General Knowledge Quiz 626 (20 MCQs)

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1. What were first introduced in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in May 1, 1840, promoted by Rowland Hill?
2. Which Swiss national is a leading tennis player?
3. In a casino, what is the name of the box that holds multiple decks of playing cards?
4. Which of these sports has an event called the "omnium" ?
5. What product is derived from the distillation of wood, coal and shale?
6. Which of these is a book by John Steinbeck?
7. What is the name for an expert on reptiles?
8. What is the main attraction at both Altamira and Lascaux?
9. Who is the father of the twin boys born to Brooke Mueller on 14 March 2009?
10. Which of these words is sometimes applied to the conductor of an orchestra?
11. Lenny Bruce was in what field of entertainment in the 1960s?
12. Who won a boxing match (by a majority judges' decision in eight rounds) with Joe Frazier's daughter, Jackie Frazier-Lyde, on 8 June 2001?
13. During World War II the US and UK armies used bodies of, respectively, over 54, 000 and 250, 000 what, as part of their communication and/or delivery systems?
14. What is the state animal of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean?
15. Who of these is most associated with Fleetwood Mac?
16. The large wrinkled leaves of which plant provide digitalin, used in the treatment of heart conditions?
17. Which of these countries is the largest by area?
18. Aeschylus, Greek religious thinker and playwright, was killed when a tortoise hit him on the head. How did the tortoise land there?
19. KwaZulu-Natal is a province in which country?
20. What name is given to an obstruction of an artery by a substance carried by the blood?