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General Knowledge Quiz 78 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of these do the USA, Kenya, Israel, Cyprus, Hungary, East Germany, Britain, China and Malaysia have in common or have had?
2. Until 1472 the archipelago known now as Orkney was part of what country?
3. Which of these painters was born in Belgium?
4. Who was the lead singer of the band "Joy Division" who committed suicide in 1980 aged 23?
5. In which country is the port of Incheon?
6. What has grown from the ruins of a volcano which spectacularly destroyed itself in the Indian Ocean in August 1883?
7. What sign of the zodiac is represented by a set of scales?
8. The Brouwer Route for trade, established after explorations in 1610, called for travel by what means?
9. As how is Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) best known?
10. Which English dramatist, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era had a mysterious and untimely death?
11. What is the meaning of the name of the great building in Istanbul, built in the early 6th century as a Christian church, subsequently becoming a Muslim mosque, a secular museum and a Muslim mosque again?
12. Who announced his engagement to New Zealand cellist Jiaxin Cheng, to be his fourth wife, in June 2009?
13. Horace Smith & D.B. Wesson formed a partnership in 1852 to manufacture what?
14. Which of these teams was the last to join the rugby union Six Nations Championship?
15. Which English TV and film actor, DJ, hip hop soul musician, and aspiring professional kick-boxer also starred on TV's Discovery Channel breaking a land speed record, driving a dragster and piloting a plane?
16. Built in 1869, what type of ship is the Cutty Sark, which was put on public display in 1954 and is preserved in dry dock in Greenwich, London, UK?
17. The American sculptor, cartoonist and illustrator who wrote and illustrated the Caldecott award-winning children's books "The Amazing Bone", "Doctor De Soto" and "Abel's Island", also wrote which other book?
18. What was a doublet, a common item from the 14th century to the 17th century?
19. In January 1506 the first what arrived at the Vatican?
20. What is Cajón del Maipo in Chile?
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