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General Knowledge Quiz 1171 (20 MCQs)

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1. Putting in place developments by agriculture expert Dr. A. Thimmaiah, together with international advisers one of whom is environmental activist Vandana Shiva, which country pledged to become 100% organic, the first?
2. What is the title of Geri Halliwell's autobiography, published in 1999?
3. Who designed Jacqueline Kennedy's wedding dress for her marriage to Aristotle Onassis (1968), Elizabeth Taylor's gown for the premiere of "Spartacus" in Rome (1961) and Julia Robert's & Cate Blanchett's "Oscars" gowns (2001 & 2005 respectively)?
4. Which 17th century English poet was made Poet Laureate in 1670?
5. Which characterises an oud?
6. Which comic strip has the characters Violet Gray, Linus, Rerun and Lucy van Pelt, Schroeder, Marcie, Franklin and Frieda?
7. Approximately how many years ago is it thought that humans (of the species homo sapiens) arrived on the Australian continent?
8. Who was shot by Valery Solanas on 3 June 1968?
9. The "Libro de los Juegos", completed in Castilian in 1278 AD, contained texts, illustrations and miniatures describing and discussing the games of chess, dice and which other game?
10. What is the name for a net of fine lines or fibres in the eyepiece of a sighting device, such as a telescope, a telescopic sight, a microscope, or the screen of an oscilloscope?
11. Often celebrated as the first, and great, detective novel in English literature was "The Moonstone" by whom?
12. What does the SI unit "Pascal" measure?
13. Who directed the video for the song "Country House" by the pop group Blur?
14. Which of these is the oldest street race on the Formula One calendar?
15. Cleopatra is reputed to have killed herself because of the death of whom?
16. In 1986, who set a new record for scoring the quickest century in test cricket in terms of balls faced (from 56 balls)?
17. A mill in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, built in the 12th century, reconstructed in 1792, further restored in 2010 and currently in full working order is a early English example of a mill powered by what?
18. Which of these founders of major world religions was born earliest?
19. What is a starched, open-weave fabric, much like cheese cloth, that is used to wipe the ink off a plate during the intaglio inking process?
20. What is the common name for a strategic board game for two players who alternately place black and white stones on the vacant intersections of a grid of 19×19 lines?
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