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General Knowledge Quiz 1043 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of these is a colourful bird found across Afro-Eurasia, notable for its distinctive 'crown' of feathers, the only species left in the family Upupidae?
2. Where was the Peninsular War?
3. Which British scientist is best known for his study of gravitation, his work on the spectrum, his statement on the laws of motion, the construction of telescopes, and his work on geometry and differential calculus?
4. Which of these writers was Russian?
5. What nationality was the author of the play "The First Distiller" (1886), a treatise on vegetarianism "The First Step" (1892), and the novel "Resurrection" (1899)?
6. Which of these islands belong to Spain?
7. What was the immediate effect of a decision of the US Supreme Court in 1972 known as Furman v. Georgia?
8. Which of these is a goddess in Egyptian mythology, the wife and sister of Osiris and mother of Horus, who found all of the pieces of Osiris's body after his brother had killed him, chopped him into tiny pieces and scattered them all over Egypt?
9. In mathematical terms, what is an integer?
10. What is measured in quires?
11. In which of these places is there not a Mount Olympus?
12. Which of these mountain ranges runs along the east coast of the USA?
13. In 1957 the USSR launched the first artificial satellite, with what name?
14. What is the name of the long white garment worn underneath other vestments by clerics at religious ceremonies in many branches of Christianity?
15. The winner of the second Formula One World Championship in 1951 also won the title in 1954, 1955, 1956 & 1957, a record of five World Championship titles which stood until 2003. Who was he?
16. Which cable suspension road bridge, known as "Galloping Gertie", was completely destroyed due to "aeroelastic flutter" on 7 November 1940?
17. Of the Presidents of Egypt since it was declared a republic in 1953 who has served the longest?
18. The next in the sequence-Michael Ramsey, Donald Coggan, Robert Runcie-is ..... ?
19. Between 1985 and 1991 a number of demonstrations and protests led to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania variously taking back their independence from the USSR and (later) Russia; what overall name has characterised the revolution?
20. In calculating the balance of pressure and upthrust which enables an object to float, the force on a given surface of the object is the pressure multiplied by what?
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