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General Knowledge Quiz 821 (20 MCQs)

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1. The five judges for the inaugural Booker Prize for Fiction in 1969 were:a literary critic and editor; a poet, novelist and essayist; a writer, journalist and literary critic; a journalist and literary editor; and who else?
2. When were the Deaflympics first held?
3. When was Futsal devised as a sport?
4. What is the name for the process by which heat is transferred by the motion of a fluid?
5. Which of these is a cereal food made from the coarse particles of wheat produced during grinding?
6. Who was married to Anne More, the father of 12 children, subsequently a reluctant cleric, an MP and a greatly admired poet?
7. Which of these is a song written and performed by Phil Collins that featured in the Disney feature "Tarzan" ?
8. The book publishing firm Virago Press is distinctive because it publishes what works?
9. American soldier and inventor Benjamin Tilghman was noted for inventing what process in the late 19th century?
10. What is the next in the series:Melbourne; Rome; Tokyo; Mexico City?
11. T E Lawrence was known as Lawrence of where?
12. Which of these is the furthest east of Rome?
13. When were the first official Wheelchair Basketball World Championships?
14. The magician David Copperfield broke off his engagement to whom in 1999?
15. Which of these is not a bear (i.e. classified in the Family "Ursidae" )?
16. Scrabble tournament players use special tiles which are not engraved, thereby eliminating the potential for a cheating player to feel for particular tiles in the bag). These are called ..... ?
17. Bartizan, stylobate, breastsummer are terms found in what discipline?
18. How many legs does a millipede ("thousand-foot") usually have?
19. Where is the grave of Jim Morrison, once lead singer of "The Doors" ?
20. When did Hawaii become a state of the USA?
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