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General Knowledge Quiz 363 (60 MCQs)

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1. In several ancient cultures, and still practised, there is a rite or sport known as (what)-leaping?
2. Disabilites are recognised in Paralympic competition under how many headings?
3. Which city is at the Eastern end of the Trans-Siberian Railway?
4. Who began dating cyclist Lance Armstrong in 2003, and announced their engagement in September 2005 and their split in February 2006?
5. Which of these is a photographer who was the basis for the character played by David Hemmings in Antonioni's 1966 film "Blowup" ?
6. Where is the Strait of Belle Isle?
7. What is the name in England for the mystery crime fiction board game devised by Anthony E. Pratt and originally published in 1949?
8. What shape is a battledore?
9. Which Beatle played "Youngman Grand" in "The Magic Christian" 1969, with Peter Sellers?
10. Who led the first expedition to successfully circumnavigate the earth between 1519 and 1522, and was killed during the voyage?
11. Beginning with the Belgian Revolution in 1830 the Kingdom of Belgium was formed following separation from a United Kingdom containing which other present day country or countries?
12. At 9.00 a.m. on 27 August 1896, after Khalid bin Bargash ignored a British ultimatum to leave the Beit al Hukum Palace, Royal Navy ships opened fire. Khalid's troops returned fire. A cease fire was declared at 9.45 a.m., giving the bombardment the title of "The Shortest War in History" . Where was this?
13. Who wrote the novel "Wives and Daughters" ?
14. Which river forms much of the border between the Republic of Benin and the Togolese Republic?
15. Which of these is a deliberate pause that breaks up a long line of verse?
16. What is voretigene neparvovec?
17. What is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the islands of Tuvalu?
18. With what has Gettysburg been associated since 1863?
19. What is a "white dwarf" ?
20. What is the seven-branched candlestick, based on the candelabrum that was used in the Temple in Jerusalem in ancient times, that is the national symbol of the State of Israel?
21. What is the largest dam in the USA, by measure of hydroelectric power capacity?
22. How does sheet lightning show?
23. He was born in Palma, Italy, and was resident conductor at La Scala, Milan, and at the Metropolitan Opera, New York. Who was he?
24. When did Netflix stream its first original series, "Lilyhammer" ?
25. The first Paralympic Games to officially tie in with the Summer Olympics were held in 1960 in which city?
26. Who performed in the first concert link into space, which was sent from Anaheim California to the space shuttle Discovery in 2005?
27. What is the world's largest invertebrate?
28. Which bird is recognised as the national symbol of Denmark?
29. Which children's book, published in 1941, has the secondary title "The Scarecrow of Scatterbrook" ?
30. The study of phonons is an important part of what area of physics?
31. Where are the Paracel Islands?
32. It is used as a food flavouring, for scents, in ancient Greek and Roman medical remedies including theriac which was long used as a panacea, to increase honey production, and by the animal which produces it as one of its territory markers. What is it?
33. Who was the first person to win an Oscar playing the role of someone of the opposite sex?
34. Who played the title role in the 1975 film "The Man Who Fell to Earth" ?
35. FIDE organised an international championship first held in 2019, followed by an Intercontinental Online Chess Championship in 2021 and onwards, for whom?
36. Which of these poets wrote in the Stalinist era?
37. Jimmy Somerville fronted which 1980s band?
38. Which long-running show spawned several television series, including "Laverne & Shirley", "Mork & Mindy", and "Joanie Loves Chachi" ?
39. Which of these is a tart made with a pastry base, usually jam, sweet gelatine-set cream or mock cream paste filling, and icing on top in two colours, half one colour and half the other?
40. The winner of the 2015 Arthur C. Clarke Award, "Station Eleven", takes place in which area?
41. What was Woulfe's Apparatus designed to do?
42. For what is Sir Henry Bessemer famous?
43. The almost invisible external parasite Knemidocoptes mutans is usually found where?
44. In a 2008 softball game between Central Washington and Western Oregon, what happened when one of the Western Oregon players hit the ball out of the park for a home run?
45. If someone or something is baying what are they doing?
46. With what is the name Stirling Moss most associated?
47. Whose first album was called "Tubular Bells" ?
48. Where was the original Globe Theatre located?
49. Prior to its independence in 1964, the Mediterranean island of Malta belonged to which country?
50. What happens to an actor when he "dries" ?
51. In which country were democratic elections held in May 1989, and though Guillermo Endara was elected president the results were annulled by the existing government?
52. What colour are the stars on the US flag?
53. "Lux" is a measurement of what?
54. The Richter scale was used to measure the magnitude of what?
55. The days on Venus (rotations on its axis, i.e.sidereal days) are 243 Earth days long. About how long are its years (in Earth measurements)?
56. For which site have there have been several proposals to create a channel to the Mediterranean Sea or the Nile so that water can flow into a series of hydro-electric penstocks, which would release the water 90m below sea level where it would evaporate?
57. In the 2002 film "The Ring", what common household electrical appliance is the most malevolent?
58. Who was found guilty by the High Court of Admiralty, London, on five counts of piracy and for the murder of William Moore, and was hanged on May 23, 1701, at 'Execution Dock', Wapping, London?
59. Mick Rock has what occupation in the recording industry?
60. What conflict in 1935 resulted in Mussolini annexing a large African territory for Italy, withdrawing in 1941?
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