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General Knowledge Quiz 567 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of these terms is used in a game of Go?
2. The annual Tough Guy Challenge midwinter endurance race in Telford, England is a challenging 8 mile long assault course. Which of these is not one of the challenges?
3. Which of these are single-celled organisms of microscopic dimensions?
4. Where would you hear the word "chukka" used?
5. Who wrote the books "Stark", "Gridlock", "This Other Eden", "Popcorn", "Blast from the Past", "Inconceivable", "Dead Famous", "High Society", "Past Mortem" and "The First Casualty" ?
6. Which tuber of the nightshade family was cultivated by the Incas, was taken to Spain from Peru in the 16th century and to Ireland from Virginia in the 16th century?
7. In the English version of the "Astérix" books, the character of Fulliautomatix has what occupation?
8. According to the Bible (and Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice), who had a coat with many colours?
9. The two older brothers of Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman, and philanthropist, built up an empire called Branobel based on what?
10. An orrery is a moving mechanical model of what system?
11. Where does the dry föhn wind known as Zonda blow?
12. When did USA President Eisenhower sign legislation "declaring IN GOD WE TRUST the national motto of the United States" and requiring the motto to appear on all US paper and coin currency?
13. Of the over 2, 400 people killed in the 1953 North Sea Flood, in which country were most living?
14. Uday Shankar was an internationally known pioneer of modern Indian what?
15. Irish is one of the official languages of the Republic of Ireland. What is the other?
16. What is a saltire?
17. Who wrote "Devil May Care", a James Bond novel, at the request of the trustees of the estate of original 007 author Ian Fleming?
18. Who has been quoted as saying "People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish ..... but that's only if it's done properly" ?
19. Which German brothers published fairy tales in the 19th century?
20. The small blind golden air-breathing catfish, clarias cavernicola, is found only in one place which is a vast underground lake entered from which feature?
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