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General Knowledge Quiz 41 (60 MCQs)

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1. What is lapis lazuli?
2. Which of these is associated with big band jazz music?
3. The last episode of what BBC series aired on 29 August 2010 after 37 years of production, making it the longest-running sitcom in the world?
4. If someone is called "bibulous", what activity are they frequently involved in?
5. Which word would you choose in talking about the right in law to take necessaries, or necessary materials?
6. What is an orthodox Muslim belief whose name derives from a body of traditional teaching which guides Muslims alongside the Koran?
7. Which car company badge includes the City of Milan's emblem and that of the Visconti family in a circular motif, bordered by a dark blue metallic ring containing inscriptions, separated by two Savoy dynasty knots to honour the Kingdom of Italy?
8. What was the seventh studio album by British rock band The Kinks, released in October 1969, and their last sub-Top-10 album before 1970?
9. In which classic arcade game is the object to get an amphibian across a busy road?
10. Which all-girl group had hits with "Whole Again", "Eternal Flame", "It's OK!" and "The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)" ?
11. Which country invaded Afghanistan on 24 December, 1979?
12. Where is the yacht race, the Coastal Classic, raced?
13. What name is given to a set of noncommunicable diseases brought on by consumption of junk food, to which Native Americans and the indigenous people of Oceania are particularly susceptible, characterised by obesity, heart disease, diabetes and a shortened life span?
14. Which of these is a country on the continent of Africa?
15. What is the cube of 100?
16. Which folk tale character loses her shoe?
17. As of 2016, who is the only winner of a Formula One Drivers' championship to do so in a car bearing his own name?
18. Which character in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" appears frequently in drag?
19. The following are the first few examples of what:(220, 284), (1184, 1210), (2620, 2924), (5020, 5564) & (6232, 6368)?
20. In 1204 and 1453 the libraries of which city were destroyed or sold off first by the Crusaders and then by the Ottoman Turks?
21. Which do Bolivia and Paraguay have in common?
22. Which is accepted as being among the immediate reasons for Japan's surrender at the end of World War II?
23. Who first popularised the story of Dr Faustus in England?
24. What was the real first name of "Paul" of "Peter, Paul, and Mary" ?
25. On the US television show "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", what appears on Buffy's tombstone the second time she dies?
26. The early Great Wall of China built in the years following 221 BCE, new or by reinforcing existing remains of walls, by the Emperor, Qin Shi Huang, was intended to protect the newly unified empire against whom?
27. Which of these words best describes the subject of the study of Pomology?
28. What word can mean a tumble-down dwelling and a sailors' work song?
29. The Emperor Charlemagne famously clashed with the Basques in 778 CE in which of these?
30. In snail racing, what do world championship rules exclude?
31. In the sentence "She insists that her guests be on time" what describes the verb "be" ?
32. Why was Yugoslav Anton Josipovic awarded a gold medal by default for the final of the Light Heavyweight boxing contest at the 1984 Olympic Games?
33. With what is FIFA usually associated?
34. Salvador Dali was a principal figure in what artistic movement?
35. Which dancer and actor choreographed Justin Bieber's 2015 song "Sorry", DeeWunn's "Mek It Bunx Up" (also 2015), Rihanna's 2019 Savage x Fenty Show, and Jennifer Lopez's 2020 Super Bowl halftime show?
36. Which film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Ray Milland, was about four days in the life of a chronic drunkard?
37. In the 2004 film "Sideways", the character of Miles is disparaging about what?
38. Some early cellos are found with holes drilled in the base of the neck; what purpose did the holes serve?
39. Who, after being lured to the Moika Palace on 16 December 1916, was poisoned with cyanide, shot 4 times, beaten and drowned in the Neva River (where he had tried to claw his way from under the ice) but was reported to sit up on his burning funeral pyre?
40. Who was Perkin Warbeck?
41. In 1216 Scotland and at least half of England came close to crowning a King of England from another country. Which country?
42. What physical phenomenon creates the lead shot produced in shot towers?
43. Where was the film "Angel At My Table" (1990), starring New Zealander Kerry Fox, directed by New Zealander Jane Campion, and based on books by New Zealand writer Janet Frame, made?
44. The names of how many US states begin with "W" ?
45. Which US state capital is on the banks of the Cumberland River?
46. The US Civil War was in which century?
47. With which sport is Sebastian Loeb associated?
48. Modern Daylight Saving Time, Daylight Time, or Summer Time, which shifts the time system forward one hour for a summer portion of the year, is observed in a number of countries globally. When was this system first used?
49. Pharology is the study of what?
50. The annual RAF Airshow at Hendon was established in 1920 by the Society of British Aircraft Constructors, and grew into a major international event with exhibitors from all over the world. It is now held in mid-July in even-numbered years. Where has it been held since 1949?
51. Which English king asked the Pope to annul his marriage as he had married his brother's widow?
52. Which of these is a byproduct of tar used to protect timber?
53. What is the name of the 10 senior levels of proficiency in judo and karate?
54. In 1999, who became Britain's first undisputed boxing heavyweight world champion?
55. In the late 1800s, the steam powered Bell-Coleman machine was fitted to ships to provide what?
56. Who won the most of the first ten tournaments called the Women's Hockey World Cup (the field hockey World Cup competition for women), which was inaugurated in 1974?
57. John F Kennedy suffered from chronic back complaints and what other medical problem?
58. In which country was mountaineer and explorer Edmund Hillary born?
59. What are a hedgehog's or porcupine's quills made of?
60. Who was Chief Justice of the USA from 1969 to 1986, the longest serving of any other appointed in the 20th century, who delivered controversial decisions on abortion, capital punishment, religious establishment, and school desegregation?
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