General Knowledge Quiz 507 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet?
2. James Edward Oglethorpe founded the city of Savannah, Georgia, after obtaining a Charter from King George II to establish a colony for what sort of people?
3. In which US city is the National Air and Space Museum?
4. In which Broadway revue did the song "You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)" first appear?
5. The Ob River, terminating in the long narrow Gulf of Ob, flows into what sea?
6. How many cards are used for a game of pinochle?
7. The first woman to serve as Prime Minister in New Zealand took office in which elections?
8. Which Rolling Stones song, a samba which begins "Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste", is also the title of a film directed by Jean-Luc Godard?
9. What is an alternative name for the prongs of a fork?
10. Which cartoon character is the adoptive father of Swee'Pea, an infant foundling left on his doorstep?
11. A tongue and groove joint is used when working with what material?
12. Who stars in the TV series "Californication" ?
13. Where was the siege of the Alamo?
14. Which Earl of Essex, after being sent to Ireland as Governor-General in 1599, being briefly imprisoned and leading a rebellion against Queen Elizabeth I, was executed in 1601?
15. What is a 1938 crime film starring Edward G. Robinson, Claire Trevor and Humphrey Bogart, directed by Anatole Litvak and written by John Wexley and John Huston, based on a play by BarrΓ© Lyndon?
16. Which of these countries has one official time zone that is eight hours ahead of UTC (Greenwich Mean Time)?
17. The African continent lies most immediately ..... (where) ..... ?
18. What word refers to the period before "The Great Flood" as described in the Old Testament of the Bible?
19. Which of these ailments affects the throat?
20. Which of these people maintained that he, not Alexander Graham Bell, had invented the telephone and that Bell had stolen the invention from him?