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General Knowledge Quiz 45 (60 MCQs)

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1. Where in London would you find an aluminium statue that is a memorial to the 7th Earl of Shaftesbury?
2. Public attendance was particularly sparse, virtually non-existent, at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics and Paralympics. What was the reason?
3. When did the US TV series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, begin its six years of seasons?
4. What 1980s TV programme starred Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless?
5. From the 15th century onward, which country took control of Ceuta (North Africa), Madeira, the Azores, Goa (India), Brazil, Ormuz (in the Persian Strait), Malacca (now part of Malaysia) and Macau (China)?
6. When the Mongol emperor Kublai Khan mounted an invasion of the archipelago of Japan in 1274 and again in 1281, his forces far outnumbered those of Japan and had far more destructive military hardware; what happened on each occasion which defeated them?
7. Which of these is one of the 5 British classic horse races, first run in 1809, that is for 3 year olds at Newmarket in late April or early May?
8. Who, with more than 70 million records sold worldwide during a career in seven decades, was the most successful British female solo recording artist until 2010 according to the Guinness Book of World Records?
9. What type of vessel is named for the handles that it has on both sides?
10. Biomimetics have influenced which of these?
11. What similarity was there in the 19th century between Valentia Island in Ireland, Darwin in Australia, Heart's Content in Newfoundland, and Cap Gris-Nez in France?
12. What opened to the public in 1779 next to the Schloss Schönbrunn in Vienna, Austria?
13. John Frieda is associated with which of these professions?
14. In the USA, what does Memorial Day commemorate?
15. What term was popularized in the books "The Gutenberg Galaxy:The Making of Typographic Man" (1962) and "Understanding Media" (1964) by Marshall McLuhan to describe how the instantaneous movement of information from every quarter to every point at the same time has heightened human awareness of responsibility?
16. What are setts, lodges, nides and forms?
17. The American Landrace, Australian Yorkshire, British Landrace, Bulgarian White, Gascon, Hereford, Krskopolje, Mangalitsa, Moody Woody, Red Wattle, Tamworth and Wuzishan are all types of what?
18. When Coubertin moved to establish a revived and international Olympic Games at the end of the 19th century his work had forerunners in the UK and in Greece and France. When was the earliest in the UK and what was it called?
19. Which of these was engaged in the ground-breaking study and understanding of genetics?
20. What is the chemical symbol for Helium?
21. What becomes less dense as it solidifies?
22. Where are vast grassland plains known as the Pampas?
23. Which is the main language spoken by the Suriani, a minority religious group in the Turkey-Syria-Iraq area?
24. What is the stage name of Alecia Beth Moore, whose hits include "There You Go", "Stupid Girls", "Who Knew", "Funhouse"and "So What" ?
25. In 1983 the official length of one metre was established as what?
26. What links these countries:Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Sao Tome & Principe, the Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, the Maldives, Indonesia and Kiribati?
27. Novosibirsk, the third most populous city in its country, is where?
28. How many US states share a land border with the state of Maine?
29. Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot was the "real" name of which Batman villain?
30. What is Spike Milligan's first name?
31. From 1946 to 1970, the Jules Rimet Trophy was awarded to the winner of what competition?
32. What is a doppelgänger?
33. Andy White and Jimmy Nicol were both what?
34. What does the title of the romantic musical '52Hz, I Love You' refer to?
35. John Turner, Brian Mulroney, Kim Campbell, Jean Chrétien, Paul Martin and Stephen Harper figure in the political history of which country?
36. As at 2021, which of these European countries has won football's World Cup the most times?
37. When did the people who created the Uffington White Horse live?
38. King James VI of Scotland was also King James I of where?
39. Early in 2010 which telescope was used to discover 5 new planets and 2 objects circling stars that were too hot to be planets and too small to be stars?
40. By what name did ancient Greeks know the area in the steppes of Central Asia and parts of Eastern Europe east of the Vistula River?
41. The German island of Rugen, the chief town of which is Bergen, is in which stretch of water?
42. Which house on the Mall was the residence of Elizabeth the Queen Mother from 1953 to 2002?
43. What is the minimum equipment needed to play Nought and Croses, or Tic-Tac-Toe?
44. The Tour Down Under and World Road Championship are contests in what?
45. The law "anything that can possibly go wrong, does" was first attributed in recent times to which of these?
46. "Le Chanson de Roland" sings of a Frankish knight fighting under the command of the ruler commonly known under which name?
47. What is the estimated length of the year of the newly-discovered earth-like planet KOI-172.02?
48. For what do Manceaux and Mancelles close off some of the streets of their city every June?
49. The Khoikhoi (including the Namaqua), Korana and the Saan are pre-European peoples of what area?
50. Former American football quarterback Michael Vick was signed to play with Eagles in 2009 despite having just served a sentence in prison for what?
51. Which production company is behind the UK TV comedy series "Whose Line Is It Anyway" (1988-1999) and "Have I Got News for You" (1990-present)?
52. Which English poet and dramatist wrote "The What D'ye Call It" (1715), "The Beggar's Opera" (1728) and "Polly" (1729)?
53. Where were the 2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships held?
54. Which of these is a series of sketches outlining the scenes of a film?
55. How fast does the Earth at its equator spin round its axis?
56. Pertussis is the technical name for which of these?
57. Which of these is a slang word meaning "steal" ?
58. In Israel in 2009, what did they call the world outbreak of swine flu?
59. Which Welsh mountain system runs from the Black Mountains to Snowdon?
60. There is debate as to when the first roller coaster was in operation; which of these is not one of the dates?
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