General Knowledge Quiz 1100 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of these is a German manufacturer of fountain pens and other writing, office and art equipment?
2. The last episode of 13 years of what popular US TV series was broadcast in 1991?
3. Who created the character of Miss Marple?
4. What are the main ingredients of a Snow White salad?
5. In 17th century England James Hind became notorious as what?
6. In 2006, Stephen Harper became the Prime Minister of which country?
7. What type of land constitutes most of the country of Gabon on the west coast of Africa?
8. According to the Brothers Grimm, what was the name of the dwarfish creature who appeared to a young woman shut in a tower to spin straw into gold?
9. How many leaders are recognised in 2014 as absolute monarchs?
10. Empress Matilda ruled England in which century?
11. The world's first publicly subscribed passenger railway, the Stockton and Darlington, opened in England with steam engines when?
12. Ernest Lawrence of the University of California, Berkeley, is credited with the development in 1929 of what type of particle accelerator that accelerates charged particles using a high-frequency, alternating voltage in a perpendicular magnetic field, causing them to spiral and encounter the accelerating voltage many times?
13. In which situation does REM rebound not happen?
14. What is the name for the longest side of a right angled triangle?
15. Bangladesh declared independence from which country on 26 March 1971?
16. From 752 BCE to 664 BCE the Kings of Kush in Nubia, ruled over what other area as well?
17. Who has hosted the US series "Power of 10", "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" and "The Price Is Right" ?
18. Who played Mr Big in the TV series "Sex and the City" which first ran from 1998 to 2004, and the films "Sex and the City" (2008) and "Sex and the City 2" (2010)?
19. Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln at a stage performance of "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theatre on Good Friday, 14 April 1865?
20. Which are the official languages of the Republic of Djibouti?