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General Knowledge Quiz 52 (60 MCQs)

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1. Who created the character of Horatio Hornblower?
2. What did rising, controversial, Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios do to earn code violation warnings and media headlines during Wimbledon 2015?
3. What is the ratio of hydrogen atoms to oxygen atoms respectively in a molecule of water?
4. When Hutu extremists committed genocide in Rwanda in 1994 whom were they intent on killing?
5. Which of these is a supernatural water horse from Celtic folklore that is believed to haunt the rivers and lochs of Scotland and Ireland?
6. The repeating decimal of which number equals the real number 1?
7. Ambergris, once commonly used as a fixative in perfumery, is produced in the digestive system of what?
8. Why did Michael Gambon step into the role of Dumbledore in the third film in the Harry Potter series in 2004, replacing Richard Harris?
9. At his retirement in 2012 from One Day International games, who held the record for scoring the most centuries in international cricket, with over 100?
10. The tough fibrous membrane called the dura covers what?
11. What much-visited destination is near Oświęcim, Poland?
12. What does allemansrätten give a person the right to do?
13. In the first 140 years since the cricket tournaments known as The Ashes began in 1882-3, which side has won the trophy most?
14. The name of which capital city, previously known as Wirye-seong, Hanju, Namgyeong, Hanseong, Hanyang and Gyeongseong, originated from the local word meaning "capital city" ?
15. In the game of piquet what does the optional declaration of "carte blanche" mean?
16. Geoffrey Esper and Joey Chestnut are well-known names in the US in what sport?
17. What song by Helen Reddy was subject to much debate about what it was really about?
18. Arizona, USA, is home to a large number of canyons and canyon systems; which of these is not one?
19. Which of these is a plane tree?
20. In 2019 Allyson Felix became the most decorated what?
21. Which of these is not the name of one of the children of the UK's Queen Elizabeth II?
22. Who made the first solo non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in 1927?
23. What was the original name of the liner which after 1918 became the adoptive sister-ship to the RMS Titanic?
24. What was the length of the standard working week in Hungary before passage of the so-called "slave law" in December 2018 which allowed employers to increase the overtime they can demand, with a delay of up to 3 years to pay for it?
25. What was the nickname of snooker player Ray Reardon?
26. What is the "sirocco" ?
27. English business magnate, investor, and philanthropist Sir Richard Branson's ventures also include what?
28. What are PGM and JDAM systems intended to do?
29. Where is the oldest working gin distillery in England?
30. What is a nickname for Inverness?
31. At the end of 2016 the world's two biggest car makers by sales were Toyota and which other?
32. The House of Representatives of which country unanimously voted to become a secular and inclusive democratic republic on 28 May 2008, giving the King 15 days to vacate the palace, to re-open it as a public museum?
33. What is the French word for "lark", as in the popular Canadian children's song?
34. What would one use a spurtle for?
35. Emilio Estefan, Julio Iglesias, Vicente Fernández, Gilberto Gil and Carlos Santana were the first 5 recipients of which award from 2000 to 2004?
36. In 1527 Rome was comprehensively sacked and its people massacred (although not by an invading country but by troops of discontented foreign soldiers) in the course of what war?
37. What is the ninth month of the Muslim year, a period of fasting during which there is strict abstinence during daylight from food, drink and perfume?
38. What is an anodyne?
39. Which is an official spoken language of China?
40. Sledge, tack, claw, framing, upholstery, ball-peen, twist, dog-head and bush are all types of what?
41. In 1961 16 leading people in their field signed the Morges Manifesto, which was succeeded by what?
42. Which film starring Russell Crowe, Helen Mirren and Ben Affleck is a remake of a 2003 BBC TV mini-series of the same name?
43. On which continent are there native fauna called ostrich, lion, giraffe and okapi?
44. What does micrographia often indicate?
45. In their raiding, exploring, trading and settling in the 9th century Scandinavian Vikings took which city, and grew it into the capital of what became known as the Land of the Rus?
46. Which scandal involving an oil well on public land occurred during the presidency of Warren Harding?
47. Which previously independent country, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, 25-50 km (15-30 miles) off the coast of Africa, united with Tanganyika to form Tanzania in 1964?
48. Who was a boogie-woogie, blues, gospel and jazz pianist and singer who worked with various musicians including Memphis Slim and Mose Vinson and appeared in two films, but did not record his debut album until he was almost eighty years of age?
49. Who was President of the International Olympic Committee when the 2000 Games were held in Sydney, Australia?
50. What Scottish city is at the confluence of the rivers Dee and Don?
51. In which country were there Land Wars during the 1840s to 1870s between the British and the indigenous peoples?
52. What fictional Cincinnati radio station was the setting for a US TV sitcom starring Gary Sandy, Howard Hesseman, Gordon Jump, Loni Anderson, Tim Reid, Jan Smithers, Richard Sanders and Frank Bonner in 1978-1982?
53. What does the organisation "FEGUIFUT" administer?
54. What club, the first of many bars with entertainment by big name drawcards, opened at 116 E. Walton in downtown Chicago, Illinois, USA on 29 February 1960?
55. Which film was the first for Christopher Lloyd, later to star in the "Back to the Future" trilogy of films (so-called-there were 4) and many others?
56. Which of these cities is on the River Arno?
57. What is a characteristic of benthopelagic fish?
58. "My Heart Will Go On" is the theme from what film?
59. What is a simple container for stirring, mixing and heating liquids commonly used in many laboratories, generally cylindrical in shape, with a flat bottom and a lip for pouring?
60. What kind of sport is French Ring Sport?
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