General Knowledge Quiz 460 (20 MCQs)

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1. The subduction of which tectonic plate beneath the South American Plate is the main force creating the Andes orogeny?
2. Which of these is a common compression method for computer files?
3. Who according to legend was the son of Zeus and Europa and became King of Crete?
4. Which of these is not a rodent?
5. If you travelled east from the north shores of Lake Victoria, Uganda, to western Sumatra what would you be travelling along?
6. On average how long do Mourning Cloaks, some tropical Heliconians, and Monarch Butterflies live once they have reached the adult winged stage?
7. Which of these characters appears in the TV series "True Blood" ?
8. Who was US Ambassador to Great Britain at the start of World War II, from 1938 to 1940?
9. The USA won the most medals at the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000. Out of these countries, which one won the most?
10. In the first century AD, which rebellious British chieftain, of the Catuvellauni, was taken to Rome in chains?
11. Which of these colours has the shortest wavelength?
12. In 1968, what telephone number was established as the national emergency number for the United States?
13. Who sailed the Golden Hind in the 16th century?
14. In what faith or religion do bhikkhunī feature?
15. What style of music is synonymous with Perez Prado?
16. Where is the second regional gallery in the Tate Gallery network, that was opened in 1993?
17. Which British TV series which ran from 1983 to 2010 was named for a character which, since 1994, had not appeared in it?
18. Who first employed his evolving methodology of satyagraha (devotion to the truth), or non-violent protest in 1906 while a lawyer in South Africa during the Indian community's struggle for civil rights to protest against registration laws in the new state of Transvaal?
19. Who created the character of Tarzan?
20. In 1984, Muhammad Ali was diagnosed with what disorder?