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General Knowledge Quiz 1010 (20 MCQs)

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1. In 1995, Steffi Graf became the only tennis player to have won each of the four grand slam events how many times?
2. In his voyage west for Spain in 1492 what did Christopher Columbus hope to discover?
3. Who invented infinitesimal calculus independently of Newton (and his notation has been in general use since then), invented the binary system, and promoted his philosophy of "optimism", that the universe is the best possible that God could have made?
4. Where did 15 ships (German, American, British, Bulgarian, Swedish and Polish) spend years immobilised mid-voyage?
5. In mathematics, what is the name for the following sequence of numbers:0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 610, 987, 1597, 2584, 4181, 6765 .....
6. Which of these authors is known for writing Westerns?
7. To foil something, in the sense of stopping or frustrating it, comes from an old French word and in turn from a Latin word denoting what activity?
8. Which of these is the title of a well-known musical?
9. What word describes a person who sells small articles for sewing, such as buttons and ribbons, and in the USA is another term for a men's outfitter?
10. Which of these is a 2000 film directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks, who portrays a FedEx employee who is stranded on an uninhabited island after his plane crashes on a flight over the South Pacific?
11. Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera) by Kurt Weill was based on which work?
12. The singer Kimbra who featured on the Record of the Year for 2012 was born and grew up where?
13. In "The Wizard of Oz", what was the name of Dorothy's dog?
14. 16 of what pieces are on a chess board at the start of a game?
15. Who wrote "The Threepenny Opera", "The Caucasian Chalk Circle" and "Life of Galileo" ?
16. The web series "Between Two Ferns" takes the shape of what?
17. What was a nickname of 11th century British king, Edward?
18. When was the last Olympic Games at which tug of war was competed?
19. Which of these is a common saying of Agatha Christie's fictional detective Hercules Poirot?
20. Chainmail was a precursor to what popular board game first published in 1974?
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