General Knowledge Quiz 172 (20 MCQs)

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1. Ignatius Loyola founded which religious order?
2. In July 2021, UNESCO designated four South Korean what as a world natural heritage site?
3. Ralph Lauren is associated with which of these brands?
4. Doggles, invented by Ken and Roni di Lullo, are a type of what?
5. In 1794 in Pennsylvania, USA, more than 500 armed men attacked the fortified home of tax inspector General John Neville because of an excise tax on what product?
6. What organisation was founded in 1831 by James Winston, Samuel James Arnold, Samuel Beazley, Sir Andrew Francis Barnard, and Francis Mills to "tend to the regeneration of the Drama" ?
7. What kind of engineering or computing system would be called "stovepipe" ?
8. When did Sylvester the Cat first appear in cartoon films?
9. What is the opposite of proximal?
10. What colour does the planet Neptune appear to be from space?
11. Who wrote the book "Angela's Ashes" ?
12. What is the international GATT agreement concerned with primarily?
13. What is the main language of the city of Abidjan?
14. Why did Denmark, in November 2020, decide to slaughter up to 17 million mink (all of its stock) which were the basis of an almost US$ 1 billion industry?
15. Which 1915 parody music hall song was popularised at the time by Ella Shields, later by Betty Grable and then Julie Andrews (all in male dress)?
16. In 1960 Prince Andrew was the first child to be born to a reigning British monarch since when?
17. An aircraft flying at 40, 000 feet can be heard to break the sound barrier when it achieves a speed of how many miles per hour?
18. Which Queen of Sweden came to the throne in 1632 around the age of 6 and abdicated in 1654?
19. Which of these can be used to separate gold from silver?
20. Argentina's second most populous city after Buenos Aires and home of the fourth-oldest university in the Americas, is in the centre of the country and sited in the plains and the foothills of which mountains?