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General Knowledge Quiz 1192 (20 MCQs)

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1. The world's second-largest irrigation canal crosses what area in Central Asia, mostly in Turkmenistan?
2. Which of these is an example of a tongue twister?
3. Which of these novels is by Evelyn Waugh?
4. Who famously put his telescope to his blind eye to ignore the orders of his superiors at the Battle of Copenhagen?
5. What British institution has the nickname "The Old Lady Of Threadneedle Street" ?
6. What does one usually do with a rutabaga?
7. In 2023, approximately what percentage of the world's human population is on the continent of Africa?
8. Which of these activities might be carried out by a lapidary?
9. When does hanami happen in Japan?
10. Mrs Alice Keppel was the mistress of which of these?
11. What nationality was J Landy, who broke Roger Bannister's record for the mile of 3 minutes 59.4 seconds by recording 3 minutes 58 seconds on 21 June 1954?
12. For which Games did the Olympic torch go into outer space during the torch relay?
13. The guild known until mediaeval days in London as the Fraternity or Guylde of Our Lady and St. Clement, still exists in the 21st century under what name?
14. When China banned the sale of opium in 1839, imposed restrictions on all foreign traders, and seized and destroyed 20, 000 chests of opium, what did Britain do?
15. Which method is used to prove that a number equals another and different one?
16. In 1391 Geoffrey Chaucer wrote a partly completed instruction manual for a scientific instrument, in English (unusually in science) and designed to be simple. Which instrument?
17. In Raymond Chandler's comment in the book Farewell My Lovely "I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I had was ..... " what figure of speech was he using?
18. What strait separates the South Island of New Zealand from the more southerly Stewart Island?
19. What is the average of 1, 2, 2, 5, 9 and 17?
20. The maidservant Anna Göldi was executed in Switzerland in 1782, officially for non-lethal poisoning (although that did not carry the death penalty) but actually for what?
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