General Knowledge Quiz 511 (20 MCQs)

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1. What was the most recognisable feature of Moshe Dayan, who from 1953 to 1958 was the Chief of Staff of the Israel Defence Forces?
2. For what was 10th century Andalusian intellectual Lubna of Cรณrdoba celebrated?
3. According to the nursery rhyme, Kitty Fisher found the pocket belonging to whom?
4. Which of these countries has the smallest area?
5. What is the term for the reddish-brown hydrated oxide formed on iron?
6. Who composed the "Theme From The Pink Panther" ?
7. What provides the staple diet of a koala?
8. Which is used in playing the game "Guess Who" ?
9. On which island is the port of Heraklion?
10. Which of these authors had the middle names of Augustine Aloysius?
11. Which part of the body can have an operation called by a name from a Greek word meaning "auger" ?
12. When were Northern Nigeria and Southern Nigeria formally amalgamated?
13. Steven Adams a basketballer from New Zealand joined the US team Thunder in 2013 just before they became the first-ever champions of the Orlando Summer League. One of his siblings is known on the world stage as who?
14. Woodrow Wilson whose "Fourteen Points" which contributed to the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 that concluded World War I, was prominent in which country?
15. Which of these did not feature on the 1987 album "Trio", that sold over 3 million copies and won Grammy Awards for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and Best Country Collaboration with Vocals, and was nominated for the Album of the Year?
16. In India, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, the Transcaucasus, the Balkans, the Middle East, Central Asia, Burma and Bangladesh, what is a tandoor (also known as a tonir and a tone) used for?
17. Who is the native American subject of a poem by Longfellow?
18. What is a fresco?
19. What is the name for an alcoholic preparation of opium widely used in the 18th and 19th centuries to treat a number of different complaints?
20. When the Australian penny coin was replaced in 1938 with a coin carrying the central design of a leaping kangaroo, what had the centre of the previous reverse featured?