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General Knowledge Quiz 66 (60 MCQs)

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1. Where would a fluffer be most likely to be found?
2. Who was the co-winner of the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physics for key discoveries that led to the currently accepted theory on the later evolutionary stages of massive stars, and nephew of the 1930 Nobel Prize winner in Physics?
3. Churning cream turns it into what?
4. What is the name given to something used to compress an artery to control bleeding?
5. Which of these is high altitude?
6. Apart from being surrounded by water, usually, what defines an "island" ?
7. What is a leit motiv?
8. Which of these is a puzzle with seven flat shapes which are put together to form a shape given in outline or silhouette using all the pieces, which may not overlap?
9. In 2004 the result of a UK/French architectural and engineering collaboration was opened, ranked as one of the greatest engineering achievements; what is it?
10. What period of history does Stephen Hawking's "A Brief History of Time" concern?
11. Which Woody Guthrie album was included on Mojo magazine's list of 100 Records That Changed The World?
12. Which of these is a portmanteau word?
13. The "New Model Army" was formed to fight in which war?
14. Mary Baker Eddy founded which religion?
15. Where is the Yenisei one of the major rivers?
16. What is the southernmost point of the African continent?
17. Who, when he took on the position, was the second-youngest US president to take office, the first US president born in the 20th century and, at age 43, the youngest elected to the office?
18. Who was a member of the band Buffalo Springfield, and formed his own backing band called Crazy Horse?
19. Which 2001 horror film, written, scored and directed by Spanish and Chilean director Alejandro Amenábar, was given the Best Film Award at the Goyas (Spain's national film awards) despite containing no Spanish dialogue?
20. As at 2017 what time is the men's wheelchair marathon world record (the ablebodied record holder's time is 2h 02m 57s, average 5.72 metres per second)?
21. What is something Abelard and Héloïse, Oscar Wilde, Sarah Bernhardt, Honoré de Balzac, Georges Bizet and Jim Morrison have in common?
22. In 1992 Bratislava become the capital of which country?
23. In 1949 the first what was brought to New York, USA, but failed to attract interest and was labelled by the chairman of the company which made it as not having a future in the country?
24. What language does "kayak" come from?
25. Dr Dian Fossey, Dame Jane Goodall and Dr Birutė Galdikas are known for study of what?
26. A commercial power plant which opened in late 2015 in Albertville, Savoie, France uses what as a fuel?
27. Who has won the Women's Singles title at Australia's premier tennis tournament, with 10 wins?
28. The terms systolic and diastolic are used in the measurement of which of these?
29. Which conductor of the Worcester Glee Club from 1879 to 1889, went on to write "The Enigma Variations" and "The Dream of Gerontius" ?
30. The leaf of what tree appears on the Canadian national flag?
31. In the course of which hostilities did Rome suffer what is seen as its greatest defeat?
32. Which of these is a Russian billionaire living in the UK, who, in March 2009, had a net worth of US$ 8.5 billion, and is the owner of Chelsea Football Club?
33. Which of these is NOT one of the five boroughs of New York City?
34. In which of these countries is sign language for the deaf recognised as an official language?
35. What is a sarcophagus?
36. In a May 1940 operation codenamed "Operation Fork" the British Royal Navy and Royal Marines invaded where?
37. Where is the only Playboy Club that is still operating in 2012?
38. Gordon Bennett, a leading figure on the world stage in the 19th century, made his substantial fortune in what field?
39. When did China terminate diplomatic relations with Germany in the First World War?
40. What does a weathervane measure?
41. Where are the internationally recognised wetlands of the Mundok and Rason migratory bird Reserves?
42. Where is the town where in 1917 Gabriela Mistral, future literature Nobel Prize winner, headed a school and where Pablo Neruda, another future literature Nobel Prize winner, was growing up?
43. Which of these animals is herbivorous?
44. Which of these fought to unify Italy in the 19th century?
45. Which planet comes closest to the earth in its orbit around the sun?
46. What is a medium-weight balanced plain-woven fabric, the name thought to be Malay in origin, that is made from dyed cotton or cotton-blend yarn?
47. Which of these countries is the furthest north?
48. During the final scenes of the 1989 film "Dead Poets Society", a student stands on a desk and quotes a line from which poet's work?
49. Which planet has a year of 687 days, a day of 24 hours 37 minutes, a diameter twice that of the moon and a mass one tenth of the earth?
50. The famous "The Great Wave" painted by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai is part of his series of thirty-six paintings on what subject?
51. What does the ancient name for Egypt mean in modern Greek?
52. If someone is said to "have green fingers", we expect them to be successful as what?
53. In June 2008, Duran Duran played as part of a fundraising effort for building restoration at a venue that had not allowed a rock concert there before. What was the venue?
54. What do toucans eat?
55. Between the beginning of the 16th century to the end of the 18th century Egypt was ruled by whom or what?
56. Where was the 2012 annual G8 leaders summit held?
57. Mr. Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, the Human Torch and the Thing are members of which fictional group?
58. What is a kinkajou?
59. Which of these philosophers would come closest to being considered an explorer of solipsism?
60. What is the capital of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada?
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