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General Knowledge Quiz 703 (20 MCQs)

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1. What medieval coin, first minted around 1140 by Roger II of Sicily, was adopted by Florence in 1252 and Venice in 1283, and was in use in Austria-Hungary until 1914?
2. What is an ocarina?
3. The Volstead Act, that became law in the USA on 28 October 1919, concerned what?
4. Belém, capital, major port and largest city of its state in Brazil's north, sits close to the mouth of which river?
5. "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper" is an example of what?
6. In 1859, Colonel Edwin L Drake created the first what in the USA, in Pennsylvania?
7. Where and when were the first World Games held, to provide a world forum for sports not contested in the Olympic Games?
8. Which scientist married his cousin from the Wedgewood family, famous for their pottery manufacturing business, following his father's example, who had originally married into the Wedgewood family?
9. The Leontopodium nivale (Snowy lion's paw) is more commonly known as what?
10. What effect did the death of King George VI, on 6 February 1952, have on the 5th and final Test match of the cricket season between India and England?
11. According to the saying, something that is the best possible is the what?
12. What was wrong with up to 200, 000 20p coins issued by the Royal Mint in 2009 that made them instant collector's items?
13. Godtfred Kirk Christiansen is credited with inventing what?
14. What animal does an ostler deal with?
15. What does a spelunker do as a hobby?
16. Who was the first pilot to fly a fixed-wing aircraft solo around the world, landing after a seven-day, nineteen-hour flight at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York City, in 1933?
17. In which British TV series (1973-78) did Michele Dotrice play the long-suffering and loving wife of Frank, against whom the rest of his world seems to conspire?
18. What was the nickname of the British army regiment called the "11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own)" ?
19. Where in North America is the Chinese Wall?
20. Charles Sands (USA), Margaret Abbot (USA) and George Lyon (Canada) were winners in what Olympic sport at the 1900 and 1904 games?
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