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General Knowledge Quiz 95 (60 MCQs)

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1. What name is given to the "house" constructed by beavers?
2. What is the only Southeast Asian nation that has never been colonised, mainly because it had a long succession of able rulers in the 1800s, and was able to exploit the rivalry between the French and the British?
3. In 2014 and 2015 Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Senegal, Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo were, sadly, linked by what?
4. There was a General Strike in Britain in which of these years?
5. The high-spirited, often drunk, incompetent Cockney nurse Mrs Sarah Gamp, or Sairey Gamp, from Charles Dickens's "Martin Chuzzlewit" gave her name to what?
6. Which of these relates to a US football team based in Washington DC?
7. In October 2021, what was the name of the Facebook app changed to?
8. The current constitution of which of these countries was enacted on 3 May 1947?
9. In what field does the term "gargalesis" apply?
10. Which country was the largest producer of kiwifruit (also known as Chinese Gooseberry or kiwi) in 2012?
11. What country has borders with Libya, Sudan and Israel?
12. Which actor was married to actress Joan Plowright?
13. In 2016 a Nobel Peace Prize laureate was appointed the effective head of which Asian country?
14. Who, legend has it, led Phoenicians to found Carthage?
15. Who was the first British golfer from the Bailiwick of Jersey to win the US Open?
16. The northern border of which country is with the continental USA?
17. Which of these is a sulphide of mercury?
18. What is the name of the Hobbit who carries the ring to Mordor to be destroyed?
19. In October 2018, Cemal Kaşıkçı (also written as Jamal Khashoggi) was murdered in the Saudi Arabia consulate in which country?
20. When was the ICC, official base in The Hague in the Netherlands, established?
21. Who plays Meredith Grey for much of the US TV series "Grey's Anatomy" ?
22. Where are the Athabasca oil, or tar, sands?
23. What was the meaning of the Old English word "saelig" from which the modern word "silly" developed?
24. The heft of something is what?
25. Where is the Nevado Ojos del Salado, the highest of the world's volcanoes which have been active in the last 2 millennia?
26. Maputo is the capital of which country?
27. "Andre 3000" & "Big Boi" make up which hip hop duo?
28. What did Vera Lynn sing would be "over the White Cliffs of Dover tomorrow, just you wait and see" ?
29. Who, as the WBA champion, beat Evander Holyfield in December 2008?
30. In which state of the USA would you find the Great Salt Lake?
31. Chuck Yeager in a plane first broke the sound barrier in level flight in 1947, Joseph Kittinger set a time in 1960 of 4m 37s in free fall from a height of 19.5 miles and reached a speed of 614 mph. On 14 October 2012 Austrian Felix Baumgartner set new records, which of these was not among them?
32. Which of these characters was created by Cervantes?
33. Atlantic City is in which US state?
34. By what name was Edson Arantes do Nascimento better known to his fans?
35. What did Bikini Atoll become famous for in 1946?
36. As what is Edmond Rostand (1868-1918) best known?
37. According to Babylonian myth, who was Thisbe's lover?
38. The lead singer for The Babys had a hit later as a solo musician with which song?
39. What is the name of a process of dyeing fabric to produce marbled colour effects using hot wax?
40. What chemical is mostly used in match heads?
41. What is a Thompson seedless?
42. What do the "Hello Ruby" children's books concern?
43. Lead poisoning, caused by increased levels of the metal lead in the blood, that may cause irreversible neurological damage, renal disease, and reproductive toxicity, is NOT also known in medical circles as ..... ?
44. What does a hierophant deal with?
45. Historically, what is a name of an official having authority for fiscal and other purposes within a defined area of England, typically a borough, port or shire?
46. What was the name of the team of young footballers and their coach rescued from a flooded cave system in Thailand in July 2018?
47. When Queen Victoria died in January 1901 how long had she been on the United Kingdom's throne?
48. According to the nursery rhyme, who could "eat no fat", while his wife could "eat no lean" ?
49. What is the longest running live show of any type, still in its initial run?
50. A series of WADA investigations and a McLaren Investigation Agency report released in July 2016 alleged Russia was involved in widespread state-sponsored and prolonged doping violations in world sport; what was the period the McLaren report specified?
51. What is the nationality of Andrew Kelly and Richard Collett, who won the pairs championships, and Genevieve Baildon, who was women's singles champion, at the Bowls Classic Championships in Hong Kong in November 2009?
52. The first verse of which song begins "So you think you've lost your love? Well I saw her yesterday" ?
53. What PS4 and Xbox One game was developed in 2016 with the version title "Infinite Warfare" ?
54. What news source operating from the US Department of Defense that publishes daily newspapers for the US Armed Forces serving overseas was first published in November 1861, during the American Civil War?
55. What is unusual about Rockall, a small island in the Atlantic Ocean?
56. Which king of England was nicknamed Rufus?
57. Leeks are most closely related to which of these?
58. What is a petaflop?
59. The Basques are native people of France and which other neighbouring country?
60. Who held the record for the number of Grand Slam tennis tournaments before it was beaten by Roger Federer at Wimbledon in 2009?
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