General Knowledge Quiz 855 (20 MCQs)

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1. Psephology is the study of what?
2. The co-creator and co-host of British radio show "The Museum of Curiosity" (2008 to present) also created what other show?
3. A nationalist organisation, subsequently with paramilitary initiatives, was formed in 1959 with what name?
4. What London landmark has served as the Royal Mint, the Public Records Office, a royal menagerie, a residence and a prison?
5. Which of these is an African capital city named after a US president?
6. Where did United Airlines flight 93, hijacked by terrorists on 11 September 2001, crash?
7. What are "peripherins" ?
8. The city previously known as Byzantium and Constantinople is in what modern day country?
9. Where in London, covering 350 acres (140 hectares), would you find the Serpentine (an artifical lake), Rotten Row (for riding horses) and a bird sanctuary?
10. According to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, where did the village smithy stand?
11. After the records of the UK Singles Chart started in 1952 who was the first singer to be No 1?
12. How did US president William McKinley die in 1901?
13. Where was the Yushin Constitution introduced in 1972, dramatically increasing presidential powers in the area and creating a virtual dictatorship?
14. What is a natural number called if it has exactly two distinct divisors?
15. Who introduced the song "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" ?
16. In the English version of the "Asterix" books, the character of Unhygienix has what occupation?
17. Which sporting event has a trophy known as the Claret Jug?
18. When writer Franz Kafka described someone as true to their lineage in "strength, health, appetite, loudness of voice, eloquence, self-satisfaction, worldly dominance, endurance, presence of mind, [and] knowledge of human nature", of whom was he speaking?
19. What is the next in this series:1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy ..... ?
20. In the film "Basic Instinct" (1992) Detective Nick Curran and Catherine Tramell were played by which actors?