General Knowledge Quiz 265 (20 MCQs)

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1. What animals travel in groups led by the "Old Man" or "Boomer" ?
2. What was Dr Margaret Mead's field of study, pursued particularly in the South Pacific and Southeast Asia?
3. A five block area of which city was permanently closed to traffic in May 2009 in an attempt to make the city "more liveable" ?
4. Raymond Chandler created which of these fictional detectives?
5. What is the present name of a large group of islands in the heart of the western area of the Coral Triangle, known and highly prized by Arab traders, and by Europeans from at least the 16th century?
6. Due to a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Britain at the time of the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games and the strict quarantine laws of Australia, where were the equestrian events held?
7. What type of apple is on the Apple Records logo?
8. Mikaya and Kilawna and their friend Edith who are travelling to the west coast, British Columbia, are characters in which play?
9. What is the highest bid in a game of contract bridge?
10. What was the name of the representative body in pre-revolutionary Russia that was revived in 1905?
11. What is the adjective usually attached to someone called a codger?
12. Which of these words best describes Cornwall, England?
13. What fictional character lives in a pineapple under the sea?
14. What is the basic ingredient of frumenty?
15. The upper pair of a slug's tentacles is used to detect light or movement; what is the lower pair used for?
16. Which of these countries does not have a capital city where the name (in its English form) starts and ends with the same letter?
17. By what name was the Castle of St Antoine that was built in Paris in 1369 as a fortress better known?
18. What does "twixt" mean?
19. Who was the British Leader of the Opposition during the Abdication Crisis?
20. What is maqam?