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General Knowledge Quiz 98 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which of these minerals is used in the manufacture of eyeliner?
2. In what country is the active volcano, Popocatépetl?
3. In freestyle skiing, what are the large bumps on the piste called?
4. What is "chapparal" ?
5. Besides the assassination of US president John F Kennedy, what happened on 22 November 1963?
6. What is produced from milk curds, and is drained, not pressed, so some whey remains and the individual curds remain loose?
7. Man Ray was famous in what field?
8. In 17th century Europe where or as what would Polichinelle be found?
9. When was the last Act of amnesty passed in Great Britain?
10. On 13 November 2010, who became the first boxer to win world titles in eight different weight divisions and the first boxer to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes?
11. What is the name of a bishop's staff that is shaped like a shepherd's crook?
12. What is the baseball term coined by Henry Chadwick to collectively call the pitcher and the catcher?
13. On February 13 2008 the Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd, delivered a formal apology to the Stolen Generations. What was he referring to?
14. What alcoholic drink carries on its label a reference to the phrase "To God, most good, most great" ?
15. What is a musical term for "slowing down" ?
16. Who did Peter Sellers marry in 1964?
17. How has ex-World Heavyweight boxing title holder Tyson Fury categorised himself?
18. In 1906 which American choreographer and dance innovator presented her first dance including one based on the milkmaid Radha who was an early consort of the Hindu god Krishna, together with such shorter pieces as The Cobra and The Incense?
19. The United Nations Declaration was signed by 4 nations and subsequently co-signed by a further 22 in Washington DC on which two days?
20. What country, part of the Ottoman Empire for 500 years as the provinces of Shkodra, Manastir and Yanya, proclaimed its independence on 28 November 1912, with Ismail Qemali as its first Prime Minister?
21. What area of Tokyo is one of the most luxurious shopping districts in the world?
22. Where is the hadal, or hadopelagic, zone in the ocean?
23. What was the venue for the 2021 Ryder Cup?
24. Who, when campaigning in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1912, was shot by John Schrank, but continued to deliver his ninety minute speech with blood seeping into his shirt?
25. The famous collection of music, "Songs from the Auvergne" arranged by Joseph Canteloube, is in what language?
26. Which of these is a film by Stanley Kubrick?
27. Nelson Piquet Jnr was accused of deliberately crashing at which F1 race in 2008 that paved the way for Renault's Fernando Alonso to win?
28. Where is the phrase "Hakuna matata", made famous in a 1994 Walt Disney animated film and meaning "no problems, or worries", most commonly used?
29. What separates Wales from Devon, England?
30. What was the name given to Jiang Qing (Mao Zedong's ex-wife), Zhang Chunqiao, Yao Wenyuan, and Wang Hongwen, Chinese Communist Party officials who were prominent during the Cultural Revolution and were arrested in 1976, charged with treason?
31. What is the name of an American dish of diced chicken in a cream sauce with pimentos, mushrooms, green peppers and sometimes sherry?
32. In 1962, who starred in the first of the longest-running series of films with the same main character?
33. Which castle, when used as a prison for prisoners of war in World War II, was known as Oflag VII C?
34. Where is one situation in which gold leaf would not be found?
35. Whose autobiography, published in 1999, was entitled "Managing My Life" ?
36. What popular name was given to the 7th Armoured Division of the British Army in World War II?
37. In October 1935, two hundred thousand soldiers of which European army attacked Ethiopia?
38. In Japan's feudal era, from 1185 onwards, a dominant warrior class emerged called what?
39. The invention of what sport is credited to Dr. S. A. Naismith in Massachusetts, USA, in 1891?
40. He established inductive methodologies for scientific inquiry, and is thought to have died from pneumonia contracted while studying the effects of freezing on preserving meat. Who was he?
41. "In God We Trust" is not the official motto of which of these?
42. What was the original title of "The Goon Show" ?
43. In what sport are there "16 yard hits" and "penalty corners" ?
44. Who chairs the Invictus Games Foundation?
45. Which of these characters appeared in stories about Sherlock Holmes?
46. As what is Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar internationally known?
47. In 1999, King Abdullah II and Queen Rania became the rulers of which country?
48. What was the name of the character played by Bill Cosby in "The Bill Cosby Show" ?
49. Which of these is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that often impairs the sufferer's motor skills, speech, and other functions, and is characterized by muscle rigidity, tremor, a slowing of physical movement and, in extreme cases, a loss of physical movement?
50. How many chemical elements currently recognised occur naturally?
51. A businessman with the surname of Masterley is the subject of a comic strip. What is his first name, and the title of the strip?
52. What battle, described as the last great medieval battle in the British Isles, was fought on 9 September 1513 between an invading Scots army under King James IV and an English army commanded by Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey, and is said to be the largest battle (in terms of numbers) fought between the two nations?
53. Roger Bannister ran what distance in the record-breaking time of under 4 minutes at Oxford in 1954?
54. Which year was called the Year of the Five Emperors?
55. Which of these bands was formed last?
56. Which of these is a seabird?
57. What was published in 1892 in the USA, still survives essentially unchanged, and is known to every citizen of the country?
58. Who was an English naturalist who realised and presented compelling evidence that all species of life have evolved over time from common ancestors, through the process he called natural selection?
59. Which Olympic Games saw Ben Johnson briefly defeat the defending champion and world record holder, Carl Lewis, in the men's 100 m?
60. "Chronicle of a Death Foretold" (1981), and "Love in the Time of Cholera" (1985) are two notable works of which Nobel Prize winning author?
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