General Knowledge Quiz 35 (20 MCQs)

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1. John Wayne appeared as a centurion in the film "The Greatest Story Ever Told" (1965). What was his famous line?
2. What tool was developed by a company founded by Eric Yuan in 2011?
3. Which of these is a song by Lennon-McCartney that has been covered on record by more singers than any other song?
4. Peter Snell, who set 5 individual world running records, was part of a team that set a new four by 1 mile relay record and won 2 Olympic golds for 800 metres (1960 Rome & 1964 Tokyo) and a gold for 1500 metres (1964 Tokyo), represented which country?
5. Persia is the former name of which country?
6. Who, in 1916, was the first woman to be elected to the US House of Representatives, the first female member of the Congress, and the only woman to be elected to Congress from Montana?
7. What is the mistral?
8. Ashgabat is the capital city of which country?
9. What is the name of the closed, double-layered membrane containing the heart and the roots of the great vessels?
10. Which Austrian, a pioneer in psycho-analysis, died in London in 1939, a refugee from Nazi persecution?
11. In police tradition in the USA and the UK, an unnamed person or person whose name is being concealed is referred to as John or Jane what?
12. The islands of Kythera, Antikythera, Crete, Kasos, Karpathos and Rhodes are in which sea?
13. In which context is the word "agistment" most likely to be used?
14. Which of these was a famous Australian dancer?
15. The countries of Rwanda, Burundi, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe are all what?
16. What were the weapons used mainly by infantrymen in the American Civil War?
17. At what location was the US Transcontinental Railroad completed?
18. Which of these is or are associated with developing the hot air balloon?
19. In 1899 Jim Jeffries, the champion at the time, competed against Tom Sharkey on Coney Island, New York, in what discipline?
20. What was the 1911 Xinhai Revolution directly intended to achieve?