General Knowledge Quiz 416 (20 MCQs)

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1. The legend of Robin Hood, which dates from the 14th century and includes tales of Friar Tuck, Little John and Alan Adale, is centred on which forest?
2. Opened in February 1907, what was built on the site of Newgate Prison?
3. Who played Paris in the film "Troy", released in 2004?
4. In which part of the body would you find the bone called the trapezium?
5. Which of these is a learned society based in the UK, founded in 1807 partly from a previous club known as the Askesian Society, and receiving its Royal Charter in 1825 from George IV?
6. Which country in the Central America isthmus borders a country in continental South America?
7. "M", "Luscious Pink" and "Forever" are women's fragrances from Elizabeth Arden, endorsed by whom?
8. Which of these means "biting" ?
9. When was voting made compulsory in Australia?
10. Which month appears last in the rhyme "30 days have September ..... "?
11. What is an apparatus consisting of a frame containing a number of parallel wires on which there are rows of beads which can be moved left and right?
12. What does the phrase "In loco parentis" mean?
13. The city of Miami, Florida, is at the mouth of which river?
14. Which of these is the title of a British TV series shown between 1957 and 1967 which is considered to be one of Britain's first major soap operas?
15. Which is the smallest in land area?
16. Which US President has figured on the cover of the magazine Sports Illustrated, twice?
17. Which war between Austria, France and Russia versus Great Britain and Prussia ended with the ceding of Silesia to Prussia by Austria and the ceding of French territory in Canada to Britain?
18. In rugby union, which position wears the number 2 jersey?
19. Which animals live in nests called "dreys" ?
20. What was the nickname for a 1913 British Act of Parliament that enabled suffragettes on hunger strike to be released from prison when they became ill?