General Knowledge Quiz 2 (20 MCQs)

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1. Mercury, sulphur and salts of mercury and arsenic are discussed in ancient Chinese texts in relation to what?
2. Which capital city is on the northern bank of the La Plata estuary?
3. When were the first Youth Olympic Games held?
4. According to Edward Lear, who went to sea in a sieve?
5. Which of these places is closest to Paris, France?
6. Which of these is the part of an insect's body to which the legs are attached?
7. By what does the United States Golf Association (USGA) measure the length of golf clubs (excluding putters)?
8. What is the closest relation that your father's sister's sister in law can be to you?
9. Which area is particularly favoured for building observatories and powerful astronomical telescopes?
10. Which of these is a type of pheasant?
11. In the song "How Much is that Doggy in the Window", "they say in the papers there are ..... '' what?
12. What does a phlebotomist usually deal with?
13. What is the principal ore of aluminium?
14. When did the last Roman Emperor before Justinian in 554 CE rule in Rome?
15. Where is it a traditional 'sport' to stand on a beach and throw a rope with a weight at the end to catch birds when they return from foraging at sea?
16. Which TV family consisted of a hardware store owner, his wife and the couple's two children, a son (an optimistic if somewhat naive teenager), a daughter (who was sweet but feisty) and an older son who disappeared during the second season?
17. Ogen and cantaloupe are types of what?
18. Which of these most nearly describes a link between South Sudan and Eritrea?
19. Who won the Tour de France every year from 1991 to 1995?
20. Which US-born naturalised Briton wrote "Murder In The Cathedral", "The Cocktail Party" and "The Wasteland" ?