General Knowledge Quiz 66

Questions

1. Who was Britain's only Saxe-Coburg monarch, after his son renamed the royal house Windsor?

2. The Kiakhta treaty (or Kyakhta, signed in 1727 in the city of that name, was between which two countries?

3. What is the most common natural pollinator of the pineapple?

   1. bees
   2. wind
   3. hummingbirds
   4. camels

4. In 1997 the Royal Academy of Art controversially exhibited a 1995 portrait of which convicted murderer, made from children's handprints, by Marcus Harvey?

5. Which part of a woman's body is named after German physician Ernst Grafenberg?

6. In the 1983 horror film 'Christine', what was Christine?

7. What Maryland presidential retreat, previously called Shangri-la, was renamed by Dwight D Eisenhower after his grandson?

8. A diptych is a painting or altarpiece of how many panels, commonly hinged together?

9. A lustrum is a period of how many years?

10. In which country is the city of Mecca?

11. If something is coriaceous, what does it resemble or have the texture of?

    1. leather
    2. glass
    3. chocolate
    4. water

12. Which body of water was previously called the Euxine, after early colonisation of its southern coastline by Greeks, derived from their word for 'hospitable'?

13. In which European city is The Council of Europe?

14. British Honduras was renamed what, in 1973, after being granted self-government in 1964, and before gaining full independence in 1981?

15. USA athletes refused their silver medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics in which men's sport?

16. Metrophobia informally refers to the irrational fear or hatred of what?

    1. small cars
    2. underground railways
    3. police officers
    4. poetry

17. What event attracted the highest UK TV audience of the 1990s?

18. The Kiakhta treaty (or Kyakhta), signed in 1727 in the city of that name, was between which two countries?

19. Name the Rochdale pensioner whom Gordon Brown was heard to call 'a sort of bigoted woman' after meeting her on a pre-election walkabout?

20. The Manzanares river runs through which city?

    1. Venice
    2. New York
    3. Madrid
    4. Nottingham

21. If North is 0 and 360 degrees and East is 90 degrees, how many degrees is South-West?

22. What is the state capital of Victoria, Australia?

23. Chladni patterns are formed when a surface covered in what is made to vibrate?

24. In which US state is the annual Burning Man Festival held?

25. What is the name of the gland in the human body attached to the base of the brain important in controlling growth?

26. The colour of the moon's sky, seen from the moon, is always the same, what is it?

    1. blue
    2. black
    3. white
    4. pink

27. Which British football team is nicknamed the Blades?

28. Which early British rock'n'roll star was Og the leprechaun in the 1968 film Finian's Rainbow?

29. A clowder is a collective term for which creatures?

    1. dogs
    2. cats
    3. horses
    4. sheep

30. Which of the Brontë sisters wrote the novel 'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall'?

31. The Chapman Root Glass Company was responsible for what 1915 iconic design nicknamed the 'hobble skirt' and 'Mae West'?