General Knowledge Quiz 595 (20 MCQs)

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1. During World War I, US president Woodrow Wilson raised an army through conscription and gave total command to whom?
2. The character names Purdey and Ducky are indirectly linked by which UK TV scifi series?
3. The line "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures, the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge, has marked the upward surge of mankind ..... " is from which film?
4. Who was the mother of James V of Scotland (the father of Mary, Queen of Scots and the son of King James IV of Scotland)?
5. Where are armadillos native?
6. Which of these became a World Formula One Champion while driving for Williams?
7. Which of these is an island holiday destination and a type of shorts?
8. Who was responsible for taking Caracas from the Spaniards?
9. In the late 16th century when the phrase was first recorded in England, what did the phrase "wild goose chase" refer to?
10. Which group of over 7000 islands has main islands called Luzon, Mindanao, Samar, Negros, Palawan, Panay, Mindora, Leyte, Cebu, Bohol and Masbate?
11. Which of these is a Japanese dish?
12. Dan Quayle was Vice President to which president of the USA?
13. A verse or any writing with fixed lines, the first letter, syllable or word of which forms a message when read downwards is called what?
14. Which was a "first" that marked the opening ceremony of the 1976 Summer Olympics?
15. Student protests on the streets of central Dublin on 3 November 2010 involving 25, 000 to 40, 000 protesters, and in London 2 weeks later with 10, 000 protesters, were in opposition to what?
16. In 2014 what Formula One team was Lewis Hamilton driving for?
17. Writers of episodes for the UK comedy TV series "Doctor in the House" (1969-70) included comic artists Graham Chapman, Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Bernard McKenna and who else?
18. Which of these was a German rocket scientist who worked in America after World War II?
19. Which country, whose chief port is La Guaira, became a republic after seceding from the Republic of Colombia in 1830?
20. What is the capital of the Isle of Man?