General Knowledge Quiz #462

General Knowledge Quiz #462

Questions

1.  The Spree river flows through which major European capital city?
2.  What beverage are Trappist monks in the Low Countries (The Netherlands; Belgium) most famously associated with?
3.  Gene Cernan, in 1972, was the last person (to date) to complete what feat?
4.  The Lombards, a Germanic people, give their name to a northern region in which European country, that they conquered during the 6th century CE?
5.  Which famous British musician had acting roles as historical figures Pontius Pilate in Martin Scorsese's 1988 epic, The Last Temptation of Christ, and Nikola Tesla in Christopher Nolan's 2006 thriller The Prestige?
6.  Which American tennis player won the men's singles at Wimbledon seven out of eight times between 1993 and 2000, a record total until he was surpassed by Roger Federer in 2017?
7.  Which Irish political party's name literally translates into English as "we ourselves"?
8.  The leatherback is the largest species of which major reptile order?
9.  What is the highest grade of olive oil that can be purchased?
10.  Maria Salomea Skłodowska is more commonly associated with which surname, shared with her French husband and fellow scientist Pierre?
11.  With a land area of just over 2000 square miles, Princess Edward Island is the smallest province of which Commonwealth country?
12.  Which fictional character, created by the late Tom Clancy, has been played on screen by Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck, Chris Pine, and most recently, John Krasinski?
13.  By what common name are contusions more well-known as?
14.  In 1934, the surgeon Robert Kenneth Wilson supposedly captured one of the most famous photos of which mythical Scottish creature?
15.  Followers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are more commonly known by what single-word name?
16.  Ursus arctos is the scientific name for which bear species?
17.  Which famous artist had both a 'Rose Period' and a 'Blue Period'?
18.  'Namaste' is a traditional greeting in which Asian language?
19.  Which other New York building was the tallest in the world for around 11 months before the completion of the Empire State Building in 1931?
20.  What disease was the eponymous Cujo infected with in Stephen King's 1981 horror novel?

1.  The Spree river flows through which major European capital city?

   Berlin
2.  What beverage are Trappist monks in the Low Countries (The Netherlands; Belgium) most famously associated with?

   Beer
3.  Gene Cernan, in 1972, was the last person (to date) to complete what feat?

   Walk on the moon
4.  The Lombards, a Germanic people, give their name to a northern region in which European country, that they conquered during the 6th century CE?

   Italy
5.  Which famous British musician had acting roles as historical figures Pontius Pilate in Martin Scorsese's 1988 epic, The Last Temptation of Christ, and Nikola Tesla in Christopher Nolan's 2006 thriller The Prestige?

   David Bowie
6.  Which American tennis player won the men's singles at Wimbledon seven out of eight times between 1993 and 2000, a record total until he was surpassed by Roger Federer in 2017?

   Pete Sampras
7.  Which Irish political party's name literally translates into English as "we ourselves"?

   Sinn Féin
8.  The leatherback is the largest species of which major reptile order?

   Turtles
9.  What is the highest grade of olive oil that can be purchased?

   Extra Virgin
10.  Maria Salomea Skłodowska is more commonly associated with which surname, shared with her French husband and fellow scientist Pierre?

    Curie
11.  With a land area of just over 2000 square miles, Princess Edward Island is the smallest province of which Commonwealth country?

    Canada
12.  Which fictional character, created by the late Tom Clancy, has been played on screen by Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck, Chris Pine, and most recently, John Krasinski?

    Jack Ryan
13.  By what common name are contusions more well-known as?

    Bruises
14.  In 1934, the surgeon Robert Kenneth Wilson supposedly captured one of the most famous photos of which mythical Scottish creature?

    The Loch Ness Monster
15.  Followers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are more commonly known by what single-word name?

    Mormons
16.  Ursus arctos is the scientific name for which bear species?

    Brown
17.  Which famous artist had both a 'Rose Period' and a 'Blue Period'?

    Pablo Picasso
18.  'Namaste' is a traditional greeting in which Asian language?

    Hindi
19.  Which other New York building was the tallest in the world for around 11 months before the completion of the Empire State Building in 1931?

    Chrysler Building
20.  What disease was the eponymous Cujo infected with in Stephen King's 1981 horror novel?

    Rabies