General Knowledge Quiz 168 (20 MCQs)

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1. Platelets fulfil what primary function in human blood?
2. What name is given to a positive whole number that can only be divided by 1 or itself?
3. What is the alternative title of Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado" ?
4. Which was a founder member of the group which became Destiny's Child?
5. What are traditional ingredients of the dish known as coquilles saint jacques?
6. What was the name of the group that invaded the Olympic village at Munich in 1972, killing 2 Israelis and holding 9 others hostage, resulting in a firefight killing 15 people, including all the athletes and 5 terrorists?
7. Which volcano, on the island of Sumatra, erupted in 2010 after a 400 year dormancy and has erupted every year from 2013 to 2019 including frequent volcanic earthquakes?
8. Where was the Polisario Front formally constituted in 1973?
9. What is a name given to a pointless, long drawn out story?
10. In 2006, which country announced that it was withdrawing from test match cricket for 12 months?
11. On 4 July 2009, Joey Chestnut logged his third consecutive win with a new world record in what annual contest?
12. What are Taklimakan, Badain Jaran, Gurbantunggut, Shapotou (or Shatuotou) and Tengger?
13. A preliminary framework agreement was reached in April 2015 between eight parties including the United Kingdom, Russia, France, the USA, the People's Republic of China, Germany plus the European Union over what issue?
14. Yerevan is a city in which country?
15. Which of these people writes right handed?
16. What does the "C" stand for in the meteorological metric known as ACE?
17. In Greek and Roman mythology, who is the son (with a twin sister, Artemis) of Zeus and Leto, who has been worshipped as a god of a number of responsibilities, including light, the sun, truth, prophecy, archery, medicine, healing, music, poetry and the arts?
18. What are bell boots usually made of?
19. What can Ehlers-Danlos syndrome relate to?
20. How many planets orbit the sun between it and Earth?