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General Knowledge Quiz 39 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which of these is a fruit grown on a small tree, 8 to 12 m tall, with a trunk up to 40 cm diameter and a dense, spreading canopy?
2. Where is Mount Logan, the tallest mountain in its country and the second tallest in its continent?
3. In the 1968 feature film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, of what country is Baron Bomburst the tyrant ruler?
4. What name was used for two forests in J. R. R. Tolkien's "Hobbit"/ "Lord of the Rings" saga, the first under Morgoth's control, and the second under the influence of Sauron?
5. Who was born in Cowley, Oxfordshire, and in Oxford built and sold bicycles, motorcycles and, in 1912, his first car, the Morris Oxford?
6. After which legendary mountains is the private university at Fort Portal, Western Uganda, named?
7. When Gerald Ford was president of the USA, who was his vice president?
8. What is a kilderkin?
9. Of up to 20 major extinction events identified in Earth's history, which is considered to have caused the greatest loss of species?
10. As used in author Rudyard Kipling's "Puck of Pook's Hill" and by author T.H. White, what is "gramarye" ?
11. Where is the Yasuni National Park?
12. Which 17th century French philosopher, mathematician, scientist and writer developed the Cartesian coordinate system, thus founding analytic geometry, the bridge between algebra and geometry and crucial to the invention of calculus?
13. What 17th century French playwright is still celebrated and popular for his witty satires, among them The School for Wives, The School for Husbands and The Imaginary Invalid?
14. Romansch is an official language of which country?
15. Which country became a separate state in 1890 after having been, since 1443, part of Burgundy, Spain, Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands?
16. Which town in Lincolnshire, UK, is the birthplace of Margaret Thatcher, and has connections with Isaac Newton, Nicholas Parsons and Richard Todd?
17. What colour is lapis lazuli?
18. In what board game do players compete to acquire wealth through buying, renting, and trading properties, with the object of bankrupting the other players?
19. A NICAD battery has a nickel anode and a cathode made of what?
20. Sweyn Forkbeard rebelled against his father, who was killed in 985 or 986 in the battles with his son, and took over rule of what kingdom?
21. What reason did the Republic of Maldives give for withdrawing from the Commonwealth of Nations in 2016?
22. By what name is Italian sculptor and painter Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi better known?
23. A matrix can also be described as a what?
24. Which American singer-songwriter's debut album won Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best New Artist and Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) at the 1981 Grammy Awards, and who also received an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his work with film music?
25. What is the name of the architectural style which marks some ancient and mediaeval structures, one notable one being the columns of the Parthenon?
26. Which of these cars hasn't changed its basic shape and concept throughout its evolution and has been made continuously from 1963 into the 21st century?
27. Which cartoonist, whose caricatures of public figures were published in "Private Eye" in the 1960s and 1970s, worked for Pink Floyd on "The Wall" album (1979) and movie (1982)?
28. Mexican, bow and shock can be all be types of what?
29. Born in Australia in 1898, Walter Lindrum was one of the greatest practitioners of what sport?
30. Professional sidekick Dick Grayson is better known as who?
31. Which adapted international athletic competition started to become particularly popular in the lockdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic?
32. Which of these words is NOT a contraction?
33. Where is a lammergeier most likely to be found?
34. Where in the human body is a meniscus found?
35. Scarpia is a character in which opera?
36. What European capital has the largest Turkish population of any city outside Turkey?
37. Which of these letters is not in the name of an Australian rock band which, for 20 years, was fronted by Michael Hutchence on lead vocals?
38. The South America tectonic plate meets and rides over which other major plate?
39. In the science fiction novel "The Day of the Triffids", what were "triffids" ?
40. In relation to what would the term "poohsticks" be used?
41. Which of these car makers is traditionally based in France?
42. The UKTV show "The Late Show" (1989-1995) concentrated on what?
43. In 1998 who sold her Union Jack mini dress in a charity auction to Hard Rock Cafe in Las Vegas for a record £41, 320, which broke the Guinness World Record for the most expensive piece of pop star clothing ever sold?
44. Who would be interested in a "miller's thumb" ?
45. Which of these is a term used to describe branches of Chinese criminal organisations based mainly in Asia?
46. A number of discoveries by English scientist and instrument-maker Francis Hauksbee, or Hawksbee, (1660-1713) established principles and/or machines which either were, demonstrated, or led to which of these?
47. On or in what is a roadstead formed?
48. For which activity was Dame Elizabeth Frink honoured?
49. What part of Pinocchio's body extended when he told a lie?
50. The painting medium "tempera" has what as a base?
51. How many semitones are there in an octave?
52. Which of these, in the 1967 AFL season, became the first quarterback to pass more than 4, 000 yards in a season?
53. What was the Seiz Breur in Brittany?
54. There are 5 "nuclear weapons states", an internationally recognized status conferred by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. It includes the USA and the UK. Which of these is not one of the 3 others?
55. Which of these railways is mainly in Russia?
56. Which French scientist invented the first satisfactory revolving light for use in lighthouses, and has a type of theatre light named after him?
57. In England, the "dissolution of the monasteries" occurred under the reign of which king?
58. How many legs does a jerrymunglum have?
59. "A little dab'll do ya, Use more, only if you dare, But watch out, The gals will all pursue ya, ..... They'll love to put their fingers through your hair" was a jingle for what product that was first marketed in the 1920s?
60. What was the surname of the US president known as JFK?
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