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General Knowledge Quiz 96 (60 MCQs)

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1. What is a feature of the Japanese art known as kintsugi?
2. The richly decorated and ornate multi-storey Grand Splendid in Buenos Aires, Argentina, opened in 1919 as a theatre, and was renovated and converted in 2000 to what?
3. Which of these buildings used to be a Paris prison?
4. Which artist has a daughter and two sons with Jane Asher, whom he married in 1981?
5. In French cooking, the traditional dish of, basically, pickled herring is called what?
6. What is an alternative name for Belladonna?
7. In cricket, what term is used to describe the situation when a batsman is "out" from the first ball they face?
8. Who wrote "The High Window", "The Lady in the Lake", "No Crime In The Mountains", "The Little Sister", "The Long Goodbye", "Playback", and a series of short detective novels most of which featured private detective Philip Marlowe?
9. In the game of quoits specific to Scotland and Wales, how tall does the metal pin, or hob, stand?
10. What nest at Sandy Cape, the most northern point on Fraser Island off the coast of Queensland, Australia, which is protected as part of the Great Sandy National Park?
11. What is another name for a sweater?
12. The Hong Kong Sevens, a competition for seven-a-side rugby, has been held at what venue since 1994?
13. Knight, Death, and the Devil (1513), Saint Jerome in his Study (1514) and Melencolia I (1514) are works by which artist?
14. Whose alter ego is Sasha Fierce?
15. Which of these is a popular work by J M Barrie?
16. Nick Leeson became famous in 1995 for what activity?
17. Which UK TV drama broadcast 1991-1997 starred Robson Green and Jerome Flynn as soldiers in a fictional British Army infantry regiment, The King's Fusiliers?
18. The white fumes that form when hydrogen chloride dissolves in water consist of what?
19. What is synovium in the body?
20. Which dictator's face was printed on labels of soft drink bottles that went on sale in February 2010?
21. Who is the latest actor to portray Alan Turing's fiancée, Joan Clarke, in film?
22. Buster Keaton's film "The Three Ages" included the invention of Stone Age baseball and modern traffic problems in classical Rome. What is this an example of?
23. What was reported as being from ancient Greece by authors Lynn and Gray Poole in their "History of the Ancient Games", after they saw it carved on a stone when visiting Delphi In the 1950s?
24. When was the first Football Association Cup tournament played?
25. Which planet weighs more than all the other planets of our solar system combined?
26. In the 1890s, in what field was John L. Sullivan recognised as a world champion?
27. The word "nebula" derives from the latin word for what?
28. At the start of "Scream 2", what was the name of the film that was shown about the "Woodsboro Murders" ?
29. Which of these is a film in which the characters of Lara, Tonya and Yevgraf appear?
30. Where did Charles, later King Charles II, hide himself after the Battle of Worcester in 1651?
31. Where is the main part of the Kyzylkum Desert?
32. In the USA it is called a bathrobe. What do the British call it?
33. Through its CEO, Pete Docter, Pixar has won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature for several films which he directed. Which was NOT one?
34. Which participants are qualified to compete at the Lusophony Games?
35. Which of these sports has a bat as part of its equipment?
36. Who was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed by his wife Isabella in 1327 and made to abdicate in favour of his son?
37. The startling beauties and riches of the tomb of Tutankhamen became accessible widely at least partly through whose 1, 400 photographs?
38. The ancient Maya, Toltec and Aztec civilisations centred generally on which area?
39. What is the name of the rose coloured gaseous envelope outside the incandescent surface of the sun?
40. In what country is the National People's Congress one of the bodies of government?
41. What is the next in this series:Moscow, Los Angeles, Seoul .....
42. Loosely based on a 1959 novel by Shirley Jackson, what was Netflix's first release (in 2018) in its "Haunted" series?
43. Peter The Hermit is known for leading what group in 1095?
44. What was initiated by British conductor Sir Henry Wood?
45. Which two British Prime Ministers had the same name?
46. Which of these do "Le pigeon aux petits pois" by Pablo Picasso, "La Pastorale" by Henri Matisse, "L'Olivier Près de l'Estaque" by Georges Braque, "La Femme a l'Eventail" by Amedeo Modigliani and "Nature Morte aux Chandeliers" by Fernand Léger have in common?
47. What succeeded the USA's Marshall Plan (1948-51) for long term aid in the reconstruction of Europe following World War II?
48. What was a feature of the results of the dressage events in the 1988 Summer Olympics?
49. Which US college satirical and humour magazine, first published in 1908 and still current, has featured work by Dr. Seuss, Buck Henry, Chris Miller, and Mindy Kaling including cartoons by F.C. Stockman?
50. Who was awarded FIFA's Ballon d'Or every year from 2009 to 2012, and again in 2015, 2019 and 2021?
51. In the acronym NASA, what does the last "A" stand for?
52. Among the major cities which lie close to the Blue and White Nile River are three cites which are the capital of their countries, Cairo, Khartoum and which other?
53. Which best fits the description "an acoustic resonator, resonating at a specific constant pitch" ?
54. Why did the East European country of Circassia cease to exist in the 19th century?
55. If you have played 50 games and won 30, giving a 60% success rate, how many more games would you have to play to achieve a 75% success rate, assuming that you win them all?
56. The four 1980 Olympic Games were held in Lake Placid, USA (Winter), Geilo, Norway (Winter Paralympics), Arnhem, Netherlands (Summer Paralympics) and what other venue?
57. Chip Ganassi is a prominent figure in what sport?
58. In 2008, Keira Knightley played the title role in which film?
59. Derek Jacobi played Claudius in which BBC TV series?
60. The Korean word transliterated as "getbol" is Korea's term for which vital part of its shoreline ecology?
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