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General Knowledge Quiz 666 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the meaning of the German word "ausgang" ?
2. Who wrote the poem "O Captain! My Captain!" ?
3. Traditionally, the leader of a symphony orchestra plays what?
4. What was the subtitle of the Beatles song "Norwegian Wood" ?
5. What machine devised to move people was first demonstrated in Paris in 1900?
6. In February 2009, 38 year old Eluana Englaro, at Lecco, North of Milan, was newsworthy for doing what since January 1992?
7. The marshmallow was first created as a medicinal substance when extracts from what part of the marsh mallow plant were used as a remedy for sore throats?
8. Portuguese rule of which country ended in 1975, with the appointment of Samora Machel as its first president?
9. In 1853 while working on the synthesis and properties of various acid anhydrides, French chemist Charles Frederic Gerhardt made acetylsalicylic acid by mixing acetyl chloride with a sodium salt of salicylic acid (sodium salicylate). He called the resulting compound "salicylic-acetic anhydride" . What was this preparation later marketed as?
10. Which of these is a popular ball game?
11. Which branch of botany is concerned with grasses?
12. Banff National Park and Jasper National Park, which are connected by the Icefields Parkway, are in which Canadian province?
13. A glockenspiel, a percussion instrument with tuned metal keys arranged like a piano keyboard, gets its name from German. Roughly what does it mean?
14. Who sang on a record released in November 2010, "Boom boom boom, even brighter than the moon moon moon" ?
15. Who led a team to make the Cumberland Gap, a way through the Appalachian Mountains, accessible to pioneers, who used it to journey into the western frontiers of Kentucky and Tennessee?
16. Where can pieces move in the game of go?
17. Which of these is a disc used for a throwing and catching game?
18. Who is the next in this series:Muhammad Naguib, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Muhammad Naguib, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Anwar El Sadat, Sufi Abu Taleb, Hosni Mubarak, Atef Ebeid ..... ?
19. What is the annual Wyoming event known as Cheyenne Frontier Days?
20. The term "musket" strictly refers to a firearm with what?
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