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General Knowledge Quiz 616 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of these words comes to English from the Swedish language?
2. Which of these countries was known as the Pepper, or Grain, Coast by European traders until the 19th century?
3. Who were the series of books for beginners, first published in 1991 and initially about computer systems and software, explicitly aimed at?
4. Which English poet, Roman Catholic convert, and Jesuit priest, whose 20th-century fame established him posthumously among the leading Victorian poets, was praised because "his experimental explorations in prosody ..... and his use of imagery established him as a daring innovator in a period of largely traditional verse" ?
5. Where is Copacabana Beach?
6. In what year did the airship Graf Zeppelin complete the first round-the-world flight in September, and inaugurate the first commercial transatlantic service in October?
7. Which of these is a play by Oscar Wilde?
8. Which holy book consists of two parts, the Mishnah and the Gemara, the latter of which differs between the Jerusalem and Babylonian versions?
9. Formosa Island is one of the largest islands on which river?
10. Where, on 24 June 1314, did Robert Bruce defeat Edward II's army?
11. How did the leotard get its name?
12. The Mason-Dixon line, originally surveyed to define the border between Pennsylvania and Maryland, is along which longitude?
13. Which of these is a fluid obtained by the distillation of resin obtained from trees, mainly pine trees?
14. What part does Scheherazade, the wife of the Sultan Shahrayar, play in "The Thousand Nights And One Night" (sometimes known as "The Arabian Nights")?
15. What do Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gary Cooper, Marlon Brando, Dustin Hoffman, Tom Hanks, Jack Nicholson, Daniel Day-Lewis and Sean Penn have in common?
16. Usain Bolt is what type of athlete?
17. In the 13th century how far west did the rule known as the Golden Horde extend?
18. Who became world Middleweight boxing champion by beating Sugar Ray Robinson in London on 10 July 1951 and lost the title to Robinson in New York on 12 September 1951?
19. What was US president John Kennedy's middle name?
20. What is a specific learning disability involving innate difficulty in learning or comprehending mathematics, similar to dyslexia?
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