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General Knowledge Quiz 62 (20 MCQs)

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1. The first time that Rome was ruled by two emperors was in 161. Who were they?
2. After the bombing in 1941 of Queen's Hall in London, where was the venue for Promenade Concerts moved to?
3. What is a synonym for "plethora" ?
4. Who, an influential English occultist and ceremonial magician, known today for his magical writings, was a hedonist, bisexual, recreational drug experimenter and social critic, and was called in the popular press of the day "the wickedest man in the world" ?
5. Elvis Presley sang a few lines in German on which US hit song?
6. What product of photosynthesis, a carbohydrate occurring in the cells of plants, can be changed into glucose or dextrine?
7. By 1922 Fred Astaire and his sister Adele were so popular that George and Ira Gershwin wrote "Funny Face" and what other show especially for them?
8. When is a barium meal given to someone?
9. Which writer, famous (then and after) internationally but particularly in Britain, was deprived in 1962 by the UK's Commonwealth Immigrants Act of their right to British citizenship?
10. Mr Spacely was the boss of which cartoon character?
11. In July 2017 an iceberg with an area of about 5, 800 sq. km calved from what shelf in Antarctica?
12. In 1996, it was rumoured that which company had influenced the International Olympic Committee to hold the Olympics in Atlanta?
13. Where do aquatic creatures live?
14. Who first identified and isolated nucleic acids, the precursor to identifying DNA?
15. What type of motor vehicle propulsion was introduced by Citroen in 1934?
16. What is generally considered to be the largest naval battle of World War II and by some to be the largest naval battle in history, and is the first battle in which Japanese aircraft carried out organized kamikaze attacks?
17. A small slender fish (up to 6 ins (150mm)), possibly the most abundant in the oceans and member of a family with 246 species is known as what?
18. Which of these is an album by Aphex Twin?
19. Who directed himself in his last western film in 1992, which also starred Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, and Richard Harris?
20. Which German-born composer became a naturalised Englishman, wrote 30 operas in the 18th century, and is more famous now for his oratorios such as "The Messiah" ?
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