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General Knowledge Quiz 402 (60 MCQs)

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1. What is a "muscle cuirass" ?
2. When and where did the Austro-Hungarian Schutzkorps first operate?
3. Which of these terms means a seemingly absurd or contradictory statement, even if actually well-founded?
4. Where did Pluto, discovered in 1930 (and designated a planet at the time), get its name?
5. George Bernard Shaw described dancing as "a vertical expression of ..... '' what?
6. What was the setting for the British TV series "It Ain't Half Hot, Mum" (1974-81)?
7. Dr Who has been portrayed in the UK TV series of the same name by a number of actors other than those fronting the twelve incarnations in the series to 2014. Which of these was not one of them?
8. Which of these cities is the furthest from Wellington, New Zealand?
9. Which of these is a fictional elephant?
10. What links do Bollywood, Hollywood and Lollywood have?
11. Which Olympic Games was the first for which the opening ceremonies were held indoors?
12. When was the last death penalty carried out, by guillotine, in France?
13. Which sea surrounds the island of Martinique?
14. What is Canada's national day ("Canada Day")?
15. What is meerschaum?
16. In her "Adventures in Wonderland", where did Alice first meet the Mad Hatter, the March Hare and the Dormouse?
17. Photosynthesis is the system used by which of these to create food?
18. From 1801 to 1812 Lord Elgin, under a controversial permit from the Ottoman Empire, removed many marble sculptures from a famous building in which country, and brought them to the UK?
19. Which of these is a pachyderm?
20. In 2002 Wincanton in the UK twinned with what town in addition to its twins of Gennes / Les Rosiers in France and Lahnau in Germany?
21. Who was arrested on Christmas Day 2009 for assaulting real estate investor Brooke Mueller?
22. In the USA, what is the filling for a bread bun to make a "sloppy Joe" ?
23. What is zabaglione?
24. Which of these animals is not a marsupial?
25. Where is the vast and deep depression known as Hellas Basin?
26. If a chemical process is anaerobic it means it is happening under what conditions?
27. What is the Tipitaka (sometimes called Tripitaka)?
28. An "elegant, organic, and rigorously logical" game of strategy developed in China more than 2, 500 years ago is called ..... ?
29. What band released the albums "Wild Life", "Red Rose Speedway", "At the Speed of Sound", "London Town" and Back to the Egg" between 1971 and 1979?
30. Which of these is an infectious disease with patches of inflammation on the skin?
31. In international flag signalling code, what is a rectangular flag centred with a white square?
32. What name was given to a trooper in the Parliamentarian cavalry formed by Oliver Cromwell during the English Civil War?
33. Which delta blues musician wrote "Love in Vain", "Cross Road Blues", and "Rambling on My Mind" ?
34. What is the chemical symbol for Manganese?
35. The Nazi Party saw which of these people as one of its leading proponents?
36. Which father and son, 17th and 18th century composers, between them lived in Rome, Naples, Florence and Madrid and composed over 120 operas, 600 chamber cantatas, and 500 harpsichord sonatas?
37. What genus of bulbous flowering plants, native to the eastern Mediterranean region east to Iran and Turkmenistan has 3 species:litwinowii, orientalis and transcaspicus?
38. Which of these is NOT a common colloquial expression?
39. Black Bess, the horse of Dick Turpin (1706-39), would have been used to what phrase, if legend is to be believed?
40. In February 1578 the first Roman Catholic diocese was established in the country now known as what?
41. What can a nictitating membrane protect against?
42. The British Royal Mint that was established in the Tower of London in 1279 and moved to an adjacent site on Tower Hill in 1809 is now situated where?
43. The Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471 was decisive in which conflict?
44. What are the main ingredients of a traditional Caesar salad?
45. Which of these films is not one of Oliver Stone's "Vietnam War trilogy" ?
46. Which 31 minute documentary made in 1938, which asked for better housing, farm techniques and flood control and more electrical power, showed a great flood in the Mississippi River?
47. What ship, less than a month after her maiden voyage in 1907, had the record for crossing the Atlantic eastbound, and in 1909 had a record time for the westbound crossing that stood for 20 years?
48. Where was Chiang Kai-Shek leader until 1949?
49. "It's still the same old story, the fight for love and glory" are lines from the theme song for which film?
50. In which decade was Horatio Nelson born?
51. What transport artery runs for 13 miles between Brig, Switzerland and Domodossola, Italy?
52. What was the first pop video directed by John Landis, whose directing credits include "National Lampoon's Animal House" and "The Blues Brothers" ?
53. From 2010 to 2012 a series of major earthquakes devastated areas in the South Island of which country?
54. Labor Day is celebrated in what month in the USA and Canada?
55. The 24 hour endurance race, one of seven races in an annual championship, run at Shenington Airfield in Banbury, UK, features what vehicle?
56. Who established "Shady Records" ?
57. Against what forces were the French fighting at the 1803 Battle of Vertières?
58. Who was responsible for drafting the first (in 1275) Statute of Westminster, which codified the existing law in England into 51 chapters?
59. Where are Akrotiri and Dhekelia, allocated by treaty to the UK as sovereign military bases?
60. Which Hungarian wrote light operas including "The Land of Smiles", "Frederica" and "The Merry Widow" ?
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