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General Knowledge Quiz 73 (60 MCQs)

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1. What does a series of dots above musical notes mean?
2. In which country is the Plateau of the Great Karoo?
3. Macadamia is a type of what?
4. Jim Carrey played which role in the 1995 film "Batman Forever" ?
5. What caused the end of the last kingdom of Italy?
6. Which 17th century English poet is famous for "Paradise Lost", "Paradise Regained" and "Samson Agonistes" ?
7. What amorphous form of graphite or pure carbon is used mainly as a lubricant for machinery?
8. What is the largest and first discovered (by Piazzi at Palermo in 1801) of the minor planets?
9. What role is played by Elizabeth Hurley in the 2000 film "Bedazzled" ?
10. In Britain, a portcullis has been used on whose stationery since 1967?
11. Why was NBA player Kyrie Irving, a player with the Brooklyn Nets and 7-time NBA All-Star, excluded from practising and playing with his team in October 2021?
12. What is the name of the UK TV series, first screened 2006, centred on a small computer maintenance department?
13. The Houston Ship Channel connects the city of Houston, Texas, to what body of water?
14. Who was the British Prime Minister during the Falklands War of 1982?
15. What was the name of the ship captained by Nemo in "20, 000 Leagues Under The Sea" ?
16. At the 1972 Olympic Games at Munich, who won back to back gold medals in the 5, 000 metres and 10, 000 metres, defeating American distance runner Steve Prefontaine in the former?
17. Which of these places is not one inhabited by dung beetles?
18. A languorous person is what?
19. Ananse the spider man, trickster, and entertainer is central to the play "The Marriage of Anansewa" (1975) written by Efua Sutherland, set where?
20. Who wrote under the pseudonym of "Elia" and, with his sister Mary, wrote "Tales From Shakespeare" ?
21. Playing squash involves ..... ?
22. Which is essential to the game of Kerplunk?
23. What was the name of the character played by Michael Caine in a 2009 film, an elderly former Royal Marine and Northern Ireland veteran who tries to be indifferent about his violent neighbourhood on an Elephant and Castle housing estate?
24. The theme tune of what TV show was Frank Sinatra's version of "Love and Marriage" ?
25. Who published his method of heating food to kill micro-organisms and sealing the container, in 1810?
26. Where is "The Royal Tennis Court", a "real tennis" court built originally for Cardinal Wolsey and favoured by Henry VIII of England who played there from 1528, that is still home to an active "real tennis" club?
27. What name is given to a young seal?
28. Which country has 6 time zones called Pacific, Mountain, Central, Eastern, Atlantic and Newfoundland?
29. What cereal crop is used to make single malt whisky in Scotland?
30. Which of these is an Oscar-winning film from 1996?
31. What is the capital of Lebanon?
32. What sport is competed in the IBSF World Championships (previously the FIBT World Championships)?
33. Ananas is the French word for which of these?
34. In June 1944, the names Juno, Omaha, Sword, Utah & Gold were given to what?
35. In which conflict between 1455 and 1485 were there battles at St Albans, Northampton, Wakefield, Towton, Barnet, Tewkesbury and Bosworth?
36. Which of these English monarchs is associated with red hair?
37. Which of these states of the USA extends the furthest south?
38. What happened on H Day in Sweden in 1967 (3 September)?
39. Which of these was an Australian cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time, whose career Test batting average of 99.94 is claimed to be statistically the greatest achievement in any major sport?
40. What is a domesticated animal that resembles a small llama in superficial appearance that are kept in herds that graze on the level heights of the Andes of South America at an altitude of 3, 500 m (11, 483 ft) to 5, 000 m (16, 404 ft) above sea-level, that were bred specifically for the fibre in their fleece?
41. What does "popliteal" refer to?
42. In musical notation, what word means "exactly:neither sharp nor flat" ?
43. What were the competitions of the contestants in the UK TV series "Last Man Standing", later "Last Woman Standing", based on?
44. On 31 July 2021 what was one event held across the City of London to mark its reopening as the lockdowns of COVID-19 eased?
45. What is meant by "dramatis personae" ?
46. Which is a piece of French territory on the mainland of South America?
47. What is the study of formal speaking in pronunciation, grammar, style, and tone?
48. What is often thought of as the medieval forerunner of chemistry?
49. Which of these bodies of water goes to the greatest depth?
50. What public disturbance early in June 1780 in London, described by Charles Dickens in "Barnaby Rudge", was put down by the military and followed by the execution of 11 people?
51. Which of these buildings, the birthplace of Charles I, is in Scotland?
52. Which game uses the smallest balls?
53. Who in his last two years at ballet school choreographed the pas de deux "La Nuit" (1920), and the following year the duet, "Enigma", for bare feet rather than ballet shoes?
54. What is the sum of the even numbers between 1 and 9?
55. During World War II, in north Africa, who was known as "The Desert Fox" ?
56. What item of headwear is associated with Sherlock Holmes?
57. Which US TV series, airing originally from 1990 to 1996, was developed using a 22 year old rapper who performed the series theme song and went on to star in the show?
58. On 30 January 2006, which album was certified at 29× Multi Platinum, tying with Michael Jackson's "Thriller" as the biggest selling album in the US market?
59. What relation was Marlin to Nemo in the film "Finding Nemo" ?
60. Who was known in the 1991 Gulf War as "Stormin' Norman" ?
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