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General Knowledge Quiz 354 (60 MCQs)

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1. What is the southernmost national capital city in the world?
2. How many films have been made in the Harry Potter series?
3. What weapon is associated with Darth Vader?
4. In 1920 the League of Nations set up its headquarters in which city?
5. When was the word "jargon" first used in the English language?
6. Which 1967 song begins with "And now the end is near and so I face the final curtain" ?
7. Which of these tunes is from the 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The King and I" ?
8. Portree is the principal town on which island?
9. What was the last time that a British King led his troops into battle?
10. On British television, John Steed and Emma Peel were known collectively as what?
11. Which of these words means "an incontrovertible truth" ?
12. Which of these people have won the Indianapolis 500 less than 4 times?
13. What book was published by Immanuel Kant in 1781?
14. When was the first iPhone sold?
15. What is the sum of the two numbers 4 and 2?
16. In Britain, when did the Lord Chamberlain's office lose the power to censor performances of plays, a right granted in the 18th century?
17. In September 2003, who was the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an open wicker basket beneath a hot air balloon?
18. What purpose do a shark's dermal denticles serve?
19. The word "Droogies" was coined in which novel, made into a film directed and co-written by Stanley Kubrick in 1971?
20. What shape are the 4 faces of a tetrahedron?
21. To travel directly from Bolivia to Suriname, which country needs to be crossed?
22. At which Olympic Games were there new events including BMX (men and women), swimming marathon (10 km), and for the first time, women competed in the steeplechase and some team fencing events?
23. Adansonia, a genus of eight species of medium-to-large deciduous trees, better known as Baobab, Upside-down tree, or Tree of Life, is native to where?
24. What is it called when a surfer falls off the surfboard while riding a wave?
25. After the League of Nations was set up by covenant in 1919 to promote collective security, arbitration of international disputes, reduction of armaments and open diplomacy, it had some success but was weakened, particularly, how?
26. What project started out under the name "Chip Test", and progressed through "Deep Thought" to a name which became more famous internationally in 1997. What was the name?
27. What is the official language of the Togolese Republic?
28. Where do people of the Bantu ethnic group, the southern Mbundu, or Ovimbundu, live?
29. From mid 7th century to at least the late 10th century, the Khazars ruled a major commercial empire where?
30. What did Sepp Blatter do four days after the 2015 elections for FIFA president after which he was declared re-elected president for his fifth term?
31. What is the profession of the title character in the UK TV series "Doc Martin" ?
32. What is the only native venomous spider in New Zealand (that is native only to New Zealand)?
33. Which of these groups was named after the drummer and the bass player?
34. Sudden aphasia is often a symptom of what?
35. Which British political activist campaigned vigorously for Britain to leave the European Union, but after Britain voted to do so in 2016 remained as a member of the European Parliament for another 3 years then campaigned for and won a further term?
36. Why were the 2011 Winter Deaflympics cancelled?
37. What is the name of a device, consisting essentially of two wires of different metals, whereby heat energy may be changed to electrical energy?
38. The two mountain ranges which end the Cordillera Oriental, the Sierra de Perijá and the Cordillera de Mérida, are on either side of what?
39. The Supermarine Spitfires that were used by Britain in World War II were powered by engines from which manufacturer?
40. Who was the Archbishop of Canterbury when women were first ordained as priests into the Church of England?
41. The Ruy Lopez is a recognised opening in what game?
42. Where is the Malleco Viaduct, a railway bridge over the Malleco River Valley?
43. When was Vatican City, the smallest independent sovereign state in the world, established?
44. Who plays Arizona Robbins in the US TV series "Grey's Anatomy" ?
45. Which island or islands lie on or near the Cocos Ridge?
46. Where are the islands called Greene, Herschel, Jack, Kitchener, Russell, St. Joseph, Thibault and Tyson?
47. The city of Irkutsk straddles which river?
48. Who brokered the agreement in 2021 by finance ministers of the G7 nations to set a universal minimum tax rate for corporations?
49. Sean Murphy became the World Champion in 2005 in what sport?
50. Which of these vehicles did not have gull wing doors?
51. What is the Brickyard 400?
52. Which black UK TV comedy created by Julia Davis and first released in 2012, is a "gruesome, scatological, period-sitcom" (the Guardian)?
53. What was the first US city to host an Olympic Games?
54. "Amontillado" is a type of what?
55. What was the name of Hopalong Cassidy's horse?
56. What disorder did the hero of the Bourne trilogy of films suffer from?
57. How many members are there in the German Bundestag?
58. What is the name for the circle that describes the most northerly point at which the sun appears directly overhead at noon?
59. The tributaries of which river are the Olifants River (Elephant River), the Shashe River, Mzingwane River, Crocodile River, Mwenezi River and Luvuhu River?
60. Which of these is an island city-state and country?
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