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General Knowledge Quiz 57 (60 MCQs)

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1. The Grand Old Party or GOP is the name for which political party in the USA?
2. The largest natural wetlands in Europe are formed as which river flows into its Sea?
3. How many white squares are there on a chessboard?
4. Islamabad is the capital of which country?
5. Which of these US states does not border Oklahoma?
6. Who was the second author to be awarded the Booker Prize twice?
7. The Yalu River lies along which border?
8. What was a negative term US Southerners gave to Northerner speculators in the South soon after the Civil War?
9. Hertz is the standard SI unit for the measurement of what?
10. In 1927 Australian Sir Hubert Wilkins and Carl Ben Eielson were the first to do what?
11. Who devised a practical system for classifying fingerprints?
12. A style of intimate singing, developed and made popular in the first half of the 20th century by, among others, Bing Crosby, is called ..... ?
13. Which of these is another name for the Opuntia, which is also known as the Paddle Cactus?
14. What are understood to have been among the charges laid against the Gang of Four in 1981?
15. What is the technical term for baldness?
16. Peruvian Lina Medina, aged 5, made history in 1939 as the youngest person to do what?
17. "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" is the unfinished novel by which author?
18. Which one of these is not named Mumtaz Mahal?
19. What do the Azerbaijani flag and the flag reinstated in Libya in 2011 carry in common?
20. What is the meaning of the word from which "meconium", the fecal discharge of a nearly born or newborn child, is derived?
21. Which German Romantic author of fantasy and horror, a jurist, composer, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist became famous for his fairy stories and romantic novels, and for writing the opera "Undine" ?
22. Where were the Olympic Games held at the turn of the 20th century, in 1900?
23. The St Bernard Pass connects Switzerland to what other country?
24. The Kalush Orchestra took the top prize in 2022 in what?
25. In 2005, a rift of 500 metres (1, 640 ft) long, and 60 metres (197 ft) deep was formed in just a few days when a volcano, situated in the north of what region, erupted?
26. Which of these seas is not off the coast of South America?
27. Before the League of Nations was signed at Versailles in 1919, a clause was proposed by Japan but eventually omitted from the agreement relating to which of these?
28. A song from the musical "Evita" is "Don't cry for me ..... '' where?
29. Which pathway is determined by, among other forces, the relationship between vertical and horizontal velocity?
30. What is one of the distinguishing features of Baku, capital city of Azerbaijan?
31. Which of these women was played by Margot Kidder in the films "Superman", "Superman II", "Superman III" and "Superman IV:The Quest for Peace" ?
32. Which of the following sports has the highest horizontal bar on the goal?
33. Muesli was developed around 1900 by Swiss physician Maximilian Bircher-Benner to feed who?
34. What is a cyclamen?
35. The origin of the word "collywobbles", a very upset stomach (either physically or emotionally), is generally thought to have developed from which word?
36. When infection with Epstein-Barr virus occurs during adolescence what can it cause?
37. Which of these is NOT on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list of critically endangered species?
38. Which of these groups was the last to have a UK #1 hit single?
39. The organising committee of the 1960 Winter Olympic Games decided to exclude which sport due to the expense of building a track?
40. Which Romanian gymnast won the women's individual all around gold medal with two of four possible perfect scores at the Olympic Games at Montreal in 1976?
41. How are weights secured on the bar for Olympic weightlifting contests?
42. The Chicago River eventually empties into what?
43. Which of these were rulers of Portugal from 1640 to 1910?
44. What is English cricketer Ian Botham's nickname?
45. What kind of music would be heard in the Grand Old Opry?
46. If a lake is endorheic what can this imply?
47. In Australia, what is known as a "Laughing Jackass" ?
48. The words "palaver" and "marmalade" came into English from what language?
49. What is the central premise of the Oscar-winning short film "Two Distant Strangers" (2020)?
50. Where was the Darién Scheme in Scotland in the late 1690s intended to be carried out?
51. In the UK, until what date was a person not able to give evidence in the trial of their spouse?
52. For the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, 10 countries did what?
53. Ignatius Loyola founded which religious order?
54. In July 2021, UNESCO designated four South Korean what as a world natural heritage site?
55. Ralph Lauren is associated with which of these brands?
56. Doggles, invented by Ken and Roni di Lullo, are a type of what?
57. In 1794 in Pennsylvania, USA, more than 500 armed men attacked the fortified home of tax inspector General John Neville because of an excise tax on what product?
58. What organisation was founded in 1831 by James Winston, Samuel James Arnold, Samuel Beazley, Sir Andrew Francis Barnard, and Francis Mills to "tend to the regeneration of the Drama" ?
59. What kind of engineering or computing system would be called "stovepipe" ?
60. When did Sylvester the Cat first appear in cartoon films?
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