General Knowledge Quiz 1026 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is a more common name for the umbilicus?
2. Although AntΓ³nio de Oliveira Salazar, Prime Minister of Portugal from 1932 to 1968, did not resign, was not deposed, and had not died, the President appointed Marcelo Caetano in his place in 1968. Why?
3. Who became famous through three films made in 1955 and 1956, and died at the wheel of a Porsche in 1956?
4. The Sabine River forms the border of Texas with what other area?
5. Which is a species of marmot, also called a groundhog, found in parts of the USA?
6. Where would Christian clerics, particularly in Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, and Methodist churches, usually wear an alb?
7. Lieutenant General James Thomas Brudenell, who commanded the Light Brigade of the British Army during the Crimean War, was the 7th Earl of what?
8. What information technology company was founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page?
9. The standard rosary, a string of beads used by Roman Catholics as an aid to memory during devotional exercises, has 59 beads. How many beads are there in the greater rosary used in religious orders?
10. The Forest of Arden appears in which Shakespearean play?
11. Which of North America's Great Lakes has the same name as a state of the USA?
12. Latvia has a maritime border to the west with what country?
13. Which British TV soap opera ran from 2 November 1964 to 4 April 1988 with minor changes of name, was revived on 5 March 2001, went into hiatus from August 2002 to January 2003, with the final episode broadcast on 30 May 2003?
14. What type of sentence is "pack my red box with five dozen quality jugs" ?
15. Who is credited with establishing the rules which differentiate North American Football, or gridiron, from other forms of ball games?
16. Clive Owen played "Dwight" in which 2005 film?
17. In which country is the city and naval base of Cadiz?
18. What name was given to the one eyed giants in Greek fables?
19. Who opened the restaurants called PΓ©trus and Amaryllis in Britain?
20. What style of commercial vehicle body, incorporating an enclosed box body extended over the cab, takes its name from the town in Bedfordshire where the Bedford commercial vehicle plant was located?