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General Knowledge Quiz 87 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is bouillabaisse?
2. What was a quintain used for?
3. Where are the Ottawa Islands?
4. Which of these is a type of antelope?
5. On the buttons of a VCR or DVD player, what does the sign in the shape of a double right pointing arrow mean?
6. The RMS "Lancastria" was the subject of the worst single loss of life in British maritime history and the bloodiest single engagement for UK forces in World War II; she was sunk by German bombers on 17 June 1940 when taking part in an operation to evacuate 150, 000 troops from where?
7. Which of these is the largest genus in the wood-sorrel family which occurs throughout most of the world, except for the polar areas?
8. Which of these is a dance made popular internationally in the 1950s where people pass under a bar while leaning backwards?
9. Where is the World Heritage city, once a capital in Nabataea and now a major archaeological site for Roman, Byzantine and Muslim ruins with further ancient Nabataean and Roman monuments, Christian churches, mosques and Madrasas?
10. English journalist, playwright and reform advocate, Henry Mayhew, and wood-engraver Ebenezer Landells started what satirical magazine in 1841?
11. What, according to John Lennon, "is just what happens to you, while you're busy making other plans" ?
12. José Santos Zelaya, William Walker, Adolfo Díaz, Emiliano Chamorro, Juan Bautista Sacasa, Anastasio Somoza García, Luis Somoza, Violeta Chamorro, Enrique Bolaños and Daniel Ortega are associated with the politics of which country?
13. In 1938, after receiving the Nobel Prize, which physicist emigrated to the USA, protesting the oppressive regime of his homeland?
14. The First Lady of which US president was known as Pat, though her first name was Thelma?
15. The Tour de France is traditionally held in what month of the year?
16. The Giant's Causeway is a rock formation found where?
17. The Tarantella, from Southern Italy, is a type of what?
18. Approximately when did the earliest known major civilisation in the Middle Americas flourish?
19. In 2016 Peter Prevc from Slovenia is both the World Cup holder and the individual World Champion in what sport?
20. Where is a levator palpebrae superioris muscle in the body?
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