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General Knowledge Quiz 449 (20 MCQs)

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1. It is considered to have been conceived in the West as an idea in 1508 and in its current highly-oxygen-permeable form 490 years later, and is ..... ?
2. Where are Kick 'em Jenny and Kick 'em Jack found?
3. Who married Liam Neeson in 1994 after they met on the set of the film "Nell" ?
4. Which US president was known as "Tricky Dicky" ?
5. With whom are the islands of Elba and St Helena associated?
6. Which chapel in the Apostolic Palace (the official residence of the Pope in Vatican City), famous for its architecture and decoration, has been frescoed by the Renaissance artists including Michelangelo, Raphael, Bernini, and Sandro Botticelli?
7. With what formerly enemy country has Japan not signed a peace treaty following World War II?
8. Which of these was a 19th century painting by Goya?
9. Several animal species project venom as defence, in attack, or to preserve their food; which of these is one?
10. What name is given to the concept that an animal hitting keys at random on a typewriter for an infinite amount of time will almost surely type a particular chosen text, such as the complete works of William Shakespeare?
11. The name "Ruth" is derived from a Hebrew word meaning what?
12. Which of these is a pomaceous fruit?
13. An alembic in a chemist's or alchemist's laboratory is likely to be used to do what?
14. What figure in Greek mythology was killed by a wild boar?
15. In medicine, which suffix denotes the surgical removal of something, usually from inside the body?
16. In common English usage, what is a word for doing or saying the same thing as the one mentioned before?
17. Who presented a list of 23 problems in mathematics at a conference of the International Congress of Mathematicians on 8 August 1900 in the Sorbonne, of which only 10 have resolutions which are fully accepted?
18. What is the popular name for Sirius, which is 9 light years from Earth?
19. What remake of a British science-fiction serial broadcast by BBC Television in the summer of 1953 was staged live by BBC Four in 2005 with actors Jason Flemyng, Mark Gatiss, Andrew Tiernan, Indira Varma, David Tennant and Adrian Bower?
20. Which team broke Germany's decade-long stranglehold on the Rowing World Cup in 2007?
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