General Knowledge Quiz 525 (20 MCQs)

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1. Shallots and scallions are types of what?
2. Under the reign of what monarch were the bugle calls used in the daily routines of the British army officially published?
3. Who are the central figures of John Steinbeck's novel "Of Mice and Men" ?
4. Who plays high school student Alex Truelove in the 2018 Netflix film "Alex Strangelove" ?
5. Who personifies the USA?
6. In which Canadian province, in the 2006 census, was English the mother tongue of 79.99% of the population, followed by Chinese languages (3.02%), German (2.62%), French (1.90%), Punjabi (1.13%), Tagalog (0.92%) and Ukrainian (0.91%), with the most common aboriginal language being Cree (0.53%)?
7. Leonid Brezhnev led the Soviet Union as General Secretary then as Chairman of the Presidium, the longest term as leader since Josef Stalin; who was his immediate successor?
8. The English version of "The Magic Roundabout", a children's television programme created in France was broadcast from 18 October 1965 to January 1977. It was narrated by the father of which actress?
9. In the original Star Trek TV series which aired in the USA from 1966 to 1969, who played "Scotty" ?
10. In addition to its meaning in chemical terms, what is wolfram?
11. The John F. Kennedy International Airport is located in what American city?
12. What occurs when a ray of light meets an obstacle such as a fine wire?
13. What does geology describe?
14. What is sargassum?
15. In anatomy, what word refers to a difference in coloration, usually of the iris but also of hair or skin?
16. What was stolen from Stanley Gibbons' stamp company's exhibition in the Westminster Central Hall on Sunday 20 March 1966, and found by David Corbett's dog Pickles on March 27 under the hedge of Corbett's house?
17. Reputedly, when Joshua blew a trumpet, the walls of which city came tumbling down?
18. Burial mounds (kurgans) of the ancient people known as the Scythians have been excavated in what area?
19. What is the name for what is commonly known as aspirin?
20. A climbing current account deficit and an increasingly strong dollar prompted the US to initiate what international agreement in November 1985?