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General Knowledge Quiz 578 (20 MCQs)

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1. What behaviour do mourning cuttlefish, newly hatched garter snakes, and spotted hyenas share?
2. In 2003 the unmanned Galileo spacecraft's mission was terminated how?
3. The last four nations to join the United Nations 193 members are Switzerland (2002), Timor-Leste (2002), Montenegro (2006) and which other nation?
4. In 1800 what country ceded Louisiana to what other country?
5. In the British version of "The Apprentice", which first went to air in February 2005, who do the contestants try to get a job with?
6. Apart from marking 20 years since it was first opened what did the year 1909 signal for the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France?
7. Which of these is a name for vitamin B2, which naturally occurs in milk and whole wheat grain?
8. Who wrote and directed the semi-autobiographical 1982 period drama film "Fanny and Alexander" ?
9. On what game is the book "Through the Looking Glass" by Lewis Carroll based?
10. Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 and was President of Poland from 1990 to 1995?
11. Who was the dessert the "pavlova" named after?
12. Which of these is primarily known as a scientist?
13. A YouTube mobile phone video showing giggles spreading contagiously among people on a crowded train, from just one person to the whole carriage, was filmed where?
14. Which German is responsible for driving the Russians out of Germany at the Battle of Tannenburg in 1914, became head of all German armies in 1916, and was elected President of the Republic in 1925?
15. What is the common name for a mixture of calcium silicates and aluminium, prepared by prolonged heating of limestone with clay, which slowly hardens when mixed with water?
16. The British and the French fought a battle on the Plains of Abraham in 1759. In which country did it take place?
17. Where is the stempost of a sea-going vessel?
18. In addition to being a semitic letter and a name for tanning leather, what can "taw" mean?
19. What song was written by Bob Geldof in the aftermath of Brenda Ann Spencer's attempted massacre at an elementary school across the street from her house in San Diego, California, in 1979?
20. For which of these contexts could "clarity" be an appropriate noun for the word "clear" ?
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