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General Knowledge Quiz 347 (60 MCQs)

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1. What is the name of the long white garment worn underneath other vestments by clerics at religious ceremonies in many branches of Christianity?
2. The winner of the second Formula One World Championship in 1951 also won the title in 1954, 1955, 1956 & 1957, a record of five World Championship titles which stood until 2003. Who was he?
3. Which cable suspension road bridge, known as "Galloping Gertie", was completely destroyed due to "aeroelastic flutter" on 7 November 1940?
4. Of the Presidents of Egypt since it was declared a republic in 1953 who has served the longest?
5. The next in the sequence-Michael Ramsey, Donald Coggan, Robert Runcie-is ..... ?
6. Between 1985 and 1991 a number of demonstrations and protests led to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania variously taking back their independence from the USSR and (later) Russia; what overall name has characterised the revolution?
7. In calculating the balance of pressure and upthrust which enables an object to float, the force on a given surface of the object is the pressure multiplied by what?
8. What device did French inventor Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville patent in 1857?
9. In what sport is a crown green sometimes used?
10. What liner was destroyed in Hong Kong harbour while undergoing renovations in 1972?
11. The Galapagos Islands are subject to continuing volcanic activity, and are situated where in relation to tectonic plates?
12. In the words of a 1973 hit song by Vicki Lawrence, where did the lights go out?
13. What is the last US federal holiday in a calendar year?
14. In which state of Australia would you find the area known as the Katherine Region?
15. Who was the first man sent into space, in 1961?
16. The term Panthalassa is applied to what?
17. Who was King of Hungary from 1000 to 1038, changed his name from Wajk on becoming Christian, and is Hungary's patron saint?
18. What was the name given to regulations governing import tariffs designed to protect the prices of cereal crops prices in Britain against competition from less expensive foreign imports between 1815 and 1846?
19. What does gavage entail?
20. Mexican Independence Day, September 16, remembers a day in which year?
21. Where do the Wombles live?
22. What is the typical rock in an inselberg?
23. Which of these Hitchcock films is mainly set on a train?
24. What could best describe misleading someone over a length of time?
25. Acapulco sits in the foothills of which mountain range?
26. What would one do with a "snood" ?
27. Say that smoothly with thy beauty's silent music and "murmuring of innumerable bees" are examples of ..... what?
28. In astrophysics and physical cosmology, what is Olbers's paradox, named after the German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers (1758-1840)?
29. The eponymous main character both in the British crime drama TV series "Professor T." (first screened in 2021) and the Belgian series which inspired it (first screened in 2015) is a Professor of what?
30. The Broads, a network of mostly navigable rivers and lakes, are mainly in which English county?
31. What is kulintang?
32. Who is the youngest actor to receive an Oscar for the Best Actor in a Leading Role?
33. The Oromo people much of whose area was taken over by Abyssinia, modern Ethiopia, use a calendar based on what?
34. Where was the 1825 Decembrist Uprising?
35. Which of these created a popular detective character with the first name of "Jane" ?
36. In which sport did Andre Agassi's father Mike Agassi compete in the 1948 and 1952 Olympics, representing Iran?
37. What kind of animal is the desert-dwelling jird?
38. Which TV comedy series featured agents 86 and 99 and "Chief" ?
39. According to Brand Finance's Most Valuable Brands Index, which was the most valuable brand in the world in 2016 and 2017?
40. What is the name for the phenomenon that occurs, e.g., in magnetic and ferromagnetic materials and in the elastic, electric, and magnetic behaviour of materials, in which a lag occurs between the application or the removal of a force or field and its subsequent effect?
41. Which Tennessee city has the same name as the ancient Egyptian city named after King Menes?
42. The Israeli military leader Moshe Dayan became internationally known during what hostilities?
43. Songwriter Jack White (vocals, guitar and piano) and Meg White (drums and occasional vocals) make up which American rock duo who produced three Grammy Award (Best Alternative Music Album) winning albums ("Elephant", "Get Behind Me Satan" & "Icky Thump")?
44. Which Canadian-born bandleader and violinist formed The Royal Canadians in 1924 with his brothers Carmen, Lebert and Victor?
45. Which country has hosted the greatest number of world curling championships since the first in 1959?
46. What is the meaning of the longest word in the English language which dictionaries have the space to include?
47. Paul Galdone illustrated a series of children's books written by Eve Titus about a mouse called what?
48. What was the name given to people who went to California to join in the goldrush in the mid 19th century?
49. In the United Kingdom, what is "The Solent" ?
50. What is the medical term for stuttering or stammering?
51. Which of these is the name of someone who has been the Archbishop of Cape Town?
52. What nationality is Richard O'Brien, the writer of the stage musical "The Rocky Horror Show" ?
53. The highest peaks of the Atlas Mountains, the highest being 4, 167 metres (13, 671 ft), are in what country?
54. Formula One racing has officials called what?
55. A World Cup for which sport, which ran annually from 1979 to 1990 and occasionally from then on, featured teams of three players representing their country against other such teams, but with individual 1st, 2nd, etc., places?
56. A species of gold marigold, with maroon accents radiating from the centre, is named for what musical?
57. Consecutive drought years in which of these countries is forecast to take global soybean stocks in 2022 down to levels not seen since 2015/16?
58. In which century was the prison fortress known as the Bastille stormed and taken by revolutionary Parisian crowds?
59. What name was given to the civil war in England during the reign of Stephen?
60. What is the traditional name for a Spanish white wine made near Cadiz, popular varieties of which are Manzanilla, Amontillado, Vino Fino, Olorosa and Montilla?
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