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General Knowledge Quiz 359 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which of these is closest to Wellington, New Zealand?
2. What was the occupation of Anna Politkovskaya, who was found dead in the elevator of her apartment in central Moscow on 7 October 2006, shot twice in the chest, once in the shoulder, and once in the head at point blank range?
3. In Samuel Beckett's play "Waiting For Godot", which 2 characters appear together, briefly, once in each act?
4. What was the name of the band that Louis Armstrong put together with his wife Lil, Kid Ory, Johnny Dodds and Johnny St. Cyr around 1925 in Chicago?
5. What was the last James Bond film made that starred Roger Moore?
6. What is the name for a narrow strip of land that connects two larger pieces of land?
7. By the late 1820s what exaggerated female dress styling equipment became a widespread Western fashion?
8. Who was the first centrefold in "Playboy magazine" in the first issue, in 1951?
9. What is the next in this series:Ste. Devote, Beau Rivage, Massenet, Casino, Mirabeau Haute ..... ?
10. Opus Dei is a sect within which religious movement?
11. Where is kina a delicacy?
12. Which is the most densely populated region in the world?
13. Which boxer relinquished his world welterweight title after defeating Jake La Motta in 1951?
14. A "howdah" is used to ride what animal?
15. What is the essential equipment for the sport known as skijoring?
16. The pineapple is native to which part of the world?
17. Thomas Darley, Francis Godolphin and Captain Robert Byerley are names associated with what?
18. What is a "theatre sister" ?
19. What word did the Romans have for the City of London?
20. Where are the Balearic Islands?
21. What is the name of the test cricket ground in Brisbane, Australia?
22. In marine environments, what are FRED and Jenny?
23. Estonia, New Zealand, Italy and Austria share what?
24. The Banks children are characters in which film?
25. The origins of which country can be traced to the forming of a defensive league by Uri, Schwyz and Lower Unterwalden in 1521?
26. In popular demographic parlance, what does the acronym "WASP" stand for?
27. Pashto has been the official language of which country since 1936?
28. Which animated musical film was directed by Jared Bush and Byron Howard, co-directed by Charise Castro Smith (in her feature directorial debut), produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released in 2021?
29. To where are the Nenets people native?
30. Where are hammers, dampers and keys most likely to be found together?
31. Graphic representation of a formula containing two variables one of which is the reciprocal of the other, is a what?
32. Kinematics is the study of what?
33. Initially a lawyer, he served his monarch as English ambassador to France (where he witnessed the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre), and then as principal secretary, a position (later known as Secretary of State) which he held for 17 years. Who was he?
34. Which of these animals can be found in the Kalahari Desert?
35. Which of these work for the Crime Scene Investigation division in Miami?
36. What are "La donna è mobile", "Celeste Aida", "Una furtiva lagrima" and "E lucevan le stelle" ?
37. Elk Island National Park, Wood Buffalo National Park, and the Columbia Icefield are in which Canadian province?
38. What is the name for an eagle's nest?
39. In the books by the Rev. W. V. Awdry and the UK TV series first broadcast in 1984 with Ringo Starr as storyteller, how many wheels does Thomas the Tank Engine have?
40. Which of these is a 1949 "film noir" starring Franchot Tone, Jean Wallace & Marc Lawrence, with cameo appearances by Marlene Dietrich, Henry Fonda, John Garfield, Burgess Meredith & Everett Sloane?
41. Who made the British singles charts for the first time in 1964, backed by her band "The Luvvers" ?
42. What relish originating in the Far East, is prepared from sweet fruits, to which acidulous flavours, hot seasoning, peppers and spices are added?
43. Formula 1 driver Ayrton Senna died while leading the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix at which motor racing circuit?
44. Besides a back complaint, what else did John F Kennedy suffer from?
45. Where is the Republic of Karelia?
46. What does the "P" stand for in the CRISPR system used in gene-editing?
47. Which of these is a species of flatfish native to marine or brackish waters of the North Atlantic, Black Sea, Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean Sea?
48. An Iranian/Arabic word for wax, bitumen or asphalt is the stem for some senses of which English word?
49. After the ending of the Civil War in the USA in 1865, slavery was abolished in the south and many of the freed slaves were given voting rights; what is another result?
50. Some parts of the Amazon rainforest are being laid waste by activities, including deposits of mercury, as part of what?
51. Yaris Varoufakis first became well-known in Europe in 2015 in what capacity?
52. Who was assassinated by François Ravaillac, a mentally unbalanced defrocked monk, on 14 May 1610?
53. Which of these boxers was the last to win an Olympic gold medal?
54. In the UK during the First World War, what did "Dora" mean?
55. What is produced by the cortex of supra-renal glands that stimulates the autonomic nervous system?
56. Who had their first cooking series on UK television in the 1970s?
57. The highly fertile land beside which South American river gives one type of sugar its name?
58. How many countries in South America have land which lies south of the equator?
59. In the James Bond film "Thunderball" who played Bond girl Domino Derval?
60. After World War II ended in Europe in 1945 when did rationing of food, clothing, petrol, etc (supplies restricted during and after the war) finally end in the last of the countries involved?
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