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General Knowledge Quiz 60 (60 MCQs)

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1. Countries with territory in the Sahel include Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Chad and ..... ?
2. Where would you find a "plimsoll line" ?
3. When British navigator James Cook arrived at what are now called Cook Islands what did he name them?
4. Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine are associated with what?
5. What is the tallest known volcano and mountain in the Solar System?
6. How many Olympic Games have been cancelled due to World Wars?
7. Which of these characters appears last in the film musical "The Sound of Music" ?
8. Sir George Benjamin's first opera "Into the Little Hill", which was commissioned by the Festival d'Automne à Paris and premièred in Paris in 2006, is based on which well-known story or stories?
9. What is the name of the cathedral in Krakow where Poland's kings and heroes are buried?
10. Rose Sayer was played by Katharine Hepburn in which film?
11. In the 2012 Olympics, the gold medallist in the women's shotput was later deprived of her medal, making world champion Valerie Adams, New Zealand, the gold medallist instead. Why?
12. Barbara is the name of the First Lady of which US president?
13. Emperor Bokassa was overthrown as ruler of what country in September 1979?
14. What is the former home and burial place of George Washington?
15. Why do haloclines occur?
16. Since downing the Berlin Wall in 1989, Europe has built multiple new walls, to control immigration, to manage internal populations, to stake out territory. By 2017 how many walls had been put up by the various European countries?
17. Which river runs through the cities of Turin, Piacenza and Ferrara, and is connected to Milan through a network of channels?
18. Which of these is a fish?
19. What is the name of the golf trophy for competition between teams of professional golfers from Europe and the USA that was first contested between Great Britain and the USA in 1927?
20. In what world championships was the Scotch Cup awarded?
21. Of the five events contested in the first World Shooting Championship in 1897, which country won most medals?
22. Which of these African countries has the largest area?
23. What is the name for an inflammation of the larynx characterised by coughing, harshness (or loss) of voice, choking sensation and difficulty in breathing?
24. Who is a cartoonist, best known for his appearances in "The New Yorker" since 3 January 1977, which published 819 of his cartoons, many of which involved animals?
25. What, in 1929, made the first voyage around the world by air?
26. What does the Russian word "Sputnik" mean?
27. In the 2020 Olympic Games, the International Olympics Committee (IOC) replaced the gold medal for which winner?
28. Who played Alan's young son, Jake, in the TV series "Two and a Half Men" ?
29. Which is Nepal's eastern neighbour?
30. Which of these teams did not win the English Premier (Soccer) League in the first 26 years after it started in 1992?
31. What is one description of a lunar eclipse?
32. What name is given to a chemical compound in which water combines with other substances without alteration of the arrangement of the atoms in the water?
33. In billiards, 2 points are awarded for potting the white ball. How many points are awarded for potting the red ball?
34. In 2003, a congestion charge was introduced to reduce traffic volumes in which city centre?
35. Black pepper, coriander, vinegar and salt are common ingredients of what?
36. Why were the Crusades from 1095-1291 waged by European forces in the Middle East so called?
37. What tree is mentioned in the Christmas song 'Twelve Days of Christmas'?
38. To an imaginary observer above the North Pole, which way would the earth appear to rotate?
39. What was the title of Good Charlotte's 2010 album?
40. Where is the scaphoid bone in the human body?
41. In the 18th century, Capability Brown popularised the naturalistic style of what?
42. What is the "national" and "first official" language of The Republic of Ireland?
43. What was the name of the paranoid android in the book "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams?
44. In annual regattas held on Lake Pesaquid in Windsor, Nova Scotia (since 1999), on Lake Mendota, Wisconsin (since 2005) and in Kasterlee near Antwerp in Belgium (since 2008), what craft are used?
45. For whom was the role of the exceptional Amélie in the 2001 film of the same name, which starred Audrey Tatou, originally written?
46. What is an Alexandrine?
47. What satellite, launched by NASA aboard a Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral on 10 July 1962, was built as part of a multi-national agreement between AT & T, Bell Telephone Laboratories, NASA, the British General Post Office, and the French National PTT (Post, Telegraph & Telecom Office)?
48. Which double bass player played with Dizzy Gillespie, was married to Ella Fitzgerald (1947-1952), won a Grammy for Best Original Jazz Composition in 1964, and died aged 75 while taking a nap before a show in Indianapolis?
49. The filings of wood or metal are referred to as ..... ?
50. Phlebitis is a condition that affects what part of the body?
51. Who wrote the historical romances "The White Company" and "Brigadier Gerard" ?
52. "Pruritus" is a medical word for what?
53. Antananarivo is the capital of which country?
54. The top five longest entries in the Oxford English Dictionary in 2013 were "red", "put", "run", "be" and which other?
55. Which army besieged Paris from 18 September 1870 for 4 months?
56. The British version of the TV series "The Office", is set where?
57. When was "The Great Fire of Rome" that spread quickly and burned for five and a half days
58. A strong smell of what was reported by players at the 2023 US Open?
59. According to a series of novels published by Random House in the 1960s, what is the full name of Barbie, the doll manufactured by Mattel, Inc. launched in March 1959?
60. In ancient Rome, what was the title of a magistrate who was next in importance to a consul?
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