General Knowledge Quiz 835 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of these is a hairstyle popular in the late 1950s and 1960s?
2. According to legend, on which event is the sport of hammer throw based?
3. What is a plectrum used for?
4. What do the notes for the "euro" have on the front (recto)?
5. What song title has been recorded by Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse, Steve Winwood, Bad Company, Reel Big Fish, and Louisiana Red?
6. What is gossypiboma?
7. English Quaker and businessman John Cadbury (1801-1889) founded a company making what?
8. The London market at Smithfield deals in what?
9. How would a redingote usually be treated?
10. In a civilisation which flourished for about 700 years, until the Kingdom was annexed by Rome in 106 CE, and which left internationally known city ruins in Petra, what are the people known as?
11. Raph Koster, Brad McQuaid, Mark Jacobs, Brian Green and J. Todd Coleman are influential in MMORPG design. What is MMORPG?
12. Which scholar and lawyer who became Speaker of the House of Commons and Treasurer of the Exchequer was beheaded for treason in 1534 after disagreeing with Henry VIII being head of the church?
13. Desultory activity is marked by what?
14. Why is the Calcutta Cup, a rugby union trophy awarded to the winner of the annual Six Nations Championship match between England and Scotland, so called?
15. A web serial comedy dealing with the running of the world, first uploaded to the web in 2006, is called what?
16. How did Eric Robert Rudolph, an American terrorist, try to disrupt the Summer Olympics in 1996 in Atlanta?
17. The name "vadose" for one of the Earth's soil layers comes from a Latin word meaning what?
18. Which film starring Steve McQueen featured a car chase through the streets of San Francisco?
19. What is most likely to be seen at the World Freestyle Championships, held in white water venues?
20. Where and when was the first international High Speed Telegraphy (HRT) World Championship held?