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General Knowledge Quiz 362 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which of these islands belongs to Malaysia?
2. In the Crimean War, what did Florence Nightingale begin to be called?
3. Appenzeller, Bündner Bergkäse. Casalina, Crava, Dorset Blue Vinney, Giglio Sardo, Labneh. Piave, Sage Derby and Strica are all types of what?
4. What physical adaptation particularly distinguishes the large and critically endangered Titicaca water frog (Telmatobius culeus)?
5. Who is the maker of the Xbox?
6. Which of these people is best known for their work as a photographer?
7. What is another name for the "Aurora Borealis" ?
8. Which drink was originally made from the Smilax ornata plant?
9. Sweeney Todd was the demon barber of what street?
10. In British history, what "House" ruled after the House of Hanover?
11. Where is Lantau Island?
12. What is an essential in rotisserie cooking?
13. Hideki Yukawa, the first to postulate the existence of particles in an atom of less mass than a proton and greater mass than an electron, was the first Japanese person to do what in 1949?
14. Which of these was an educator, scientist, physician, philosopher, feminist, and humanitarian, and the first early childhood educator to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize?
15. Ivan Galamian has had world-wide influence as a teacher of what?
16. Which of these explorers was apprenticed as a young boy to a grocer and haberdasher?
17. Which of these is a musical film that featured Doris Day?
18. Which of these is a preparation of coffee which contains chocolate?
19. What is the name for the unit of work done by a force of 1 dyne moving through a distance of 1 centimetre?
20. Which is the highest military decoration awarded by the USA?
21. What was the business of the painter Edvard Munch's home and studio, Ekely, before he acquired it in 1916?
22. What real life matter did Lucy Prebble's play, "A Very Expensive Poison" (2019), deal with?
23. The New Stone Age was what period?
24. Where would you find the river called The Ouse?
25. In what year did Germany officially reunify?
26. When did "play" become a current word in English for a mimic representation, or dramatic or theatrical presentation?
27. How many kings of France were named Louis?
28. In 1863 the Netherlands passed legislation to abolish what in its colonies?
29. Which is furthest south?
30. Who is considered to be the first Roman emperor?
31. What was the occupation of Alex, the character played by Jennifer Beals, in the 1983 film "Flashdance" ?
32. In what field do participants compete in the three-yearly World Championships organised by FISM compete, and where is the 2018 Championship to be held?
33. What type of animal is a silverback?
34. Sheep are aged by their teeth and are referred to by the number of permanent incisors that have erupted. About how old is a "four-tooth" ?
35. Which of these teams has an even number of players on each side?
36. In the Bible, which of these words means angels?
37. What woke Sleeping Beauty?
38. Which of these is a stage musical based on the 1931 play "Green Grow the Lilacs" by Lynn Riggs?
39. In the acronym LIDAR, what does the "R" stand for?
40. The period known as "The Time of Troubles" 1598-1613 refers to which country?
41. Which of these was not "(Rub a dub dub), Three men in a tub" ?
42. Who is the "Watson" to Agatha Christie's detective, Hercule Poirot?
43. Since the first time it was run in 1951, only 3 non-Scandinavians had won the Rally of Finland before Sébastien Loeb in 2008. Which of these is not one of them?
44. Which is a poem surveying the people, kings, and heroes of Europe in the Heroic Age of Northern Europe?
45. In which song does the singer sing about "the way you wear your hat, the way you sip your tea", and "the way you hold your knife, the way we danced till three" ?
46. Tourtière, a pie popular in Canada, is made with what?
47. Which of these is a British possession on the European continental mainland?
48. Where is Uhuru Peak?
49. The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI ) aims to promote air sports and recreational flying, a vision of safe participation in these, and what else?
50. What name is given to the syndrome which involves a delusion that the affected person can transform or has transformed into an animal?
51. What respected psychology professor, after exposure to LSD, wrote "The Politics of Ecstasy" and devised the phrase "Turn on, tune in, drop out" ?
52. In December 2009 it was decided that which of these sports would be included in the Olympic Games for the first time in 2016?
53. Where is the county of Barsetshire, which contains the county town and cathedral town of Barchester, near the towns of Silverbridge, Hogglestock and Greshamsbury?
54. What is a fixed time of prayer of the Divine Office of almost all the traditional Christian liturgies, consisting mainly of psalms, said around 3 p.m.?
55. What word came to mean a disparaging description of British merchants who returned to Britain, having made a fortune in India, was originally the title for a provincial governor or viceroy of specific parts of India?
56. Where do the rivers Dart, Tavy, Teigh and Okement rise?
57. In 1974 Peter Anastos, Anthony Bassae and Natch Taylor founded what company, aimed at a playful view of traditional ballet in parody form and with men performing all roles-including en pointe-and at a focus on dance and choreography?
58. Which country set up the "Committee on Public Information" from April 1917 to June 1919 to run a propaganda campaign, and told citizens to seek out spies, which led to the creation of "patriotic organizations" ?
59. What is the name for playing the notes of a chord in sequence rather than all together?
60. Who won a Best Actor Oscar for the 1996 film "Shine" ?
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