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General Knowledge Quiz 83 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which of the following is a land-locked country?
2. The contents of "The Zimmermann Telegram" of 16 January 1917 revealed a German plan to offer Mexico what territory in return for a military alliance against the USA?
3. Which ship, the largest and fastest in the world, with steam turbine propulsion, then a revolutionary development in ocean liner design, was launched on 20 September 1906?
4. In cricket, what is the name for bowling faults by one side that are counted as points and awarded to the other?
5. What capital city lies in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, and on the coast of its country?
6. Laws enacted through the southern USA from the late 19th century enforced racial segregation on the basis of race, of people as "separate but equal"; what were the laws known as?
7. What is the minimum size for a star to be a candidate for eventual supernova?
8. Who directed a 2001 gothic horror film centred on children and a darkened Victorian mansion on the English coast?
9. The main international cricket competitions are Test matches, ODI, and which other?
10. What is the name of the weapon originating in South America that is a length of hide with a stone ball at each end?
11. Where do the dry, cold prevailing winds known as Polar Hadley cells blow?
12. Which railway, started in 1937, partly completed in 1949, fully completed in 1956, runs approximately 1, 110 km (690 mi) north-south from border to border across its country?
13. When was the NHL's James Norris Memorial Trophy first awarded?
14. Who was an R & B musician from Houston, Texas, raised mostly in Los Angeles, California, who, in addition to his successful Grammy Award-winning career as a solo artist, collaborated with many musicians including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Band, Little Richard, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash?
15. Mickey Mantle was a star of which sport?
16. The iron pillar of Delhi, India, a 7.21 m (23.7 ft) high pillar that is 98% pure wrought iron, has withstood corrosion in the open air for how long?
17. What was the largest empire in history, that began with maritime exploration in the 15th century, and by 1921 governed about 458 million people and covered about 36.6 million km² (14.2 million square miles), about a quarter of the world's population and of the Earth's area?
18. The Persian Gulf runs between Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to the south and what country to the north?
19. Who was Governor of South Australia 1841-1845, Governor of New Zealand 1845-1854 & 1861-1868, Governor of Cape Colony 1854-1861 and Premier of New Zealand 1877-1879?
20. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), or Doctors Without Borders, was formed by doctors and journalists in 1971 in response to what?
21. What is the name of the measure, by law or usage established in most of the United States, which is contained in a cylindrical vessel eighteen and a half inches in diameter and eight inches deep inside?
22. Which of these is native to North America?
23. What is credited in Western media with having caused the political downfall in 2012 of Bo Xilai, a senior Chinese leader and party chief in the south-western metropolis of Chongqing?
24. Who is Basil, who features in a 2021 animated direct-to-video mystery film by Walt Disney Pictures (a follow up to a 1986 animated film of his adventures)?
25. How many ethnic groups does the Constitution of Afghanistan recognise?
26. Which 1952 film, directed by Vittorio de Sica, was about a penniless old man (played by Carlo Battisti) and his dog, Flick?
27. What is the star sign of someone born on Christmas Day?
28. What happened to William Tyndale, who translated much of the Bible into English and published it between 1525 and 1530, in Antwerp in 1536?
29. What is the base of the cocktail Margarita?
30. Which of these cities is not the capital of its country?
31. Which wonder of the ancient world was in the city of Rhodes on the Greek island of Rhodes?
32. The internal angles of a pentagon add up to how many degrees?
33. What was the name of the lion in "The Chronicles of Narnia:The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", a 2005 film based on the "Narnia" books by C S Lewis?
34. Tchoukball, created in Switzerland in the 1970s, combines elements of handball, volleyball and what other sport?
35. Which global charitable foundation, founded in 1936 and headquartered in London, works to improve health and support work in science, the humanities, the social sciences, education, public engagement and the application of research to medicine?
36. In South Slavic (Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Macedonian, Montenegrin, Serbian and Slovenian) mythology, what is raskovnik?
37. Who, having been ranked in the top 10 women players and after her second Olympic Games, announced her retirement in 1996, and in 2008 returned to the women's pro. tour aged 37?
38. What boxer challenged Jack Dempsey in 1923 for the world heavyweight title, in what boxing historian Bert Sugar described as the greatest fight in the history of the sport?
39. What film starring Denis Quaid and Tyrese Gibson released in 2004 is a remake of one released in 1965 starring James Stewart and Richard Attenborough?
40. What distinguishes the golden jellyfish of Palau from most other jellyfish?
41. Which UK television series starred Ross Kemp as a tough SAS officer?
42. Film actor Mel Gibson was born in which country?
43. Which country held the Rugby League World Cup from 1975 to 2000 (for 6 contests)?
44. When Lennox Lewis and Evander Holyfield competed in November 1999 what did they do to compete?
45. Hebrew Noah, Babylonian Atrahasis and Sumerian Ziusudra were all known in their respective Epics for having which common preoccupation?
46. Which long-standing ruler stood down in 2017 in Zimbabwe?
47. Conspirators famous for their deeds in Edinburgh, Scotland, in the early 19th century were Burke and who?
48. Lacrosse, thought to have been played by at least 1100 CE and originally a ceremonial ritual with up to 1, 000 people, currently (except in Box lacrosse) involves how many players in a game?
49. Which continent is the hoatzin native to?
50. What was the name of the official newspaper of the USSR before it broke up?
51. How many adverbs, or adverbial phrases, are in the following sentence: "Roger told his dog not to jump on the furniture with muddy feet" ?
52. What Italian word describes a group of fans, that is commonly used to refer to the supporters of Scuderia Ferrari in Formula One?
53. One of the earliest European explorers to reach Australia and New Zealand has which island named after him?
54. What is a motto of the Hells Angels?
55. What sport is at the centre of 1987 British TV film "Playing Away" ?
56. Te Ika a Maui and Te Waipounamu are the two main islands of which country?
57. Which 2019 made-for-digital-release film, starring Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver with Laura Dern, received 17 nominations for major awards at the Oscars, BAFTAs, and Golden Globes in 2019?
58. What was the occupation of Polish trade unionist and politician Lech Walesa?
59. Classical Greek tradition referred to several men of the 7-6th century BCE, including Thales of Miletus, Pittacus of Mytilene, Bias of Priene and Solon of Athens, by what collective name?
60. Where was the first zoo in the United States, which opened on 1 July 1874 with 1, 000 animals and an entry fee of 25 cents?
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