General Knowledge Quiz 225 (20 MCQs)

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1. What programme run by the US Government since 1961 involves volunteers who work abroad for 24 months in the areas of education, business, information technology, agriculture & the environment?
2. Where is the oldest fragment of Earth's continental crust in South America?
3. Which chief laid siege to Fort Detroit in 1763, an action that led to widespread rebellion against colonists in the area around Ohio and Illinois?
4. What is Little Brown Jug?
5. Between 1696 and 1851, the British government imposed a tax on what part of a house?
6. Which political organisation was founded by José Antonio Primo de Rivera in 1933, during the Second Spanish Republic?
7. What is the term for the conversion of a solid directly into a vapour by applying heat?
8. Which of these is a shooting target?
9. Usually, the United Kingdom holds general elections every five, or sometimes four, years. In the 20th century, how many times did the UK hold more than one general election in one year?
10. Which of these best fits the meaning of "demonym" ?
11. Which of these is a dressing often served with seafood?
12. Which fictional detective first appeared in the book "Cover Her Face" ?
13. What does the S stand for in the acronym "NASCAR" ?
14. The Gulfs of Tonkin and Thailand both lead to which body of water?
15. What vitamin is retinol?
16. Which US state would you go to to see Niagara Falls?
17. An ecosystem includes its living organisms, physical landscape and what else?
18. Who founded the London Philharmonic Orchestra?
19. The Angel Falls in Venezuela are on which river?
20. What coal-fired power station in North Yorkshire, England, near the River Ouse, has the highest generating capacity of any power station in the UK?