General Knowledge Quiz 1119 (20 MCQs)

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1. Ronald Ross won a Nobel prize in medicine for his work on what subject?
2. What is an unusual aspect of Jacquemart Island, part of the Campbell Islands?
3. Which of these is a type of melon?
4. Which of these people has never been a US Open Golf champion?
5. The fifth longest river in Africa, the Rhumel (or Ampsaga) River, runs through which country?
6. What is the main protein of connective tissue in animals and the most abundant protein in mammals, making up about 25% of the total protein content?
7. Which cricketer captained England to a record 54 test matches in 2001?
8. A fogou is what?
9. Who was "Sports Illustrated" magazine's first "Sportsman of the Year" ?
10. The "Saucy Jacky" postcard, received by Scotland Yard in 1888, was claimed to have been written by whom?
11. A statute passed by the General Court of Connecticut in the USA in 1783, under the title "An Act for the Encouragement of Literature and Genius" was the first in the USA to legislate for what?
12. What was the official mascot for the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea?
13. Which is one of the peaks of the Mahālangūr Himāl?
14. Which sport, played by 2 teams of 8 who use a rope, is marked with a "centre line" and two markings four metres either side of the centre line?
15. In Major League Baseball how many players are there on a team's roster?
16. A "shar pei" is a type of what?
17. For the four disciplines contested at the first FINA World Championships in Aquatics, in Yugoslavia, how many countries competed?
18. The US television serials "The Good Wife", "Canterbury's Law" and "ER" all have or have had which actor as one of the leads?
19. With what sport is Magic Johnson associated?
20. The father of Charlemagne, who was later to become a major force in Europe and Holy Roman Emperor, seized the Frankish throne from what dynasty in 751 CE?