General Knowledge Quiz 1102 (20 MCQs)

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1. In what genre did the author of the book which was the base for the film of social and political dystopia "Children of Men" (2006) usually work?
2. What headwear is traditionally worn at the English public school called Eton?
3. What is a sometimes devastating and career-ending injury common in sports that involve sudden stops or changes in direction, jumping and landing?
4. What city is at the eastern end of the Trans-Siberian railway?
5. When did the most well-known armistice to end fighting in the First World War come into effect?
6. Where is the game reserve, or wildlife sanctuary, Maasai Mara?
7. Swaying and dancing with hoops, like the modern hula hoop, has distant ancestors as well as current cousins, but not including ..... ?
8. What was known in the UK in World war II as "the Matilda" ?
9. What does an imprimatur convey?
10. Which of these mountain ranges lies in the North American continent?
11. What world leader surprisingly announced his resignation on 31 December 1999?
12. Who was the Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia from 1964 to 1965 and the first Prime Minister of Rhodesia from 1965 to 1979?
13. An easel is most likely to be used by ..... ?
14. Where are the Mulu Caves, explored since 1978 by a collaboration between UK speleologists, the Forestry Corporation for the area, and the UNESCO World Heritage site which is the Gunung Mulu National Park?
15. Which of these is not a former cast member of the Australian soap opera "Home and Away" ?
16. What did Captain James Cook take on his sea voyages, as experience had taught him that it was an effective preventative of scurvy (containing vitamin C and lactobacilli)?
17. What is the largest country by land area in Africa?
18. What is Lusi, or Lumpur Sidoarjo, in East Java?
19. The French horse race called the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe is run at which race course?
20. The wedding of Prince William of Wales and Kate Middleton in 2011 is the 10th royal wedding to be held at Westminster Abbey. The first was that of Princess Patricia of Connaught to the Hon. Alexander Ramsay, which was in what year?