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General Knowledge Quiz 660 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the significance to historical and religious research of the Dead Sea scrolls, discovered from 1946 onwards?
2. What gambling game involves dealing 2 cards each to the player and the dealer, with the object of getting 9 or more points, counting their face value (except 10s and court cards, which count nothing)?
3. Why is the US city of Pittsburg so named?
4. The Empire State Building has how many stories above ground?
5. The fictional paradise Shangri-La was introduced in which book?
6. Where is Lake Paranoá?
7. During his visit in May 2009, the Pope was urged to complain about the state of what landmark between Israel and Jordan?
8. In December 2010, Continental Airlines was found criminally responsible for which airline disaster by a Parisian court and was fined €200, 000 and ordered to pay Air France €1 million, while Continental mechanic John Taylor was given a 15-month suspended sentence?
9. What is the name of a New Zealand comedy duo composed of Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement who created a radio series for BBC Radio 2 in 2004 and began a television series for HBO in the USA in 2007?
10. Which associations of men in similar employment, started in the 12th century, were formed to assist poorer members, sometime securing charters and becoming the governing body of a town?
11. What is the ocean current that flows from Florida to Europe?
12. The Golden Raspberry Awards have been running since 1980. Who had won the award for Worst Supporting Actress the most times until 2005?
13. If you asked a question such as "What is that?" and were told "A wigwam for a goose's bridle", what should be your response?
14. What part of the human body does carpal tunnel syndrome affect?
15. Championship dragon boat racing calls for a specialised long boat, a team of paddlers (typically 20), a sweeper to steer and which other of these?
16. What actor had the title role in the film "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" ?
17. Which of these Scottish Whiskies is from the Speyside region?
18. Who was the Venetian who made a number of journeys to China and India in the 13th century and was later taken prisoner by the Genoese?
19. Canada is divided into how many provinces and how many territories?
20. What is the Japanese drink aojiru usually made from?
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