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General Knowledge Quiz 84 (60 MCQs)

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1. Where is the Sea of Waves?
2. What was the parent planet of the creatures devised by a co-founder of The Goons and released for children's TV in the UK in 1954
3. If someone is narcoleptic, what do they tend to do?
4. What is the engineering term for a shallow masonry construction used to carry the supports of a timber superstructure?
5. A potentially fatal haemorrhagic fever from a virus associated with Rousettus bat colonies was first detected in 1967 in simultaneous outbreaks in Belgrade in Yugoslavia (now Serbia), and Frankfurt, and where else in Germany?
6. When the Grammy Hall of Fame was established in the USA what was the most recent song which could be selected in 1974, their first year of operation?
7. What is the British group of islands in the South Atlantic that consists of two main islands, together with 776 smaller ones?
8. The Fast5 World Netball Series, first contested in October 2009 under modified rules, was scheduled to be held in Manchester, England, initially but was played where in 2012?
9. What infectious disease is characterised by catarrh of the respiratory tract and paroxysms of coughing?
10. What is the yellow pigment in bile?
11. Where is the painting "Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1" (1871), known as "Whistler's Mother" ?
12. The Republic of China declared Taipei as the provisional capital of Taiwan in December of which year?
13. Where do the Rhône and Saône rivers meet?
14. What name was given to the loyal refugees that settled in Ontario after the American War of Independence?
15. In which present day country did Confucius grow up and teach?
16. Nephology is the study of what?
17. Which languages have been spoken, for at least 6, 000 years, by the peoples of an island forcibly colonised since 1895 by Japanese and then Chinese forces with programmes aimed (ultimately unsuccessfully) at eliminating the indigenous language and culture?
18. What was the "Lord of the Rings" character Gollum originally?
19. What is the nationality of the actor who played Rumpelstiltskin in the TV series Once Upon a Time?
20. Warren Beatty played what comic strip character in a 1990 film?
21. In what present country was the Kingdom of Kandy?
22. Where is the Langue de Barbarie?
23. Roughly where in the USA is the area called Tornado Alley?
24. The sum of the internal angles of a pentagon are how many degrees more than that of a triangle?
25. "Joltin' Joe" was the nickname of which American sportsman?
26. Which is easy to see from the top of Table Mountain?
27. The dish Apple Charlotte is said to be named after whose wife?
28. The line in Christopher Marlowe's "Dr Faustus", "Was this the face that launched a thousand ships and burnt the topless towers of Ilium", is an example of which figure of speech?
29. In the 2009 FA Cup Chelsea v Everton which player received a record 5th winner's medal?
30. Which of these was a nickname for Elizabeth I?
31. What are the trucks on a skateboard?
32. The Battle of Antietam (also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg), fought on 17 September 1862, the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Northern soil has what other distinction in US history?
33. Which of these instruments was a feature of spectating at the FIFA World Cup 2010?
34. Where has the international competition The Golden Shears been held since 1961?
35. Which was the first to be used as a visual personification of America?
36. The first Pantheon in Rome was commissioned by which Roman statesman?
37. Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, represented which country?
38. In social groups of clown fish reproduction is only by the leading male and female in the group, and the group itself is led by the most dominant and aggressive female. What happens when that female dies?
39. What chemical is responsible for the smell of rotten eggs in hot mud pools?
40. Which UK TV series (premièred in 2016) stars Phoebe Waller-Bridge with Sian Clifford and, later, Andrew Scott?
41. As an adverb what does "lief" mean?
42. Which soprano, born Margaret McEathron, has appeared with the NY Philharmonic, LA Philharmonic, & the LSO, and whose voice can be heard coming from Marilyn Monroe in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", Deborah Kerr in "The King And I" and Natalie Wood & Rita Moreno in "West Side Story" ?
43. Actress Brooke Shields was married to whom for 2 years from April 1997?
44. A type of temporary bridge, invented during World War II, was designed by Sir Donald .....
45. What is the region covering most of the south of South America known as?
46. Mylar (biaxially-oriented polyethylene terephthalate) is a current favourite material, replacing the original metal, for what fashion accessory?
47. What is the standard measure of quantity used in the oil production industry?
48. In 2009, Michael Perham, at the age of 17 years and 164 days, became the youngest person to do what?
49. Who or what is nikkei?
50. From which sport do we get the expression "thrown a curve ball" ?
51. A notable representative of the Flemish Primitives, or the Early Netherlandish painting school, was which artist or artists?
52. What is the name of the paradise under the sea in the animated Beatles film "The Yellow Submarine" (1968)?
53. Where does the equal sign, "=", used in mathematics originate from?
54. Ian Curtis was the lead singer of which band?
55. What was worn by the leader of the first Tour de France?
56. Which city was founded in 1718 by the French in North America?
57. Which country was granted its independence from colonial rule on 4 July 1946, after being controlled since 1521 by Spain, Britain, the USA, Japan, and the USA (again)?
58. What is found in a thesaurus?
59. What is technetium?
60. Two theorems of mathematical logic developed by logician, mathematician, and philosopher Kurt Gödel and published in 1931, proved what?
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