General Knowledge Quiz 77 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the staple diet of the panda?
2. What part did Bucephalus play in history?
3. Which is Paraguay's main sea port?
4. What is the capital of the US state of Alaska?
5. What proportion of the 206 bones in the human body is contained in the hands and feet?
6. Americans call it a diaper. What do the British call it?
7. Where is Vientiane, or Viangchan?
8. What characterised the two centuries of the Sengoku period in Japan?
9. What is the world's largest non-polar desert?
10. Which of these was not an Australian prime minister?
11. What are, or were, Ceres and Faxe?
12. The Greeks constructed hippodromes for holding what events?
13. Thiamine, niacine and riboflavin belong to which vitamin group?
14. What is the modern game called, that was published by Milton Bradley Company in 1943 as the pad-and-pencil game "Broadsides, the Game of Naval Strategy" ?
15. How many "bones" are usually used in a game of knucklebones?
16. Which song-writing duo wrote hit songs under the pseudonyms Ann Orson and Carte Blanche?
17. Before she appeared in "Baywatch" Pamela Anderson had her first role in television in what series?
18. Present scientific thought is that most of the Earth's landmasses fused 299 to 273 Mya into one supercontinent, Pangaea, which later broke apart in stages. Which is one landmass which was not part of Pangaea?
19. In 2011 when the newly constituted Union of South American Nations came into being, it planned to distribute its main functions, especially its Headquarters, the South American Parliament and the headquarters of its bank (the "Bank of the South") in various cities. Which of these cities was NOT one?
20. What name is given to an alcoholic drink that is taken in an effort to cure a hangover?