General Knowledge Quiz 115 (20 MCQs)

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1. Argentina became the world champions in Taekwondo at the World Championships in Argentina in 2009. Which country came second?
2. Who is M's secretary in the James Bond series?
3. What phrase refers to a bathroom directly connected to a bedroom?
4. What does catabatic, or katabatic, refer to?
5. What is the Mile High Tree in Denver, Colorado?
6. Which of these is a fruit grown on a small tree, 8 to 12 m tall, with a trunk up to 40 cm diameter and a dense, spreading canopy?
7. Where is Mount Logan, the tallest mountain in its country and the second tallest in its continent?
8. In the 1968 feature film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, of what country is Baron Bomburst the tyrant ruler?
9. What name was used for two forests in J. R. R. Tolkien's "Hobbit"/ "Lord of the Rings" saga, the first under Morgoth's control, and the second under the influence of Sauron?
10. Who was born in Cowley, Oxfordshire, and in Oxford built and sold bicycles, motorcycles and, in 1912, his first car, the Morris Oxford?
11. After which legendary mountains is the private university at Fort Portal, Western Uganda, named?
12. When Gerald Ford was president of the USA, who was his vice president?
13. What is a kilderkin?
14. Of up to 20 major extinction events identified in Earth's history, which is considered to have caused the greatest loss of species?
15. As used in author Rudyard Kipling's "Puck of Pook's Hill" and by author T.H. White, what is "gramarye" ?
16. Where is the Yasuni National Park?
17. Which 17th century French philosopher, mathematician, scientist and writer developed the Cartesian coordinate system, thus founding analytic geometry, the bridge between algebra and geometry and crucial to the invention of calculus?
18. What 17th century French playwright is still celebrated and popular for his witty satires, among them The School for Wives, The School for Husbands and The Imaginary Invalid?
19. Romansch is an official language of which country?
20. Which country became a separate state in 1890 after having been, since 1443, part of Burgundy, Spain, Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands?