General Knowledge Quiz 506 (20 MCQs)

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1. Before becoming president of the USA in 1977, and after being discharged from the Navy in 1953, Jimmy Carter took over and expanded his family business in Plains, Georgia. What was the business?
2. "Falling in love does not mean you love to fall" is an example of chiasmus and what other figure of speech?
3. The term "bonspiel" is used in which sport?
4. Thomas Cranmer held what position during the reign of Henry VIII, between 3 December 1533 and 4 December 1555?
5. Which of these is a 2002 American historical film directed by Martin Scorsese set in the mid-19th century, that culminates in a confrontation between Bill "The Butcher" Cutting (Daniel Day-Lewis), a crime boss and political kingmaker and his mob with Amsterdam Vallon (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his immigrant allies?
6. The small isolated volcanic island called Ascension Island lies approximately midway between what two land masses?
7. These are the last lines of which musical: "Eliza? Where the devil are my slippers" ?
8. Which of these best describes the family of Bill and Hillary Clinton?
9. What Is the title of Somerset Maugham's book that is based on the life of Paul Gauguin?
10. Which scientist has the following geographical features named after him:a sound in Tierra del Fuego, a mountain in the Andes, a sound in British Columbia's Queen Charlotte Islands and an Australian city?
11. Where are the Maldives?
12. Which cloud formation is a sign of thermals?
13. Following NASA's launch of space equipment in December 2021, what was in the first release of information from the equipment?
14. Ulysses is the Roman name for which Greek king?
15. What is the name for the middle part of the nose that separates the nostrils?
16. The Harelle, a revolt that occurred in the French city of Rouen in 1382 followed by the Maillotins Revolt a few days later in Paris, and subsequently in Amiens, Dieppe, Falaise, Caen, Orleans, and Rheims during the Hundred Years' War, was about what?
17. The musical "Kiss Me Kate" is based on which Shakespearean play?
18. The play "The Mousetrap" by Agatha Christie ran at the New Ambassadors Theatre in London's West End from 25 November 1952 until Saturday 23 March 1974, when it immediately transferred to which theatre next door, reopening on Monday 25 March?
19. Gee Jon. a member of the Hip Sing Tong criminal society from San Francisco, California, sentenced to death for the murder of an elderly member from another gang in Nevada, was the first person in the US to do what?
20. What does a trichologist treat?