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General Knowledge Quiz 162 (20 MCQs)

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1. Between 1910 and 1936, English writer, philosopher, Christian apologist, literary and art critic, G.K. Chesterton, wrote a series of short stories centred on the work of whom?
2. The effects of a massive underwater volcanic eruption in Tonga and the tsunami it triggered on 15 January 2022 were noticeable globally. What was one effect in Peru?
3. Which of these is not a prime number?
4. The Drake Equation calculates the potential number of what?
5. What London establishment was created in 1753 by Sir Harris Sloane?
6. Which show did Simon Cowell leave in 2010 to launch his shows "X Factor USA" and "America's Got Talent" ?
7. Which author wrote novels dealing largely with the sea and seamen, often as reminiscences of a sailor, "Marlow" ?
8. The international multi-million dollar prizes set up in 2012 to recognise important recent achievements by scientists in (by 2015) Mathematics, Life Sciences, Fundamental Physics are known as what?
9. Where were the World Cycling Championships held in 2009?
10. Which professional boxer from the USA, a multiple world champion in both the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions between 1986 and 2001, was nicknamed "The Real Deal" ?
11. In 2015 a particular concern over, and unique to, the Summer Olympics 2016 was ..... ?
12. What is the name for the stretch of skin between the human thumb and forefinger?
13. Queen Rania is queen in which country?
14. Which song begins with the lyric "People try to put us down, Just because we get around" ?
15. Which of these is a river in Guyana, 180 miles (346 kilometres) long, that flows into the Atlantic Ocean at Georgetown?
16. In what sport could male competitors, from 1968 to 1985, be awarded the Air Canada Silver Broom trophy?
17. Which of these is found in South America?
18. Which of these US states does not border Canada?
19. In which long-running comic series did the eponymous hero experience two dream sequences where he married each of his girlfriends, Veronica and Betty?
20. What is the highest mountain outside Asia?
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