General Knowledge Quiz 800 (20 MCQs)

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1. When did the European Community (previously the European Economic Community) formally cease to exist?
2. Spinach is thought to have been first cultivated about 2, 000 years ago, where?
3. How old was Adrian Mole in the first book in which he appeared?
4. What name is given to a revolving tray that is usually placed in the middle of a dining table?
5. What is the publication known as the Wellcome Apocalypse?
6. What does the German surname Schwarzkopf literally mean?
7. Who refused to enter the US army, saying "I ain't got no quarrel with the Vietcong. No Vietcong ever called me nigger" ?
8. Raymond, Celia and Blanche were the real names of the subjects of which painting by David Hockney?
9. Where was the sports firm Adidas founded, and is currently headquartered?
10. A game developed initially in Canada which involved throwing discs at a target or into a "hole", a 50 gallon drum or a hula hoop, is called what?
11. Which of these is a procedure popularly thought of as used for excommunication from the Catholic Church for one who had committed a particularly grievous sin?
12. The Dakar Rally includes classes for cars, motorbikes, and which other?
13. "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe", a 2005 film based on the novel by C. S. Lewis, is set mainly in which land?
14. Which musical is set in River City, Iowa?
15. In which English city is "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4" by Sue Townsend, set?
16. Which dog appears in comics with Shaggy, Fred, Velma & Daphne?
17. What was the name of the result of a nationwide census of virtually everything in England and Wales that was ordered by William I in 1085?
18. Which plant, a bushy herb of the mint family, has a heavy, strong scent, and has been used for centuries in perfumes?
19. Who was the head of the Vichy Government at the end of World War II?
20. Which of these names is associated with the cello?