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General Knowledge Quiz 392 (60 MCQs)

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1. Who, the highest paid of any performer in music hall in the early 20th century and knighted in 1919, wrote "I Love A Lassie", "Stop Yer Ticklin' Jock" and "Roamin' in the Gloamin" '?
2. Mozart wrote an opera about what kind of flute?
3. What is the name of the golf club at St Andrews, Scotland, founded in 1754, whose motto is "Far and Sure" ?
4. Which city, which hosted the Summer Olympics in 2008 and the Winter Olympics in 2022, is the first city to host both the Summer and the Winter Olympic Games?
5. Which of these deserts is in the USA?
6. In geographical terms what does Fretilin relate to?
7. Why did Michael Woodford gain international prominence in 2011?
8. Where was the equipment colloquially known as Mr. Trash Wheel established in 2014?
9. The first name of the First Lady of which US president was Elizabeth, known as "Betty" ?
10. What title did King Edward VIII of the UK take after his abdication?
11. Father Christmas is commonly identified with which saint?
12. "Come On-a My House" (1951), produced by Mitch Miller, was the first big chart hit for which singer?
13. How did John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr., the elder son of US President John F. Kennedy, die in 1999?
14. Which of these was not killed by a stone or piece of metal propelled from a distance?
15. What is or was a belemnite?
16. Who was the first elected female head of state in Africa?
17. The Webb Ellis Cup is presented to the winners of the World Cup in what sport?
18. World Chase Tag is an international championship based on what sport?
19. Steven Bochco co-created, wrote in, and produced which initially controversial police drama, from 1981 to 1987?
20. Who sued Hootie and the Blowfish for plagiarism in their song "Only Wanna Be With You" in 1995, reaching an out-of-court settlement?
21. What was the title of the 1984 novel by J G Ballard that was set in China?
22. Who was president of the USA at the outbreak of the Korean War?
23. What is the next in this series: "Lucky Town", "The Ghost of Tom Joad", "The Rising", "Devils & Dust", "We Shall Overcome:The Seeger Sessions", "Magic" ..... ?
24. Which of these is in a human's thoracic cavity?
25. In England, what breed of dog is raced in an industry which, in 2007, attracted gates of around 3.2 million people at over 5, 750 meetings across 26 stadiums?
26. The Great Lakes are called Superior, Erie, Ontario, Huron and which other?
27. What was the immediate cause for the May 1980 Kwangju (or Gwangju) Uprising in South Korea?
28. Which poet wrote "The Song of Hiawatha" ?
29. A play, first performed in 1933, whose writer died in 1936, continues to attract powerful international interpretations, including film, TV, and dance; what is the play?
30. Which of these was a British Prime Minister?
31. Which of these sports starts with a run of up to 50m?
32. What is the literal meaning of the name of the 14th century peasant trickster who was written about as "Till" or "Tyl" ?
33. What can describe the phrase "The Big Friendly Giant" ?
34. Where is the highest mountain in Brazil?
35. Which of these is made from apples?
36. Which of these was a famous US basketball player?
37. What former First Lady of the USA said that "no-one can make you feel inferior without your consent" ?
38. Jonathan Rhys Meyers, who played Elvis Presley in the TV series "Elvis", went on to play Henry VIII in what British TV series?
39. When the United States Anti-Doping Agency in 2012 stripped Lance Armstrong of all his cycling achievements since August 1998 how many Tour de France titles did he lose?
40. How many rings make up the Olympic symbol?
41. According to a survey carried out by Deloittes early in 2009, which was the world's richest football club at that time?
42. Whispering Ted Lowe is best known as a commentator for which sport?
43. Who is Warren Beatty's actress sister?
44. In mid 2022 dust stretching more than 3, 500 miles (5, 630 km) and covering more than 2.2 million sq miles (5.7 million sq km) reached Florida, Texas, Mexico, Venezuela and the Caribbean. What was the source of the dust?
45. Which book won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 2013?
46. The US TV series "Bones" is loosely based on the works of which novelist and forensic anthropologist?
47. What field of work is Alessandro Volta (1745-1827) best known for?
48. Which city in the Zou Department of The People's Republic of Benin was formerly the capital of the ancient kingdom of Dahomey?
49. The country renamed eSwatini in 2018 was known internationally as what before the change?
50. Which word means "to refuse to take part" ?
51. In some cases a katabatic, or catabatic, wind is called what?
52. The Council currently known as the International Cricket Council, or ICC, has been known as the ICC since it was founded in 1909 at Lord's in the UK but the "I" stood for something else:what was that?
53. What is the name for a group of badgers?
54. What were rioters in Panama protesting about on Martyr's Day, 9 January 1964?
55. The word "the" is what part of speech?
56. Who was the subject of an unsuccessful kidnapping attempt on Pall Mall, London, on 20 March 1974 by Ian Ball, who shot Inspector James Beaton (a bodyguard), Alex Callender (chauffeur), Brian McConnell (a passerby who intervened) and Police Constable Michael Hills?
57. What is the most publicly used method for categorizing the impact hazard associated with near-Earth objects (NEOs) such as asteroids and comets?
58. Memorial Day, formerly known as Decoration Day, a US federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May to commemorate US men and women who died while in the military service, was first commemorated to honour soldiers in which war?
59. Which of the original Star Wars trilogy cast believed that the films would be a box office hit and did a deal for two percent of the gross, but later proposed to George Lucas that his character be killed off because he "just couldn't go on speaking those bloody awful, banal lines" ?
60. Who began directing with "Grand Theft Auto" (1977) and won his first Best Director Oscar for "A Beautiful Mind" (2001)?
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