General Knowledge Quiz 365 (20 MCQs)

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1. In probability theory and statistics, what is a measure of the variability or dispersion of a population, a data set, or a probability distribution?
2. Who was the host of a TV variety show based in New York which was broadcast on Sunday nights from 20 June 1948 to 6 June 1971?
3. In the American sitcom "Full House" (1987-1995) the widowed father of the three children in the house asks whom, to help him bring them up?
4. In 1951 and 1952, American Jim Fuchs won 88 consecutive meetings and set four world records in what sport?
5. What sign of the zodiac is represented by a sheep?
6. According to Greek mythology, who accompanied Jason on his journey to find the Golden Fleece?
7. What paraffin-derived clear, transparent liquid developed in 1924 by W. J. Stoddard and Lloyd E. Jackson began to be used by dry cleaners in 1928 and has become a common organic solvent used in painting and decorating?
8. Although an annual Thanksgiving Day had been observed in several colonies throughout what became the USA, who proclaimed USA's first national Thanksgiving Day?
9. What are karanga weka, pūtōrino, and poi āwhiowhio?
10. What product name did Westerners in the 19th century give to the "road", or network of trade routes, across the Asian continent connecting East, South, and Western Asia with the Mediterranean world, as well as North and Northeast Africa and Europe?
11. Which of these is the name for an ancient burial mound?
12. What team in 1905-6 is known as "The Originals" ?
13. Dili is the capital of which country?
14. Who was the first person, in 1969, to join the Rolling Stones after they had become well-established?
15. Which of these is part of a watering can?
16. An operation known since prehistory, to relieve pressure inside the skull or remove splintered bone is known as what?
17. Which of these is a TV drama series set in New Jersey which revolved around a mobster played by James Gandolfini and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the often conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads?
18. Creative director and film director Spike Jonze guides what, which was simultaneously launched in the USA and Canada in 2016?
19. Which of these is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, USA, founded in 1879 by Ed Schieffelin?
20. Which of these is a name for a book of directions for the preparation of medicines?