General Knowledge Quiz 101 (20 MCQs)

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1. What was the principle laid down in Adam Smith's "Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations" published in 1776?
2. When and where was a standardised time system first used?
3. Who is Norman Cook better known as?
4. The Irving Berlin song "White Christmas" was sung first by Bing Crosby and Marjorie Reynolds in the film "Holiday Inn" in what year?
5. "Things to do before you die" was the subject of which 2007 film?
6. What do the three horse races known as "The Run for ..... ", variously, " ..... the Roses", " ..... the Black-Eyed Susans" , and " ..... the Carnations" constitute?
7. In which country is the La Quebrada cliff and the Acapulco Bay at its foot?
8. What are carpels?
9. "The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa", a sculptural group in white marble set in an elevated aedicule in the Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome, was designed and completed by whom?
10. The object of which card game is to make, for example, pairs, sequences, and 15 and 31 points, where scores are marked by means of pegs in a board?
11. What does Fresnel's equation describe?
12. Which country won the Women's Rugby Super Series 2016?
13. If Christmas Eve falls on a Monday, what day will New Year's Day be?
14. In the British series of "The Office", the character of Gareth is played by which actor?
15. What is next in the series:Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Brasilia, Cayenne ..... ?
16. Since 1957, competitions in what sport are governed by FIL?
17. Which of these links the hauntingly catastrophic events at Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 with work on decoding genomes?
18. Examples of which species live in fresh water, on dry land, up trees, underground, everywhere from the tropics to the sub-arctic, and in some cases are toxic?
19. What would you use to neutralise an acid?
20. What event, devised by Jennifer McCreight, took place on 26 April 2010 in response to reports that Hojatoleslam Kazem Seddiqi, Friday Prayer Leader for Tehran in Iran, had blamed earthquakes on women who dress immodestly?