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General Knowledge Quiz 499 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which country is the 2016 Pan-American Men's Champion in Tchoukball?
2. What is the collective name for the islands with a land area of 4, 167 squ km (1, 622 squ miles) over 2, 500, 000 squ km (965, 255 squ miles) of ocean, made up of several groups of islands, including the Austral Islands, the Marquesas, the Society Islands and the Tuamotu Archipelago?
3. What is the highest waterfall in the world?
4. Which of these countries is assessed by the International Monetary Fund in 2018 as South America's poorest in terms of GDP per capita?
5. Phycology or algology includes the study of what?
6. Which of these is a word for a tea urn used in Russia?
7. Madeleine Albright was appointed by Bill Clinton as the USA's first woman to hold what position?
8. By what name is the game known as Captain's Mistress, Four Up, or Gravitrips also widely known?
9. In 1985 Stevie Wonder won an Oscar for the song "I Just Called to Say I Love You"; shortly afterwards it was banned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation. What was the reason?
10. Which of these is not a member of the onion family?
11. When did the spinning jenny become an element in the Industrial Revolution in Britain?
12. Who is the long-standing host of the British topical, satirical celebrity panel show "Mock the Week" ?
13. What is the name of about 1, 100 acres (445 hectares) of peat bog near Greater Manchester, England that was reclaimed in the latter half of the 19th century for farming and the disposal of city waste?
14. A person whose pessimism lowers the spirits of others is called a what?
15. Which song has the opening lines "She says its cold outside, she has no raincoat. She always worries about things like that" ?
16. In cricket, what name is given to a lower-order batsman who comes in to bat higher up the order than usual near the end of the day's play, to maintain most of the strike until the close of play and so protect other, more capable batsmen from being out cheaply in what may be a period of tiredness or in poor light?
17. Which musical term denotes a slide in pitch which moves in discrete steps, such as dragging a finger over the keys of the piano?
18. The character of Emile le Beque appears in which musical?
19. Which police station is at the centre of the long-running UK TV series "The Bill" ?
20. In Egypt in December 2021, a team led by Jiajing Wang from Dartmouth University uncovered the oldest known production-at 5, 800 years ago-of what?
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