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General Knowledge Quiz 396 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which financial system was rolled out in 1982, a year after it was developed and finalised?
2. What is a florin?
3. 31 March, the birthday of César Chávez, is recognised as a holiday in the US states of California, Texas, Arizona and Colorado. What role did he play in the history of the USA?
4. Which Nobel prize-winning British playwright died in December 2008?
5. What was the Roman name for Ireland?
6. What is a link between tomatoes, potatoes, and aubergines or eggplants?
7. The world's second-largest irrigation canal crosses what area in Central Asia, mostly in Turkmenistan?
8. Which of these is an example of a tongue twister?
9. Which of these novels is by Evelyn Waugh?
10. Who famously put his telescope to his blind eye to ignore the orders of his superiors at the Battle of Copenhagen?
11. What British institution has the nickname "The Old Lady Of Threadneedle Street" ?
12. What does one usually do with a rutabaga?
13. In 2023, approximately what percentage of the world's human population is on the continent of Africa?
14. Which of these activities might be carried out by a lapidary?
15. When does hanami happen in Japan?
16. Mrs Alice Keppel was the mistress of which of these?
17. What nationality was J Landy, who broke Roger Bannister's record for the mile of 3 minutes 59.4 seconds by recording 3 minutes 58 seconds on 21 June 1954?
18. For which Games did the Olympic torch go into outer space during the torch relay?
19. The guild known until mediaeval days in London as the Fraternity or Guylde of Our Lady and St. Clement, still exists in the 21st century under what name?
20. When China banned the sale of opium in 1839, imposed restrictions on all foreign traders, and seized and destroyed 20, 000 chests of opium, what did Britain do?
21. Which method is used to prove that a number equals another and different one?
22. In 1391 Geoffrey Chaucer wrote a partly completed instruction manual for a scientific instrument, in English (unusually in science) and designed to be simple. Which instrument?
23. In Raymond Chandler's comment in the book Farewell My Lovely "I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I had was ..... " what figure of speech was he using?
24. What strait separates the South Island of New Zealand from the more southerly Stewart Island?
25. What is the average of 1, 2, 2, 5, 9 and 17?
26. The maidservant Anna Göldi was executed in Switzerland in 1782, officially for non-lethal poisoning (although that did not carry the death penalty) but actually for what?
27. In the nursery rhyme beginning "Hey Diddle Diddle", who jumped over the moon?
28. Which female jazz singer died in December 2008?
29. What was the profession of World War I heroine Edith Cavell?
30. Which Winter Olympic Games was the last to have an outdoor speed skating rink?
31. What is the bone which links the wrist to the thumb's metacarpophalangeal joint?
32. Which of these might be played by a drummer?
33. What equipment is needed for a competition in welly wanging?
34. Which of these is a trumpet shaped, widely-cultivated genus of flowering plants of South American origin?
35. Harrison Ford was working as what before his first big break as a film actor?
36. Which musical by Elton John and Lee Hall, which revolves around a motherless boy who trades boxing gloves for ballet shoes and is based on a 2000 film, opened in London's West End in 2005?
37. They began in 1990 playing at McManus's, their aunt's pub, went on to perform in the film "The Commitments", and played at the 1996 Summer Olympics as their international career began. Who were they?
38. In what epic does the character Enkidu first appear?
39. Which of these is a spin off from the TV series Grey's Anatomy?
40. In Egypt, what are "Dog Days" ?
41. Where was the 5, 421m (17, 785 ft) high Chacaltaya ski resort?
42. Celebrated archaeologists Frederick Bligh Bond and later Dr C.A. Ralegh Radford excavated at Glastonbury Abbey in the 20th century searching for what remains?
43. Which of these is the name of a panther in Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book" ?
44. In the 1994 film "The Shawshank Redemption", the prisoner at the centre of the film has a poster of whom in his cell as he begins his sentence?
45. What is the official nickname of a particularly large capacity plane, built by Airbus and used to transport large dimension loads, from pieces of art to space station parts and whole helicopters?
46. As what was Eustace the Monk (c. 1170-1217) well-known?
47. The Kalandula Falls, one of the largest waterfalls by volume in Africa, are in which country?
48. Squeaky Fromme, who tried to assassinate US President Gerald Ford, was part of what group?
49. When was the last time live doves were released during the opening ceremony of a Summer Olympic Games?
50. The Rambert Dance Company was founded as the Ballet Rambert in the UK, and renamed in 1987, by whom?
51. Where did a magnitude 7.7 earthquake, 12.8 miles (20.6 km) deep occur at 9:42 p.m. local time on 25 October 2010, which generated a "significant tsunami" and resulted in at least 113 people reported dead, and over 160 missing?
52. Sturgis in South Dakota, USA, annually hosts an international rally for racing, stunts and similar by what vehicles?
53. Who wrote the "Uncle Remus" stories?
54. Who was the first President of what later became the United States of America?
55. What is the oldest commissioned naval vessel afloat?
56. Nystagmus describes involuntary movement where?
57. If you divide a prime number by 4, the answer must result in ..... ?
58. Who asked the question "Are We Human or Are We Dancer?" ?
59. Complete the title of this James Bond film: "On Her Majesty's ..... ''
60. Which comic character first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15 in August 1962?
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