General Knowledge Quiz 536 (20 MCQs)

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1. The first Chinese round of what international series was first held in 2004, in Shanghai?

Correct Answer: C) Formula One Grand Prix.

2. What is the next in the series:Carboniferous, Permian, Triassic, Jurassic ..... ?

Correct Answer: C) Cretaceous.

3. In 2006, Michelle Bachelet became the first female president of which country?

Correct Answer: A) Chile.

4. What group began life as Linda Ronstadt's backing band?

Correct Answer: C) The Eagles.

5. The Tagus River runs through which capital city?

Correct Answer: B) Lisbon.

6. Where were the Bee Gees born?

Correct Answer: B) Isle of Man.

7. Codenamed "Fiona", what project was developed from 2004 to eventual release in 2007?

Correct Answer: B) Kindle e-reader.

8. In soccer, what coloured card is used to order a player off the field?

Correct Answer: A) Red.

9. St Paul is said to have described himself as "a citizen of no mean city" . Which of these best describes his way of speaking?

Correct Answer: D) Litotes.

10. Chinese polymathic scientist and statesman Zhang Heng (78-139 CE) invented a number of tools; which of these was one?

Correct Answer: B) The first seismoscope.

11. What draws about 2 million migratory and nesting birds each year to the alkaline and highly saline Lake Mono in California?

Correct Answer: C) Shrimp and flies which feed in the lake's waters.

12. What is or are characteristics of a squid?

Correct Answer: A) Pen and ink.

13. The hypothesis that there are episodes in Earth's history when it became completely frozen, including at the equator, are referred to as what?

Correct Answer: A) Snowball Earth.

14. Who was the author, and illustrator, of "The Adventures of Uncle Lubin" (1902)?

Correct Answer: C) William Heath Robinson.

15. What is the specialty of a chiropodist?

Correct Answer: A) Feet.

16. Where did business magnate, engineer, angel investor and product architect Elon Musk first attend university?

Correct Answer: A) Pretoria, South Africa.

17. The Belgian Blue, British White, Canadian Speckle Park, Galloway, Lincoln Red, South Devon, Welsh Black and White Park are all types of what?

Correct Answer: A) Cattle.

18. Where is Dragon Hole, the deepest known underwater sinkhole in the world?

Correct Answer: B) South of Discovery Reef in the Paracel Islands.

19. Which of these authors wrote the books "Under the Tuscan Sun:At Home in Italy", "Bella Tuscany:The Sweet Life in Italy" and "In Tuscany" ?

Correct Answer: B) Frances Mayes.

20. What was Hepburn romanisation devised for?

Correct Answer: B) To transliterate Japanese words into the Latin alphabet.