General Knowledge Quiz 1065 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which 1967 song begins with "And now the end is near and so I face the final curtain" ?
2. Which of these tunes is from the 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The King and I" ?
3. Portree is the principal town on which island?
4. What was the last time that a British King led his troops into battle?
5. On British television, John Steed and Emma Peel were known collectively as what?
6. Which of these words means "an incontrovertible truth" ?
7. Which of these people have won the Indianapolis 500 less than 4 times?
8. What book was published by Immanuel Kant in 1781?
9. When was the first iPhone sold?
10. What is the sum of the two numbers 4 and 2?
11. In Britain, when did the Lord Chamberlain's office lose the power to censor performances of plays, a right granted in the 18th century?
12. In September 2003, who was the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an open wicker basket beneath a hot air balloon?
13. What purpose do a shark's dermal denticles serve?
14. The word "Droogies" was coined in which novel, made into a film directed and co-written by Stanley Kubrick in 1971?
15. What shape are the 4 faces of a tetrahedron?
16. To travel directly from Bolivia to Suriname, which country needs to be crossed?
17. At which Olympic Games were there new events including BMX (men and women), swimming marathon (10 km), and for the first time, women competed in the steeplechase and some team fencing events?
18. Adansonia, a genus of eight species of medium-to-large deciduous trees, better known as Baobab, Upside-down tree, or Tree of Life, is native to where?
19. What is it called when a surfer falls off the surfboard while riding a wave?
20. After the League of Nations was set up by covenant in 1919 to promote collective security, arbitration of international disputes, reduction of armaments and open diplomacy, it had some success but was weakened, particularly, how?