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General Knowledge Quiz 387 (60 MCQs)

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1. "Omnibus" is a word for a common form of public transport taken directly from Latin. What does it mean?
2. The Penguin Islands lie off the coast of which country?
3. A musical instruction to treat the piece of music "pizzicato" means to do what?
4. In the acronym PAL, used in the television industry, what does the "P" stand for?
5. What man-made waterway was constructed between 1859 and 1869?
6. Which 16th century dramatist wrote plays for the Earl of Nottingham's company?
7. The woolsack is a seat for the president, the Lord Chancellor, of which group?
8. The pasta called "conchiglie" is in the shape of what?
9. What band released the single "The Importance of Being Idle" in 2005?
10. Mohammad Reza "King of Kings" and "Light of the Aryans" was the second, and the last, monarch of which House to rule within his country?
11. Who directed the 1975 film "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" ?
12. What was the title of Gordon Ramsay's 2006 autobiography?
13. A binnacle is the name for the surround of what item found on a ship?
14. Which of these is a system of weights and measures?
15. If someone is ostracised by the rest of their social group, where are they said to have been sent to?
16. Hussars is a word applied to what type of troops?
17. Friar Tuck is the associate of which legendary English figure?
18. What are Mammoth, Whistler, Bansko, Afriski, Niseko, and Cardrona?
19. What is bagasse?
20. Kobo, Nook and Onyx are brands of what?
21. Sergeant Cuff features as a detective in which of these?
22. What is Arrow's impossibility theorem?
23. 18th century French adventuress Marie du Barry was mistress to Louis XV from 1769 until banished to the country in 1774. How did she die after she returned from a trip to England to sell her jewels in 1793?
24. Whose famous books include "The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex", "The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals", '' The Power of Movement in Plants" and "The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms" ?
25. Why was Australian triple jumper Ian Campbell controversially declared to have fouled during a jump in the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics which would have won him the gold medal?
26. Vodka is the principal alcoholic content of which of these cocktails?
27. Which 20th century novelist wrote "The Quiet American", "Stamboul Train", "Brighton Rock" and "The Power And The Glory" ?
28. Which legendary character is the subject of musical settings of his adventures, notably by Purcell, Glück and Mozart?
29. Which of these flags does not have a crescent moon?
30. With what is the story of the rape of the Sabine women associated?
31. In 1961 an entire American sports team was lost in a plane crash when travelling to the World Championships in its sport; which sport was it?
32. What are the joints in the fingers called?
33. Which of these is a European stringed keyboard instrument known from the late Medieval, through the Renaissance, Baroque and Classical eras?
34. In the 2023 World Darts Championship, Raymond van Barneveld and Steve Beaton did what?
35. A proof of what major mathematics problem was given by Grigori Perelman in 2003, resulting in his being selected to receive the Fields Medal and being awarded the Millennium prize in March 2010?
36. This American TV black comedy and crime drama was inspired by a Coen Brothers film and has won Emmy Awards for Miniseries, Directing and Casting plus numerous other awards. Which is it?
37. What is a steam packet?
38. What's the next city in this series:Salt Lake City, Turin, Vancouver, ..... ?
39. Where was the annual G8 leaders summit held in the year 2000?
40. In April 2010 Britain announced that it would create the world's largest marine reserve (650, 000 square kilometres) around the Chagos Islands. Where are they?
41. A standard early reader in English schools was "Janet and ..... "?
42. Where is the world's most populous metropolitan area?
43. Who is a saxophone player from Slaton, Texas, who has performed with musicians such as Bobby Vee, Buddy Holly, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton and Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs and Englishmen?
44. When was the first men's World Cup cricket contest held?
45. What is cupping used for in medicine?
46. Marat, Robespierre, Danton are names associated with what event at the end of the 18th century?
47. What is the name of the vertical groove above the upper lip that connects the top lip to the bottom of the nose?
48. What is the next city in the series Beijing, London, Rio de Janeiro ..... ?
49. In 1898 New Zealand passed what, the first of its kind in the British Empire?
50. Six holes from the end of the first LPGA Major in 2017, Lexi Thompson who was 2 shots in the lead was given a 4 shot penalty. Why?
51. A candela is a measure of what?
52. What term is used almost exclusively to describe a self-contained piece of music for one voice usually with orchestral accompaniment, commonly in opera, although they also form movements of oratorios and cantatas?
53. Which of these is a species of Sequoia that is the tallest in the world?
54. What type of instrument can be played "pizzicato" ?
55. What important discovery was made in 1964 by radio astronomers Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson?
56. The film "My Happy Family" (2017), written by Nana Ekvtimishvili and directed by Ekvtimishvili and Simon Groß, premièred in the USA at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. In what language was it filmed?
57. The name of which American surgeon and medical researcher is known for a technique for rescuing someone from severe choking?
58. The 2020 Netflix fantasy documentary "Dick Johnson is Dead" deals with the increasing onset of what?
59. British graphic designers and typographers Margaret Calvert and Jock Kinneir designed what?
60. Who had his first prize fight in 1914, became world heavyweight champion at Toledo in 1919 and was champion until defeated in 1926?
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