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General Knowledge Quiz 377 (60 MCQs)

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1. What philosopher, sometimes known by the honorific of "K'ung Fu-tzu" and born in BCE 551, has recently had his name given to a Peace Prize?
2. What was the original name of the board game invented by Elliot Rudell, similar to Scrabble, whereby letters can be stacked on top of others to create new words?
3. Who became the King of Sweden on 15 September 1973?
4. Five new sports approved for inclusion in the Summer Olympics for 2020 were baseball/softball, karate, surfing, sport climbing and which other?
5. A zamboni is used to prepare the playing surface for which sport?
6. Which team won the inaugural tournament of the Rugby World Cup in 1987, which was hosted by both Australia and New Zealand?
7. Why was Tyson Fury stripped of his International Boxing Federation World Heavyweight title in 2015 just ten days after gaining it?
8. Which countries signed up to the Plaza Accord in the USA in November 1985?
9. Which company was ordered in 2000 (as it turned out, abortively) to split into two companies, one to own and market its operating system and another to control its other software and the company's Internet business?
10. Which grape is the source of most of the best known Argentina wines?
11. The angles of a triangle add up to how many degrees?
12. Who says "Is this a dagger that I see before me" in a Shakespearean play?
13. What is the name for the private office in the White House of the President of the USA?
14. What TV sitcom was originally intended to be called "The Fighting Tigers" ?
15. The narrative poem "The Gypsies" (1824) by Alexander Pushkin influenced a novella by Prosper Mérimée (1845), which was the basis for a libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy for which opera that premiered at the Opéra-Comique of Paris in 1875?
16. The national coat of arms of Portugal consists basically of a shield in front of a sphere; what is the sphere called?
17. Which film which stars John Hurt, Richard Burton (in his last film role) and Suzanna Hamilton is based on a book by George Orwell?
18. Riot Games hosts an annual esports World Championship for players of what?
19. What is the next in this series:Liesl, Friedrich, Louisa, Kurt, Brigitta, Marta, and ..... ?
20. What discipline was sportsman Peyton Manning, who retired in 2016, best known for?
21. What is a guppy?
22. In Norse myths who or what is Baldur?
23. Which Scottish poet and novelist is famous for the poem "The Lady Of The Lake", and the novels "Heart of Midlothian", "Ivanhoe" and the "Waverley" novels?
24. What does the "R" stand for in the "RLIF" World Rankings?
25. Whose novel "Wives and Daughters", about Molly Gibson, the only daughter of a doctor in a provincial English town in the 1830s, was completed by Frederick Greenwood when the author died suddenly in 1865?
26. Founded in London in 1766, what activity are "Christie, Manson and Woods" involved in?
27. Who wrote "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom" ?
28. Who wrote "It Takes a Village:And Other Lessons Children Teach Us", a book published in 1996 that focuses on the impact individuals and groups outside the family have on a child's well-being?
29. How many degrees are in the internal angles of a regular hexagon?
30. The phrase "Mountain Standard Time" refers to what mountains?
31. Slogans such as "The Truth Is Out There", "Trust No One" and "I Want to Believe" that became part of pop culture in the 1990s were from which TV series?
32. According to John Aubrey in "Brief Lives", Sir Francis Bacon's death was caused after he contracted a fatal case of pneumonia after an experiment to do what?
33. Which of these is a position in netball?
34. What bodily process breaks food down into nutrients?
35. History can be called what?
36. When then self-governing Belize gained full independence from the United Kingdom in 1981, 1, 500 UK troops remained; for what reason?
37. In the sentence "Wherever he went, he carried the scratching cat, his eyes red.", what part of speech is "his eyes red" ?
38. Why was the 1974 revolution in Portugal called the Carnation Revolution?
39. In Scandinavian mythology, what was the home of the Gods, approached by a bridge (Bifrost), that contained a great hall and Valhalla?
40. Ouagadougou is the capital of which country?
41. Where is Campeche Bay?
42. Where was the 2009 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Economic Leaders' Meeting held?
43. In the 1960's, who had a hit record with Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind" ?
44. Which of these is a translation into Spanish of the phrase "long live life" ?
45. Which of these describes a style of music played by groups like Led Zeppelin?
46. Where is Durendal mentioned in 11th, or possibly 12th, century literature?
47. What is needed to create a Tangram?
48. Which of these was an American alternative rock band that existed from 1980 to 2009, originally formed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with members singer/guitarist/songwriter Gordon Gano, bassist Brian Ritchie, and drummers Victor DeLorenzo (1980-1993 & 2002-2009) and Guy Hoffman (1993-2002)?
49. The first broadcast of the UK scifi series Dr Who on TV in November 1963 coincided with what?
50. The Fréjus Rail Tunnel (also called Mont Cenis Tunnel), a rail tunnel 13.7 km (8.5 miles) long, connects which two countries?
51. In 2009 Artem Silchenko was first in the Red Bull World Series held at Antalya, Turkey & Sisikon, Switzerland in which sport?
52. Which railway station, designed and overseen by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, was covered by the largest train shed roof anywhere when it opened in 1854?
53. In the film "Batman Forever", released in 1995, who played the villain called "Two Face" ?
54. Three quarters of the east boundary of the Republic of Malawi is what?
55. In the acronym NFT used in digital block-chain enabled transactions, what does the "F" stand for?
56. In which TV programme is it usual for a house resident to be evicted every week?
57. By what name do we better know Mr van Rijn, who lived in Holland in the 17th century?
58. In 1835, why did Richard Lawrence, an unemployed housepainter from England, fail in the first attempt to kill a sitting President of the US, Andrew Jackson?
59. What does the "V" in "V8 Supercars" refer to?
60. What is the name for a dedicated rail enthusiast or trainspotter?
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