General Knowledge Quiz 863 (20 MCQs)

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1. Where is what is often referred to simply as The Loess Plateau?
2. Which of these actions is common to Mary Queen of Scots (1567), Edward VIII (1936), Umberto II of Italy (1946) and Farouk of Egypt (1953)?
3. In which of these states of the USA is there not a city called Boise?
4. What was the name of the bottlenose dolphin who became famous in 1955-56 for playing with the children of the small town of Opononi, New Zealand, and performing with beach balls and bottles?
5. What does an "aquarium" simulate?
6. What do "baristas" prepare?
7. What official world speed record for a shuttlecock in badminton, was set on 3 June 2005 by Fu Haifeng?
8. David Ben-Gurion was the first prime minister of where?
9. What is another name for "laughing gas" ?
10. Who was Attorney General of the USA from 1961 to 1964, US Senator for New York from 1965 to 1968, and was assassinated while running for president in 1968?
11. The six annual races which make up the World Marathon Majors, first run in 2006, are in the cities of Tokyo, Boston, London, Chicago, New York City and which other?
12. What is a traditional English dish made with the shallow-fried leftover vegetables from a roast dinner, mainly potato and cabbage, to which carrots, peas, brussels sprouts, and other vegetables can be added?
13. The 1988 Summer and Winter Olympic Games were marked by which?
14. What was the name of Amy Johnson's plane in which she flew solo from Britain to Australia in 1930?
15. What shape are the 8 faces of an octahedron?
16. Former glamour model Jordan, had a son on 13 June 2005 and a daughter on 29 June 2007, married on 10 September 2005, and on 15 May 2009, announced that she and her husband were separating. Who was the man involved in these events?
17. When the communications technology tool known as Zoom was being developed in 2011, what was the name of the company?
18. What is another name for athlete's foot?
19. Current thinking is that the Earth was formed about 4.6 billion years ago; when is it estimated that oxygen first became a significant element in the Earth's atmosphere?
20. Which US president declared the first national Mother's Day in the USA?