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General Knowledge Quiz 61 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which author, who wrote "Portrait Of A Lady", "The American" and "Roderick Hudson", was born in New York in 1843 and became a naturalised Englishman in 1915?
2. What is another name for the plant known as "deadly nightshade" ?
3. Which of these is a fortified wine that comes from the valley of the river Douro in Portugal?
4. What weight is the ball used in international shotput competition?
5. In scrabble, which of these letters has the highest value?
6. What is the name for an area used for mooring boats?
7. Who recorded the British song writer Florrie Palmer's "9 to 5", or "Morning Train", in 1980
8. The rumba was originally danced where?
9. Which film starring Reese Witherspoon had the same title as a hit by Lynyrd Skynyrd?
10. What part of the body is affected by conjunctivitis?
11. What fully-fledged fictional language, which has a number of typologically uncommon features, was deliberately designed to be "non-human" by Marc Okrand?
12. Initially family pressure sent Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), later seen as among the most important and influential composers of the 20th century, to study what?
13. Raymond Blanc, Rick Stein and Graham Kerr are all associated with what activity?
14. What country co-hosted the Euro 2008 soccer competition with Switzerland?
15. Jean Todt, Morrie Chandler, Graham Stoker and Brian Gibbons have been involved in the administration of which sport at an international level?
16. What is not usually a phrase for which the acronym PDF is used?
17. Which is a key species in the ecosystem of the Pantanal?
18. Who did Uma Thurman marry in 1990?
19. What standard distance was selected because it was expected to be "one ten millionth of the quadrant of the earth's meridian"
20. From medieval times in Germany, what is the literal translation of "junkers", a term still in use today?
21. From which country was Fulgencio Batista ousted in 1959?
22. What is the world's smallest (25 square miles / 60 square km) and oldest republic, that is in the Apennine Mountains, entirely surrounded by Italy?
23. What is the title of a 2001 award winning documentary film directed by Sandi Simcha DuBowski about gay and lesbian Orthodox Jews trying to reconcile their sexuality with their faith?
24. What name is given to the mental state in which one imagines oneself as a dog, frequently barking and growling?
25. What is the subject of the study of "limnology" ?
26. In the southern states of the USA, which of these words is used to describe a type of swamp?
27. St James's Palace is in what street in London?
28. Most elite high jumpers used the Straddle technique, Western Roll, Eastern cut-off or Scissors-Jump until the development of which technique, when its inventor's gold medal in the 1968 Summer Olympics brought it to the world's attention?
29. When they played together in 1969, Ric Grech, Ginger Baker, Stevie Winwood & Eric Clapton were known as what band?
30. What is a vespiary?
31. If a university or college student has an aegrotat what does this imply?
32. What, in October 1871, was one of the biggest U.S. disasters of the 19th century, killing hundreds and destroying about four square miles of city buildings?
33. Cathay is now a poetic name for which country?
34. Which 19th century author improved the system of signalling at sea and wrote "Mr Midshipman Easy", "Masterman Ready" and "The Children of the New Forest" ?
35. In considering bids to host Summer Olympics, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) made what unusual decision in 2017?
36. What is diachronic linguistics?
37. Puppet characters Princeton, Kate and Nicky feature in what award-winning 2004 musical?
38. What instrument was played by the Devil in the song "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" ?
39. What is the third largest port of Belgium, accessed by a canal 200 metres (660 feet) wide and 32 kilometres (20 miles) long, which ends near the Dutch port of Terneuzen?
40. What is added to steel to make stainless steel?
41. Who beat Muhammad Ali in his last professional fight in 1982?
42. A mouse has 7 vertebrae in its neck; how many does a giraffe have?
43. In the words of the old song, "My old man said 'Follow the van, and don't ..... what ..... On the way' ''?
44. Which painting of five figures by Pablo Picasso in 1907 was criticised for breaking the rules of composition, perspective and truth to nature, showing dislocated shapes seen simultaneously from different angles?
45. Who was the first Astronomer Royal in Britain?
46. The island of Angelsey is in which country?
47. In finance markets, what does FTSE stand for?
48. The Olympic symbol consists of five what?
49. In April 1998 the death of Pol Pot, defeated Cambodian dictator, was recorded as being due to what?
50. In 2007, who set a record by being the only soccer player to play on three World Cup-winning teams?
51. Which of these characters from the British TV series "Coronation Street" owned a public house with her husband?
52. Changi airport is in which country?
53. What was the main conclusion of the McLaren report to the World Anti-Doping Agency in December 2016?
54. What is the Seychelles love nut?
55. Who played Maria Lucas in the mini-series "Pride and Prejudice" (1995) and Dawn Tinsley in the UK series "The Office" (2001)?
56. The nectarine, which has a smooth, fuzzless skin, is a type of what?
57. Which letter is unique to the Icelandic alphabet?
58. Kaiser Wilhelm II was the last Emperor of which country, ruling from 15 June 1888 to 9 November 1918?
59. What are raced in the Indianapolis 500?
60. Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone caused controversy in July 2009 by praising whom, because he "got things done" ?
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