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General Knowledge Quiz 43 (20 MCQs)

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1. The Great Fire of London in 1666 happened when which King was on the British throne?
2. What is the next number in this sequence:4; 16; 256; 65, 536?
3. Which island was a major exporter of phosphate from 1907 until deposits ran out in the 1980s, and had the highest per-capita income of any sovereign state in the world during the late 1960s and early 1970s?
4. On 1 June 1979 what had been (Southern) Rhodesia dropped the name and became what?
5. Which British actor made his film debut in Peter Ustinov's film adaptation of "Billy Budd" (1962) and went on to make a number of films, including "The Collector" (1965), "Far From The Madding Crowd" (1967), "Poor Cow" (1967), "Wall Street" (1987), "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" (1994), "Bowfinger" (1999), "My Boss's Daughter" (2003) and "Elektra" (2005)?
6. Which of these musicians became famous for playing the saxophone?
7. What is "lumpen" ?
8. Where were the FIBA (Basketball) World Championships held in 2002?
9. When did Shah Jahan complete the Taj Mahal which he built to commemorate his wife?
10. Who is the patron saint of Wales?
11. The Bougainville Conflict, a ceasefire to which was negotiated by New Zealand in 1997, was a conflict between Bougainville's indigenous people and which other forces?
12. Which of these states of the USA has the largest area of land?
13. Who was Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI, was then imprisoned for over two years and burnt at the stake for heresy?
14. Between 500 and 850 AD, often referred to as the Dark Ages, the 7 kingdoms into which England was supposedly divided (the Heptarchy) were Wessex, Mercia, Kent, Essex, East Anglia, Sussex and which other?
15. The Belgian Revolution, that began after a performance at the Brussels opera in 1830, led to the secession of the Southern provinces of which kingdom to establish an independent Kingdom of Belgium?
16. As what was the RAF, formed in 1970, better known?
17. The dessert "sachertorte" contains what main ingredient?
18. The French word for "melted" gives the name to what dish?
19. Which number is exactly opposite 16 through the centre of a dart board?
20. What dish would you expect if you asked for Fettuccine in an Italian restaurant?
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