General Knowledge Quiz 444 (20 MCQs)

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1. Round, flat, filbert, fan and rigger are types of what?
2. What is the study of fossils?
3. Which countries won the medals in women's pole vault in the 2016 Summer Olympics?
4. Tuberculosis was once called which of these?
5. What is the common name for a lepidoptera pupa and its silky cocoon?
6. What part of the world has been ruled by Aelle, Ceawlin, Ethelbert, Rรฆdwald, Edwin, Oswald, Oswy, Wulfhere, Ethelred, Ethelbald, Offa, Cล“nwulf and Egbert?
7. When were the Nordic Games, the first international multi-sport event that focused primarily on winter sports, held?
8. What is a cep?
9. Which of these is a novel by John Wyndham?
10. What beam is used by remote controls to change channels on TVs?
11. Who, though he died at 35, wrote over 600 works including 23 string quartets, 5 string quintets, 21 piano concertos and 19 operas?
12. What is the term for the measure of the brightness of a star as it appears on earth?
13. Which jazz bandleader disappeared in December 1944 while flying over the English Channel?
14. Which of these are teeth which rodents have?
15. What was the name of the character played by George Clooney in the "Oceans" film series released from 19 to 19?
16. What two countries were signatories to the first of the two Treaties of Tilsit in 1807?
17. The ingredient in some traditional Mฤori food known as pikopiko, or sometimes as bush asparagus, is what?
18. Which "Great Fire" is believed to have started at the bakery of Thomas Farriner (or Farynor) on Pudding Lane?
19. What is the word for a cross between a corgi and a dachshund?
20. Which of these is not a prison in London, England?