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General Knowledge Quiz 488 (20 MCQs)

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1. Tianhe-1A, the supercomputer at the National Supercomputer Center in Tianjin, China which in October 2010 became the world's fastest supercomputer, uses what operating system?
2. Up to and including 2010, Switzerland and 3 other countries have hosted the World Rowing Championships 4 times since the first in 1962. Which of these was not one of them?
3. In 1990, mountain climbers Rob Hall and Gary Ball were the first to do what in 7 months?
4. Where is it that Roman Catholics believe souls are held after death for purification to be made fit for heaven?
5. The play "Drowning on Dry Land" (2004) by British playwright Sir Alan Ayckbourn is a comedy centred on what?
6. How is the shoe held on a racehorse's foot?
7. When Max Verstappen won Formula One's Italian Grand Prix in September 2023 what record did he set?
8. In tectonic triple junctions, what is the approximate angle or angles at which the three tectonic plates usually meet?
9. Who wrote the 1974 non-fiction, true crime novel about the Charles Manson murders?
10. Maqaam (or maqām) is a spiritual stage on the long path of a soul's search for God, in what religion?
11. What is a jury said to do when it leaves the courtroom to consider a verdict?
12. The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, established in 1884, was formed by people from what religion?
13. The symptoms for which poisoning include seizures, a "sawhorse" stance, rigid extension of all four limbs and respiratory paralysis?
14. In 1886, John Pemberton claimed that a certain concoction cured diseases, including morphine addiction, dyspepsia, neurasthenia, headache, and impotence. Which was it?
15. In 1848, the USA offered Spain $ 100 million, equivalent to around $ 2.45 billion in present day terms, for the purchase of which area of land?
16. Which of these, a landlocked principality, is the smallest German-speaking country in the world?
17. Which skilled scat singer has also won 5 Emmy Awards for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, and has an honorary doctorate from the Juilliard School of Dance, Drama and Music, New York?
18. Between 1901 and 1909, Karl Landsteiner, Jan JanskΓ½ and William Moss worked on the classification of what?
19. Which of these is traditionally played as a card game?
20. Which tafelberg is associated with Cape Town, South Africa?
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