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General Knowledge Quiz 512 (20 MCQs)

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1. When was the last mission until 2020 to enable a person to walk on the Moon?
2. At the end of his life El Cid ruled from 1094 to 1099, succeeded by his wife until 1102, over which Spanish city?
3. What name was applied to the Chief Magistrate of the republics of Venice (from the 8th century) and Genoa (from the 14th century) until 1797?
4. Despite everything that was going on the world between 1905 and 1993, professional baseball's World Series was played every year. Why was it cancelled for 1994?
5. What is Perlaggen, which in March 2016 was recognised by UNESCO as an item of Intangible Cultural Heritage for the Tyrol?
6. What were the first names of the Irish poet and dramatist W B Yeats?
7. According to the Masters of Foxhounds Association of America, the first fox hounds were imported into America in 1650; what nationality was the man who imported them?
8. In 1984, Malcolm Morley was the first winner of what prize?
9. The world governing body for the sport of sailing was created in Paris in October 1907, and initially called what?
10. What name was given to the political scandal in the USA 1970s that led to the resignation of Richard Nixon, President of the United States, on August 9, 1974 and the indictment and conviction of several of his officials?
11. What is the contraction of the German "Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei" in common use in English?
12. What is a nimiety?
13. A 2 stroke engine, used in such devices as chainsaws, is fuelled by a mixture of petrol and what other liquid?
14. The plot for which musical, with lyrics by Don Black & Christopher Hampton and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, revolves around Norma Desmond, a faded star of the silent screen era, living in the past in her decaying mansion?
15. On 11 May 2010 David Cameron was asked by Queen Elizabeth II to form a government and, as Prime Minister of the UK, announced that he wished to lead a formal coalition of the Conservative Party and which other party?
16. What musician was one of the first four to release a record under the new Virgin Records label?
17. When art competitions were introduced into the Olympic Games, the categories were literature, painting, music, sculpture and what other?
18. Goats featured on the cover of which album released on 16 May 1966 by Capitol Records?
19. Which is the largest, by land area, landlocked country in the world?
20. The song "Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin" ' from the film "High Noon" was a big hit for Frankie Laine in the early 1950s. Who sang it on the film soundtrack?
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