General Knowledge Quiz 63 (20 MCQs)

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1. Where is the Cape Verde, or Cap-Vert, Peninsula?
2. Who was instrumental in defeating the Mahdi at Omdurman in 1898, and was British Secretary for War from 1914 until he died on the cruiser "Hampshire" when it struck a mine on 5 June 1916?
3. In 1972 Dr Ananda Chakrabarty became the first to do what?
4. Which NFL player sparked the protest in the USA known eventually as taking the knee?
5. Which of these was an aircraft designer?
6. Where are the Balkans, or the Balkan Peninsula?
7. London's Shaftesbury Avenue is known for what type of establishment?
8. Which of these is synthesised in bacteria, fungi, and plants, but not animals (to whom it is essential) whose only source is what they eat?
9. If you were at a hoedown what would you do?
10. What were the Quebec Nordiques known for?
11. Not all human digits are the same length; which is usually the shortest in any person?
12. Which Austrian composer, whose works include 104 symphonies, 84 string quartets and 42 piano sonatas, received a D Mus degree at Oxford University, England?
13. Who would use an orange stick?
14. When the Winter Olympics in Italy ended in 2006, how many times had curling been an Olympic sport?
15. Why was Eric Fishl's sculpture "Tumbling Woman", a memorial to those who jumped from the World Trade Centre on 11 Sept 2001, removed from the Rockefeller Centre in New York City?
16. What were first established by St Bel at Lyons, France, in 1762, and at London in 1790?
17. What does a mycologist study?
18. Whicht football (soccer) teams played in the last game at the historic Boleyn Ground, London, UK, on 10 May 2016?
19. Which of these is a characteristic of the Joshua Tree?
20. Which English classic horse race for 3 year olds held at Doncaster every September began in 1776?