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General Knowledge Quiz 1060 (20 MCQs)

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1. What mineral takes its name from the Greek word for "unquenchable" or "inextinguishable" ?
2. Who was the Puritan leader and first governor of the Pilgrim Fathers, who organised the voyage of the Mayflower to Plymouth, New Hampshire?
3. Which of these is NOT a dangerous gas that forms naturally in a coal mine?
4. Which American became a professional golfer in 2005 at 16 years of age after, in 2000 aged 10, being the youngest player to qualify for the Women's US Amateur Public Links Championship, and, in 2002, the youngest player to qualify for a LPGA tour event?
5. From 1990 to 1995 the World Rowing Cup was a competition for which class?
6. Which of these is a small rodent found in the alpine regions of Europe, Asia and North America?
7. What was the subject of the final (20 million rupee) question on the "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" programme that featured in the film Slumdog Millionaire?
8. The reign of Isabella I of Spain and her husband King Ferdinand II were responsible for which of these?
9. What was the fate of Vidkun Quisling, a Norwegian who helped Germany to invade and conquer Norway in 1940?
10. The discovery was announced in 2014 of what proved to be nearly 40, 000 years old what, in caves in Sulawesi, Indonesia?
11. The Cabo Pulmo National Marine Park, established 1995, contains a major untouched coral reef system and has seen major reestablishment of marine stocks and variety:where is it?
12. What island was occupied by Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Goths, Saracens, Normans, and the Angevin, Hapsburg and Bourbon dynasties until it became part of United Italy in 1861?
13. Some species of this insect carry the parasite which causes Chagas disease, some use plant resin to help catch prey, some inject a toxin, some suck human blood, and all have a curved beak which lies in a groove between the front legs. What is it?
14. Which character has inspired plays by Christopher Marlowe, W. S. Gilbert, Gertrude Stein, Paul Valéry & Václav Havel, operas by Berlioz, Gounod, Busoni, Prokofiev & Stravinsky and music by Schubert, Wagner, Schumann, Liszt, Mussorgsky & Mahler?
15. Who founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits)?
16. Which of these is the lowest score in darts?
17. Which of these does WCC 2012 not refer to?
18. John Milton created what name for the capital of Hell in his poem "Paradise Lost" ?
19. Who was the ground-breaking director of the American film "The Birth of a Nation" ?
20. What apparatus is used to artificially hatch eggs?
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