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General Knowledge Quiz 38 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which conductor had tenure with the Philadelphia Orchestra for 44 years?
2. Which name is associated with the IT developments which grew into Apple?
3. After several suspended efforts, Chile, with a consortium of OAS, Hyundai, SYSTRA, and Aas-Jakobsen and financial backing from investors in Brazil, France and Norway, started construction in 2015 of what?
4. A label on a fabric saying that it is "colourfast" means what?
5. What became the world's largest passenger ship by gross tonnage when it was delivered in October 2009?
6. Which of these is common to Kurokawa (Japan), Tbilisi (Georgia), Fang (Thailand), and Binh Chau (Vietnam)?
7. What does "xylophilous" refer to?
8. In the first decades of the 18th century, from about 1718 to 1730, what was a predominant motif in Ottoman art and culture?
9. Rachmaninov's 2nd piano concerto featured in which 1945 film directed by David Lean?
10. What was named "Desire" in the 1947 play by Tennessee Williams?
11. Victor Emmanuel II was the first king of what nation?
12. When Joseph Priestley isolated "dephlogisticated air" in 1774, what did he see as the phlogiston which he had removed from the air?
13. What city, heavily bombed in the Spanish Civil War, was featured in a painting by Picasso?
14. Which of these is a book by 'Che' Guevara (then a 23-year-old medical student) about his travels 8, 000 km (5, 000 miles) across South America with Alberto Granado (a 29-year-old biochemist)?
15. The main characters of which play by Henrik Ibsen are Dr. Thomas Stockmann, his wife and three children, and Peter Stockmann, the Mayor, who is his elder brother?
16. Its name means "Mother of the Gods" in the indigenous language of the area, it is home to the National Institute of Amazonian Research, it was a host city of the 2014 World Cup, as well as subsections of the 2016 Summer Olympics. Which city is it?
17. What is the name given to a distinguishing device stamped into the substance of a sheet of paper when it is wet?
18. Making a U-turn results in a change of direction of how many degrees?
19. What are the two holes called which are cut into the body of a violin, viola, cello, and double bass?
20. Which of these is a Mexican painter, many of whose works are self-portraits, who used vibrant colours in a style influenced by indigenous cultures of Mexico with European influences including Realism, Symbolism and Surrealism?
21. When did St Francis of Assisi found the Order of the Friars Minor?
22. What film, sub-titled "The Story of Christy Brown", is a 1989 drama directed by Jim Sheridan and starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Ray McAnally, Brenda Fricker, Fiona Shaw, Julie Hale, Alison Whelan, Kirsten Sheridan, Declan Croghan, Eanna MacLiam, Marie Conmee and Cyril Cusack, that tells the true story of an Irishman born with cerebral palsy?
23. What is an essential ingredient in the dessert known as a Chantilly Basket?
24. Which of these structures is the most recent?
25. Who is most likely to edit the problem page in a magazine or newspaper?
26. What does Fermat's Last Theorem relate to?
27. What concept was described and highlighted in a 1983 book edited by European-British historian Eric Hobsbawm and British Africanist Terence Ranger?
28. The embroidered linen mural, the Bayeux Tapestry, tells one side of what military story?
29. Tinikling is a popular Philippine what?
30. For what was the first " ..... For Dummies" book, released in 1991, intended to provide beginner-friendly instruction?
31. Which outdoor game played by 2 to 4 persons with balls and mallets was introduced to England from France in the 1850s?
32. What is the colloquial name for the trefoil plant?
33. Who plays the role of Hagrid in the Harry Potter series of films?
34. Complete the title of this James Bond film: "From Russia With ..... ''
35. What is the greatest distance between the capitals of two sovereign countries that share a border?
36. The 1994 San Marino Grand Prix was darkened by several exceptional problems. Which was not one of them?
37. Colin Meads played rugby union for which country?
38. Which can the word "get" be?
39. What is the term for reactions some people have that are severe and life-threatening allergies (to environmental or dietary allergens or to medication)?
40. Jabal (or Jebel) Shams at the foot of which is the 5 km long Al Hoota Cave, home to a species of pink blind fish, is in which country?
41. What name is given to a vicious elephant that separates from the herd?
42. Which American comedy film, released in 1979, featured British actor, musician and comedian Peter Sellers acting in his second to last film role?
43. What is common between the UK television series "Unforgiven" (2009), "Happy Valley" (2014), and "Last Tango in Halifax" (2012)?
44. In the terms BCE and CE used in dating systems, what does the "C" stand for?
45. Which credit card is famous for the slogan "Don't leave home without it" ?
46. Andalusia, Catalunya, Galicia, Aragon, Castilla y León, Castile-La Mancha, and Extremadura are "autonomous communities" in which nation?
47. Who wrote "The Second Sex", published in 1949?
48. The 2017 Slate podcast miniseries "Slow Burn" about Watergate is hosted by whom?
49. Which mediaeval German cheese still has as a special ingredient the action and presence of live mites?
50. What are the thin leaves of conifers called?
51. How many signs of the Zodiac are neither inanimate nor human?
52. The competition known as Southern Traverse has taken participants through areas of what country since 1991?
53. Who has been romantically linked to Turkish-American actress Ayda Field since 2004?
54. Improved well being and fitness is sought at what kind of establishment?
55. Which of these words means the back of the head?
56. Argentina became the world champions in Taekwondo at the World Championships in Argentina in 2009. Which country came second?
57. Who is M's secretary in the James Bond series?
58. What phrase refers to a bathroom directly connected to a bedroom?
59. What does catabatic, or katabatic, refer to?
60. What is the Mile High Tree in Denver, Colorado?
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