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General Knowledge Quiz 259 (20 MCQs)

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1. Who, in 1936, was the last British man to win the singles event at Wimbledon until Andy Murray from Scotland won in 2013?
2. What literary character was portrayed by Cliff Richard in a 1990s stage musical?
3. In September 1905 the government of New South Wales, Australia, voted to buy 1, 000 miles of netting in attempt to control what?
4. After allegations of collusion among judges at the 2002 Olympic Games pairs figure skating, how was the disagreement resolved regarding the placings of Canadian pair David Pelletier / Jamie Salé and Russian pair Yelena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze?
5. In 1958 the first World Championship in biathlon was held in which country?
6. A 1966 British children's TV series featuring stop-motion puppets, and each episode began with a music box playing, accompanied by "Here is a box, a musical box, wound up and ready to play. But this box can hide a secret inside. Can you guess what is in it today?" Which of these was it?
7. Which English road in Anglo-Saxon times went from Axminster via Bath, Cirencester, Leicester and Newark to Lincoln?
8. Jack Kerouac is famous for what activity?
9. Which of these is the word for an irrational fear of bees?
10. With a time of 3:49.4, breaking the existing world record by over 1.5 seconds, who was the first to run the mile in under 3:50 minutes?
11. What is a "marksman" good at?
12. Which of these was an early name for Jakarta?
13. Which of the following is one of the three ships used by Christopher Columbus on his first trip to America?
14. Where is the Sidoarjo mud flow, or Lusi, the mud volcano which started erupting in 2006?
15. Which area, which translates as "the land of five rivers", is on the border between India and Pakistan?
16. Which of these has a leathery covering?
17. In what period is the US television series "Mad Men" (2007-15) set?
18. Which of these was a musical film starring Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr?
19. In November 1938, while attempting to obtain a respiratory and circulatory stimulant (an analeptic), Swiss scientist Albert Hofmann became what?
20. Kabaddi is the national sport of which country?
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