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General Knowledge Quiz 68 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which of these islands is not Danish territory?
2. In 1750 French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille set up an observatory in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope, where he did what?
3. Who created the gardens at Biddulph Grange, now a National Trust property?
4. What would you expect something to be if it is on a menu as "Julienne" ?
5. Which of these, described as being "the most successful, influential and powerful theatrical producer in the world" is notable for his association with many commercially successful musicals, and whose business owns 7 London theatres?
6. Anti-retroviral drugs are used to treat what disease?
7. The Orinoco Delta in eastern Venezuela includes a number of what kind of volcano?
8. What weapon is traditionally held in a quiver?
9. What 2002 film, an adaptation of stage musical that explores the themes of 'celebrity' and 'scandal', starred Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renée Zellweger, and Richard Gere?
10. The first public what, was established by George Jennings at the Crystal Palace Exhibition in 1851 in London, UK?
11. The NBA team, the Supersonics, was based in which US city?
12. The Northern Society, based in St Petersburg, Russia, and the Southern Society, based in Kiev, Ukraine, were part of what 19th century movement?
13. Series I to V of which video game takes place on the planet of Enroth and its southern continent, Antagarich, and other worlds, Axeoth and Ashan?
14. What does the "u" in "U-boat" stand for?
15. An unexpected event is described as being "out of the ..... '' what?
16. What was the official date of the formation of the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland" ?
17. What is the next in this series:Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts ..... ?
18. How did Italian dictator Benito Mussolini die in 1945?
19. In what country is South Tarawa the capital city?
20. Who played Billie Holiday in the 1972 film "Lady Sings the Blues" ?
21. By what name is the wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, who lived near Coventry in the 11th century, better known?
22. Who wrote the music for the song "Smile", a hit for Nat King Cole in 1954 that was recorded by Michael Jackson for his 1995 double album "HIStory:Past, Present and Future, Book I" ?
23. Which of these models was born in Germany?
24. Who became president of Iraq in May 2005?
25. Which department store headquartered in Piccadilly, London was founded as a grocery store in 1707?
26. Who, when Secretary-General of the U.N., was killed in a plane crash in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) in 1961?
27. What are the structures known in Lindisfarne in the UK as St Cuthbert's beads, or in Germany as St Boniface's pennies?
28. Which of these is the 1995 WBC Heavyweight champion who wrote the autobiography "Frank:Fighting Back" with the assistance of Kevin Mitchell?
29. What sport is a fletcher essential to?
30. Which of these is a non-venomous snake from Asia, Africa and Australia, that grows on average 15 feet long and sometimes up to 30 feet?
31. In what word game do two to four players score points by forming words from individual lettered tiles on a game board marked with a grid, the words formed across and down in crossword fashion?
32. Table Mountain in South Africa overlooks which city?
33. Who would Gwalchmei, also known in legend as Sir Gawain, be most likely to have talked with?
34. The "promession" technique, announced in May 2010, was proposed to be used for what?
35. What is the approximate speed of light in miles per second?
36. In Scottish legend, what is a kelpie?
37. Which issue in the state of Western Australia has been defeated each time it has been put to a plebiscite in 1975, 1984, 1992 & 2009?
38. What best describes geometry?
39. Where in Africa is the Great Escarpment, which surrounds a plateau part of which is known as the Great Karoo?
40. How did Princess Grace of Monaco die in 1982?
41. For which Olympic Games was the longest torch relay in Olympic history to that date held?
42. When did the style of football known as "Total Football" reach the World Cup?
43. What was the first of the World Trade Centre buildings to be rebuilt after 9/11?
44. The main ingredients of gunpowder are saltpetre, charcoal and what else?
45. When did boxing first appear as a contestable sport in an Olympiad?
46. What is the chemical symbol for Nickel?
47. What is the stage name of Roberta Joan Anderson, whose recording career began in 1968?
48. What is the mathematical result of taking a number, squaring it, multiplying by double the first prime number, quartering the result, dividing by the first number, and then taking away the first number?
49. What is typically used to make bullet casings or cartridges?
50. Loihi Seamount, an active undersea volcano, is around 35 km (22 miles) off the southeast coast of where?
51. Between them, who controls over half of the shares and voting rights of the world's largest cosmetics and beauty company, L'Oréal?
52. During World War II, Japan occupied which part of the USA?
53. The image from which critically acclaimed Australian horror film, written and directed by Jennifer Kent and released in 2014, was displayed as a symbol during Australia's Pride Month in 2017 despite containing nothing overtly to do with LGBT matters?
54. What was the first film starring "Chucky" ?
55. In 2011 Mario Draghi assumed the presidency of which institution?
56. What does an anemometer measure?
57. What was the immediate cause in 1975 of at least 17 years of civil war in Mozambique, displacement of at least four million people, the death of perhaps a million more as a result of violence, famine, and disease, and flight of foreign investment?
58. Who was killed by their own Sikh bodyguards in 1984?
59. How many dice are used in the game of Yahtzee?
60. Where was the supposedly golden land of El Dorado?
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