and Beau?
30. What name is given to the individual leaves of grass, gladioli and irises?
31. What is a muntjack?
32. On 30 April 2019 Emperor Akihito of Japan did what?
33. What 2007 film is an over-the-top send-up of action movies, featuring a large amount of violence (including killing by carrots), starring Clive Owen, Monica Bellucci & Paul Giamatti?
34. Which library opened its reading room to the public in 1609, the second public library in Europe to do so?
35. In what decade was the Korean War?
36. David Palmer, Amr Shabana, Thierry Lincou and Ramy Ashour have been World Open Champions in which sport in this century?
37. In 1846, using mathematical predictions by French mathematician Urbain Le Verrier, German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle became the first person to observe which planet?
38. Tigray, which became particularly prominent in international news in 2020 and 2021, is a region in the north of which country?
39. What meaning of "share" is most relevant to the treatment of fields in agriculture?
40. French physicist and engineer Augustin-Jean Fresnel (1788-1827) contributed significantly to the establishment of what theory?
41. The Tyrol is a region in which mountain range?
42. Michael Perham (England), Jessica Watson (Australia) and Laura Dekker (New Zealand/The Netherlands) in, respectively, 2009, 2010 and 2012 became internationally known as what?
43. The state of Indiana borders which Great Lake?
44. What is someone allergic to if they have coeliac disease?
45. Who was known as "the last of the red hot Mamas" ?
46. Which tyre company produces a hotel and restaurant guide?
47. Historically, silicosis was recognised as a common industrial disease of which of these professions?
48. The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago at its nearest point lies how far from the coast of the South American continent?
49. Which of these is a mixture of fruit and ice cream served in a tall glass?
50. Hinged, chain and bar, some with "come along", are the three main types of what?
51. Solitaire is typically for how many players?
52. What fictional character is addicted to vicodin?
53. What kind of window is made of one or more movable panels that form a frame to hold panes of glass where the glazed panels are opened by sliding vertically or horizontally?
54. What message did Benito Mussolini famously send to the Italian soccer team before the 1938 World Cup?
55. Who wrote a four book series based on the TV series "Death in Paradise", which he created?
56. Royal mistress Nell Gwynn famously sold what items?
57. Based on the number of players registered to clubs or leagues, the three most played sports worldwide are football (soccer), field hockey and which else?
58. Where did the "Hindenburg disaster" take place?
59. What was the occupation of Samuel Ryder, after whom The Ryder Cup is named?
60. Who created the character of Harold C. "Rabbit" Angstrom who appears in the stories "Rabbit, Run", "Rabbit Redux", "Rabbit Is Rich", "Rabbit at Rest" and "Rabbit Remembered" ?
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