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General Knowledge Quiz 56 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of these is a slang British term for a prison sentence?
2. According to a fragment of "The Achilleid", written by Statius in the first century AD, when Achilles the mythological Greek hero was born, his mother tried to make him immortal by dipping him in the river Styx. Where was he left vulnerable?
3. Where do the Bovanenkovo-Ukhta and Bovanenkovo-Ukhta 2 natural gas pipelines, which went live in 2012 and 2014, draw their gas from?
4. Murine typhus, Rocky mountain spotted fever and Boutonneuse fever are illnesses in a family known collectively as what kind of disease?
5. The song "Good Morning To All", composed by Pattie and Mildred Hill in 1893, is now sung as what?
6. Which archipelago, formerly administered through Madagascar, includes the islands of Mayotte, Anjouan, Grande Comore and Moheli?
7. One type of scarab beetle is a what?
8. Ethnography is the scientific study, recording and analysis of what?
9. In March 1918, the capital of Russia was moved to where?
10. Federico Garcia Lorca is best known internationally as what?
11. The warrant for the first Astronomer Royal appointed in England, 4 March 1675, stated what as the purpose of the office?
12. Which island fort, built to protect the port of Charleston, South Carolina, USA, was the site of the first action in the American Civil War?
13. What is the name for the masses of lymphoid tissue between the nose and throat that are sometimes removed by an operation in cases where enlargement is having a detrimental effect on health?
14. In Othello, of whom does Iago say "Forsooth, a great arithmetician" ?
15. What is known as the "standard gauge" for a railway?
16. Rhythmic gymnasts perform with one of a rope, hoop, ball, ribbon and which other?
17. What is the national monument of India, one of the largest war memorials in India, situated in the heart of New Delhi, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and originally known as All India War Memorial, made up of red sand stone and granite?
18. What does a milliner make?
19. By a proclamation of a binding "axis" and then a formal Pact a month later between, respectively, Germany-Italy and Germany-Japan an offensive alliance was sealed relating to what became known as World War II. When were the agreements made?
20. The Super Bowl, the championship game of the premier association of professional American football, was first held in what year?
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