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General Knowledge Quiz 53 (60 MCQs)

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1. Traditionally, the Nukak live between the Guaviare and Inírida rivers, in which country?
2. In 2010, Veera Musikapong, Abhisit Vejjajiva, Khattiya Sawasdiphol, Suthep Thaugsuban, Prompong Nopparit, Colonel Sansern Kaewkamnerd, Natthawut Saikua and Buranaj Smutharaks were prominent in the politics of which country?
3. Who was the British nurse executed on 12 October 1915 for harbouring wounded and refugee soldiers in Brussels during the German occupation, and assisting escapes to Holland?
4. Which of these was the first to be invented?
5. The Henley-on-Todd Regatta has been held annually since 1962 near which city?
6. Which of the discoveries made by the 17th and 18th century British navigator and explorer William Dampier was of particular help to Captain James Cook and Horatio Nelson?
7. The Bible Belt is a name commonly given to which parts of the USA?
8. Which of these people were involved in Britain's film industry?
9. Winchester was the capital of which Anglo-Saxon kingdom?
10. What does the word "glebe" refer to?
11. Which of these animals is not mentioned in the nursery rhyme that starts "Hey Diddle Diddle" and ends with a dish running away with a spoon?
12. What gas is a component of common table salt?
13. With what were the names of Reinhart and Rogoff particularly associated in 2010?
14. Which international soccer team plays in shirts with blue and white vertical stripes?
15. The Boxer Rebellion which China officially waged 1900-1901 was against what?
16. In what field does a picador use his skills?
17. Who was the 7th and last King of Rome?
18. In 1986, which country was found guilty by the International Court of Justice (World Court) of war crimes against Nicaragua?
19. Swedish physician, global health expert, data visionary and public speaker Dr. Hans Rosling is associated with extensive research into the cause of what paralytic disease?
20. If someone titivates someone or something what are they doing?
21. What is the central narrative of the book "Wild Swans" (1991)?
22. In what field is English artist Akram Khan, MBE, internationally known?
23. In 1965, who became the first person to summit Mount Kennedy, at the time the highest mountain in Canada that had not yet been climbed, that had been named in honour of John F Kennedy after his assassination?
24. The Amrit Sanskar is an initiation rite in which faith?
25. As what are Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Otis Rush & Freddie King best known?
26. Where would you find the Caves of Altamira, famous for prehistoric paintings on the rock?
27. Which of these towns is famous for the manufacture of perfume and is sometimes called "the world's capital of perfume" ?
28. A hybrid bee created to boost resilience, honey production and resistance to heat, invaded what country in the Americas first?
29. "All About the Power" is the theme tune for which WWE Superstar?
30. Skeleton bobsled, or cresta or tobogganing, was an Olympic sport in the 1948 Games, but not again until when?
31. Who was the Roman god of fire?
32. Where are the epithelial cells in the body?
33. Who was the Queen of the Iceni who led a rebellion against the Romans around 63 AD after they tried to take over her kingdom after her husband had willed his possessions to be shared equally between his daughters and Emperor Nero?
34. In Greek legend, which of these was the mother of the other three?
35. Who owned the flat at No.12, 9 Curzon Place, Shepherd Market, Mayfair where both Cass Elliot (Mama Cass) died in 1974 and Keith Moon died in 1978?
36. What is the longest river on the island of New Guinea?
37. According to the Guinness Book of World Records this song is the second most popular in the English language; it is sung to a tune allegedly composed in France in 1709 and later popularised by Marie Antoinette, and is sung in multiple language versions including Klingon. Which song is it?
38. Where is the Tablazo Strait?
39. The Kermadec Islands are closest to and northeast of which land mass?
40. In Greek mythology, what was the name for the deepest part of hell, for those who had committed really bad crimes?
41. Which UK TV series based around the fictional Holby City Hospital, focuses on the staff and patients of the hospital's Accident and Emergency Department?
42. The panama hat originated in which country?
43. Which was NOT a site of any of the three Punic Wars fought between Rome and Carthage?
44. Conventionally, Lent, the period of the Christian calendar leading up to Easter, is how long (excluding Sundays)?
45. In what Chinese dynasty is gunpowder thought to have been invented?
46. What is the Silver Fissure in Iceland known for?
47. What does the "T" stand for in the boxing expression "TKO" ?
48. With which basketball team is Magic Johnson mostly associated?
49. Which capital city sits at the lowest level (related to sea level)?
50. Which of these is in the Indian Ocean?
51. What is a traditional dance of Hawaii?
52. In snooker, what is usually the maximum that can be scored in a single break?
53. What is the name of the leg action used in breaststroke?
54. In which country was "The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act" passed by parliament on 4 April 2009 (to come into force on 1 April 2010)?
55. The statue of Mother of Kartli which overlooks Tbilisi, Georgia, carries what?
56. Which year saw the global population reach 5 billion?
57. In 2021 the theatre troupe Told By An Idiot created and staged a play centring on a little-known association during a transatlantic 1910 voyage by which two then little known people?
58. In 2014 the Federal Police of Brazil began to uncover money laundering and corruption at the state-controlled oil company Petrobras, in the course of what operation?
59. For what did 1973 Nobel Prize winner Konrad Lorenz receive his award?
60. Which of these states of the USA is landlocked?
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