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General Knowledge Quiz 810 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is common between Marion Jones, Waterford Crystal and Ben Johnson?
2. "The Shining Path" is a Maoist revolutionary movement based where?
3. Whose writings were the vivid and eloquent force which in the 5th century CE cemented into Christian teachings the doctrine of original sin still preached in some of Christianity?
4. His research involved the generation and reactivity of carbocations (ions with a positively charged carbon atom) via superacids, he worked first in Hungary then Canada and the USA, and in 1994 was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry. Who was he?
5. The 520 men and 197 women who arrived in 11 British ships at Botany Bay, Australia, on 26 January 1788, were mostly what?
6. Late in July 2009, what phenomenon affected the daily lives of people in the cities of Chengdu, Chongquing, Shanghai and Hangzhou, China?
7. The refugee camps Shatila and Shabra, the scenes of a massacre in 1982, were in which country?
8. Stan Lee was co-creator of The Fabulous Four, The Hulk, Iron Man, X-Men and which of these other superheroes?
9. Choreographers Max Perry, Jo Thompson Szymanski and Scott Blevins were instrumental in developments of what in the 1990s and later?
10. How many sons of Philip IV of France became King?
11. What did some media in Russia claim was selling like hot cakes, or selling out, in the UK in 2017?
12. What chemical element takes its name from the Roman name for Paris?
13. The International Olympic Committee removed which two events from the programme for the 2012 Olympic Games in London?
14. In motor racing, what are "slicks" ?
15. What are the Kelpies of Falkirk?
16. Events at Appomattox Court House were one of the events that heralded the end of which war?
17. When did the USSR and Japan sign a Joint Declaration to end the state of war that existed during World War II and provided for the restoration of normal diplomatic relations?
18. In what language was the "Kalevala" written?
19. Who would use a creel?
20. What game is set in a mansion where players attempt to solve a murder, the solution requiring the components of "Suspect", "Weapon", and "Room" ?
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