General Knowledge Quiz 675 (20 MCQs)

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1. Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979?
2. What is or are Araucaria?
3. Who was the Greek goddess of wisdom, war and the liberal arts?
4. What is the overall name for a branch of applied mathematics used to study behaviour in strategic situations, in which an individual's success in making choices depends on the choices of others?
5. From where on the body does the Leopard slug extrude its reproductive organ when mating?
6. In which state of Australia would you find the area known as Kimberley?
7. When was the phrase "under God" included in the American Pledge of Allegiance?
8. Tierra del Fuego sits in the southernmost curl of which continent?
9. When war was declared on Germany on 3 September 1939, at the start of what was to become World War II, who were the Allies?
10. Who has been a game show host on US television for "The Neighbors" (1975), "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" (from 1999), "Who Wants to Be a Super Millionaire" (from 2004), "America's Got Talent" (2006) and "Million Dollar Password" (2008 to 2009)?
11. The administrative units of Pakistan are:a federal capital territory, two autonomous and disputed territories, a group of federally administered tribal areas, and four provinces. Which of these is one of the provinces?
12. What was created by the Lateran Treaty signed by Italy in 1929?
13. Which of these is a variety of leather?
14. What is the official language of Liechtenstein?
15. Who was on the British throne when Balmoral Castle was bought for their use?
16. Which 20th century US novelist wrote "Of Mice and Men", "The Grapes of Wrath" and "East of Eden" ?
17. Who was the heroine who rescued 9 people from the wreck of the "Forfarshire", taking them to the lighthouse on the Longstone, one of the Farne Islands, on 7 September 1838?
18. Which of these items of the British crown jewels is the most recent?
19. In what kind of building would a nave be found?
20. The reporter and amateur detective Rouletabille appears in a series of novels by which author?