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General Knowledge Quiz 562 (20 MCQs)

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1. The military action popularly known as "The Charge of the Light Brigade" took place in which war?
2. A peace camp was established at which RAF base in Berkshire, England from 1981 to 2000 to protest at nuclear weapons being sited there?
3. In a popular song of the 1950s and 1960s, Chuck Berry told who to roll over?
4. What lies due east of Uruguay?
5. An island bearing the name Victoria Island is found in the Canadian Arctic archipelago, in Ottawa, near the Russian archipelago of Franz Josef Land, in Lagos in Nigeria, in the Chonos Archipelago in Chile, and where else?
6. What was the capital of the Inca Empire from 1438 to 1532 which, at its peak, dominated a territory that included (from north to south) Ecuador, part of Colombia, the northern half of Chile, and the north-west part of Argentina, and (from west to east) from Bolivia to the Amazonian forests and Peru?
7. Since 1994 what Day has been observed internationally by adherents on 1 November?
8. What science features in the TV series "NUMB3RS" ?
9. Dunbar's Number is a proposition of what?
10. Immediately before Wembley Park Stadium, now the home of the England national football team, was built and then opened in 1923 what stood there?
11. What is a form of word play that deliberately exploits ambiguity between similar-sounding words for humorous or rhetorical effect?
12. Mayonnaise is made by what process?
13. What are Jimmy Reed, Skip James, Elmore James & Big Bill Broonzy best known as?
14. On which coast of South America would you find the country of Venezuela?
15. Who originated the "Wombles" characters?
16. What musical term means "at walking pace" ?
17. According to Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky", what were "all mimsy" ?
18. "I'm a dot in place" has what relation to "A decimal point" ?
19. Whose hit records include "I Feel Love", "Love to Love You Baby", "Starting Over Again" and "On the Radio" ?
20. Who was the youngest person, at the time, to be elected to the office of president of the USA?
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