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General Knowledge Quiz 65 (60 MCQs)

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1. Who became the oldest Oscar winner in the history of the Academy Awards in 1976, aged 80?
2. Science fiction novels were written by which of these?
3. Who holds the records as the youngest and oldest winner in the Men's singles at the Australian Open tennis tournament?
4. Wakame and Kombu are what type of dishes?
5. What part of the world does "Blighty" refer to?
6. Demographic study might include which of these ratios?
7. "Ouchie", a talking bandaid, appears in whose web Flash cartoon?
8. Why was Bob Geldof's knighthood for his role in "Band Aid" and "Live Aid" an honorary one?
9. What is another name for a barrel organ?
10. Which river gives access across West Bengal, India, carrying the waters of the Ganges or Ganga River from the Murshidabad District to Kolkata and Howrah?
11. In the Netflix film which won Best Documentary in the 2021 Oscars, where was the documentary filmed?
12. Until 1967 what was Football Canada, the body which governs amateur gridiron football in Canada, known as?
13. In Jules Verne's book "20, 000 Leagues Under the Sea", who captained the submarine the "Nautilus" ?
14. What or who is Buryat?
15. The present standard model of cosmology indicates that what, not detectable directly but deduced by its effects, constitutes at least 84.5% of the total mass of the universe?
16. Which of these is an old English epic poem, of which an early 11th century manuscript is in the British Museum?
17. Which of Galileo's achievements brought him into conflict with the church, resulting in his being confined to his house for the last years of his life?
18. The oldest still operating national parliament in Europe governs which country?
19. Edward Elgar's March no 1 in D contains the tune of what song?
20. If something is served "a la bigarade", it has a sauce flavoured with which of these?
21. For whom was the Ark Royal, one of the largest vessels in Queen Elizabeth I's fleet and the flagship of Lord High Admiral Howard during England's fight against the Spanish Armada, originally made in 1586?
22. Summer and Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games were all held in 1992, the last year in which they were held at the same time, two in France and two in Spain. What also marked the Winter Paralympics?
23. What was the first full length cartoon film produced by Walt Disney?
24. Which of these phrases means "make it up as you go" ?
25. Two of the brightest stars in Earth's sky, in the constellation Orion, are Betelgeuse and ..... ?
26. What nickname for elaborate, multiple, often implausible mechanisms for achieving something very simple, comes from that of the British artist who became famous for humorous cartoons of such systems?
27. Together with Yoshua Bengio and Yann LeCun, Geoffrey Hinton received which award in 2018 for their work on deep learning?
28. In competitive foil fencing what is the maximum length of the blade?
29. Which town or city on the mainland is closest to the island of Montecristo, famous from the Alexandre Dumas novel?
30. Who, at the end of her Olympic career in 1964, held the record for winning the most Olympic medals at 18 and the record for most individual medals (14 outside of team events) in Olympic history?
31. In 1923 a devastating earthquake, associated fires, a 40-foot-high tsunami and succeeding violence caused an toll of dead or missing estimated at the time of over 140, 000, in which country?
32. What is most closely linked with the original meanings from which the word "person" is derived?
33. What is Lanzarote?
34. In 1980, Israeli legislation prohibited what activity in Palestinian art?
35. In January 2024 which country became the fifth to land a spacecraft on the moon?
36. What is a mixture of saturated aliphatic and alicyclic C7 to C12 hydrocarbons with a maximum content of 25% of C7 to C12 alkyl aromatic hydrocarbons, which is used as an extraction, cleaning and degreasing solvent, and as a solvent in aerosols, paints, wood preservatives, lacquers, varnishes, and asphalt products?
37. In 1210, Qutb-ud-Din Aibak, the first ruler of the Delhi Sultanate, fell from a horse and died while doing what?
38. If in a right angle triangle the lengths of the two sides including the right angle are 27 and 120 units long, how many units is the third side?
39. Which of these is a tool used for banging in and removing nails?
40. Where is Baffin Island?
41. A tophus, or tophi, can occur as a result of what?
42. What country was established on 1 December 1918 by the union of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs and the Kingdom of Serbia (which included the Kingdom of Montenegro) and lasted until it was invaded by the Axis powers in 1941?
43. The Welsh town of Hay-on-Wye is famous for a festival featuring what?
44. What is the common name for Anagallis known for the opening and closing of the flowers in response to sun and weather conditions?
45. What is dipsomania?
46. What is the official language of the Canadian province of Quebec?
47. What relationship are actors John and David Carradine?
48. What is "The Book of Margery Kempe" (ca 1440)?
49. Whose death on 25 June 2009 left behind three grieving children, a personal doctor to face manslaughter charges, and parents who then embarked on a range of litigations?
50. What is the world's smallest continent?
51. The Visigoth army led by Alaric famously sacked what city in 410 CE?
52. The tibia and fibula are found where in the human body?
53. Who is Ferdinand in the 1936 children's book "The Story of Ferdinand" ?
54. How many letters are there in the Turkish alphabet?
55. The Patriotic League was launched in Estonia at a time when the activities of all political parties were suspended. What year was that?
56. The National Gallery of British Art, built on the site of Millbank Prison and opened in 1897, became commonly known as the Tate Gallery. What was it officially renamed in 2000, and now displays only historical and contemporary British art?
57. What word is used to denote a summary or miniature form of something, and is also used as a synonym for "embodiment" ?
58. What gives the flamingo the colour of its plumage?
59. What was the first name of the singer known as Caruso?
60. As at October 2010, ice covers about what percentage of the world's land surface?
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