General Knowledge Quiz 481 (20 MCQs)

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1. What serial adulterer ruled as the chief of the gods in the ancient Greek pantheon?
2. Who played eventual winners Chelsea in the FA Cup final in May 2010?
3. A PSA test is used to detect what?
4. What machine separates grain from its stalk?
5. The only place where 4 states of the USA meet at one point is called "The Four Corners" . Which of these is not one of the 4?
6. What is the main attraction at Taronga Park, Sydney?
7. Whose life was the 2004 film "Ray" about?
8. Which of the following is not a letter found in the Greek alphabet?
9. Which poet's middle name is Bysshe?
10. Which weightlifting lift was discontinued at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal due to difficulties in judging proper form?
11. A cantata is a piece of music based on what?
12. During the Great, or Western, Schism from 1378, there were two or more Popes recognised in the Catholic Church. Who was elected in 1417 and eventually recognised by the majority as the single Pope?
13. Areas on the Canadian eastern coast share their name with two breeds of dog, Newfoundland and which other?
14. What is a large semi-aquatic rodent native to Canada, much of the United States, and parts of northern Mexico that constructs homes out of sticks, twigs, and mud in lakes or streams?
15. Which Irish poet, playwright, author and renowned wit was the son of Ireland's leading oto-ophthalmologic surgeon, was married to Constance Lloyd (with whom he had two children) and was famously prosecuted, imprisoned and bankrupted for also loving a man?
16. The Great Western Railway's "City of Truro" was unofficially recorded as the first steam locomotive to reach a speed of 102.3 mph (164 km/h) on 9 May 1904, but the 100 mile per hour (160 km/h) record was not officially recorded until 30 November 1934, by which locomotive?
17. Which of these is a card game popular with children?
18. What part of the body is affected by dermatitis?
19. What is the name of the central bank of Germany?
20. Mosses grow widely in many regions, but never where?