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General Knowledge Quiz 99 (60 MCQs)

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1. Lindsay Lohan starred in a film called "Confessions of a ..... " what?
2. What is the name for about 70 species of insect native to New Zealand that can grow as long as 100 mm (4 in) not including the legs and antennae, and weigh about 20-30 g (1 to 3/4 of an ounce)?
3. What is the Pink Lake, or Lake Retba, in Senegal particularly known for?
4. Who created and played the character of Waldorf T Flywheel?
5. For a constant sound wave, what is the distance between successive crests called?
6. The Labrador Sea and the Labrador Basin are what?
7. Which of these is a type of bird?
8. Where would you find the Koh-I-Noor and the Cullinan?
9. In 2012, 49ers CEO, Jed York, tweeted a joke in relation to the Super Bowl championship game "There is no conspiracy. I pulled the plug." . What was he referring to?
10. Chris Stein, Debbie Harry, Clem Burke, Jimmy Destri and Gary Valentine, originally billed as "Angel and the Snake", achieved fame under what name?
11. Which high-rating American TV sitcom of the 1970s was based on the British BBC series "Till Death Us Do Part" ?
12. A study published in 2016 by Christina Zelano, Jay Gottfried and A Mohanty, Northwestern University, is of the effects on brain activity of what?
13. What was the profession of Hamlet in the play of the same name by William Shakespeare?
14. When jasmonic acid is sprayed directly onto flowers what is the main effect on the plant?
15. The heel of the forward foot must contact the ground before the toe of the rear foot leaves it is a rule of which sport?
16. Who was the last English king to be executed?
17. When a figure is quoted in dollars, almost always the "United States dollar" is implied unless specified otherwise; in 2022, how many economies apart from the US also have a (different) dollar?
18. Which of these people were associated with chess?
19. In cricket, what fielding position is on the boundary behind the wicket keeper, on the off side?
20. In mathematics, Grandi's series is ..... ?
21. What represents a 70th wedding anniversary?
22. Which of these is a playing position in rugby union?
23. R J Mitchell designed which World War II aircraft?
24. Who were the British fighting in the Crimean War at the time of the Charge of the Light Brigade?
25. What is used to play the German game of skat?
26. Which of these was a musical by Irving Berlin, which was written for Ethel Merman?
27. Between 1979 and 1990, the Sandinistas and the Contras were participants in a Civil War in which country?
28. Who has been engaged to US tennis player Jimmy Connors and married to British tennis player John Lloyd, Olympic downhill skier Andy Mill and Australian golfer Greg Norman?
29. What was the comedy, poetry and music trio, active from 1964 to 1977, from Liverpool, England, made up of Mike McGear (a.k.a. Peter Michael McCartney), Roger McGough and John Gorman, that made the hit singles "Thank U Very Much" and "Lily the Pink" ?
30. Which new French wine is released annually on the third Thursday in November?
31. Which country won the Rugby League World Cup in 2008?
32. Which of these are "pulse vegetables" ?
33. After which Herschel is the periodic comet 35P/Herschel-Rigollet, discovered in 1788, named?
34. Where is "Drake's Passage" ?
35. What kind of plant is willow-leaf hebe, or koromiko?
36. Where is the world's largest salt flat?
37. Who hosted the 2006 Academy Awards ceremony?
38. What is the only county in the USA to border 5 counties from 5 different states:Baca County, Colorado; Morton County, Kansas; Texas County, Oklahoma; Dallam County, Texas; Union County, New Mexico?
39. A regulation basketball court in international games is 28 by 15 meters (approx. 92 by 49 ft). What size should it be for NBA games?
40. Which of these songs was not produced by George Martin?
41. What word best describes a triangle where all sides are different lengths?
42. Which of these bands had hit records with "Yellow", "Trouble" and "Viva La Vida" ?
43. What Texas city stands on the Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte), across the border from Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico?
44. What profession had been followed by Yorick, a character in Shakespeare's "Hamlet" ?
45. Who are the main characters in the UK television series "Dalziel and Pascoe" (1996-2007)?
46. Which British company announced, in 1960, a computer which introduced the use of core memory and was based on decimal instead of binary?
47. The border crossing known as "Checkpoint Charlie" was between which two places?
48. Which of these is a 1946 film starring James Stewart, recognised by the American Film Institute as one of the 100 best American films ever made, and placed number one on their list of the most inspirational American films of all time?
49. The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season was notable for its record number of named storms. How many were there?
50. Which of these is a type of cheese?
51. What was the last major land battle between England and France?
52. In a famous speech by Winston Churchill on 4 June 1940 that began "We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans", he went on to say that "we shall fight" in the air, on the beaches, on the landing grounds, in the fields, in the streets, and where else?
53. The föhn is what?
54. Who directed the Bond film "You Only Live Twice" (1967)?
55. King William III of England was a prince of what European house?
56. January 9 in 1953 in Canada saw what event?
57. Which Chinese dynasty ruled from the 14th to the 17th century?
58. If someone is referred to as a "liverpudlian", which city do they come from?
59. Which area was ruled by Kamehameha I and Kamehameha II between 1810 and 1824?
60. When Adolf Hitler stormed a large public meeting in a beer hall in 1923, "the beer hall putsch", as part of an eventually failed coup, who was he proposing as head of a new government?
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