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General Knowledge Quiz 71 (60 MCQs)

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1. What was known as the place of "bearded ones" to early Portuguese and/or Spanish explorers?
2. What nationality is the tennis player Marcos Baghdatis?
3. Where is the stretch of water called the Gulf of Tartary?
4. What is the name of 11 Roman Emperors, the first of whom transferred the capital to Byzantium in 330 CE, and the last of whom died when it was captured by the Turks in 1453?
5. What is "pig iron" ?
6. Which province in Argentina produces the most wine?
7. Which of these is a cape in Greece?
8. What word is used to describe the lowest temperature at which vapour above a liquid can be ignited?
9. Which is the largest known of these invertebrates?
10. Pencils are marked with a grading scale, represented by what?
11. Which vehicle maker has marketed models called Corolla, Corona, Celica and Camry?
12. Which of these are used in the Olympic sport of fencing?
13. The epic Manas trilogy, "Manas", "Semetey" and "Seytek", centres on the defence and unification of scattered tribes into what people?
14. The US TV series "Mad Men" centres around what industry or profession?
15. The round of the 2014 World Taekwondo Federation competitions to be held in Kharkiv in early October was cancelled; what was the reason?
16. What is looked for in the blue-tinged igneous rock called "kimberlite" ?
17. In Australian aboriginal language, what has "Uluru" sometimes been taken to mean?
18. The idea of an Olympic Flame burning throughout the Games was reintroduced during which Games, when an employee of the local Electric Utility lit the flame in the Marathon Tower of the Olympic Stadium?
19. Variants of a card game, called Baba-nuki, Svarte Petter, Old Maid, Ungguy-ungguyan, Abu Foul, and Jogo do Mico among others, all involve discarding matched pairs and avoiding what?
20. What substance, best known as a poison, was used in small doses in medications as a stimulant, as a laxative, and for enhancing performance in sports?
21. What is the sum of 2 + 2 squared + 2 cubed + 2 to the power of 4-2 to the power of 5?
22. Which of these planets is known for its rings?
23. What name has been used on Irish postage stamps since 1922, and on all Irish coinage (including Irish euro coins), on passports and other official state documents issued since 1937?
24. In Cairo 30 June 2012, Mohamed Morsi assumed the office of President of Egypt. What was particularly noteworthy about his taking the office?
25. What did the 2013 Voter Identification Act in North Dakota, US, mandate as a prerequisite for voting that caused concern among Native American tribes, leading to protest over several years and a Supreme Court case?
26. Who, during the period from 760-814 CE, laid the foundations for the French and German nation states?
27. Which of these animals protects itself or fights with a venomous spine or spur?
28. Restoration Drama in Britain in the 1690s differed noticeably from that of the 1670s, one aspect being ..... ?
29. How many varieties of grape can be used to make a champagne which can officially carry the name?
30. What is the sauce sometimes known as crapaudine sauce usually served with?
31. What was French artist Henri Rousseau known as?
32. Since 2002, the awards presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have been broadcast from which venue?
33. Which of these is a sequel, written by Susan Hill, to Daphne du Maurier's "Rebecca" ?
34. Which of these comes from the leaves of the sassafras?
35. The words of the national anthem for which country were written by Francis Scott Key?
36. What annual three day event held near Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, was first organised by the 6th Marquess of Exeter in 1961?
37. What regular feature on page 3 of the Sun newspaper first appeared in November 1970?
38. How many countries in the European area does the United Nations include in its "Western European and Others" informal voting and regulations bloc?
39. What is the maximum number of individual players for Ludo?
40. Which animal has very low metabolic rates and a quarter of the muscle tissue of animals of similar size, and whose hair grows in a direction opposite to that of its extremities?
41. Which of these is a component of the Japanese writing system?
42. Australian Sidney Cotton was responsible for the development of which long-reaching facility, used first for the Allies in WW II?
43. What is the name for an artificial feature creating extra turns in a roadway, used in motor racing and on city streets, to slow cars?
44. Which of these is not an example of a "joint" ?
45. What is the meaning of the old English word "coomb" ?
46. Who regularly roams in the Hundred Acre Wood which features in the books by A.A.Milne?
47. Elton John co-wrote 5 songs with Tim Rice for which Walt Disney musical?
48. Who in 2011 won the unofficial event he has hosted, the Chevron World Challenge, his first professional golf tournament win since 2009?
49. Which capital city in Africa is built at the highest elevation?
50. Which of these is a herb?
51. The British television series "Vigil" starring Suranne Jones opens with an investigation of what?
52. Which word is the strict technical term meaning to move a camera or lighting effect vertically?
53. Who wrote the songs "I've Got You Under My Skin" and "I Get A Kick Out Of You" ?
54. What Hawaiian word is informally used for "an important person" ?
55. In 1523 a violent and destructive clash between two powerful Japanese clans in the Chinese city of Ningbo and beyond led to what?
56. In 1989, there was a peaceful transfer of power to non-Communist governments in East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and which other country?
57. What country do Les Bleus play for and in which of these sports?
58. Which does Cavendish relate to?
59. With which sport is Michael Jordan, who represented the USA at the Olympic Games in 1984 & 1992, associated?
60. A roughly east-west belt of what, separates the land mass of central Asia from the northward-travelling land mass of India and its neighbours?
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