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General Knowledge Quiz 344 (60 MCQs)

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1. There were three state funerals in the USA in 12 months in 1963/64. Which of these was not one of them?
2. Which of these religions does not regard Jerusalem as a Holy City?
3. Who, according to the Sumerian king list, was the fifth king of Uruk around 2700 BC, and became the central character in one of the best known works of early literature, where he was described as two-thirds god?
4. Where does a grunion lay its eggs?
5. What is found in a banket?
6. Who was variously leader of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, of the World War II Yugoslav resistance movement, of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and until his death in 1980 Marshal of Yugoslavia?
7. Which of these has an Atlantic coastline?
8. What does "HM" mean, when referring to a Queen on the throne of the United Kingdom?
9. In Turkey, what is "Galatasaray Spor Kulübü" ?
10. What is the setting for the musical "Oliver!" ?
11. The acronym "B.A.S.E.", as used in B.A.S.E jumping, stands for four categories of fixed objects from which one can jump, including buildings, antennae and earth (cliff). Which of these is the other?
12. The northern mass of the continent of the Americas is bounded by the Pacific, Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, by the Caribbean Sea, by South America and by which other?
13. In the Battle of Langshan Jiang, or Wolf Mountain River, the force which eventually won the battle attacked its opponent's ships with not only double pump flamethrowers but also what?
14. What is the effect of modern Daylight Saving Time, Daylight Time, or Summer Time?
15. Which President was the last completely, apart from the exterior walls, to rebuild the White House in Washington, D.C., USA?
16. Australian Joan Sutherland is connected with what activity?
17. On 31 March 1971, Lieutenant William Calley was found guilty by a court martial for murdering 22 civilians in 1968-where?
18. When was the Sami Parliament in Norway first elected?
19. The River Irwell runs through which English city?
20. Which country did a US Geological Survey estimate in 2002 to hold about 50% of the world's gold resource?
21. Which of these expressions is commonly heard at a cricket match?
22. What name was given to Nepalese soldiers recruited into the Indian army?
23. Where is Nevsky Prospect?
24. "Vera; or, The Nihilists" is the first play by which playwright?
25. What relation were Nat King Cole and Natalie Cole to each other?
26. Who was the youngest person to become president of the USA?
27. What happened in November 2020, after US President Donald Trump had announced it in 2017?
28. The organisation OPEC is concerned with production of what?
29. Which of these National Parks was created last?
30. What shape is the ground which has been home to the Surrey County Cricket Club since 1845?
31. Which film from 1942 contains the lines "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world she walks into mine" and "Here's looking at you, kid" ?
32. The Symphony No. 3 in E flat major (Op. 55) by Ludwig van Beethoven is known as what?
33. Why did Larry Doby become famous in the history of baseball when he joined the Cleveland Indians in 1947?
34. U Thant (Myanmar), Kurt Waldheim (Austria) and Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (Peru) successively held the same office; what was the office?
35. US TV personality Jerry Springer was once mayor of which city?
36. What was an armillary sphere designed to do?
37. According to the World Resources Institute which country has the longest coastline?
38. Who provides the voice for Gromit in the "Wallace and Gromit" series of TV shows?
39. What is the word for a textual expression representing the face of a writer's mood or facial expression, such as:-), :-(, and:-D, used in e-mails and text messages?
40. Where is John Cameron Mitchell's 2016 film of Neil Gaiman's "How To Talk To Girls At Parties" set?
41. Bergamot provides the distinctive flavour of which of these?
42. What does the Latin root of the word "meticulous" mean?
43. What numbers are on the two red pool balls?
44. What was the last armed conflict between nations to be fought on the soil of the British Isles?
45. Who invented the saxophone in 1840?
46. Where in the USA is the Smithsonian Institution based?
47. Which is the last major military engagement of the American Civil War?
48. What shape are honeycomb cells?
49. A number of sports have been demonstrated at the Winter Olympic Games and then been included on the official programme. Some don't make it. Which of these was demonstrated and then made it onto the programme?
50. When the orf virus affects humans what is often one unusual characteristic of the damage it causes?
51. What 19th century English draughtsman became known for illustrations of "exquisite decoration, morbidity and decadence", especially his illustrations for "The Rape of the Lock" ?
52. A synonym for french kissing would be what?
53. Which of these states of the USA borders another country?
54. What body of water surrounds the Seychelles?
55. What was the base, i.e. the number of distinct digits used, in the common numeral system in the Mayan civilisation?
56. Which highly popular children's book was under threat in 1988 in a California school?
57. Since 2003, the symbol of the Paralympic Games is composed of three symbols of movement in the shape of an asymmetrical crescent. What colours are the symbols?
58. Lecithins are a factor in which?
59. The Volta River flows from central Ghana to where?
60. Which orchestral arranger, orchestral conductor, song writer, and session musician composed the film scores for "Brazil", "Highlander", "X-Men", "Robin Hood:Prince of Thieves", "Licence to Kill", the "Lethal Weapon" series, the first three "Die Hard"s and "Mr. Holland's Opus" ?
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