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General Knowledge Quiz 403 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which model of car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company was introduced in April 1964 and created the "pony car" class of American automobile?
2. What geographical feature lies between the cities of Buenos Aires and Montevideo?
3. In the United Arab Emirates (UAE) which of these fruits is most likely to be available in the streets?
4. Who succeeded Prince Rainier of Monaco?
5. What cooking measure represents the amount that one can hold between thumb and forefinger?
6. Ali and Robin Campbell, Jimmy Brown, Earl Falconer, Astro, Norman Hassan, Brian Travers and Michael Virtue were members of which band from 1979 to 2008?
7. What is the last name of "Dr. Phil" ?
8. Which of these is a genus of sauropod dinosaur, fossils first discovered in 1877 by S. W. Williston, that lived in western North America at the end of the Jurassic Period?
9. What was the title of Lily Allen's first full single release?
10. Near what French town did Marie-Bernarde (Bernadette) Soubirous reportedly see visions of the Virgin Mary in 1858?
11. On the Western Christian calendar, when is Trinity Sunday?
12. What novel was published by Bob Dylan in 1971?
13. In which famous piece of music by Tchaikovsky does the French national anthem appear?
14. What film, released in 2000, is the story of Gilbert and Sullivan's first production of "The Mikado" ?
15. Spain's war in 1898 with which power resulted in its loss of sovereignty over Cuba and the Philippine Islands?
16. Who is the city of Charleston, the largest city in South Carolina, named after?
17. In the USA, what was significant about The Long Island Motor Parkway built by William Kissam Vanderbilt II which opened on 10 October 1908?
18. Who directed the 1998 film "Celebrity", shot in black-and-white on location in New York City featuring Kenneth Branagh, Judy Davis, Joe Mantegna, Winona Ryder, Leonardo DiCaprio and Melanie Griffith?
19. What is the nickname of the Australian national rugby union team?
20. An informal name for the British flag is the Union what?
21. These are the first lines from what song: "I was a humdrum person, leading a life apart, when love flew in through my window wide, and quickened my humdrum heart" ?
22. Which was the first book for which the Australian author, academic and feminist Germaine Greer became famous?
23. What element has the symbol "P" ?
24. A 1973 James Bond film was entitled "Live and Let ..... '' what?
25. The Catatumbo River flows along part of the boundary between which two countries?
26. Which 18th century painter and engraver is famous for his works "The Rake's Progress" and "Marriage à la Mode" ?
27. What are the main ingredient(s), apart from herbs and butter, of the paste known as duxelles?
28. Which UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Mosel Valley, Germany, is known for its Roman architecture incuding the Porta Nigra, the best-preserved Roman city gate north of the Alps?
29. How did Ronnie Lee Gardner make the news at 6.20 p.m. on 18 June 2010 in Utah?
30. What is the name of Thomas Gray's most famous poem?
31. In what is often called boxing's biggest upset ever, Buster Douglas beat whom in the world unified Heavyweight title fight in 1990?
32. Where are nasturtiums native?
33. Franz Ferdinand, whose assassination triggered World War I, was a member of which family?
34. Freckles, brownish yellow spots usually found mostly on the face, neck and hands are also known as ..... ?
35. Normally called a wolverine in North America, what is the largest carnivorous mammal in the weasel family?
36. What are the missing words in this phrase from the UK TV series starting in 1952 "Bill and Ben, the ..... Men" ?
37. Where are grackles native?
38. Which of these four sports has NOT been part of every Winter Olympics since 1924, when they were first contested under that name?
39. In the film "Batman Forever", released in 1995, who played the villain called "The Riddler" ?
40. What type of clothing is a "sou-wester" ?
41. What is an isthmus?
42. Where is the pituitary gland situated?
43. Which World Championship inaugurated in 1963 has been dominated primarily by the Australian and New Zealand national teams?
44. What effect do anthocyanins have on the part of a plant in which they are abundant?
45. "Jake and the Never Land Pirates:Mama Hook Knows Best" (2013) is a children's book by whom?
46. Joanna Lumley and David McCallum played which pair in a TV series?
47. Which of these people was born in Palma, Italy and early in his long musical career was principal conductor at La Scala, Milan, from 1895 to 1908?
48. In November 2010, China announced that it would have its first what in 2011?
49. The terms "goose" and "chanter" refer to what?
50. What do the interior angles of a triangle add up to?
51. What do the massive auction complexes in Aalsmeer, Naalwijk, Rijnsberg and Eelde in the Netherlands sell?
52. What sort of animal is the character created for children called "Blinky Bill" ?
53. Who composed the jazz / swing theme music for the television series Jeeves and Wooster?
54. Which place between York and Knaresborough in the UK was the site of a decisive battle in 1644 when Cromwell defeated Royalist forces?
55. The Peasants' Revolt in England in 1381 led by men such as John Ball, Wat Tyler and Jack Straw, and the most extreme and widespread insurrection in English history, was about what?
56. In what Olympic Games did the Jamaica national bobsleigh team make its debut?
57. In what month or months does the annual sardine run happen?
58. Which music venue opened in Britain in 1951, the first dedicated concert hall of its size to be built in London since 1893?
59. What TV series contained the frequent line "Let's be careful out there" ?
60. The Leakey family who concentrated their studies in Kenya were working in what area?
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