General Knowledge Quiz 309 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is another name for oedema?
2. Which of these diseases can appear 40 to 50 days after the bite of an affected dog, fox or wolf?
3. Which is the oldest identified era of activity by homo sapiens and relatives?
4. What was the name of the meeting that drafted the United States Constitution in 1787?
5. Who succeeded Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon Church, after he was shot and killed on 27 June 1844?
6. An original copy of which book was sold at auction at Sotheby's auction room in London in December 2010 for £7.3 million, a record price for the sale of a book?
7. The small insect Marchalina hellenica is important for production of the almost unique pine honey in which of these countries?
8. What was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948, "as a common standard of achievements for all peoples and all nations" ?
9. The Rashtrakuta, Pala and Prathihara dynasties vied for rule during the second half of the first millennium in what present day country?
10. Copenhagen stands on what 39 mile (63 kilometre) long strait between Sweden and Denmark that leads from the Baltic Sea to the Kattegat?
11. What became a popular description, following the success of a machine sold by E. Remington and Sons from 1873?
12. Which is a usual habitat of the mugger and the gharial, two of the three species found there?
13. Roughly what does Juliet mean when she says "Wherefore art thou Romeo" ?
14. Where are bascules found?
15. The character of Mary Alice Young is heard but does not appear in which US TV series?
16. Which theory is French-American mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot known for developing?
17. Who was the American poet who worked for Mussolini to broadcast propaganda to the USA, was tried for treason in 1945 and was judged to be insane?
18. Coney Island, the pleasure resort off Long Island, is part of which New York borough?
19. What phrase is used to explain the resorting to supernatural causes to explain phenomena that are not able to be explained by natural means?
20. In 1991 a performance was broadcast on US TV which, when released separately and then re-released in 2001, was certified platinum?