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General Knowledge Quiz 459 (20 MCQs)

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1. Who did Abraham Lincoln (later to become president of the USA) marry in 1842?
2. A form of invasive toxic freshwater algal bloom known as blue-green is caused by what?
3. Which epic poem from Ancient Mesopotamia is believed to have originated as a series of Sumerian legends and poems about a hero-king, which were gathered into a longer Akkadian poem much later?
4. What are the specialised double-membraned ATP-producing subunits found in the cells of most organisms whose cells have a membrane-bound nucleus (which includes animals, plants and fungi)?
5. Who was President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979 and was depicted in the film "The Last King Of Scotland" ?
6. When was the first fatality from bird strike on an aircraft?
7. According to Jewish and Christian tradition, where did Noah's Ark come to rest?
8. Which religion is based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama?
9. Which of these has three official languages?
10. In 1921 what international event was held in Monte Carlo, organised by Alice Milliat and Camille Blanc?
11. Which of these books was not written by George Orwell?
12. Which band, formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, had the original members of Eric Burdon, Alan Price, Hilton Valentine, John Steel, and "Chas" Chandler?
13. What action/adventure video game, developed in Newfoundland and released on 6 October 2010, involves a species of extraterrestrials with the intention of enslaving the inhabitants of the Milky Way, requiring the players to defend Earth and restore human civilization?
14. Who was president of the USA when the first shots were fired in the American Civil War at First Sumter?
15. Who was killed on 4 January 1967 when his jet propelled boat, Bluebird K7, somersaulted and disintegrated on Coniston Water?
16. Joseph Canteloube, French composer, musicologist, and author, is particularly well-known for which work?
17. John F. Kennedy International Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport and LaGuardia Airport all serve which city?
18. What was a popular international art design movement from 1925 until the 1940s, affecting the decorative arts and industrial design, fashion, painting, the graphic arts, and film, which was, at the time, seen to be elegant, glamorous, functional, and modern?
19. Which of these is an artist who had a boost to her career when John Lennon saw her exhibition at the Indica Gallery, London, in 1966?
20. The legendary character called Beowulf killed who and his mother?
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