General Knowledge Quiz 327 (20 MCQs)

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1. What kind of ship was the British ship HMS Hermes, laid down in January 1918, launched on 11 September 1919 but not commissioned until 1923, the first ship of its kind to be designed and built anywhere in the world?
2. Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner starred in what TV series, first broadcast from 1966 to 1969?
3. What is the name for the individual leaves of the calyx or outer whorl of a flower?
4. In both Greek and Roman mythology, who was the twin of Castor?
5. The Team sprint track cycling event is, in the men's event, a three-man team time trial held over three laps of a velodrome. What makes up the women's event?
6. The common choko is what colour when ripe?
7. What did the development called Project Purple 2, and begun in 2005, result in?
8. What is the Nakba?
9. When was the first Vatican Radio broadcast?
10. From 1964 to 2005 British American Alan Truscott was the daily, and then weekly, columnist for the New York Times in what field?
11. In game fishing what kind of restrictions are put by the International Game fishing Association on fighting chairs?
12. The House of Bourbon, a European royal house one of whose monarchs was famously guillotined in France in 1792, has descendants currently on the throne of which country or countries?
13. Where would one find a kibbutz?
14. In 1896 the final collaboration by W.S.Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan was staged at the Savoy theatre, London, UK. What was it called?
15. In chess, what piece can only move diagonally?
16. Where would a cobbler be usually found
17. If Prince William of Wales, the elder son of Charles and Diana, Prince and Princess of Wales, becomes "King William", what number will he be?
18. Who led the expedition that successfully made the first ascent of Mt Everest in 1953?
19. What year did the US Congress authorise the USA officially to fight in World War I?
20. What is the name for Government House, Canberra, the official residence of the Governor-General of Australia?