General Knowledge Quiz 1212 (20 MCQs)

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1. What are the main ingredients of a traditional Caesar salad?
2. Which of these films is not one of Oliver Stone's "Vietnam War trilogy" ?
3. Which 31 minute documentary made in 1938, which asked for better housing, farm techniques and flood control and more electrical power, showed a great flood in the Mississippi River?
4. What ship, less than a month after her maiden voyage in 1907, had the record for crossing the Atlantic eastbound, and in 1909 had a record time for the westbound crossing that stood for 20 years?
5. Where was Chiang Kai-Shek leader until 1949?
6. "It's still the same old story, the fight for love and glory" are lines from the theme song for which film?
7. In which decade was Horatio Nelson born?
8. What transport artery runs for 13 miles between Brig, Switzerland and Domodossola, Italy?
9. What was the first pop video directed by John Landis, whose directing credits include "National Lampoon's Animal House" and "The Blues Brothers" ?
10. From 2010 to 2012 a series of major earthquakes devastated areas in the South Island of which country?
11. Labor Day is celebrated in what month in the USA and Canada?
12. The 24 hour endurance race, one of seven races in an annual championship, run at Shenington Airfield in Banbury, UK, features what vehicle?
13. Who established "Shady Records" ?
14. Against what forces were the French fighting at the 1803 Battle of Vertières?
15. Who was responsible for drafting the first (in 1275) Statute of Westminster, which codified the existing law in England into 51 chapters?
16. Where are Akrotiri and Dhekelia, allocated by treaty to the UK as sovereign military bases?
17. Which Hungarian wrote light operas including "The Land of Smiles", "Frederica" and "The Merry Widow" ?
18. Which model of car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company was introduced in April 1964 and created the "pony car" class of American automobile?
19. What geographical feature lies between the cities of Buenos Aires and Montevideo?
20. In the United Arab Emirates (UAE) which of these fruits is most likely to be available in the streets?