General Knowledge Quiz 198 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of these is NOT one of the five boroughs of New York City?
2. In which of these countries is sign language for the deaf recognised as an official language?
3. What is a sarcophagus?
4. In a May 1940 operation codenamed "Operation Fork" the British Royal Navy and Royal Marines invaded where?
5. Where is the only Playboy Club that is still operating in 2012?
6. Gordon Bennett, a leading figure on the world stage in the 19th century, made his substantial fortune in what field?
7. When did China terminate diplomatic relations with Germany in the First World War?
8. What does a weathervane measure?
9. Where are the internationally recognised wetlands of the Mundok and Rason migratory bird Reserves?
10. Where is the town where in 1917 Gabriela Mistral, future literature Nobel Prize winner, headed a school and where Pablo Neruda, another future literature Nobel Prize winner, was growing up?
11. Which of these animals is herbivorous?
12. Which of these fought to unify Italy in the 19th century?
13. Which planet comes closest to the earth in its orbit around the sun?
14. What is a medium-weight balanced plain-woven fabric, the name thought to be Malay in origin, that is made from dyed cotton or cotton-blend yarn?
15. Which of these countries is the furthest north?
16. During the final scenes of the 1989 film "Dead Poets Society", a student stands on a desk and quotes a line from which poet's work?
17. Which planet has a year of 687 days, a day of 24 hours 37 minutes, a diameter twice that of the moon and a mass one tenth of the earth?
18. The famous "The Great Wave" painted by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai is part of his series of thirty-six paintings on what subject?
19. What does the ancient name for Egypt mean in modern Greek?
20. If someone is said to "have green fingers", we expect them to be successful as what?