General Knowledge Quiz 199 (20 MCQs)

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1. In June 2008, Duran Duran played as part of a fundraising effort for building restoration at a venue that had not allowed a rock concert there before. What was the venue?
2. What do toucans eat?
3. Between the beginning of the 16th century to the end of the 18th century Egypt was ruled by whom or what?
4. Where was the 2012 annual G8 leaders summit held?
5. Mr. Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, the Human Torch and the Thing are members of which fictional group?
6. What is a kinkajou?
7. Which of these philosophers would come closest to being considered an explorer of solipsism?
8. What is the capital of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada?
9. Who opened a clothing shop together at 430 King's Road, Chelsea, London in 1971?
10. The full name of the city of Quito, capital of Ecuador, refers to which saint?
11. Which was the first Olympic Games at which an athlete won a gold medal when competing as an individual athlete and under the Olympic flag, rather than the flag of a country?
12. The record (not broken until 2024) for the most years between winning gold medals was set by AladΓ‘r Gerevich (Hungary) in 1960. His first gold had been won in 1932. What sport did he compete in?
13. Who was expelled from the Surrealist movement due to his views on the Spanish Civil War?
14. What region covers most of the "toe" of "the boot of Italy" ?
15. What international organisation did the Ottawa Declaration of 19 September 1996 establish?
16. When was the Fifth, and current, Republic established in France?
17. Which of these numbers is not a square?
18. "Total Eclipse of the Heart" was a hit single for which of these singers?
19. Which province, state or borough in the Americas consists of a peninsula and close to 4, 000 islands?
20. "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son" is the seventh studio album, released in 1988, by which English heavy metal band?