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General Knowledge Quiz 37 (20 MCQs)

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1. "Mate" is a technical call in the course of which game?
2. What is the name of the 3.5-mile-long (5, 600 m), 5.5 km wide semi-circular scalloped precipice in the Grand Coulee in Washington, USA?
3. In 1768, Joshua Reynolds became the first president of what British institution?
4. Who, in Greek legend, stole fire from the sun to give life to man?
5. Which civilisation left clearly identifiable traces dating from 2600 BCE, with cities on what are now the Yucatan Peninsula, Guatemala, Honduras and Southern Mexico and still survives in language today?
6. Which Italian opera singer, considered to be one of the finest tenors in the recorded history of music rose to international prominence after the death of Italian tenor Enrico Caruso in 1921, and was often called "Caruso Secondo" ?
7. The island of Nishinoshima (Ogasawara) south southeast of Tokyo is virtually exclusively occupied by what?
8. Where and when was the first Bossaball World Championship held?
9. Which of these is an acute disease that affects humans and animals, caused by inhaling or ingesting bacterial spores that are able to survive in harsh conditions for extremely long periods of time?
10. In which continent is the country of Gabon found?
11. Who popularised the phrase "The buck stops here" ?
12. When was observational evidence first accepted by the scientists of the time that the Milky Way is not the only galaxy in the universe?
13. Which NASA space shuttle was lost after exploding 73 seconds after lift off in 1986?
14. Which of these musicals was the earliest to be staged?
15. Africa is considered to have been part of which early landmass?
16. In the USA, tournament play for Monopoly calls for a 90-minute time limit. What time limit is used for international play?
17. Who boxed briefly and unsuccessfully under the name Packy East, once making it to the semifinals of the Ohio novice championship?
18. Which of these is a principality?
19. Hattie McDaniel, an American actress, was the first black performer to win an Academy Award, in 1939 for Best Supporting Actress for her role of "Mammy" in which film?
20. After Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson won the 100 metre dash at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, why was his gold medal taken away and awarded to runner-up Carl Lewis?
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