General Knowledge Quiz 624 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which country borders the transcontinental country of Panama to the south?
2. When was the Melbourne Cup first officially raced?
3. What is the last name of "Oprah" ?
4. Which golfer was continuously ranked as the world's number one golfer on "McCormack's World Golf Rankings" from its inception in 1968 to 1977?
5. What is the medical term for a jawbone?
6. Zara Phillips, the daughter of Princess Anne of the UK, is associated most with which of these?
7. Titicaca, which contains one of the highest freshwater lakes in the world, is populated by people who live exclusively on the Uros. What is that?
8. Which of these people is most likely to use a monkey wrench?
9. Which of these is an American jazz musician best known for playing the saxophone?
10. Amortisation is similar to ..... ?
11. "The Book of St Albans", 1486, partly written or assembled by Juliana Berners, said to have been the Benedictine prioress of the Priory of St. Mary of Sopwell near St Albans in Hertfordshire, is better known as ..... ?
12. Buenos Aires and Montevideo are sited on opposite sides of which river?
13. What are the names of the late Michael Jackson's parents?
14. Where does Sudan have a coastline?
15. South Africa, Australia and New Zealand were designated "Dominions" in the early part of which century?
16. Which of these could not be not an "arabesque" ?
17. "Braeburn" is a variety of what?
18. Which phrase that first came to public attention as a U.S. television commercial for the Wendy's chain of hamburger restaurants in 1984 became associated with the 1984 U.S. presidential election when Walter Mondale ridiculed Gary Hart's candidacy?
19. The Reisswitz game introduced in 1824 allowed players to do what?
20. Where have the World Snooker Championships been held since 1977?