General Knowledge Quiz 279 (20 MCQs)

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1. What note is in the centre of a standard piano keyboard?
2. Isabella Kauakea Yau Yung Aiona Abbott, from Hana on Maui, became the first native Hawaiian woman to do what?
3. On Christmas Day 1914 during World War I, there was an unofficial truce between British and German troops at various places along the lines. In sub-zero temperatures in no-man's land near Armentieres, France, the soldiers played what game?
4. What ampihibia are native to Europe and Asia, with 4 fingers and five toes, one species of which ejects a white poisonous fluid from the glands in the skin?
5. What is the most frequently used indigenous language of Mozambique?
6. The ozone molecule is made up of three atoms of which gas?
7. What name was given to the conflict between Great Britain and Spain from 1739 to 1748, with major operations largely ended by 1742?
8. Which of these garments originated on the continent of Asia?
9. What is Judge Judy's last name?
10. A painting by Sandro Botticelli that depicts a goddess, having emerged from the sea as a full grown woman, arriving at the sea-shore on a sea shell is called "The Birth of ..... '' who?
11. What are the 26 areas called that make up The Swiss Confederation?
12. British playwright, broadcaster, and children's author, Roger McGough, is also widely known for what?
13. A drake is the adult male of which bird?
14. What is the reputed 13th century burial place of Genghis Khan?
15. Bile is made in the liver and discharged into the duodenum. Where is it stored and concentrated on this journey?
16. What is a khukri?
17. What was the family name of the Annie of the musical "Annie Get Your Gun" ?
18. Which of these vitamins is found in quantity in sunflower oil?
19. For what did William Kemmler, then at New York's Auburn Prison, become famous on 6 August 1890?
20. The national flag of which of these countries does not have a Union Jack in the corner?