General Knowledge Quiz 153 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of these places is furthest from New Orleans, Louisiana?
2. What thin, circular structure in the eye controls the diameter and size of the pupil and the amount of light reaching through it?
3. What did the British nickname the V1 rocket during the London bombing in 1944 World War II?
4. Which battle is most usually associated with the command to the soldiers of the defending force, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes" ?
5. What light-sensitive tissue lines the inner surface of the eye?
6. What is an Afrikaans and South African English word for a roughly circular enclosure for livestock, surrounded by fencing?
7. Which group released the song "I Just Shot John Lennon" on their album "To the Faithful Departed" in 1996?
8. What unusual event marked the opening ceremony at the 1984 Winter Olympics?
9. Which US TV series, premiering in 2014, won its lead actor the 2015 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
10. In the English nursery rhyme, who fell down and broke his crown?
11. What was the name of the first nuclear-powered submarine, launched on 21 January 1954?
12. Which Lithuanian sport uses a hard rubber puck or discus called a Rypka?
13. Where is the world's widest street?
14. In which drink is tannin most often found?
15. What is the only breed of dog to be named after a character in fiction?
16. In 1984 singer, songwriter, and musician Marvin Gaye was shot. Who shot him?
17. Matt Groening is the creator of which of these TV series?
18. What country, including land from subtropical plains to sub-alpine peaks of over 7, 000m (23, 000 ft), and currently a monarchy, was rated in 2006 as the eighth happiest country in the world?
19. In geographic terms, what is Elmo?
20. What is one of the keystones of current biological theory, concerned with heritable change in successive generations of animals, plants and other living things?