General Knowledge Quiz 7 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is a word for the living content of a cell that is surrounded by a plasma membrane?
2. In French cuisine, what is the name for a baked dish originating in Germany that is based on a custard made from eggs and milk or cream in a pastry crust, which usually is blind baked before the other ingredients are added for a secondary baking period?
3. Who were Great Uncle Bulgaria, Tobermory, Orinoco, Bungo, Tomsk, Wellington and Madame Cholet?
4. The Safari Rally, a round of the World Rally Championship from 1973 to 2002 held in Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika, was first run as a commemorative event, in what year?
5. Which 20th century painter claimed to have invented a new technique called "action painting" and was called by the contemporary press "Jack The Dripper" ?
6. In what connection is the term "bulb of percussion" used?
7. Who appeared on the first postage stamp?
8. A movement whose followers were known derisively as Lollards centred on the views of which priest, philosopher and theologian and his colleagues?
9. Which resort shares both the summit of Mont Blanc and the title of highest commune in France with Saint-Gervais-les-Bains?
10. The Constitution of Cรกdiz, the first Constitution of Spain, was ratified in 1812 under whose authority?
11. When was the period of English history known as "The Anarchy" or "The Nineteen-Year Winter" ?
12. What is the contraction of the German "Geheime Staatspolizei" used in English?
13. What nationality was the first singles winner of the US Open (at that time, the United States National Championships) for tennis?
14. What estate, presented to the British nation in 1917, is the official residence of the Prime Minister?
15. What is the capital of the archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean called The Falkland Islands?
16. What ocean borders the US state of California?
17. Where, in 2011 and since, is a major gathering place in Egypt for expressing protest?
18. In 2018 Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua OBE from the UK holds multiple world championships in which sport?
19. The foundations for which science were laid by Adam Smith in 1776 and followed up by people such as John Stuart Mill and David Ricardo?
20. British artists William Hogarth, Joshua Reynolds, and Thomas Gainsborough were working in what century?