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General Knowledge Quiz 438 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is one of Rachel Hunter's professions?
2. "Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them" appears in which dystopian novel?
3. In the acronym current from very late twentieth century, what does "T" stand for in "IOT" ?
4. In which modern country are the remains of the Krak des Chevaliers, developed and occupied by the Knights Hospitaller from the 12th century?
5. The Dutch scientist, Jan Oort, whose name has been attached to a kind of cloud and to a scientific constant, was celebrated in what field?
6. In 1976, who was the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event?
7. What was the area now known as the Mekong Delta called in the 19th century?
8. What is the variety of coffee bean grown almost exclusively world-wide?
9. Who was the third wife of King Henry VIII who died of postnatal complications less than two weeks after the birth of her son, who briefly reigned as Edward VI?
10. What is the next country in the list:Djibouti, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Eritrea ..... ?
11. When was the Star Spangled Banner first flown?
12. What caused the closure of the Panama Canal in December 2010, for the first time in 21 years?
13. In which city did a suicide bombing take place in Taksim Square on 31 October 2010, resulting in at least 32 injuries, 15 of whom were police officers?
14. In 1898, 14 years before the Titanic sank, novelist Morgan Robertson published "Futility", a short novel about an enormous British passenger liner, which, thought to be unsinkable, carries insufficient lifeboats and on a voyage in April, hits an iceberg and sinks in the North Atlantic with the loss of almost everyone on board. What was the name of the ship in this story?
15. Established American basketball referee Tim Donaghy became known for gambling, and what else?
16. When was the only death linked to drug use following an event at an Olympic Games?
17. Which of these is the name of a peninsula in south west Cornwall, England?
18. When was the last time a team competed at the Olympic Games comprising members from different countries?
19. When something is referred to as mumblecore, what is it likely to be?
20. Who (although he claims that the author was an entity named Aiwass, his personal Holy Guardian Angel or "Higher Self") is credited with writing "Liber AL vel Legis", the central sacred text of Thelema, commonly referred to as The Book of the Law, in 1904?
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