General Knowledge Quiz 53 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is a yardstick used in economics?
2. What famous picture was stolen from its frame in the Louvre in 1911, was recovered in Florence and returned in 1913?
3. The War of the Pacific 1879-1883 was fought where?
4. Who recited the poem "The Gift Outright" at John F Kennedy's inauguration as president of the USA in 1961?
5. Usually, how many feet should one stand away from an eye chart?
6. Which Italian-American tenor and Hollywood movie star of the late 1940s and 1950s was called "the greatest voice of the twentieth century" by Arturo Toscanini and was referred to as the "New Caruso, " and a "singing Clark Gable" ?
7. What is the last name of "Ellen" ?
8. The first what was sent from "L'Illustration", Paris, to the London "Daily Mirror" on 8 November 1907?
9. Following work in 2016 on observations in Hubble's Ultra Deep Field how many galaxies are there estimated to be in the known universe?
10. Who wrote the play "The Cocktail Hour", a US comedy exploring the world of upper-class families in the Northeast set in an apartment in the 1970s, and promised his parents it would not be produced in his hometown during their lifetimes because "the details are so close to home" ?
11. Which of these made his fortune from shipping?
12. Which is the largest of the flightless birds still living?
13. In Raumschach 3-D chess which piece moves through the six faces of a cube in any rank, file, or column?
14. The celebrated and wealthy Spartan, Euryleonis, was known for her prowess as a what?
15. Which is the object in the sentence "I solve puzzles" ?
16. Who was the founder of the Christian Science movement?
17. Which structure of cantilever design, designed by Sir W. M. Arrol, was begun in 1883 and opened in 1890?
18. Why does the Archbishop of York sign himself "Ebor" ?
19. What is the inner core of the Earth believed to consist of?
20. Which game is played between two teams of up to sixteen players, eleven of whom are permitted to be on the pitch at any one time, on a field 91.40m by 55m (100 by 60 yards)?