General Knowledge Quiz 60

Questions

1. Dresden china originated in which country?

2. Canada Day (previously Dominion Day) is celebrated on which date?

3. The Davis Strait lies between Baffin Island and which country (also considered a dependency)?

4. Heliotherapy is the therapeutic use of what?

5. The lahara, used in the liqueur Curacao, is an adaptation of which common fruit?

6. Which US state is known as the Sunflower State?

7. What is the name of the substance obtained from the dried swim bladders of fish, used in brewing and winemaking?

8. Selhurst Park is the home ground of which English football club?

9. Which is the only city to lie in two continents?

10. Canada Day (previously Dominion Day is celebrated on which date?

11. Mrs Maria Fitzherbert was the wife of which British monarch?

12. What is the name of the shallow circular transparent dish with a flat lid, used for the culture of micro-organisms?

13. The suffix 'stan' in a country's name such as Afghanistan derives from what early Indo-European meaning?

    1. mountain
    2. stand
    3. flag
    4. goat

14. Coober Pedy, the largest opal mine in the world, is in which country?

15. In Greek mythology what are the goddesses or spirits which inspire the creation of literature and the arts?

16. Brothers Harry, Samuel, Albert and Jack established which film company in 1923?

17. What is the longest line of latitude on the Earth?

18. Nicholas Rowe's 1703 play The Fair Penitent originated what character, whose name has since referred to a seducer of women?

19. What type of creature is a copperhead?

20. Who became president of the USA in 1989?

21. What is the fastest running bird in the world?

    1. emu
    2. roadrunner
    3. ostrich
    4. the erect-crested penguin

22. Mount Elbrus (5,642 metres is the highest mountain in which continent?

23. Sitophobia is the fear of what?

    1. bricks and rubble
    2. telescopes
    3. food
    4. settees and armchairs

24. The city of Breda is in which European country?

25. January King, Meteor, and Salarite are varieties of which vegetable?

26. The Davis Strait lies between Baffin Island and which country (also considered a dependency?

27. In global finance what does IMF stand for?

28. Who was the first driver to be knighted for his services to motor sport?

29. What long-necked instrument, now usually with four pairs of strings, originated in Greece and is still popularly associated with Greek music?

30. Which artist is famous for painting at the Moulin Rouge?

31. In which US city is the 1974 film Towering Inferno set?

32. Pisciculture is the breeding and rearing of what?