General Knowledge Quiz 182 (20 MCQs)

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1. Raymond Blanc, Rick Stein and Graham Kerr are all associated with what activity?
2. What country co-hosted the Euro 2008 soccer competition with Switzerland?
3. Jean Todt, Morrie Chandler, Graham Stoker and Brian Gibbons have been involved in the administration of which sport at an international level?
4. What is not usually a phrase for which the acronym PDF is used?
5. Which is a key species in the ecosystem of the Pantanal?
6. Who did Uma Thurman marry in 1990?
7. What standard distance was selected because it was expected to be "one ten millionth of the quadrant of the earth's meridian"
8. From medieval times in Germany, what is the literal translation of "junkers", a term still in use today?
9. From which country was Fulgencio Batista ousted in 1959?
10. What is the world's smallest (25 square miles / 60 square km) and oldest republic, that is in the Apennine Mountains, entirely surrounded by Italy?
11. What is the title of a 2001 award winning documentary film directed by Sandi Simcha DuBowski about gay and lesbian Orthodox Jews trying to reconcile their sexuality with their faith?
12. What name is given to the mental state in which one imagines oneself as a dog, frequently barking and growling?
13. What is the subject of the study of "limnology" ?
14. In the southern states of the USA, which of these words is used to describe a type of swamp?
15. St James's Palace is in what street in London?
16. Most elite high jumpers used the Straddle technique, Western Roll, Eastern cut-off or Scissors-Jump until the development of which technique, when its inventor's gold medal in the 1968 Summer Olympics brought it to the world's attention?
17. When they played together in 1969, Ric Grech, Ginger Baker, Stevie Winwood & Eric Clapton were known as what band?
18. What is a vespiary?
19. If a university or college student has an aegrotat what does this imply?
20. What, in October 1871, was one of the biggest U.S. disasters of the 19th century, killing hundreds and destroying about four square miles of city buildings?