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General Knowledge Quiz 44 (60 MCQs)

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1. In Greek mythology, who was the multi-headed dog, encircled by a serpent, that guarded the portal to the underworld?
2. Which of these is an Italian town or city on the coast?
3. Which of these is important for the performance of lithium ion batteries?
4. Which is the nearest star to Earth which could collapse into a white dwarf?
5. Laurence Olivier directed and starred in a 1944 film, which began in the Globe Theatre and then gradually shifted to a realistic evocation of the Battle of Agincourt, which was adapted from which one of Shakespeare's plays?
6. How is the Russian musical instrument, the balalaika, usually played?
7. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, why did the Russian Federation file an (unsuccessful) protest over the women's 100m hurdles, delaying the medal ceremony by a day?
8. What protein in the blood carries oxygen around the body?
9. Dominic Cummings is a well-known name in what?
10. Which singer-songwriter, who won 2 BRIT Awards and 2 Ivor Novello Awards and was nominated for 5 Grammy Awards in 2006, was an officer in a cavalry regiment of the British Army, and served under NATO in Kosovo in 1999?
11. There are a number of sand dunes systems in Europe, not just in coastal areas but also inland; where is the largest?
12. Bing Crosby died shortly after playing which sport?
13. Where are the Sof Omar Caves?
14. "Shake and turn" and "last shedding" are terms used in what?
15. What sport is known as "the Turf" ?
16. The Mawlawฤซyah (Sufi Order) in Turkey are also known as what?
17. Which were the final Olympic Games held under the IOC presidency of Juan Antonio Samaranch?
18. US President Bush sent 2, 000 troops into which country to conduct regular military exercises and, after a US serviceman was shot by local forces in December 1989, ordered an additional 24, 000 troops in to take control?
19. What creates the landform known as a pingo?
20. Who wrote: "So, naturalists observe, a flea Hath smaller fleas that on him prey; And these have smaller still to bite 'em; And so proceed ad infinitum." ?
21. The circuit at Parc Jean-Drapeau on รŽle Notre-Dame, a man-made island in the St. Lawrence River, is named after which winning Formula One driver?
22. What ancient Sumerian city stood on the banks of the Euphrates River between 3200 and 2300 BC?
23. Which 1955 film was withdrawn from the Venice Film Festival when the US Ambassador to Italy, Clare Booth Luce, refused to attend because the film gave too alarming an impression of conditions in US schools?
24. What type of book are accounts usually written in?
25. "Kick off" is the way that the ball is put into play in which game?
26. On Christmas Day 1100CE French Crusader Baldwin was crowned the first king of what?
27. Which of these countries has a capital city where the name starts and ends with the same letter?
28. Which of these measurements requires direction as well as magnitude to be stated?
29. In track and field competitions, what object weighing 16 pounds (7.26 kg) is thrown in the men's competition?
30. Where is the lowest point in South America?
31. He was known for a stellar career as a dancer and choreographer, and an almost parallel career as an actor included the role of the spine-chilling Child Catcher in the film "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" (1968); who was he?
32. What did the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in June 1919 mark?
33. Where did the biscuit-making company called Peek Frean first appear?
34. The Yakshas, Nagas and later Tamils are some of the early peoples of what modern country?
35. Where is the "Scenic Railway", built in 1911, the oldest continually-operating roller coaster in the world, and one of only two in existence that require a brakeman to stand in the middle of the train?
36. The book "71/2 Cents" (publ.1953) by Richard Bissell was the basis for which musical?
37. What distinguishes Hawaii from other USA states?
38. The wine "Beaujolais nouveau" is released annually on which day?
39. Who, in 1983, was named the top-selling author in the world by the Guinness Book of World Records?
40. Who was the Bulgarian dissident poisoned with ricin when jabbed in the leg with an umbrella on Waterloo Bridge, London, on 7 September 1978?
41. The Owl and the Pussycat sailed away to the land where what grows?
42. Which of these was the first to record the now popularised and much-recorded 1913 song "You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)" ?
43. Which of these is a French national emblem, an allegory of Liberty and Reason?
44. What is a "samoyed" ?
45. Who became president of the Mormons in 1847, organised settlement of the Mormons in Utah 1847 and founded Salt Lake City?
46. What is caratage?
47. The second longest river in China, the Yellow River, is known locally as what?
48. What sport is sometimes played by two teams of players in a space 60 feet by 40 feet?
49. Traditionally, to whom would one go to buy cloth?
50. What 2005 film, directed by Ang Lee, was based on a short story by Annie Proulx?
51. Who is Joseph Alois Ratzinger?
52. Whose stories included "Cetywayo and His White Neighbours", "She", and "King Solomon's Mines" ?
53. On 22 April 1990 Jim Henson gave one of his last performances as Kermit the Frog in which TV show?
54. In 2002, Sergey Karjakin from the Ukraine became the world's youngest chess Grandmaster at what age?
55. Where or when is Joseph Heller's novel, "Catch-22" (1961), set?
56. Which of these cities is the southern-most?
57. What does V-J Day celebrate for USA and the UK?
58. Goose bumps (also called goose flesh or goose pimples), which may involuntarily develop when a person experiences cold or strong emotions is known as what?
59. A number of sports have been demonstrated at Winter Olympic Games and never included on the official programme. Which of these has become an Olympic sport without demonstration?
60. What has the transdermal biosensor been particularly developed to detect?
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