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General Knowledge Quiz 118 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which French scientist invented the first satisfactory revolving light for use in lighthouses, and has a type of theatre light named after him?
2. In England, the "dissolution of the monasteries" occurred under the reign of which king?
3. How many legs does a jerrymunglum have?
4. "A little dab'll do ya, Use more, only if you dare, But watch out, The gals will all pursue ya, ..... They'll love to put their fingers through your hair" was a jingle for what product that was first marketed in the 1920s?
5. What was the surname of the US president known as JFK?
6. Which of these was a French writer who is known especially for his first published novel, "Madame Bovary" (1857), and for his scrupulous devotion to his art and style?
7. For which novel, a study of provincial life published in 1856, was the author, Gustave Flaubert, and his publisher prosecuted for "an offence against morals" ?
8. What do we know from childhood goes "twinkle twinkle", "up above the sky so high like a diamond in the sky" ?
9. What weapon used in the middle ages had the cord of a bow fixed in a notch and an iron bolt released from it by a trigger?
10. What type of highly directional microphone, commonly used on television and film sets, in stadiums, and for field recording of wildlife, was invented by Fritz Sennheiser in the 1950s?
11. BCG is a vaccine, the only one currently recognised by the World Health Organisation, for what disease?
12. What former Australian prime minister was nominated for the position of president of the International Cricket Council from 2012?
13. Which women's squash player won the World Open four times (1985, 1987, 1990 & 1992) and the British Open eight times?
14. What is grown particularly in the wide shallow seas off the island of Okinawa in Japan?
15. Which famous artist and ornithologist is the son of an Antarctic explorer and adventurer?
16. The Northern Lights can be seen from which?
17. What politician or world leader is co-author of the book 'Judo:History, Theory, Practice' (2004)?
18. In the 2003 film "What A Girl Wants", Amanda Bynes played the illegitimate daughter of a British politician played by whom?
19. The left and right ventricles and the left and right atriums are found where in the human body?
20. John Carr, one of a renowned family of biscuit makers in Carlisle in the United Kingdom, is particularly remembered for creating what, first marketed in 1861 and still popular?
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