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General Knowledge Quiz 342 (60 MCQs)

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1. The character, Hetty, in the US TV series "NCIS:Los Angeles" is shown as having a Masters degree from the Sorbonne in what?
2. When the Badminton World Federation was first formed in 1934 (initially as the International Badminton Federation) where was it located?
3. In heraldry, which of these terms describes a lion standing on its left rear paw and looking over its shoulder?
4. What car, intended as a competitor to the Ford Mustang, was unveiled at a press conference by Chevrolet on 12 September 1966?
5. Who directed the 2005 film "Munich" ?
6. Dancer and choreographer Neil Ieremia is the founder of which contemporary dance company?
7. The Spittal Pond Nature Reserve is a home to what critically endangered animal?
8. The single rule of sudoku is what?
9. The Compensated Emancipation Act of 1862 in the District of Columbia freed slaves in the District, and allowed for what in respect of each freed slave?
10. The film actor Julia Elizabeth Wells is better known by what name?
11. What was the name of Canada's first woman Prime Minister?
12. Which of these distances is the English statute mile?
13. What UK television programme that has been running since 1979 travels the country and provides the opportunity for people to bring along items and have them valued?
14. What is the cause of the effervescence in a bottle of real Champagne?
15. The city of Irkutsk, Russia, lies at the southern tip of which body of water?
16. Which people from a currently minority and persecuted faith, having suffered genocide in World War I, and repeated massacres and hostile political regimes, as at 2015 have largely left their homeland?
17. Which bass guitarist, songwriter, singer, and horn player, best known as part of "The Who", died in June 2002?
18. What is the next in the series:Chamonix, France; St. Moritz, Switzerland; Lake Placid, United States; Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany?
19. When the undersea Le Havre seamount erupted in 2012 the eruption was about 10 times larger than the 2010 Eyjafjallajokull eruption in Iceland which disrupted air travel across much of Europe for some days. Where is the seamount/volcano?
20. Dido was "featured" on the song "Stan", which was written and performed by whom?
21. Where in London is Olympic Park of 500 acres (2 km²), containing the Olympic Stadium, the Aquatics Centre, the London Velopark, the Olympic Hockey Centre, a Basketball Arena, Handball Arena, the Olympic Village, the Olympic Press and Broadcast Centres and a tennis training centre?
22. What was the name of the policy making body of the USSR before it broke up?
23. Who wrote the operas "Punch and Judy" (1967), "The Mask of Orpheus" (1984), "Gawain" (1990), "The Second Mrs Kong" (1994), "The Last Supper" (2000) and "The Minotaur" (2008)?
24. The statue of Christ the Redeemer dominates the skyline of a city in which South American country?
25. The Port of Jebel Ali serves which city?
26. Which of these seas is not on the coast of Australia?
27. Which city, sometimes known as the City of Drizzle and having the motto "I am not led, I lead", is the capital of Brazil's wealthiest and most populous state?
28. English is a subsidiary official language of India:what is the main official language?
29. Where are the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)?
30. A gold cauldron discovered in 2001, initially thought to be ancient, then to be early 20th century, and later to have been made by a silversmith who created for Nazi, was discovered where?
31. What, according to the stories, did the Spartans reply to Philip II of Macedon when he sent them a threat of war saying "If I enter Laconia, I will raze Sparta" ?
32. Four new categories were introduced for the 2018 Winter Olympics, being:mixed doubles curling, mass start speedskating, team alpine skiing, and which other?
33. Where would a glottal stop be used?
34. What role does potassium permanganate have in the process where water is obtained from hydrogen peroxide?
35. What name is given to fluctuations in the curvature of spacetime that were predicted to exist by Albert Einstein in 1916 on the basis of his theory of general relativity?
36. In the first half of the 18th century in Great Britain, what drug became so popular, particularly in London, that several laws were passed trying to restrict its use?
37. What day was proclaimed in 1945 as "VE Day" ?
38. Which song from the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "Carousel" was recorded in 1963 by Gerry & The Pacemakers and became the anthem of Liverpool Football Club?
39. In what country are the wettest places in Africa?
40. What is a textile fabric, usually of linen or cotton with simple geometric or conventional pattern uniformly repeated?
41. Where are the Dodecanese Islands?
42. What was the first alliance entered by the U S A in peacetime after World War II?
43. In cooking, what are floating islands made from?
44. In which country are mudfish native?
45. Who is known for his law of elasticity, his book, "Micrographia", and for first applying the word "cell" to describe the basic unit of life?
46. What is the name for the numerous tiny flowers that comprise a flower head of, for example, a daisy or sunflower?
47. What does the Fujita Pearson Scale measure?
48. What is an eating disorder characterized by extremely low body weight, distorted body image and an obsessive fear of gaining weight which has an incidence of between 8 and 13 cases per 100, 000 persons per year, and largely affects young adolescent women?
49. How old was Tiger Woods when he won the US Masters in 1997?
50. Surinen are the indigenous people of what present-day country?
51. Who was behind the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch, a failed attempt to overthrow the government?
52. Which of these games has 100 squares on a standard board?
53. How are the fields of study of myrmecology, isopterology and melittology similar?
54. What is regolith?
55. Which of these represents waltz time?
56. In Celtic mythology, who was the god or goddess of sacred lakes and springs?
57. Prior to Kermit the Frog another Kermit was well-known, who accompanied his father on an expedition in Brazil during which the Rio Kermit was named in his honour; what was his family name?
58. The Andaman Sea is closest to which other body of water?
59. What appears on the edges of medals awarded at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea?
60. According to the old saying, what doesn't change its spots?
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