General Knowledge Quiz 1184 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which famous Ramone was never one of "The Ramones" ?
2. The Tasman Sea flows between which two countries?
3. What continent lies under the islands of New Zealand?
4. Where is the Iberian peninsula?
5. What is the specific name for the chain, cable, or mooring line (or a combination of these) including the attachment to a ship's anchor at one end and the ship itself at the other?
6. What was the first name of Inspector Maigret, a character created by George Simenon?
7. Who was a British dog trainer, author and television personality who introduced the catch-phrases "walkies" and "sit!" in her 1980 television series?
8. What war was described as "the equivalent of two bald men fighting over a comb" ?
9. An American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter, is Edgar Rice who?
10. What colour is shown by cyanobacteria?
11. Which is a variety of the Manding languages spoken mainly in Mali as a first or second language?
12. Which of these played cricket for Pakistan?
13. The series of numbers that is obtained by adding the previous two together is named after whom?
14. A piece for cornet, accompanied by a brass band plus clarinet and double bass, was composed and used as theme music for which TV show?
15. Where is Strasbourg?
16. Whose work "The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living", a 14-foot (4.3 m) tiger shark immersed in formaldehyde in a vitrine, became the iconic work of British art in the 1990s?
17. Who "rocked in the treetops all the day long" to a chorus of "Tweet, tweet, tweedley deet" ?
18. Whose death in 1603 led to the uniting of the crowns of England and Scotland?
19. Until he retired from daily involvement in 2008, Bill Gates was a developer (as well as magnate) in what scientific field?
20. In 1782, what was made the official bird of the USA?