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General Knowledge Quiz 62 (60 MCQs)

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1. The Chang'e 4 mission in 2019 was the first to do what?
2. New Covent Garden Market, in Nine Elms, south west London, deals in what?
3. The Perestroika Movement which began in October 2000 was in what field?
4. Which American serial killer raped and murdered at least 33 young men and boys between 1972 and 1978, burying many in the crawl space underneath his home, who became known as "Killer Clown" for entertaining children in a clown suit and makeup as "Pogo the Clown" ?
5. How many degrees do the internal angles of an octagon add up to?
6. Death Valley is in which state of the USA?
7. An American intelligence analyst with the US military, and eventually an activist and whistleblower, changed her name in 2013 from Bradley to what?
8. Which UK TV series starred David Jason as market trader Derek "Del Boy" Trotter and Nicholas Lyndhurst as his brother Rodney?
9. Which of these horse races does not form part of The Triple Crown in the USA?
10. Trey Parker is the co-creator of which of these TV series?
11. When China hosted the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, it had a stated aim of making the Games carbon-neutral. Which was one of the methods they chose?
12. Which African country has as its capital a city whose name translates as "where people get honour and respect" ?
13. Who became president of the Islamic Republic of Iran in August 2005?
14. A "limp chimp blimp" is what figure of speech?
15. In the late 18th century, Pennsylvania built a presidential palace in a futile effort to have Philadelphia made the permanent national capital. What happened to it?
16. Which musical instrument was brought to international attention by its use to signify one of the characters in the soundtrack of a 1966 film also containing whistling and yodelling?
17. How far are the early effects of a myocardial infarction often felt?
18. Who wrote the book "In His Own Write", published in March 1964, and the follow up, "A Spaniard in the Works", published in June 1965?
19. What placing did Germany, the reigning champions at the time, reach in the 2018 World Cup?
20. What trophy, designed by the Italian designer Silvio Gazzaniga, is 36 cm (14.2 in) high, made of solid 18 carat (75%) gold and weighs 6.175 kg (13.6 lb), with a base containing two layers of semi-precious malachite?
21. Which 1987 thriller film involves a spurned lover killing and boiling a pet rabbit?
22. The playwright famous for plays such as "Arcadia", and "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead", and for screenplays such as "Shakespeare in Love" was born where?
23. Which of these is a flowering plant native to the eastern Mediterranean region and Southwest Asia, known for its flavour which resembles liquorice, fennel and tarragon?
24. What was the function of the Cloaca Maxima in ancient Rome?
25. What is the word for the innermost layer of bark in trees that carries organic nutrients, particularly sucrose, to all parts of the plant?
26. What is the name given to river crossing suitable for vehicles?
27. In mathematical terms what is another name for "exponent" ?
28. Court Philippe Chatrier, which has stands named after Jacques "Toto" Brugnon, Jean Borotra, Henri Cochet, and René Lacoste, is the main court of an international tennis venue in which city?
29. Who said "Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people" ?
30. Which of these describes the children of George W Bush, ex-president of the USA, and his wife Laura?
31. When was the popular Tin Pan Alley love song "By The Light of the Silvery Moon" first performed on stage?
32. In 1950, Isabella Kauakea Yau Yung Aiona became the first native Hawai'ian woman to do what?
33. Which of these is a tropical bird with long toes and claws that enables it to walk on floating vegetation?
34. Two national roles, first established in England in 1946 with the appointment of Walter Winterbottom, were in what sport?
35. In Scandinavian folklore what creatures have evil powers and malevolent dispositions?
36. Born Eleanora Fagan, and later nicknamed Lady Day, by which name was this singer better known?
37. Which of these is not one of four facilities operated by Space for Life (the successor, in 2011, to the Montreal Nature Museum)?
38. What is 7 in binary?
39. What was one of the dominant characteristics of the British software company Freelance Programmers, later Xansa, formed in 1962.
40. What part of New York City is named for Catherine of Braganza?
41. In 2010, UNESCO inscribed what, as a living human heritage element of eleven countries?
42. David Ben-Gurion became Prime Minister of the provisional government of which newly created country on 15 May 1948?
43. What 2002 film starred Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley and Jonathan Rhys Myers?
44. Which English composer, whose work was influenced by folk song and the music of the 16th century, wrote "London Symphony", "Pilgrim's Progress" and "Sinfonia Antarctica" ?
45. This was used first as a spice by the Chinese, throughout the Middle Ages and the Renaissance in Europe, and was still popular in the 18th century as an ingredient in hot chocolate; what was it?
46. Which of these animals does not provide the raw material for cat gut?
47. Which of these was the last to win an Oscar for Best Picture?
48. What is the nationality of Mohammed Al Fayed, who sold the department store Harrods Knightsbridge to Qatar Holdings in 2010?
49. What is the sauce made from meat juice after cooking?
50. Bishops and knights feature in what game?
51. "Rosmersholm", "The Wild Duck" and "The Lady from the Sea" are the first plays of which playwright's late period?
52. What was the name given in England to the ringing, introduced by William the Conqueror, of a bell at sunset or 8pm in winter as a signal to extinguish fires and lights?
53. What is the name for a type of shelter built out of snow, originally built by the Inuit?
54. Which French naval officer invented the aqualung?
55. A referendum that took place in Quebec on 30 October 1995, which was defeated 49.42% "Yes" to 50.58% "No", proposed what?
56. Why, at Stockholm in 1912, did Jim Thorpe have his medals taken away after winning the decathlon and pentathlon?
57. Which Tom's first leading role was in the 1983 film "Risky Business" ?
58. The Pax Mongolica which influenced Mongolia, China and a large swathe of Eurasia as far westward as Hungary in the 13th and 14th centuries CE owed its force to what?
59. What ship was wrecked on sandbanks off the coast of The Netherlands in 1799, causing a staggering loss to Lloyds of London which had insured it and its cargo?
60. The League of Nations was established to promote collective security, arbitration of international disputes, reduction of armaments and open diplomacy; when was this?
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