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General Knowledge Quiz 9 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which Olympic Games were the last to offer gold medals made of solid gold?
2. Which country had been, at various times between 1918 when it was pulled together and 2003 when it was finally reconfigured, a Kingdom, a Democratic Federal, a Federal People's Republic, a Socialist Federal Republic and a Federal Republic?
3. Which of these are characters from the TV series "Lost" ?
4. What is the name of the character played by Charlie Sheen in the TV series "Two and a Half Men" ?
5. What numbers are on the two green pool balls?
6. What is the value of the centre square in a Scrabble board?
7. Che Guevara was among the revolutionaries who invaded which country with the intention of overthrowing its US-backed dictator in December 1956?
8. What land type predominates in Argentinian Patagonia?
9. Calvados apple brandy is traditionally produced in which country?
10. The rivers Tewy, Taff, Tone, Taw and Torridge flow into which body of water?
11. What is a synonym for micturition?
12. Who invented the centigrade temperature scale in 1742?
13. Margaret Kelly founded the Bluebell Girls to perform at which venue in 1932?
14. Which of these was an important part in the car that travelled in time in the "Back to the Future" series of films?
15. Bernard and Phyllis Coard and Maurice Bishop were involved with the politics of which country in 1983?
16. Who was Prime Minister of Great Britain during the Edward VIII abdication crisis?
17. Which of these was a famous Hollywood gossip columnist?
18. What is a sultan's wife called?
19. Which television series is named for the street address of the broadcasting institution in which it is set?
20. "Everything's All Right" and "Heaven on Their Minds" are songs from which musical?
21. Which is the only regatta cancelled because it rained and there was water in the river, as happened in 1993 when it was cancelled due to flooding?
22. What is the unofficial name for the 'crisis' that arose after the resignation of Lord Melbourne in 1838, when Robert Peel was offered the opportunity of forming a government but resigned as Prime Minister, resulting in the return of Lord Melbourne as Prime Minister until the 1841 General Election?
23. What term is used to describe an argument or fight?
24. Which Soviet gymnast won the most Olympic medals in her career, and the most gold of any female?
25. Artemisinin and derivatives are drugs found to act especially well on which disease?
26. Which Noble Order of Knighthood, whose motto is "honi soit qui mal y pense" was founded in 1348 in England by King Edward III?
27. If someone is on their high horse what could be said of them?
28. Anousheh Ansari is the first Iranian, and the first Iranian woman, to do what?
29. What word is used to refer to someone who is given boring and menial tasks?
30. In the final episode of the TV series "M*A*S*H", which of the main characters did not return to the U S A?
31. Italian brothers Francesco and Edoardo Molinari play what sport?
32. Which English sculptor's famous works in London are the lions at the British Museum, "Peter Pan" in Kensington Gardens and "Edith Cavell Memorial" outside the National Portrait Gallery?
33. What is the name of the mascot for the cereal Cocoa Puffs?
34. Who is the traditional pantomime dame in "Aladdin" ?
35. A group of young early 20th century composers working in Montparnasse who became known as Les Six, included Georges Auric, Louis Durey, Arthur Honegger, Francis Poulenc, Germaine Tailleferre and which other?
36. The þorn/thorn character, originally from the runic alphabet and still part of the Icelandic alphabet, used to be part of what other alphabet?
37. Which of these comes closest to the meaning of the French phrase "Quel dommage" ?
38. The Dragon's Breath, or Algamas, Cave holds a vast underground lake stretching under which land feature?
39. In 1935 Count Basie, composer, jazz pianist and band leader, with his newly formed band developed his signature tune, which was what?
40. What do sinologists study?
41. What describes the names for a type of talking bird, someone who digs underground for e.g. coal, and someone under legal age?
42. What do the initials "c.c." stand for when used in the address of a letter or e-mail?
43. Carcinoma is a type of what?
44. The north of which country falls within the Sahel?
45. What was the objective of "Operation Chastise" carried out by the British in 1943 during World War II?
46. A nectarine is a shiny-skinned variety of what?
47. The yellow-brown South American fruit maracuya is more widely known in Europe and Australasia as what?
48. For what is the annual Dobloug Prize awarded, two former prize winners being Inger Hagerup and Stig Larsson?
49. Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, the official mistress of Louis XV of France from 1745 to 1750, lent her titled name to what hairstyle?
50. The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) established in 1985 has eight members, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, the Maldives, Sri Lanka and which other country?
51. Janet Reger is known as a designer of what?
52. Romulus, co-founder of Rome, was deified after his death and worshipped as which God?
53. In Norse mythology what does Ratatosk do?
54. Where is the headquarters of the International Red Cross?
55. In biology, what word is given to the change in the genetic material of a population of organisms from one generation to the next?
56. Under what name is Sarah Marianne Corina Lewe better known?
57. Which of these islands are the furthest south?
58. Which of these is a slender-billed wading bird related to the stork?
59. With what year is the Nakba associated?
60. Who plays Mrs. Smith opposite Brad Pitt in the movie "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" ?
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