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General Knowledge Quiz 776 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which actor, producer and writer stars in a 2017 UK TV series based on a work written by him and his father; it is set in 1814 and concerns the character's return from Africa to England after 12 years away, and the East India Company?
2. The Saharan mountain range, which includes the highest points in the area, is named after what people?
3. What part of the body is affected by a stye?
4. Who was the first left handed golfer to win one of the four majors?
5. What are hnefatafl, or King's Table, brandubh, and tablut?
6. In the British army, how many chevrons does a sergeant wear on his arm?
7. Who was the first European to sail a ship round Cape Horn?
8. Nitroglycerin is made by treating glycerin with nitric acid and ..... what?
9. Originally, which was more likely to be called a "scallywag" ?
10. The USA's oldest non-broken "Treaty of Friendship", negotiated by Thomas Barclay, signed by John Adams and Thomas Jefferson in 1786, and ratified by US Congress in July 1787, is with which country?
11. The short story "The Beggar Woman" is the work of what sixteen year old writer, later a Nobel-prize winning author?
12. Who wrote "The Old Man of Lochnagar" ?
13. In the acronym PAL, used in the television industry, what does the "A" stand for?
14. Where in Europe are the three Isles of Gold?
15. Which British sprinter returned to competition in 2006 after a 2 year absence due to doping offences?
16. The Galapagos Islands are in which ocean?
17. By which name was boxer Walker Smith better known?
18. Which of these countries is north of the Tropic of Cancer?
19. Which dance, requiring music with 3 beats in the bar, was introduced at the court of Louis XIV in the 17th century?
20. What is an aficionado of Gilbert and Sullivan's light operas called?
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