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General Knowledge Quiz 393 (60 MCQs)

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1. What was a Roman road from York to Scotland near the Firth of Forth?
2. When did the first death happen as a result of a crash or other failure in a powered aircraft?
3. Which UK TV series dealt with middle class lifestyle and customs in Liverpool from 1860 to 1886, at sea and ashore?
4. Which car manufacturer produces a model called the "Vanquish" ?
5. Which of these is not a fish?
6. What film is the source of the phrase, "I'll get you, my pretty ..... and your little dog too!"
7. What is the subject of the book "Black Beauty", published in 1877?
8. All major US TV networks carried live coverage of the flight of which well known personality who was trying to avoid arrest for murder?
9. Which of these comedians was knighted in 2000?
10. In 1950, Nancy Hodges of British Columbia became the first woman in the Commonwealth to be what?
11. In 2006 American Steven Wold became an overnight success in the UK, following more than 40 years in his profession, in what field?
12. Traditionally, what is the topping for a shepherd's pie?
13. In the 1960s, record players were manufactured to revolve at 78, 45 and 33 revolutions per minute, and what other speed?
14. Fingerprint classification was refined sufficiently to be used as evidence to solve a crime in which decade?
15. Along with the gold rushes in North America (1799, the 1820s, 1848-55, 1860s, 1870s, 1890s), there were similar feverish rushes in Australia and which other country in 1851, 1861 and the 1890s?
16. Which of these was designed by Reginald Mitchell?
17. Which of these, now a singer, was a former cavalry officer who guarded the Queen Mother's coffin?
18. What event involving King John of England occurred at Runnymede in 1215?
19. Which of these is the first known in the West to be associated with power of steam?
20. Which of these sports was not part of the Classic pentathlon contested in Olympic Games from 1906 to 1924?
21. What 1918 Act of the US Congress forbade the use of "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language" about the US government, its flag, or its armed forces or that caused others to view the US government or its institutions with contempt, and allowed the Postmaster General to refuse to deliver mail that met those criteria?
22. What is the name of the mountain range that runs for 870 miles for the full length of Italy?
23. Tungurahua ("Throat of Fire") is an active stratovolcano in what country?
24. Which of the following words originated from an annual procession of large chariots weighing several tons carrying the statues of Krishna, Subhadra and Baladeva?
25. Who acquired ownership around 563 CE of the island of Iona, in the Inner Hebrides off the Ross of Mull on the western coast of Scotland?
26. What is used to remove creases from clothing?
27. Which famous Ramone was never one of "The Ramones" ?
28. The Tasman Sea flows between which two countries?
29. What continent lies under the islands of New Zealand?
30. Where is the Iberian peninsula?
31. What is the specific name for the chain, cable, or mooring line (or a combination of these) including the attachment to a ship's anchor at one end and the ship itself at the other?
32. What was the first name of Inspector Maigret, a character created by George Simenon?
33. Who was a British dog trainer, author and television personality who introduced the catch-phrases "walkies" and "sit!" in her 1980 television series?
34. What war was described as "the equivalent of two bald men fighting over a comb" ?
35. An American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter, is Edgar Rice who?
36. What colour is shown by cyanobacteria?
37. Which is a variety of the Manding languages spoken mainly in Mali as a first or second language?
38. Which of these played cricket for Pakistan?
39. The series of numbers that is obtained by adding the previous two together is named after whom?
40. A piece for cornet, accompanied by a brass band plus clarinet and double bass, was composed and used as theme music for which TV show?
41. Where is Strasbourg?
42. Whose work "The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living", a 14-foot (4.3 m) tiger shark immersed in formaldehyde in a vitrine, became the iconic work of British art in the 1990s?
43. Who "rocked in the treetops all the day long" to a chorus of "Tweet, tweet, tweedley deet" ?
44. Whose death in 1603 led to the uniting of the crowns of England and Scotland?
45. Until he retired from daily involvement in 2008, Bill Gates was a developer (as well as magnate) in what scientific field?
46. In 1782, what was made the official bird of the USA?
47. Designed for use in 2022, what are Bing Dwen Dwen and Shuey Rhon Rhon?
48. Where did the Chrysanthemum, or Aster, Revolution happen in October/November 1918?
49. Which place, used by Russians in 1814 to bombard Paris, became a popular entertainment area in the 19th and 20th centuries, outside the city limits, free of Paris taxes (and where the local nuns made wine)?
50. Which country hosted the first women's judo World Championships?
51. The shores of the African continent are variously on the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and which other body of water?
52. Complete Joseph Stalin's famous quotation "One death is a tragedy, one million deaths is a ..... ''
53. The villages of Javouhey, Cacao, Regina, Saül and Iracabou in French Guiana are almost exclusively peopled by refugees resettled in 1977 mainly from where?
54. In the 1920s an Oxford Professor of Anglo-Saxon wrote "The Cat and the Fiddle:A Nursery Rhyme Undone and its Scandalous Secret Unlocked", and followed it by other works including what?
55. Singer Avril Lavigne was born in which country?
56. What chain of islands stretches from the Netherlands to Denmark?
57. In video broadcast terms which of these is the odd one out?
58. The areas of Putumayo, Caquetá, Meta, Guaviare, Nariño, Antioquia, and Vichada in Colombia are particularly well-known for what?
59. Which American comedian who died on 4 May 2009 became famous as an inept magician on Dean Martin's TV show in the 1960s and appeared in "Cannonball Run", "Blazing Saddles" and "The Muppet Movie" ?
60. Where is the area seen as one of the most outstanding volcanic regions in the world, with a high density of active volcanoes, a variety of types, and a wide range of related features?
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