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General Knowledge Quiz 1158 (20 MCQs)

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1. What kind of character is "Touchstone", who appears in Shakespeare's "As You Like It" ?
2. The Battle of the Three Emperors, the Battle of Austerlitz, is seen as a decisive engagement in what longer conflict?
3. What word best describes a triangle where two sides are equal?
4. What condition, first described by Reginald Fitz in 1886 and characterised by inflammation of the blind-ended tube connected to the cecum, requires an immediate operation to prevent rupture of the tube and death from (mainly) peritonitis and shock?
5. In the musical "West Side Story", where have about half of the characters (including "Maria" and her family) emigrated from?
6. In what area of science is the Pauli Exclusion Principle quoted?
7. The Treaty of Peace with Japan (also known as the Treaty of San Francisco and the San Francisco Peace Treaty), signed by 49 nations that officially ended World War II, came into effect in what year?
8. What is the principal language on the Galapagos Islands?
9. Which brothers started the art rock new wave band Split Enz, went on to successful careers separately and together, and have severally composed and sung on film scores including "The Chronicles of Narnia" and "The Hobbit" ?
10. When Michelle Bachelet took office in March 2006 she was the first woman in her country to be declared what?
11. The Yazidi faith is which of these?
12. Which Damon was an American newspaperman and writer, best known for his short stories celebrating the world of Broadway in New York City that grew out of the Prohibition era?
13. When Maori of Aotearoa (New Zealand) formally established a country-wide relationship with the powers of another country in 1840 in a document known as the Treaty of Waitangi, who was the relationship with?
14. Who is Rome's airport named after?
15. Well known in France, who are ValΓ©rian and Laureline?
16. What is a palliasse?
17. Which of these is a hot dry wind that affects North Africa, Sicily and the northern Mediterranean?
18. Which of these are members of the group The Black Eyed Peas?
19. The Compensated Emancipation Act, passed in the USA in 1862, provided for what in addition to the abolition of slavery in Washington, D.C?
20. In what sport is an individual game called a frame?
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