General Knowledge Quiz 1146 (20 MCQs)

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1. The last element to be discovered in nature, rather than synthesised, was discovered In 1939 by Marguerite Perey. What was it?
2. Where is the large 600 m (2, 000 ft) high mesa known as the Jugurtha Tableland?
3. Whose theme song was "Thanks For The Memory" ?
4. Who are the brothers one of whom co-founded the band Split Enz and the other of whom co-founded The Mullanes; at times both were members of the other brother's band?
5. Which of these countries is on the Horn of Africa?
6. The Beach Soccer World Championship began in 1995 and became the Beach Soccer World Cup in 2005. Which country won the contest most often in the first 15 years?
7. What date was the US Transcontinental Railroad completed?
8. In 1959, the Soviet space probe "Luna Two" became the first man-made object to do what?
9. In October 2009 it was reported that what were being burnt as fuel at a 'bioenergy' plant in Karlskoga, in the central Sweden to provide heat for the VΓ€rmland region?
10. What would a beautician use an emery board for?
11. Which of these was a TV series starring Dylan Moran?
12. Which of these are N, S, E and W examples of?
13. Which of these writers was the last to publish their first work?
14. What was the first public library in Europe?
15. Which race, the first of which was in 1829, held annually since 1856 (with the exception of the two world wars), is rowed each spring on the Thames in London?
16. The record for the most nations represented in a single event (79) was in 1996. What was the event?
17. Which of these is a condition in which the eye's cornea becomes inflamed, often marked by moderate to intense pain, and usually involving impaired eyesight?
18. What is a "cowslip" ?
19. What is most usually cited as the baroque pitch for the note A?
20. Which of the following is not a recognisable symbol in the written Greek alphabet?