General Knowledge Quiz 1018 (20 MCQs)

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1. What part of Ecuador is completely surrounded by ocean?
2. In February 1984, Egypt, British Virgin Islands, Monaco, Puerto Rico and Senegal participated for the first time in what?
3. What gambling game, requiring only two coins to play, was popular with Australian and New Zealand soldiers in World War II?
4. In the 7th to 9th century, which kingdom of England was between the Thames and the Trent?
5. Pétanque, boules, bocce, bolas criollas are all related games involving what?
6. Where was the trial, which became popularised as the 1956 Treason Trial, held?
7. The Bill of Rights was passed by the Parliament of England in which century?
8. In which country, which was neutral in World War II, was there a revolution which deposed the monarchy in 1910, then a military coup d'état in 1926, followed by a right-wing dictatorship?
9. Which of these was a vertical take-off aircraft that entered service in the RAF in 1969?
10. What is barding for a war horse?
11. The founding of Precept Software in 1995 sparked what in the USA?
12. Where was a peace agreement signed between the FARC guerrillas and the Colombian government on 26 September 2016?
13. How many different people were Prime Minister of New Zealand in the first 100 years after it became a Dominion in 1907?
14. The forces of which country were defeated at the Battle of Marengo in 1800?
15. What was the Mississippi State Penitentiary formerly called?
16. Prolonged deep-sea diving was first made possible in Europe by the invention of a diving bell in what century?
17. What was the name of the live-in cook for Ben, Adam, Hoss and Little Joe Cartwright in a long running TV series?
18. Between 2000 and 2010, how many times had Venus and Serena Williams met in a Wimbledon Ladies' Singles Final?
19. Which of these uses the literary technique of alliteration?
20. Which is a potentially serious disease of cattle, sheep, deer, goats, llamas and alpacas (but not horses)?