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General Knowledge Quiz 500 (20 MCQs)

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1. When did the powerful Kaanul dynasty (the Snake Kings) rule, the remains of whose monuments and inscriptions are now found in northern Guatemala, southern Mexico and elsewhere in the Yucatan Peninsula?
2. The invention of what game, needing only pencil and paper, is sometimes attributed to Clifford von Wickler in the early 1900s?
3. When is the sport of shinty thought to have been introduced to Scotland?
4. Who investigated Bill Clinton's involvement in the Whitewater Land Transactions and his role in the Monica Lewinsky affair?
5. At the 1976 Olympic Games at Montreal, who repeated (from the 1972 Games at Munich) his double gold in the 5, 000 metres and 10, 000 metres, making him the first athlete to win the distance double twice?
6. What is the aim in a game of Hearts?
7. In August 2005, which single broke a record for the most digital downloads in a week, selling over 80, 000 digital downloads, and was the fastest selling digital download of all time?
8. When was the Court of Arbitration for Sport established, and by which body?
9. What Brazilian city exports more coffee than any other port in the world?
10. What scale is a method for categorizing the impact hazard associated with near-Earth objects such as asteroids and comets?
11. The USA's National Basketball Association (NBA) banned then-Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life in 2014 in response to what?
12. Gouache is used in what art form?
13. In June 2009, Canada announced plans to extend which national park from 4, 800 square kilometres to 30, 000 square kilometres to help protect the habitat of grizzly bear, caribou and other species?
14. Which of these characters has been played by both Michelle Pfeiffer and Halle Berry?
15. For his last two years in office as President of the Republic of South Africa, until the post was abolished by the Treaty of Vereeniging in 1902, who exiled himself to Europe?
16. What caused the British government to allocate £20 million in the first half of the 19th century for payment mainly to private individuals?
17. The city of Oxford was the setting for which of these British TV series?
18. "I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse" was a famous line from which film?
19. What was subtitled "The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical" ?
20. The U.S. Masters, one of the four major championships in professional golf, is the only major championship that is played at the same course each year. Where has it been played since its inception in 1934?
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