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General Knowledge Quiz 382 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which of these is a bowed string musical instrument with three strings, played on the arm or under the chin that was particularly popular in the 15th and 16th centuries?
2. The 2011 US crime drama TV series "The Killing" was based on a work created by whom?
3. Susan, Lucy, Edmund and Peter Pevensie are children who appear in what 2005 film, based on the novel by C. S. Lewis?
4. Which of these cities is on Chesapeake Bay?
5. What did Chuck Yeager accomplish in a Bell XI in October 1947?
6. The 2019 horror film "Midsommar" is set in Sweden and shot where?
7. Which of these is a fragrant climbing shrub?
8. Which of these was an ex-pop star responsible for creating and directing a TV series called "Metal Mickey" ?
9. The photosphere, chromosphere and corona are terms used for aspects of what?
10. Who moved to New York City in 1977 where she worked as a waitress in Dunkin' Donuts, performed as a dancer for French disco artist Patrick Hernandez on a world tour, formed the band "The Breakfast Club" with Dan Gilroy, and the band "Emmy" with Stephen Bray, and has been described as "a woman who pulled herself up by her bra straps?"
11. What 2002 novel was made into a film starring Dakota Fanning and Queen Latifah 6 years later?
12. According to a 2009 adventure family film starring Ashley Tisdale, Carter Jenkins, Robert Hoffman, Henri Young, Regan Young and Austin Butler, "The aliens are" where?
13. Where are the Indy 500 races held?
14. Where would you most likely see a Zamboni?
15. Who was said to have interceded to save the life of Captain John Smith, was later taken hostage and held at Jamestown, married John Rolfe, came to England and died at Gravesend in 1617?
16. What French phrase means "sea-sickness" ?
17. On 19 June 1975, an inquest jury named whom as the murderer of Sandra Rivett, the last time that an inquest was allowed to name the person they suspected of committing such a crime?
18. The classic "Le Petit Prince" was written by someone who, as well as being a lyrical writer, worked as what?
19. Known as jowar, cholam, jonna, Guinea corn, and kaoliang in various areas, this grain plant was especially valued in hot and arid regions for its resistance to drought and heat, and is also known as what?
20. What are the Waldere fragments which are held in the Danish Royal Library at Copenhagen?
21. Which of these are trousers?
22. What is the subject matter of the occasional TV series "Luther", starring the actor Idris Elba?
23. What object, which had been brought to Westminster Abbey in 1296 and placed under "St Edward's chair", was stolen and taken to Scotland in December 1950 and returned the following April?
24. The anniversary that commemorates Captain Arthur Phillip's establishing in 1788 the first British settlement as a colony in what became known as Australia, is celebrated on which day every year?
25. Which ex Formula One driver competed in the World Rally Championship in 2010?
26. Which of these is a musical instrument in the lute family?
27. What narrows do you sail through to reach Scotia Sea?
28. What was the first name of the fictional character Gulliver, which was created by Jonathan Swift?
29. Which 1987 film stars Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon and Michelle Pfeiffer?
30. What are Albert King, Buddy Guy, Lightnin' Hopkins & Albert Collins best known as?
31. Who composed the music for the 1979 musical "Sweeney Todd" ?
32. Embioptera, known as web weavers or webspinners, create silk from spinnerets located where?
33. Who did Johnny Depp play in the film "Public Enemies" ?
34. In the Gospel of Nicodemus, what were the names of the two people were crucified alongside Jesus?
35. What were the titles of Sharon Osbourne's autobiographies, published in October 2005 & October 2007?
36. Torres Strait Islander Eddie Mabo became famous in Australian history for his role in campaigning for what?
37. Which of these terms comes from baseball?
38. How did dancer Isadora Duncan die in 1927?
39. In which country, on June 1, 2001, was there a massacre in the royal palace when King Birendra, Queen Aiswarya, Crown Prince Dipendra and 7 other members of the royal family were killed?
40. A clapperboard is used in which industry?
41. Who were the stars of the 1945 film "Brief Encounter" ?
42. What part of speech is the subject of the sentence "John carried some parcels for Mary" ?
43. Which of these is a small cultivated mushroom?
44. Which early 20th century artist gained a reputation for the beauty and novelty of his staging of operas, plays and ballets, especially in Paris, London, Berlin and New York?
45. The fruit whose pip is used to make an almost universally drunk beverage is known as what?
46. Where in the human body is the cochlea?
47. Which 2022 film was produced by Marvel Studios for Disney+, part of Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe starring Gael García Bernal, Laura Donnelly and Harriet Sansom Harris?
48. Who, in 2016, scored his first Oscar for Best Actor in a Lead Role for his part in the film "The Revenant" ?
49. Which book, written in Guernsey and published in 1866, dealt with events in the early 19th century and the impact of the Industrial Revolution upon the island?
50. Wainwrights were craftsmen who made what?
51. Which of these is on Cyprus?
52. Which suit is the most powerful, i.e. apart from no trumps, in Contract Bridge?
53. Which one of these is not a main difference between the rings specified for a netball court and the hoops specified for basketball?
54. What is shown in one of the paintings from at least 8, 000 years ago in the Cuevas de la Araña in Valencia, Spain?
55. Poteen, an illegally distilled alcoholic drink, is made in which country?
56. The Dalmatian has a number of other names. Which of these is not one of them?
57. Which is the course on which the first Tourist Trophy race on the Isle of Man was run?
58. Who is credited with overseeing the development of the computer mouse?
59. Which of these cities is on the Firth of Forth?
60. Some forms of anaemia can be described by which term?
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