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General Knowledge Quiz 215 (20 MCQs)

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1. A radio call used in aviation or shipping to seek urgent attention can be "Mayday", but it can also be what other call?
2. Who defected from Russia to the West at a Paris airport on 17 June 1961?
3. The principle of lex talionis first surfaces in legal codes from where?
4. Which English-born conductor worked with orchestras in Cincinnati, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Hollywood, New York and Houston, and collaborated with Walt Disney to produce the film "Fantasia" ?
5. The long-running British television show "Jim'll Fix It '' (1975-1994) subsequently became infamous in the light of subsequently revealed actions by whom?
6. The Pan-American Highway, a network of roads nearly 48, 000 km (29, 800 miles) long links the mainland nations of the Americas in a connected highway system, except for an 87 km (54 mile) stretch called what?
7. A person in disgrace is said to be in what?
8. How many degrees is the sum of the angles in a triangle?
9. In the words of a song by Simon and Garfunkel, whose words were written on the subway wall?
10. The naval battle fought on 2 April 1801 known as the Battle of Copenhagen was fought between Denmark and a navy from where?
11. Which king of England was overthrown in the "Glorious Revolution" that occurred in Britain in 1688?
12. Two immense carved images destroyed in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, by the Taleban in 2001 related to what faith?
13. The Oscar statuettes are gold-plated. During World War II, they were made of what material?
14. Which of these countries is crossed by the equator?
15. Who played the title role in the film "Saving Private Ryan" ?
16. Why is the most southern part on the South American continent, Cape Horn, so called?
17. Which sport is played with a goal 12 ft wide by 7ft high, with a maximum of 11 players from each team able to be on the field at any time?
18. Gumboot Day held since 1985, celebrating the gumboot and including gumboot throwing contests, takes place where?
19. About half the soils in South America are nutrient-poor sediment, soils leached of silica and containing concentrations of iron and aluminium oxides, acidic soils low in lime, or azonal soils consisting mainly of badly consolidated material known as what?
20. What is a device that allows electric current to pass through it in one direction only, used for converting AC to DC?
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