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General Knowledge Quiz 75 (60 MCQs)

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1. Whose proposal was endorsed by the Pope in 1210, which led to forming the order known at the time as the "Lesser Brothers" (Order of Friars Minor also known as the Seraphic Order)?
2. If a skeet appears in the sky what is likely to be happening?
3. Games such as geocaching, trigpointing, and lettermarking all share some characteristics; which of these is not one of them?
4. In which country is the region of Aragon?
5. What is the capital of Australia?
6. William Crapo Durant merged Oldsmobile and what other car company to form General Motors?
7. The USA PATRIOT Act (commonly known as the Patriot Act) of 2001 was enacted in response to what?
8. In Greek mythology, who was the wife of Zeus, and known as the "Queen of the Gods" ?
9. Who was crowned MotoGP World Champion after he finished third in the Malaysian Grand Prix on 10 October 2010?
10. What was the title of the spin off TV show from "Friends", starring Matt le Blanc?
11. The French island of Réunion is in which body of water?
12. In 1138-9 and later in 1156-9, a series of earthquakes struck which is frequently listed among the most deadly in history. It struck multiple places but initially and most destructively in which area?
13. Which of these was the 19th century Czech composer who wrote 8 operas, 6 symphonic poems (including "My Country") and a string quartet ("From My Life")?
14. What colour cat is a Russian Blue?
15. What range of mountains separates Europe from Asia and runs from the Arctic to the Caspian Seas?
16. Bartholomew Gosnold sailed there from Britain in 1602, very shortly after the death of Queen Elizabeth I, to found a colony, and in 1620 the Pilgrim Fathers on the "Mayflower" came ashore there. What place was it?
17. What was a reason behind the establishment of the World Health Organisation (WHO)?
18. In which country is the highest point in Africa?
19. The Australian Dolphins swimming team for which Summer Olympics had four members at least one of whose parents had also been an Olympian?
20. Which wonder of the ancient world was at Ephesus?
21. In 2010 Korean Kim Kyung-tae topped the money list in Japan Golf Tour, the first golfer to do so with, or being, what?
22. The dish called "ossobuco" is made with which of these?
23. Which album by the Arctic Monkeys was the fastest selling album in UK chart history?
24. What word would you expect to describe rock lobster on a French menu?
25. Which of these is a type of cow?
26. China is the world's biggest tea producer. Which is the second biggest?
27. Who secured the contract from the British government in 1838 to carry mail between Liverpool Halifax and Boston and formed the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company with 4 ships?
28. In the 19th century, Chief Shaka was the leader of which group?
29. In 1902 a youth detention centre, the first of its kind, was established near which village in Kent, England?
30. Which of these was a Latvian-born American painter and printmaker who is classified as an abstract expressionist?
31. A licentious lifestyle is one which ..... ?
32. What programme run by the US Government since 1961 involves volunteers who work abroad for 24 months in the areas of education, business, information technology, agriculture & the environment?
33. Where is the oldest fragment of Earth's continental crust in South America?
34. Which chief laid siege to Fort Detroit in 1763, an action that led to widespread rebellion against colonists in the area around Ohio and Illinois?
35. What is Little Brown Jug?
36. Between 1696 and 1851, the British government imposed a tax on what part of a house?
37. Which political organisation was founded by José Antonio Primo de Rivera in 1933, during the Second Spanish Republic?
38. What is the term for the conversion of a solid directly into a vapour by applying heat?
39. Which of these is a shooting target?
40. Usually, the United Kingdom holds general elections every five, or sometimes four, years. In the 20th century, how many times did the UK hold more than one general election in one year?
41. Which of these best fits the meaning of "demonym" ?
42. Which of these is a dressing often served with seafood?
43. Which fictional detective first appeared in the book "Cover Her Face" ?
44. What does the S stand for in the acronym "NASCAR" ?
45. The Gulfs of Tonkin and Thailand both lead to which body of water?
46. What vitamin is retinol?
47. Which US state would you go to to see Niagara Falls?
48. An ecosystem includes its living organisms, physical landscape and what else?
49. Who founded the London Philharmonic Orchestra?
50. The Angel Falls in Venezuela are on which river?
51. What coal-fired power station in North Yorkshire, England, near the River Ouse, has the highest generating capacity of any power station in the UK?
52. The songs "Don't Rain on My Parade" and "People" are from which musical?
53. Which long-running TV show, adapted in the US in the year after the original aired in the UK, went on to win seven Daytime Emmy Awards in the US?
54. What tax was current in ancient Athens, in Jerusalem more than 2, 000 years ago, in Egypt, in Europe and England from time to time (leading in 1381 to Wat Tyler's rebellion), including Charles I's, Charles II's, and Margaret Thatcher's governments, in Canada and the USA, and in NZ among others?
55. The lyric "You can make it OK, you can get married in Gibraltar near Spain" is from which song?
56. Where are the Kaieteur Falls, the world's largest single-drop waterfall by volume?
57. Until the introduction of the Euro on 1 January 2002, which country had the Deutsche Mark as its basic currency unit?
58. What is the collective name for table items such as salt, mustard, vinegar and pepper?
59. What is the only joint rule in the history of England?
60. Which British sprinter returned to competition in 1997 after a 4 year ban due to doping offences?
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