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General Knowledge Quiz 34 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of these is a fictional character in a series of science fiction stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?
2. Which of these is the name for a small purse or bag, originally of network but later of silk, rayon, etc.?
3. The three month Kargil War in mid 1999 was between which two countries?
4. Which of these is a shade of red?
5. Which amendment to the US constitution provides freedom of religion, assembly, speech and the press?
6. What is the name for the numbers in the sequence 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28, 36, 45, 55, 66, 78 ..... ?
7. What is the substance formed naturally in wine barrels during fermentation of the wine and known as wine diamonds?
8. Canadian businessman and poker player, Guy Laliberté, is also co-founder of what?
9. Which of these is a perennial thistle originating in southern Europe around the Mediterranean, the flowers of which develop in a large head from an edible bud?
10. What does the phrase "copper-bottomed", meaning a safe bet, come from?
11. In 1993, in the course of the wars during the breakup of Yugoslavia, a 15th century bridge was destroyed in which city (now the largest financial centre in Bosnia-Herzegovina)?
12. What causes trigger toe?
13. A gong is traditionally struck to announce what?
14. Who was the first U.S. President to take residence in the White House, then known as the Executive Mansion?
15. What cartoon character is depicted as having superhuman strength, originally, in 1929, gained by rubbing the head of the rare Whiffle Hen, and, from 1932, by eating spinach?
16. Which expression is an example of periphrasis?
17. The Battle of Guadalcanal was between troops from the USA and what other country?
18. What was the US codename for President George H. W. Bush's 1989 invasion of Panama, to depose and seize the de facto Panamanian leader, general and dictator Manuel Noriega?
19. For whom were the three orchestral suites, in F, D and G Major, together usually known as the Water Music, composed in 1717?
20. The title character of which of these musicals is a matchmaker?
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